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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...
How to include Document Template Files in Content Type Features
15 October 09 08:56 AM
I recently spent longer than I should have done trying to create what I thought was a fairly simple feature; one that adds a content type to a site collection and also adds a physical file as the document template. This is a common scenario when developing Read More...
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...
Using multiple Contact Selector controls in a single InfoPath form
29 April 09 09:15 AM
I know what you’re thinking ….”Wooohooo … yet another article from Martin about InfoPath and the Contact Selector control!”. I know I’m sounding a bit like a broken record with this particular topic right now but there are lots of useful tips to share Read More...
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...
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...
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...
SharePoint Ports, Proxies and Protocols .... An overview of farm communications
05 January 09 10:00 AM
During November 2008 Martin Kearn and Pete Reid worked on a session at the TechEd 2008 conference in Barcelona entitled "SharePoint Ports, Protocols and Proxies. An end-to-end overview of SharePoint inter-server communication" (OFC402). The slides from Read More...
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