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Technical Weblog of Eric Charran

A Journal of My Technical Achievements and Challenges

August 2007 - Posts

Wallpaper Manager 1.0 Update
Hi all, I've updated the Wallpaper Manager written in WCF to the 3.5 version of the Framework.  I have also included some bug fixes and eliminated some exceptions when the program can't find a directory, or there are no items in a specified directory.  Read More...
Updated WSS and MOSS SDK
Let's see if I can be the first to break the news. Download the latest update to the MOSS and WSS SDK here including improved installation experiences, 90% complete API documentation, tools including the BDC Application builder and start menu navigation. Read More...
Managing social networking with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
<ShamelessPlug> A new white paper I just finished writing on social networking and Office SharePoint Server was recently published. Download it from the following location: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=98123&clcid=0x409 I was fortunate Read More...
Applying HotFixes in Office SharePoint Server 2007
The general gist behind applying HotFixes is to only apply those HotFixes that apply to the specific challenge or problem you are having with the product in your environment. General guidance is NOT to apply all HotFixes in anticipation that your installation Read More...
SharePoint Governance and Planning Resources
Here are some great governance resources from publicly available MSDN, CodePlex and TechNet content I put together. These resources are great for organizations that are planning to implement MOSS, or are at a point where they have implemented MOSS and Read More...
Searching IE History with Windows Desktop Search
This add in found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918998 will allow the searching of IE browser history. It works for the following OS installations: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or a later version Microsoft Read More...
Accessing the MOSS UserProfileService from Code
Recently had a situation in which we needed to access a specific field from the user profile object and render it in a web part. There are specific conditions that must be met in order to successfully access and leverage the user profile object. The first Read More...
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