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Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:45 AM

SharePoint site and multiple domains - alternate access mappings is the way

This is an update to one of my older posts - SharePoint 3 is bound to host headers - I was explaining the problem how the SharePoint binds itself to one host header and a simple trick to avoid this. There is a better way to add another host header to Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:58 AM

Quick Impression: System Center Capacity Planner for SharePoint

I just fired up the capacity planning tool that's all the rage these days . I found it easy to use and quickly modeled a client environment I worked on this past summer. With some trepidation, I pressed the final OK button and it recommended something Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:04 AM

"Cannot find c:\...\exportsettings.xml" error when restoring with SharePoint Designer

When making a SharePoint Designer backup of a certain Windows SharePoint Services site it's creating it normally. But when you try to restore the same backup you receive the cannot find ... exportsettings.xml error. After digging a lot around I've Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:29 AM

Backup, restore and migration of sites on SharePoint 3 pt. 3/3

stsadm -o export and stsadm -o import To backup: 1. Locate stsadm.exe 2. in Command prompt type stsadm -o export -url http://[url-of-the-web-site-or-subsite] -filename [path and name of the file.dat] To restore: 1. Create a web application and a site Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Monday, January 21, 2008 5:10 AM

Backup, restore and migration of sites on SharePoint 3 pt. 2/3

stsadm -o backup and stsadm -o restore To backup:   1. On the server locate the file stsadm.exe (if you have sharepoint 2 and sharepoint 3 locate the one in the "12" folder.   2. Open command prompt and type [path to stsadm.exe\] stsadm Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Monday, January 21, 2008 5:09 AM

Backup, restore and migration of sites on SharePoint 3 pt. 1/3

SharePoint Designer Backup and Restore To backup:   1. Open the site with SharePoint Designer   2. Select Menu "Site" --> "Administration" --> Backup web site   3. You can select to backup also the subsites   Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:30 PM

Yet Another Network Credentials Multi-Challenge Issue and Solution

My client recently installed a magic device from Juniper that apparently replaced their old Cisco network load balancer (NLB). At about the same time, we installed a hotfix to address a workflow problem . A day or two later, we noticed a problem when Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:55 AM

How to Remove Unwanted Top Sites

Body: Ok so this isn't going to be news to many but this stumped me today. I was approached by the Admin I am training to hand over the environment keys to with what seemed a simple enough question. How do you remove items showing up in your Top Sites Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:58 PM

Governance / Deployment Checklist

Body: So your working in a medium to large corporation and your beginning to plan out your deployment of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS for short). You have a small IT staff dedicated to this project and currently you have been working Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:55 PM

Want a Better Understanding of Search in MOSS2007?

Body: Microsoft recently released a number of great documents to go through. One being very detailed document related to MOSS 2007 Search. You can get it HERE Happy Reading Category: SharePoint Administration Published: 10/27/2007 1:55 PM Mirrored on Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:49 PM

Building a VM Test Lab Part 2

Body: In the last post I walked through the initial steps of setting up your environment using Virtual PC and VMWare. In this post I want to dive a bit deeper. At this point you have already configured your base OS. You have gone to Microsoft Update and Read More......( read more ) Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Friday, August 17, 2007 3:06 PM

Resolving the "Unable to display this Web Part" problem after SharePoint Designer restore

If you've restored the SharePoint site using commands Site --> Administration --> Restore site and this site had special XSLT data views you may be in for a big surprise! You can receive the following message: Unable to display this Web Part Read More......( read more ) Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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