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Uncovering True Errors in SharePoint (and other .NET web applications)
09 June 09 10:30 PM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

Have you ever come across an error like this? Or perhaps one similar to this? Unfortunately, these types of “unexpected error” messages do not provide any level of detail as to the actual problem, but instead, only inform you, the admin, there was some Read More...

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Daemon Crashes When Crawling Visio (VSD) Files
05 March 09 06:42 AM | jamesbl | 2 Comments   

Recently, I ran down an issue with very frequent crashes occurring on one of my customers’ MOSS 2007 x64 Index servers.  Every time it would attempt to crawl virtually any VSD file in the farm, we would experience a crash in the daemon (mssdmn.exe) Read More...

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New Article Regarding SharePoint and High Availability
24 July 08 04:57 PM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

Just a quick note to let everyone know of some great long-awaited content that was recently published regarding high availability within MOSS. The link to the article is here . There is also a nice Visio that accompanies the article which can be found Read More...

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Are you SharePoint Designer Challenged?
28 February 08 09:42 PM | jamesbl | 1 Comments   

I know I am... Like me, you might also like two new downloads that have been recently posted. Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Training Standalone Edition and Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Training Portal Edition Read More...

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New Whitepaper: Database Maintenance for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
28 February 08 09:37 PM | jamesbl | 2 Comments   

Bill Baer recently finished his whitepaper concerning strategies around SharePoint related database maintenance. I encourage you to download it from here and check it out! Bill's blog is also located at http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/ if you would like Read More...

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So, your IIS Manager comes up blank, too?
28 February 08 09:33 PM | jamesbl | 4 Comments   

Have you ever opened the IIS Manager MMC (quick shortcut - Start/Run/inetmgr) only to find it comes up completely blank? Also, keen eyes will notice it takes a lot longer for the MMC window itself to appear as well, when this problem occurs. This phenomena Read More...

Filed under: IIS, .NET, SharePoint

Version 1.3 of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK Now Available
28 February 08 09:30 PM | jamesbl | 0 Comments   

Just a quick note to let you know the new version (as of 2/25/08) is available for download here . The previous version (v1.2) was updated last August. Read More...

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Verifying functionality of Forefront Security for SharePoint 2007
27 August 07 06:59 AM | jamesbl | 1 Comments   

Recently, I worked with a customer who was installing Microsoft Forefront on their soon-to-be-deployed MOSS farm. It occurred to me that finding a good way to test its base functionality was probably something useful to know. Enter the EICAR anti-virus Read More...

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New White Paper - SharePoint Products and Technologies Customization Policy 2007
01 June 07 06:34 PM | jamesbl | 1 Comments   

This week I had the privilege of attending our 2007 customer SharePoint briefing with some great product group folks and MMS (aka MSIT) team members. One of the presenters, Sean Livingston, discussed upgrading and customizations, etc. in good detail. Read More...

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