Bill Baer

Senior Product Marketing Manager (SharePoint), Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint, Microsoft Corporation

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  • Blog Post: Introduction to System Status Notifications in SharePoint 2013

    SharePoint 2013 implements new System Status Notifications designed to provide site users information about lifecycle events to include availability of upgrade, maintenance, and read-only states. System Status Notifications present important information about a SharePoint deployment and its availability...
  • Blog Post: Welcome to the Developer Dashboard

    About the Developer Dashboard The Developer Dashboard is an instrumentation framework  new to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Server 2010 that can help diagnose particularly, classes of bugs that are easy to introduce through custom code, but often difficult to isolate by providing information...
  • Blog Post: PowerShell and SharePoint Automation Examples Part 3

    Automating your Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies installations can provide both consistency and efficiency while reducing the potential for human error. This is the third post on the subject of leveraging PowerShell to provide configuration logic for your environment(s). In this example...
  • Blog Post: Developing SharePoint Applications

    Do you have questions or are you looking for best practices on integrating line of business applications with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, taking advantage of publishing and content oriented capabilities, or creating collaborative interactions around business processes? If you answered...
  • Blog Post: Quota Templates and Powershell

    Continuing the series using Powershell and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, this weeks script sample illustrates how Powershell can be leveraged to programmatically provision Quota Templates in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and/or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Instructions...
  • Blog Post: Alternate Access Mappings and Windows Powershell

    I had a request this week on how to leverage Windows Powershell to add Alternate Access Mappings to the collection for a specific Web application.  Surprisingly after some searching I was unable to find anything existing on the topic, so for those curious see the attached script and corresponding...
  • Blog Post: HTTP to HTTPS Redirection with SharePoint Products and Technologies

    I've received several requests in regards to redirecting HTTP to HTTPS.  In this post I will briefly cover a select number methods and/or technologies that can be used to accomplish HTTP to HTTPS redirection. ISA 2006 Modify the Web Listener connection properties to enable HTTP to HTTPS redirection...
  • Blog Post: Developer News, SPDisposeCheck Released and Updated Developer Guidance

    Today we announced the availability of SPDisposeCheck and updated the guidance [ Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects ]. The published guidance provides best practices to follow when using Windows SharePoint Services objects to avoid retaining the objects in memory in the Microsoft .NET...
  • Blog Post: Developing Web Parts, considerations on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies

    Background Information Web Parts as defined by MSDN are an integrated set of controls for creating Web sites that enable end-users to modify the content, appearance, and behavior of Web pages in a browser. In Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web Parts ultimately derive from the ASP.WebPart (System.Web...
  • Blog Post: Master Page Example

    I used the sample master pages at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA102223711033.aspx in several Feature Stapling/Receiver demonstrations over the past year and was asked if I could provide the solution package I compiled using the Clarity master page (see image) in conjunction with...
  • Blog Post: Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture LE Version 1.0 Released

    Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture LE version 1.0 has been released. Microsoft Site Delete Capture LE version 1.0 is an Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 solution package that when deployed to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 server farm enables administrators...
  • Blog Post: Migrating User Accounts in Windows SharePoint Services

    While attending Ask the Experts at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Conference 2008, I was asked about migrating user accounts in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to a new login name programmatically, fortunately Windows SharePoint Services addressed user account migrations with the Windows SharePoint...
  • Blog Post: Deploying ProClarity Viewer 6.3 for SharePoint

    I was recently asked to deploy the ProClarity Viewer 6.3 for SharePoint Web Part - after downloading the package I realized that it was not offered in a deployable package, but rather a compressed archive of the .dwp, assembly, and resource files. The challenge became offering a user experience similar...
  • Blog Post: Ghosts in the Machine?

    Ghosted and unghosted pages are references not new to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, but have received increased interest as a result of their impact on upgrading from previous versions and more recently, the ability to manage pages in an unghosted state. Introduction Ghosted is the preferred...
  • Blog Post: Programmatically Modifying Portal Site Connection Properties

    I recently received a request asking 1) if a site collections portal site connection can be programmatically replaced or modified and 2) can this be accomplished on a schedule without implementing a provisioning intercept or callback based on Site Directory metadata. First let's examine the first...
  • Blog Post: GotDotNet Tools Republished to CodePlex

    Working with Joel Oleson we've republished many of the tools commonly available through GotDotNet to CodePlex including the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Recycle Bin, WSS Split, SP Reports, and the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 People Picker. Happy downloading! Read more here http://blogs.msdn.com...
  • Blog Post: I'm pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft IT Team Site Life Cycle Management Beta 1.0 for SharePoint Products and Technologies.

    I'm pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft IT Team Site Life Cycle Management (MSIT TSLCM) Beta 1.0 for SharePoint Products and Technologies. Microsoft IT Team Site Life Cycle Management is a custom solution that provides lifecycle management for Windows SharePoint Services site collections...
  • Blog Post: Understanding and Handling Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 Archives

    Since the initial release of the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 Feature, one of the most commonly reported issues has been the inability to restore a site archive generated by the application. The Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 Feature uses basic STSADM principals to both backup and restore...
  • Blog Post: Availability of the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 Feature for SharePoint Products and Technologies

    I'm pleased to announce the availability of the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 feature for SharePoint Products and Technologies . The Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture feature 1.0 is a shared component library (DLL); by registering the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture feature 1.0 shared component...
  • Blog Post: Code Snippet - How to Locate Host Header-based Site Collections in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

    One of the great features in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is the ability to co-host both path-based and host header-based site collections within the same server farm and content databases. Now that you've introduced host header-based site collections to your server farm, how do you quickly identify...
  • Blog Post: Understanding Solution Packages in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007/Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

    Understanding Solution Packages Solution packages are designed to provide the ability to develop and deploy reusable site and feature definitions, web part files, templates, assemblies, and code access security policies across one or more server farms. A solution package is a cabinet file that can...
  • Blog Post: Understanding webtemp*.xml

    In Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 / Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 webtemp*.xml contains a set of <Template> elements within a <Template> element that contain a set of site definitions available in the Template Selection user interface and define how to instantiate a Web site. <Template>...
  • Blog Post: New Excel Services Articles and Code Samples

    Two (2) new articles have been published centered on Excel Services programmability with accompanying sample solutions available in the Microsoft Download Center. The first article demonstrates how to extend List and query tables on Excel Services and includes content detailing external workbook references...
  • Blog Post: Release SharePoint Software Development Kits are available from the Microsoft Download Center

    Release versions of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SharePoint Software Development Kits are available from the Microsoft Download Center! Download the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and ECM Starter Kit for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
  • Blog Post: MOSS 2007 & WSS 3.0 RTM Software Development Kits

    The Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 RTM Software Development Kit have been released to MSDN ; for those looking for the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Software Development Kit click here , each includes documentation, as well as code examples within the topics and contains the highest-priority...
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