Am in the land of setting up quite a few 2013 environments to demo and test. Some using VMware, HyperV, Cloudshare to...
Making sure SQL is the right version for 2013
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SharePoint 2013 preview now available
Yaaaay, SharePoint 2013 is now available on preview - there's a whole pile of blogs coming your way concerning Office...
Orphaned items from Sharepoint 2007 Content databases – a way to solve this in Sharepoint 2010
Had a problem today where a content db migrated from a supposedly clean Sharepoint 2007 environment didn't show up some document libraries or lists when visiting the site. This left me really puzzled because they were visible in 2007, not 2010!! So, ok, decided to go...
Resolution – ‘Local accounts should only be used in stand alone mode’ – How to fix that!
One thing that you will find installing the Sharepoint 2010 BETA Installation is that things have changed concerning Standalone versus Complete installation. Standalone build is usually the one to go for when you want a single server developer type environment and...
Solve 403 FORBIDDEN when trying to access SEARCH Administration SharePoint 2007
Ok, had a right old hassle here, another blog will follow detailing how to resolve the dreaded 'cannot access sts3' etc. Anyway, to business. What now follows is a step by step account of how to resolve getting a 403 Forbidden. I've tried this against various farms...
EVENT 7888 and 5553 – Failure trying to synch site and Cannot insert duplicate key row in object
Thought it high time I blog this. You may get errors like this following a DB move, for example, moving a content db from a sql box to a cluster / vice versa <grin>. 7888: A runtime exception was detected. Details follow. Message: Cannot insert duplicate key row...
SharePoint 2010 has arrived
Hi there, In this article we'll have a list of links and stuff that you will need to start looking at if you are interested in going down the Sharepoint 2010 route: Technet Evaluation Centre Sharepoint 2010 Beta - HERE Get Ready for Sharepoint 2010 - Software and...
Memberships out of date in MySite SharePoint – Synchronization issue – a fix
When moving your sharepoint instance to another server group, watch out for synchronisation issues. For example, you may see a situation where old memberships from your old instance is still being shown. The membership functionality strictly works off the users listed...
Does Sharepoint Block Files by its Content?
Was asked today about this and thought it high time I blogged it.. As I understand it, Sharepoints blocked file types is a file extension blocker,not a content blocker. For example, if you wanted to block AVI files, and you renamed the extension AVI to MPX that the...
2007 Content Type Diagram
For SharePoint Services, this is a pictorial showing the layout of the content type namespace in SharePoint 2007 Download: wsscontenttypes
RMI Namespace
Useful document that shows the technical architecture of Policy assignment in Microsoft Office Download: