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Understanding webtemp*.xml

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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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...
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Backup - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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One of the most critical components of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to many businesses is search and often is a key component of business processes. To ensure consistent and recoverable content is available to end-users, it becomes necessary...
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Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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In November 2006 I posted on the availability of Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 ; currently all 40 of the "Fastastic 40" Application Templates are available for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in English including 20 English...
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Configuring SharePoint Products and Technologies for Cross-Forest Deployments

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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People Picker works both cross-domain and cross-forest in one and two way trust environments. People Picker will issue queries to all two-way trusted domains and two-way trusted forests to search People & Groups out-of-the-box. *People Picker uses...
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Co-hosting Collaboration and Personal Site Collections within an Individual Web Application

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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One of the most common questions I receive is how to co-host traditional "team" and personal Site Collections (My Sites) within an individual Web Application in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 . While possible, there are several important steps...
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Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System Available!

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System is now available from the Microsoft Download Center! The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer programmatically collects settings and values...
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Configuring Trusted File Locations for Excel Services

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The following information is a reference guide to configuring Trusted File Locations for Excel Calculation Services in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 . Your configuration may vary due to performance and hardware considerations; you should test...
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New Excel Services Articles and Code Samples

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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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...
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Securing SharePoint Products and Technologies for the Extranet

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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When preparing to deploy an Internet accessible Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 web farm security is the forefront of discussion and planning. To provide a brief insight into securing SharePoint Products and Technologies , I’ve decided to finally...
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Estimated Release Timelines for SharePoint Designer and Server 2007 Language Packs Published

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Estimated release timelines for both Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 language packs has been posted the SharePoint Team Blog .
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Upgrading a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 farm to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, supported?

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I've recently been asked whether Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 can be upgraded to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ; while this is possible, there are several important constraints that should be taken into consideration. Foremost, you should...
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From Desktop to SharePoint - Document Scanning Integration

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I was browsing for SharePoint add-ons and integration features this evening and came across this one from Dark Blue Duck ; Scanning Enabler . The reason I decided to post on this particular add-on is that I could see the immediate value from the capacity...
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MP for MOM 2005 Released

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Management Packs for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 have been released and are available for download from Microsoft in 8 localizations, including English, French, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified...
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WSS UserInfo versus MOSS Profile Q & A (The Basics)

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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What happens when manually adding a user to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Site Collection, who previously did not have a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 profile? Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 userinfo and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
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Release SharePoint Software Development Kits are available from the Microsoft Download Center

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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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...
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TechReady4

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I just learned I'll be co-presenting with Joel Oleson at TechReady 4 in the IW306 SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007 : Administrative Architecture and Planning for Deployment - Part 1 (breakout session), scheduled for February 7, 2007 13:30 - 14...
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Blogging Activity...

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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After having spent the last two weeks in the Colorado Rockies, I've unfortunately have had very little time to blog; albeit, most of the time was spent digging out from the numerous blizzards which seem determined to keep me indoors during my vacation...
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PRESCAN Support and Resources for Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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MSDN Windows SharePoint Services Run the pre-upgrade scan tool (Windows SharePoint Services) http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/035a3024-bd27-4d63-9499-0f15ac00c6e61033.mspx Issues that are reported by the pre-upgrade...
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Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors (UPDATED - January 2007)

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I've made several updates and revisions to my previous post " Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors ", I hope this information will be useful in diagnosing and remediating errors generated by PRESCAN .EXE.
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Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors

Posted over 7 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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*UPDATED 5/22/2007 I put together this post as a follow-up to my initial PRESCAN topic " Understanding PRESCAN.EXE in MOSS 2007 "; hopefully, this will provide insight into the most common PRESCAN errors administrators may encounter and remediation...
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Microsoft GroupBoard Workspace 2007!

Posted over 7 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The first available Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 application templates has been released. the Microsoft GroupBoard Workspace 2007 . This is the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 implementation of the most widely used Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 template...
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MOSS 2007 & WSS 3.0 RTM Software Development Kits

Posted over 7 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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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...
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Simple Query to Audit Site Collection/Web Access Levels

Posted over 7 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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USE SELECT DISTINCT t1.siteID,t2.webID, t2.title [accessLevel],t3.tp_login,CONVERT(DECIMAL(6,2),((CONVERT(DECIMAL,t4.diskUsed)/1024)/1024)) [diskUsed MB], t6.fullUrl FROM DBO.RoleAssignment t1 JOIN DBO.roles t2 ON t2.siteID = t1.siteID AND t2.roleID ...
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Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 vs. 3.0 Incremental Crawl

Posted over 7 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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In a recent conversation with a colleague I was asked the differences between Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and 3.0 incremental crawls and the availability of results and thought I would share and explain briefly the differences here: In Windows...
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SharePoint WebCasts for December

Posted over 7 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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SharePoint WebCasts for December http://blogs.technet.com/eileen_brown/archive/2006/11/21/sharepoint-webcasts-for-december.aspx