It seems ages since I posted something here. Well today I saw a very interessting session from SPC2014 about SharePoint Online, best SharePoint in the world! ;-)
Monday, March 2, 2015
Long time no see!!
It seems ages since I posted something here. Well today I saw a very interessting session from SPC2014 about SharePoint Online, best SharePoint in the world! ;-)
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Cloud & Sharepoint
Realized recently that you can run Sharepoint on AWS (Amazon Web Services), Amazon Cloud Services, and also in your own and free cloud solution, OpenStack.
This can be very interesting news for someone looking for cutting back on costs... And OpenStack should grow for a finner product, since ebay and paypal have decided to move from VMware to OpenStack!!
If this is news to you, just check out amazon page, or this post about a SharePoint Eng. talking on how to setup a Windows Server on OpenStack. If you already knew about this please tell me what you think about it and if you have tried any of these services.
Friday, February 8, 2013
I'm still alive!
It's been a while since my last post, I just looked and it's from September 2011, wow, that's along time...
Hopefully that's going to change, let's see ;-)
For now, I just want to highlight this great service from the guys at CloudShare, I just found out that they are offering a trial of a full Sharepoint 2013 environment, with 3 machines, AD+SQL+MOSS2013. And also 2010 if you want a quick access to a 2010 server.
The remote access is done via java applet, it's a bit slow and weird but it does the job, and if you don't have access to a 2013 RTM ISO, this is a nice way to get to know the platform.
I found about CloudShare, by the great SP guru Andrew Connell, and Critical Path Training. The post is from March 2012 so this isn't fresh news, but the 2013 part should be 'kinda' fresh :)
I haven't seen this type of service, at least for free (even for this small amount of time, 14 days for 2010 and 2 days for 2013) anywhere, and if there are more around, please do share!
If you do not care for the 2010 trial, just go to CloudShare site and create a trial account and fire up Sharepoint 2013, have fun!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
WSS User Info data not in sync with MOSS User Profile
After trying everything on the books (http://blogs.technet.com/b/nishants/archive/2010/08/23/troubleshooting-user-profile-sync-issues-in-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx) I wasnt able to solve it, including with the stsadm commands:
stsadm -o sync -ignoreisactive 1
stsadm -o sync -deleteolddatabases 0
stsadm -o sync
Then, after browsing the ULS I found the following error:
User Profile Import: Error while querying for whether the import is in progress:
System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed:
An unexpected error occurred on a send. ---> System.IO.IOException: Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Files missing in SharePoint? Even from RecycleBin and (god forbids) AllUserData?
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
A new challenge(company) for 2010!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Annoying error Saving Page Content, and Compatibility View

- If you're viewing an internal-to-Internet Explorer page (such as about:InPrivate)
- If you're viewing a page that has declared it's "ready" for Internet Explorer 8 through use of the versioning tag / HTTP header (it doesn’t matter if this tag triggers Quirks, IE7 Standards, or IE8 Standards, the button won’t be displayed)
- If you're viewing an intranet page and you have the ‘Display intranet sites in Compatibility View’ checkbox selected
- If you're viewing any webpage and you have the ‘Display all websites in Compatibility View’ checkbox selected
- If you're viewing a webpage that is included on the Microsoft-supplied compatibility view updates list and you have the ‘Include updated website lists from Microsoft’ checkbox selected
- If you've toggled either the ‘Document Mode’ or ‘Browser Mode’ settings via the Developer Toolbar
Friday, September 18, 2009
Another tool for BDC
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sharepoint & Reporting Services
Friday, July 24, 2009
FBA Management in SP
Thursday, July 23, 2009
FBA in SharePoint
Forms Authentication in SharePoint Products and Technologies (Part 1): Introduction
Summary: Explore several new features for authentication and authorization in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 that make it easier to develop and deploy solutions in Internet-facing and extranet environments. This article is part 1 of 3. (26 printed pages)
Steve Peschka, Microsoft Corporation
Published: December 2007
Updated: June 2009
Applies to: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Cant upload big files in 2008
Found solution here. KB here.
Good resource on large files and Sharepoint: Paul Gavin.
Sharepoint Training
Maybe the best training road map for sharepoint:
http://blogs.msdn.com/neilth/pages/office-sharepoint-server-2007-training-material-roadmap.aspx
But 2010 is coming :)
Backup and restore, content types disappear
Not even the default content types are 'restored'. A google search pointed me to this site.
Marvelous, just run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard and you should be back in business. Real simple solution.
Monday, June 22, 2009
My First Microsoft Certification
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Once upon a time, there was SPGridView
Friday, April 24, 2009
SPUtility
The other day i discovered SPUtility, while browsing i found out some nice methods, check them out :-)
· SPUtility.SendEmail(web, false, false, "someone@somewhere.com", subject, body);
· string featurePath =SPUtility.GetGenericSetupPath("template\\features");
// returns C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES
Redirect to the SharePoint Error Page.
This is a nice way of handling errors cleanly and consistently.
try
{
// some code that might fail
}
catch (SPException ex)
{
SPUtility.TransferToErrorPage("An error occurred.\n" + ex.Message);
}
4. Redirect to any page.
I find this really handy as you can provide flags that let you redirect relative to the layouts directory (if you have some custom layout pages)
// send user to login page
SPUtility.Redirect("login.aspx", SPRedirectFlags.RelativeToLayoutsPage,HttpContext.Current);
Original: http://www.trinkit.co.nz/blog/archive/2007/04/30/programming-in-wss-use-sputility.aspx
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Great CAML IntelliSense
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Visual Studio 2010 & SharePoint
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
SharePoint gets bigger
- Performance Point – “An integrated performance management application that allows business decision makers to be in control. Microsoft Performance Management allows customers to monitor, analyze, and plan their business as well as drive alignment, accountability, and actionable insight across the entire organization.”
- ESP for SharePoint – “FAST ESP delivers to users the relevant, accurate and timely answers and insights they need to make smart, fast decisions. Online businesses win by helping their customers and visitors find relevant content, products, services and communities, building loyalty and driving revenue in the process. Corporations and government organizations win by helping knowledge workers more quickly discover authorized information and analyze results, improving productivity and uncovering business intelligence.”