I know that reading the above you will say : backup and restore  or export and import . Perfectly true. What if the procedure involves moving one BIIIIIIG Site > 15 Gb? If you have the time to do it, that’s perfect. Just schedule the operations...

Here is a procedure that might come in handy when you, for some reason are required to            re-install the binaries of the server. Scenarios requiring this might include reverting to a previous...

You are of course aware of the fact that starting with Service Pack 1 the workflows created in SharePoint designer that should launch under the credentials of the system account will no longer start automatically. You know what the resolution is for this...

This might come in handy whenever you (like myself and I am sure thousands of others) see some error in the execution of one workflow and found the completely useless messages like “Error Occurred” Dig deep and find nothing first troubleshooting...

Purpose : To get notified whenever something new gets indexed, based on a search term you specify. Say for instance that you would like to get notified whenever a new “TOP SECRET DOCUMENT” :) gets indexed. Go to the search page, issue a query and when...

IMPORTANT NOTE: This blog entry adresses the steps that need to be performed when moving SSP A to SSP B within the SAME farm as a recovery for a broken SSP scenario. IMPORTANT NOTE 2: The tools provided as reference from codeplex.com are provided ...

Office Server Search Service cannot be started because it does not exist. One of the most simple problems I’ve seen lately is : Why can’t I start the Office Server Search Service in my MOSS install.I have the right key , the right CD and the latest...

This is concerning an error found encountered in Sharepoint Designer based workflows after installing the October Cumulative updates. The behavior you will encounter is the following: Create a simple list with two fields: Title (default) ...

Among other things solved by the August Cumulative Updates, here is an issue which arosed after installing this patch. One of those issues is that if you modify a default list form (Editform.aspx, DisplayForm.aspx) using Sharepoint Designer 2007 and...

Working through the recycling of the services on server, changing the accounts for Sharepoint Timer Service, I found myself in the interesting situation of not being able to start the service.It worked , it was started but it's not working now and it...

A javascript error. Simple. Neat. Clean. But... since you noticed it, no Sharepoint controls are working. No paging controls, no buttons, generally any control that would require a postback between the webbrowser and the server will cease to function...

What we have here is not actually a how to , nor does it point to a known issue, it's more of a logical reason behind writing the entry. As a starting point, we have the SharepPoint standard Approval workflow which can, through the UI, easily be attached...

Recently I faced several issues regarding the corruption of the index right after a reboot of the server following a patch installation. The issue, as I could observe it, occurs whenever the server is crawling and needs to reboot at the same time.The...

The idea to write this entry came as a result of many failed Profile sync operations I've seen lately, so, here it is: As a scenario, let's assume that you have a webapplication you want to move on a different port. I stress the word move , because...

How to remove something (the port) from the URL as returned in the search results (searchresults.aspx): UPDATE : the behavior depicted below should not happen after installing October 2009 Cumulative Update package: Download October 2009 Server...

Say you have a Sharepoint Site you want to make available in the internet. You implement the custom authentication provider as specified on theTechnet Site : Configure forms-based authentication (Office SharePoint Server) Check everything and it...

I started the other day to create a simple workflow which should create an item in a tasks list and assign the task to a sharepoint group containing local accounts. The set-up was (so I thought) the simplest possible: One standalone server on a single...