The SharePoint Guys

On Gardens and Governance (4th post)

ukpoint — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:36:05 GMT

This is the last in a series of posts that uses the analogy that looking after SharePoint in your organization is a little like looking after a garden. Without some form of control over it, it will quickly deteriorate and end up as something that is neither...(read more)

The experiences of a new starter at Microsoft Services

ukpoint — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:46:00 GMT

My career life has always been focused on Microsoft products and services. Working for a Microsoft gold partner for almost 8 years, had given me an inkling of what life at Microsoft might be like. However once I moved to Microsoft in November 2011, it...(read more)

How to create a site provisioning capability within SharePoint’s Sandbox constraints

ukpoint — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:55:00 GMT

This article offers a design for providing a controlled mechanism for SharePoint sub-site creation through an approval process, within the constraints of the SharePoint Sandbox . This approach could be used in a SharePoint Online/Office 365 scenario,...(read more)

James Kemp Moving on...

ukpoint — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

After working as a SharePoint Consultant within Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) for a number of years, I have decided to leave to become an independent SharePoint Contractor. Martin Kearn will now lead this MSDN Blog for The SharePoint Guys. Callum...(read more)

Content Organizer: iCustomRouter Pending State Issue

ukpoint — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:59:00 GMT

The Content Organizer in SharePoint 2010 is a Feature that enables the routing of content to defined destinations such as SharePoint libraries, folders or other Content Organizer managed sites. It achieves this by analysing the items content type/metadata...(read more)

SharePoint Server 2010 - 10 Steps to Disaster Recovery

ukpoint — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

This article aims to help anyone creating a Disaster Recovery (DR) design/strategy for SharePoint Server 2010. This advice will be based on my experience of designing a DR model and after conversations with experts such as Spencer Harbar, Microsoft IT...(read more)

On Gardens and Governance (3rd post)

ukpoint — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:18:00 GMT

Multi-Tenanted SharePoint 2010 Platforms

ukpoint — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:30:00 GMT

Since the emergence of the cloud, more specifically ‘Software as a Service’ or SAAS, applications which may once have been deployed locally in the corporate data centre are now being delivered via an externally managed shared infrastructure...(read more)

Talking Office 365 Podcast - The business case for the Social Features of SharePoint

ukpoint — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The latest episode of Talking Office 365 podcast has an interview with Rob Finney from the MCS UK SharePoint team. During the interview Marlon Marescia the host of the Talking Office 365 podcast and Rob discuss the following: An overview of the...(read more)

SharePoint Workspace 2010 – Offline Working Capabilities

ukpoint — Tue, 31 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT

This blog article aims to: Highlight some of the Offline Working functionality provided by Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010, including which Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 lists and libraries can and cannot be synchronised Highlight the...(read more)

On Gardens and Governance (2nd post)

ukpoint — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:15:00 GMT

This is the second in a series of posts that plays around with the idea that looking after SharePoint in your organization is a little like looking after a garden. Without some form of control over it, it will quickly deteriorate and end up as something...(read more)

Custom Search Control Not Being Displayed in Meeting Workspace

ukpoint — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Objective : Include an additional search control adjacent to the standard search box on a Meeting Workspace site, but not show any search controls on system pages (as is the default). Problem : The Meeting Workspace masterpage MWSDefaultv4.master...(read more)

Quick Tip: Provisioning a List View to a Web Part Page

ukpoint — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:50:34 GMT

Following on from my recent post ( Provisioning Web Parts to a Page ), I had a question asking how to do this for List Views. Below is a code sample showing how to do this… 1: <? xml version ="1.0" encoding ="utf-8" ? > ...(read more)

Deploying Files to the Root of a SharePoint Web Application

ukpoint — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT

I’ve recently been working on a project where a Silverlight App sitting on a separate url calls through to a WCF service hosted in SharePoint. For this to work, a “clientaccesspolicy.xml” file is required at the root of the SharePoint web application...(read more)

How To Remove "Use My Local Drafts Folder" Checkbox

ukpoint — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:57:00 GMT

Lots of customers I work with establish a requirement that files must be 'checked out' from SharePoint before they can be edited. This prevents multiple users from overwriting one another’s changes to files. The "check-out and check-in" functionality...(read more)

Quick Tip: Provisioning Web Parts to a Page

ukpoint — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT

When deploying a page to SharePoint through a Modules feature, there are several options adding web parts to this. These are as follows: Add the web parts to the page programmatically via a feature receiver. This approach can be done quickly and...(read more)

On Gardens and Governance

ukpoint — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:23:00 GMT

Just as a garden needs continual maintenance in order to maintain its appearance, so also SharePoint deployments need continual governance in order to maintain their effectiveness.

Rather than explain the "what" of SharePoint Governance, this series of blog posts looks at the "why" and the "how".

...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 - Infrastructure Sizing - Lessons Learned on Search

ukpoint — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:26:00 GMT

If you've ever worked with a client that has tens of thousands of users and millions of files to index, putting your neck on the line and recommending a SharePoint 2010 infrastructure that will scale to meet their requirements can at first be daunting...(read more)

Updated Permissions Spreadsheet for SharePoint 2010

ukpoint — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:23:00 GMT

Permissions within SharePoint provide a great way of controlling access to SharePoint sites and content. These permissions also allow for the User Interface to be trimmed so users only see the links and the content that they have access to. Back in...(read more)

Office Communicator integration (Presence) in a custom webpart for SharePoint 2010

ukpoint — Fri, 07 May 2010 06:55:00 GMT

I recently spent a while trying to integrate the Office Communicator presence pawn into a custom web part and found it a little tricky so wanted to share my learning's. With SharePoint 2010's new social capabilities, I see this integration as being a...(read more)

Introducing Site Directory for SharePoint 2010

ukpoint — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:49:00 GMT

Those of you that have spent some time looking at SharePoint 2010, may have noticed that the Site Directory has been largely dropped. On account of this, myself and several other writers on this blog have been working on a custom solution called ‘Site...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 – NEW Social Computing Features

ukpoint — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:19:00 GMT

This blog post aims to provide an overview of some of the Social Computing Features available in SharePoint 2010. This will include discussions of: New User Interface Social Feedback Social Networking New User Interface The UI in...(read more)

Configuring Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Search in SharePoint 2010

ukpoint — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:51:00 GMT

One of the feature in SharePoint 2010 which has received one of the bigger facelifts is Business Connectivity Services (BCS) – what we used to call Business Data Catalogue (BDC) in SharePoint 2007. This is a really powerful set of tools for connecting...(read more)

Installing SharePoint 2010 on a single machine

ukpoint — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:21:00 GMT

When SharePoint 2007 was in beta, I wrote a blog article about how to install it on a single machine. This was one of my most popular articles so I thought I’d repeat the process for SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2. This article should be read in addition...(read more)

SharePoint Server 2007 For Worldwide Health and Beyond...

ukpoint — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Recently, James Kemp and James Daniel , both contributors of this blog, showcased freely available SharePoint software and guidance that has been designed to help Healthcare organisations address common business challenges. A video from this event has...(read more)