Browsing All Posts filed under »SharePoint 2010«

Creating a folder in a SharePoint list with Content Types

July 3, 2012 by

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This potentially simple task is not as easy as I expected, and I ran into a rather special case which I could not find documented anywhere else, hence this post.

Achieving efficiency, not just best practice

March 22, 2011 by

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Efficiency is the name of the game perhaps even more so given the current economic climate. Real Estate business is built on process and governance and companies clearly recognize the imperative of compliance. But compliance does not address a company’s ability to work efficiently. Over the years companies have taken what, at the time, were […]

European SharePoint Best Practices Conference 2011

November 14, 2010 by

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I am honoured to be contributing to next year’s European SharePoint Best Practices Conference 2011 as a speaker. The conference takes places on April 11th – 13th 2011 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. The conferences features 96 sessions , 69 speakers (includes the 15 community track speakers and sessions) and this excludes […]

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2010 – WSS 3.0 and SharePoint Foundation 2010

October 10, 2010 by

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Microsoft are to release a number of patches this week to correct “Important” security vulnerabilities in software including both Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Foundation 2010.  The security bulletins have been classified as “Important” which means that, if these go unaddressed, they could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of users data, or the […]

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-070 / Advisory 2416728 and SharePoint

October 10, 2010 by

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Less than two weeks ago Microsoft released an out of band security update to address a publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET that affects all versions of the .NET Framework when used on Windows Server operating systems.  Microsoft has issued an Important severity rating to this update which also impacts SharePoint products:  SharePoint 2010,  SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft […]

SharePoint 2010: The Enterprise Search product stack – Overview

October 9, 2010 by

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I delivered another session at the SharePoint User Group on October 7th 2010 that covered the Enterprise Search product stack within the context of SharePoint 2010.  What I always find very interesting is how some folks consider search a ‘black art’.  With that in mind, I’m going to provide an overview of what there is, […]

SharePoint 2010, PowerPivot and Visio – Providing Insight into Real Estate Data

July 2, 2010 by

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Recently I was asked to put pen to paper, albeit electronically, and provide my thoughts on how the combination of SharePoint 2010, PowerPivot and Visio could potentially provide some much needed relief to the data overload rampant in the Real Estate industry.  Given the broad audience of Realcomm‘s Advisory, from C Level to techies, this piece was intentionally kept at a high level.  Consider this […]

A note on SharePoint and Windows Update KB938444

June 26, 2010 by

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A Windows Update security patch (KB938444) has been known to cause a number of issues within a SharePoint farm after its application. Errors such as: – HTTP 404 – Server Error – Cannot connect to the configuration database can appear after applying the patch. You should read Microsoft’s statement on the SharePoint blog and a […]

Building a SharePoint / PowerPivot 2010 Single Server Full Farm Virtual Sandbox

June 25, 2010 by

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With being up in the air and on the road more than not, having a portable SharePoint 2010 sandbox environment is a must for me.   The so called disconnected time on the other side of midnight is perfect for exploring SharePoint 2010’s integration with PowerPivot, Visio and Office 2010.  Over the past two days I […]