The new blog is here http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/cgideon

This week I will be moving my blog over to SharePoint and I will post the URL shortly when it goes live. I know I haven't been blogging much lately but if you're one of my customers you know why. J We've been busy upgrading to MOSS or WSSv3. When I...

Steve Sheppard has released an excellent white paper on SharePoint Explorer View. You can find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C523AC7A-5724-48BE-B973-641E805588F4&displaylang=en

I recently came across a problem with trying to use Kerberos for Central Administration Virtual Server/Web Application/IIS Web Site. In short here is the problem: Symptoms : Unable to get to Central Admin with 401.2 Troubleshooting: Machine name ...

This is my first post in awhile because I have been intently learning and experimenting with WSSv3 and MOSS 2007. I will be focusing on upgrade for awhile. In fact, I am going to put a series of short posts on getting ready for WSSv3/MOSS. First quick...

This is a document that I have been eagerly awaiting. If you are doing SharePoint OM development you definitely need to check this out. Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects Although its posted under the V3 SDK, the...

During my trek through Windows SharePoint Services I frequently hear about this error message . I like to refer to “Unable to connect to the database” as one of the dreaded errors of SharePoint. Why would I do this? Because in the majority of cases this...

In my last post I laid out the basic flow of NTLM authentication with SharePoint when all the accounts (user, service and machine) reside in the same domain. In this post I will discuss the implications of multiple domains in two different scenarios....

NTLM Authentication in SharePoint Most SharePoint environments today are using NTLM (the default) as the authentication protocol. This has some hidden performance implications that are not widely known. But before we dive into the world of NTLM Performance...