Shared Points for SharePoint

The blog of the SharePoint Team from Microsoft Consulting Services, Norway

Build development servers for SharePoint using virtual images

It is often very tedious to create and set up SharePoint on one machine, then reproduce the same...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 08/06/2009

New and updated site for Microsoft Services

Microsoft Services has launched a new and updated site where you can find information about services...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 07/06/2009

A good under-the-hood SharePoint book?

My former colleague Kjell-Sverre has written a review on the book Building the SharePoint User...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 07/02/2009

SharePoint book for non-technical project managers

Many companies have deployed SharePoint and made it available for their users. SharePoint is a great...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 06/25/2009

Social Computing using SharePoint

Do you have an interest in the enterprise social computing as many other? Microsoft has launched a...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 06/23/2009

Paper on using Nintex workflow

Bjørn Furuknap (his blog here) has written an extensive paper about using Nintex workflow. It’s...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 06/09/2009

A SharePoint feature’s ActivateOnDefault attribute

Lately, I’ve been struggling with a WebApplication scoped feature that was being activated...

Author: oyvindn Date: 05/07/2009

Copy listitems from one custom list to another, then move them into subfolders.

One problem I stumbled over the other day, was how to copy item from one custom SPlist to another....

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 04/30/2009

Create Datasheet view missing

The other the I got asked why the “Datasheet view” option was laking from “Create a new view”. It...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 03/19/2009

Norway: MSDN and TechNet Live – Are you coming?

Have you signed up for MSDN and/or TechNet live in Norway yet?  Stavanger: 5.mars 2009 Bergen:...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 02/24/2009

SharePoint Pod Show

SharePoint Pod Show has been around for a little more than half a year. They podcasts on various...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 02/24/2009

Disposing of SharePoint objects

Correctly disposing of SharePoint objects like SPWeb and SPSite have been discussed and documented...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 01/30/2009

New Version of SharePoint SiteConfigurator Feature Released!

We have just released a new version of the SharePoint SiteConfigurator feature on...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 01/16/2009

SPNavigationNode issue

While working on some enhancements for the Site Configurator Feature we just released to CodePlex, I...

Author: Frank Jusnes Date: 12/19/2008

Unit testing MOSS part 2 (of 2)

In the 1. article on Unit testing MOSS I described some of the findings and experience on unit...

Author: Jan Tore Lamøy Date: 12/08/2008

MSDN Architecture Center

The unified knowledge base and latest news on Architecture (MS and non MS sources) is at...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 12/08/2008

OneNote and SharePoint – the basics

OneNote is a hidden gem in the Office suite. I use OneNote for all my notes during meetings,...

Author: Thomas Læhren Date: 12/03/2008

Unit testing MOSS part 1 (of 2)

Some of our team members, including me and Frank Jusnes, were recently responsible for providing...

Author: Jan Tore Lamøy Date: 12/03/2008

Creating List definitions with content types

When creating a couple of List Definitions which should be tied up to specific content types I came...

Author: tommyo Date: 12/01/2008

Announcing SharePoint Site Configurator Feature on CodePlex

It is an pleasure to announce the second of our two new SharePoint projects on Codeplex.com: Project...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 11/28/2008

Announcing SharePoint PowerShell Deploy on CodePlex

It is an pleasure to announce the first of our two new SharePoint projects on Codeplex.com: Project...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 11/28/2008

TypeMock for SharePoint!

My colleague Tommy wrote a post about unit testing SharePoint applications a few weeks ago. I must...

Author: Frank Jusnes Date: 11/27/2008

SharePoint and PowerShell - practical tips

Creating scripts to set off a load of stsadm commands have been a common task in SharePoint for a...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 11/14/2008

Microsoft Cuts Prices for Visual Studio 2008 Tools

Microsoft cuts prices on the VS packages. For more details see:...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 11/14/2008

Microsoft sponser norske IT-gründere

Programmet BizSpark skal bidra til å akselerere nyskaping og nytenkning i norsk...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 11/14/2008

Supported browsers in SharePoint

From time to time questions about crossbrowser support comes up. The answers can be found at Technet...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 11/14/2008

SPDisposeCheck tool for SharePoint Developers

SPDisposeCheck is a tool for analyzing your code and discover SPWeb objects that haven’t been...

Author: Frank Jusnes Date: 11/13/2008

PDC Sessions available

I just got a tip from my colleague that the PDC sessions are available at www.microsoftpdc.com. So...

Author: Frank Jusnes Date: 11/12/2008

Microsoft patterns & practices SharePoint Guidance Nov 08 release

The patterns & practices group just released their November 2008 version of their SharePoint...

Author: oyvindn Date: 11/06/2008

SharePoint ACLs

A collegaue of me in MCS Norway, Kjell-Sverre, describes in more detail the SharePoint ACLs about...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 10/17/2008

How to get a richer result set in MOSS

To present additional information in the search result will often give a better user experience. The...

Author: Thomas Læhren Date: 10/14/2008

Estimate performance and capacity requirements for InfoPath Forms Services environments

New document on performance published on Technet; gives good guidance and recommendations for use of...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 10/09/2008

Unit testing SharePoint code

In some projects lately I've been faced with the question about how to unit-test SharePoint code....

Author: tommyo Date: 10/08/2008

How To: Creating a VS web application below a SharePoint IIS web application

In certain scenarioes it would be very convenient to create a full Visual Studio web application...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 10/02/2008

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Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/30/2008

How to create Site Collection in a specific content dateabase part 2

Following up on Thomas' post on how to create a site collection in a specific content database: You...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/29/2008

Next step, a roadmap to BI

A little follow up on Stian’s post about “Where did the good stuff go?”. Over at Office online it...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 09/29/2008

Where did the good stuff go?

Is this a typical SharePoint Project/scenario in a nutshell? 1. Analysis phase: "SharePoint will fit...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/25/2008

Bamboo Solutions

For those of you who wondered if the Bamboo Solutions team solution team are any good, check out...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/25/2008

Sharepoint Access Checker Web Part V1.3.0

There are a lot of great tools at CodePlex. We have not blogged about them all and have no...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/25/2008

Software Upgrade Assessment Add-In for Visio 2007 Pro

Visio Add-in for Software Upgrades will help IT/Datacenter administrators and managers assess the...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/25/2008

Sample code acceptance checklist for IT organizations

"Web sites that are based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 often include custom solutions....

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/24/2008

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 VHD

Brief Description This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you evaluate...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/24/2008

List scalability and capacity planning

Joel Oleson recently published a collection of recommended resources for MOSS list scalability and...

Author: oyvindn Date: 09/23/2008

SharePoint Performance Optimization: How Microsoft IT Increases Availability and Decreases Rendering Time of SharePoint Sites

After deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the corporate production environment,...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/22/2008

What kind of Site should I create?

When you create a new Site there several site templates to choose among: Ever wondered what the...

Author: Jon Løken Date: 09/17/2008

SharePoint Development and Programming FAQ

MSDN forums opened SharePoint Development and Programming FAQ recently - add it to your favorites...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/10/2008

Performance and Capacity Planning Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007

...to help you with performance and capacity planning for your SharePoint Server deployment—map your...

Author: Stian Kirkeberg Date: 09/10/2008

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