Some publishing page layouts show a gazillion spell check error on just blank pages. After some research it turns out that the User Contact field control will cause a large number of spell check errors just by been on the page. Workaround is to...

On a SharePoint 2010 development server running Windows Server 2008 R2, I had to uninstall some assemblies in the GAC and I kept getting access denied, when trying to delete them. This was the case both using gacutil.exe and the Windows Explorer when...

A key learning for everyone trying to upgrade 2007 custom solutions to SharePoint 2010. If you have custom content types which inherit form the Page publishing content type (or any publishing content type), you will be able to upgrade your sites and...

My favorite piece of TechNet documentation just got updated for SharePoint 2010. Check out the documentation and download the Visio diagrams: http://technet.microsoft.com/da-dk/library/ff829836(en-us).aspx http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId...

I was testing out a few things in a lab with Exchange 2010 and SharePoint 2010, and I naturally wanted to configure incoming and outgoing mail. The safe place to look is of couse there: E-mail Integration for SharePoint Foundation 2010 . But being...

So, I was building 4 server medium-ish farm on Friday, and everything when fine until i spun up the first site collection just to test the Office Web Apps install -- and then it failed; "Trail Period has expired" - hmm. RTM software - check Right...

Beta versions of the planning and deployment downloadable books for SharePoint 2010 are now available on TechNet. Downloadable book: Planning guide for SharePoint Server 2010 Beta ( http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=189513 ) Downloadable...

Very cool --- http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/04/16/sharepoint-2010-reaches-rtm.aspx

There are a few different dates out there and it's highly confusing to figure out a straight answer ... But it's worth noting that the normal support policy for service packs has been extented with a grace periode of approx. 3 months, which makes the...

I've helped build a few WCM sites the part couple of years, and for each project learned more about what it takes to a) be predictive, b) be interactive and lastly c) produce high quality sites. To me those three are the key things to focus on build WCM...

I just got news that I've officially qualified as a SharePoint 2007 MCM . What a great early Christmas present! I can only recommond this experience to everyone out there doing SharePoint stuff. It has been one of the best learning experiences that...

I managed to survive the 3 weeks of SharePoint MCM training, and I just arrived back home yesterday from Redmond. I'm now up at 2am with a major jet lag - great - Anyway, it was a great training and it's highly recommended -- Cool content and really...

I'm getting ready to leave for 3 weeks of intensive SharePoint training in Redmond participating in rotation 4 of the SharePoint Microsoft Certified Master program . Reading through the posts from previous participants it sounds like an awesome experience...

In SQL Server 2008 -- after you have restored your SQL Server databases to the mirror server and setup the connection between the principal and mirror instances, then you will discover that the database will stay in a "Restoring..." state. In SQL Server...

When you first configure kerberos authentication on IIS7 you will very likely experience 401 authentication errors when you try to access the site. To workaround this problem, change the authentication to have kernel-mode authentication turned off...

You will need to slipstream the install with SP2. Have a look at this post from Jie Li: http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/05/08/install-moss-2007-wss-3-0-on-windows-server-2008-r2-you-will-need-sp2-slipstream.aspx

I was setting up Microsoft NLB in a couple of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V images... and since infrastructure in general is one of my weaker sides, I was looking for help. I came across a couple of articles which helped me: * A Guide which is very...

As usual Stefan writes great posts - this one is about supported export/import scenarios using stsadm. It an absolute must read if your doing MOSS publishing portals. http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2009/05/27/limitations-of-stsadm...

Came across some must-know information, if you create page layouts and have trouble updating the layouts. When creating publishing page layouts they are nicely wrapped in features to avoid customization of the pages in SharePoint. However, if you use...

I love search -- and I always use search to find things that I need; files, emails, code etc .etc. etc. I hate folders -- and never stick things in folders-in-folders-in-folders-in-folders. So whether it's.cs files in VS, or mails in Outlook -- I always...

To ensure good data quality and improve the search experience of the site make sure to: enter Title and Description for pages and sites – especially remember the default page, when creating a new site use readable URL names and titles....

On friday I did a TechNet webcast about optimizing MOSS 2007 Search. It can be found recorded here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032416746&Culture=da-DK The webcast was with Danish speak, but the slides are...

The hidden search object is an internal singleton instance that is used by all the result web parts on the search result page. The web parts pass properties and settings to the hidden object and use it to handle all query specific logic. Since the...

The search result page is a core piece of the search user interface since it owns: Building the query Issuing the query against the SharePoint index Receive results and organizing the results Rendering results and interaction...

The advanced search box is available for more specialized queries filtering different scopes, properties and free text clauses. Find documents with The standard advanced search web part uses FREETEXT SQL clause for "find document with..." keyword...