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Using custom Event Log Sources on Least Privilege SharePoint Servers
19 October 09 01:51 PM
As you will surely be aware, it is best practice to install production SharePoint farms using something called the “least privilege account principle”. This effectively means that each service account in the farm is dedicated to a specific job and has Read More...
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Modifying out-of-the-box SharePoint Server 2007 files
19 June 09 11:11 AM
One of the most common and simple ways to customise SharePoint is to directly modify the files that are installed as part of the product (referred to as ‘SharePoint-owned’ files). This is common practice; but not necessarily good practice for many reasons, Read More...
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Developing Application Pages for SharePoint Server 2007
15 May 09 01:55 PM
Developing application pages for SharePoint can be challenging. This blog post provides guidance on some methods that I use to make the development process easier. Application Pages? When developing applications on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Read More...
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Drill through the Records Center structure using the DOD5015.2 add-on pack
23 April 09 09:23 AM
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 DoD 5015.2 Add-On Pack has been around for sometime now. In this post, I want to share a high level overview of the add-on pack File Plan and then detail how to drill down through the Records Center structure Read More...
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Quick Tip: Storing InfoPath Contact Selector values in SharePoint
17 April 09 11:43 AM
Some time ago now, I published a post entitled Quick Tip: Using the SharePoint ‘Person or Group’ field in code which covered details of how to use the ‘Person or Group’ field type in your custom applications. As I eluded to at the end of that post, one Read More...
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Quick Tip: Using the SharePoint ‘Person or Group’ field in code
17 February 09 09:30 AM
One of the coolest types of site column (or field) in SharePoint is the ‘Person or Group’ field type. This allows you to select people from the GAL using a nice little picker control. When users are selected, you benefit from all of the presence capabilities Read More...
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Top Tips for InfoPath form development with SharePoint: Part 1
03 February 09 11:00 AM
InfoPath is a great tool that allows you to quickly design and implement browser-based electronic forms which can be delivered as HTML via SharePoint Form Services. Historically there hasn’t been much information available around best practices for development Read More...
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Quick Tip: Throwing SPExceptions
21 January 09 11:06 PM
Just a quick note for developers. If you want normal code execution to be terminated and want a useful message to be presented back to the end user on the SharePoint error page, throw an exception that either is of type SPException, or derives from type Read More...
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