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  • What makes a “good” SharePoint consultant?

    In the TechNet forums there is a thread that got off topic and somehow came to this question. "What makes a good SharePoint consultant?" Since I felt the answer to the question and the tone of the conversation were so off base I started to write a reply. I also had another well respected SharePoint...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 05-22-2008
    Filed under: How Do I, SharePoint
  • Change the port for central admin

    This came up in class today and one my students Eric knew the answer off the top of his head. It was so simple I thought I would share. Stsadm –o setadminport –port 5555 This command will change SharePoint Central Administration v3 to run on port 5555. Even cooler? Didn't take a reboot or iisreset...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 02-26-2008
    Filed under: How Do I, SharePoint
  • How to install WSS and MOSS SP1

    Service Pack 1 for SharePoint is here. The SharePoint Team blog has a great full length article on all of fixes and tweaks. You can read it here Announcing the Release of WSS 3.0 SP1 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 . This post is just meant to give you the easy version of the install instructions...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 12-14-2007
    Filed under: Install, How Do I, SharePoint
  • Finding My Links in the Database

    If someone asked you where My Links were stored what you say? First guess? They are part of My Sites right? I mean that is where you go to manage them and such. Nope. They are actually stored in your profile. The reason I found out? A couple of my customers did some work around creating a new SSP and...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 11-21-2007
    Filed under: How Do I, SharePoint, SSP
  • Please install the SharePoint updates on your server

    Seriously, you should install the updates before you have to set those clocks back an hour. Heck, if I am having to remind you this then I should also remind you to check the batteries in your smoke detectors. J This is a security update! Yes, I know it fixes the annoying day light savings issues it...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 10-18-2007
    Filed under: Install, How Do I, SharePoint
  • Typical problem with a least privileged install

    If you are keeping with best practices and doing any type of install where security is important (shouldn't it always be) then you have probably done a least privileged install. Probably using these instructions Least-privilege administration requirements when using domain user accounts . One of...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 10-09-2007
    Filed under: Install, How Do I, SharePoint
  • Give a user access to the SSP

    This can be slightly more daunting and confusing to a SharePoint rookie than it should be. So I thought I would drill through the process and see if I can help someone out. The story usually goes something like this. You are the IT guy. You got a request to install this MOSS thing so people could make...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 08-06-2007
    Filed under: How Do I, SharePoint, SSP
  • Another Error Message – Access Denied on Profile Import

    I noticed the error message below repeatedly in event viewer and realized it was happening every time a profile import was happening. Event Type: Error Event Source: Office SharePoint Server Event Category: Office Server General Event ID: 7888 Date: 6/27/2008 Time: 11:37:17 AM User: N/A Computer: ServerName...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 06-30-2008
    Filed under: How Do I, Error Messages, SharePoint, SSP
  • What is a Shared Service Provider?

    For those of you who don't know what I am talking about a bit of overview. In MOSS 2007 there is this new concept of Shared Services Providers(SSP). The idea being that there are certain services that really make sense to centrally manage and share. A good example being profiles. With a SSP we can...
    Posted to The SharePoint Farmer's Almanac (Weblog) by Shane on 06-29-2007
    Filed under: How Do I, SharePoint, SSP
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