I’m asked regularly on what type of training is needed to start a career in SharePoint, and although I hate to say it… “it depends”.  I put together a quick learning roadmap, that will lead an individual with some IT experience but zero SharePoint...

The ability to uninstall Project Server or Remove Project Server from a SharePoint Farm is not supported, regardless if it’s 2007 or 2010. 2007 Removing either Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Office Project Server 2007 from a joint installation is not...

Cloud - it's the latest buzz word.  Even my non-technical girl friend has asked me “what is this cloud I keep hearing about?”. SharePoint Online is not a new service, but with Office 365, SharePoint in the cloud is getting some new attention. ...

It’s okay… it happens.  You can’t retrieve it, but you can reset it using PowerShell.  Make sure that the account you are logged in as is: (1) a farm admin and (2) local admin on server   $passphrase = ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText...

Last week I gave a Webcast on SharePoint Operational Governance, on TechNet.  Posting this as a follow-up. Live Meeting Replay URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032485141&role=attend&pw=888894C0 Download for the Presentation...

I will be holding a 60 minute Webcast on TechNet on May 6th, which will cover SharePoint Operational Governance. Details and sign up information is below: TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Operational Governance (Level 200) Event ID: 1032485141 Language...

I’m a big fan of utilizing Rights Management Server (RMS) integrated with SharePoint when you have documents that need policies enforced not only in SharePoint, but at the desktop as well once the documents are downloaded from SharePoint. However, PDFs...

I purchased a Windows Phone 7 device this past weekend… and well it just felt empty without SharePoint Wallpaper. Download Dark SharePoint Wallpaper Download Light SharePoint Wallpaper I created these two for the Samsung Focus, but I’m sure it works on...

We’ve all been in the situation where we are expected to know why SharePoint is acting up.  Majority of the time, it takes a little bit of looking into the problem.  And the ULS Logs are the first place you should start looking. Spencer Harbar...

Microsoft Learning is offering a free E-Book on the latest release of SQL Server.  You only have to register to download it (quick registration I might add). https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/wizard.aspx?wizid=bd9adb0f-cca3-4096-96f1...

TechNet recently launched a new section for SharePoint Online, bringing together all of the content that is needed for the successful planning and administration of SharePoint in the cloud. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/gg144571.aspx Check...

Dear 7 Readers, I hope you have been well. The second half of this year has been pretty busy, so I apologize for the lack of posts and comics. One obstacle that I have been needing to move past was migrating this blog off of a SharePoint server and...

It’s pretty often on any version of SharePoint that someone asks the difference between the versions of SharePoint (ex: free vs. server vs. standard vs. enterprise).  On Microsoft’s website for SharePoint, there is a page that displays all the features...

I’m not sure how long this feature has existed in Windows, but I just discovered it on Windows 7 and felt foolish for not finding it sooner.  My customers are National, so I often have meetings in a time zone that I’m not physically located in. ...

I don’t know about you, but the first thing I like to do on a new machine after installing all of my programs is to organize the start menu. A bunch of icons just ercks me when they can be logically organized.  For example, all of the Windows applications...

Okay, well not really.  I have always joked that if I wrote a book on SharePoint, it would be a comic book.  Right, well I didn’t really do that either. However! Joel Oleson has written a book on Upgrading and Migrating to SharePoint 2010. ...

Today was the official launch day of SharePoint 2010 along with Office 2010. Exciting times!  If you happened to miss a Launch Party (how could you have, there were real parties and virtual parties!), you can watch some recorded videos here: http...

  As SharePoint 2010 (version 4) is close to hitting a release date, I think its safe to assume that SharePoint is now a  mature server product.  However, more often than not, companies are still failing to properly staff their departments...

Hey there 7 readers… sometimes there are just the littlest things that probably shouldn’t bother us, but they do anyway.  Take not being able to see a file extension.  It bothers me… This has to be one of the most annoying default settings for...

Getting SQL Server Reporting Services up and running and then integrated with SharePoint can be a bit of a challenge.  There are just different pieces and too many areas where something can go wrong.  When testing your Report Server, you may...

When you integrate SSRS with SharePoint, by default the Report Builder is 1.0.  You can install the Report Builder 2.0 and configure SharePoint to use it instead.  But you are going to run into issues if your SharePoint environment is 64-bit...

Several times I have had SharePoint environments where there was a need for large file storage (I mean large files, 100MB+). SharePoint can accommodate, but you need to change a few settings in different parts of the overall system, or you'll run into...

If you are trying to upload files to SharePoint and are using Windows Server 2008 with IIS 7, there's one additional step you need to make to your environment other than the typical Large File changes needed. Basically, any file over 28mb will error out...

7 Readers, I’ll let you in on a secret.  I’m horrible at Math.  To make it worse, I really suck at conversions.  I’ve been using this site for many years now to do my conversions for me, and thought I would share it for those that have...