The Content Editor Web Part as we ship it in WSS and MOSS always stores URLs as absolute Links. That will cause problems as soon as you are extending a web application to multiple IIS websites or when using Alternate Access Mapping (AAM) to support multiple...

I just noticed that we have published a couple of KB article about a new tool named Pre-Upgrade Checker which will ship with WSS 3.0 Service Pack 2. Based on the information in the KB articles this tool will allow you to verify if your current WSS 3.0...

As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month. Yesterday we released the so called December Cumulative Update. There is...

Microsoft has released documentation describing how to integrate MOSS 2007 with SQL 2008 to enable the usage of SQL 2008 features like Database backup compression Log stream compression TDE (transparent data encryption) Integration of SQL...

This white paper provides information and guidelines for building scripts that can automate the installation of Office SharePoint Server 2007, the configuration of servers, and the creation and joining of farms. Code samples that you can copy and customize...

Microsoft has released a security bulletin regarding a security fix for MOSS 2007 and Search Server 2008. This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker bypasses...

There are several articles around discussing the dispose of SPWeb and SPSite objects, e.g.: SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 Dispose Patterns by Example from Roger Lamb Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects from Scott...

When working on customer problems I often see that WSS and MOSS Service Pack 1 has not been applied. All customer which have not yet installed SP1 should be aware that support for systems without SP1 will end on January 13th, 2009. So in around 6 weeks...