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SharePoint 2010 Calendar hovers and add new button

2012-01-21T03:51:00.000-08:00

When you hover over a day in the SharePoint calendar the “add new” link comes up. This isn’t working “exactly” right. The reason is, if you scroll down on the page and then hover over a calendar item, the “add new” link shows up in the wrong calendar day. It works perfectly fine if you don’t have to scroll down (the issue only happens when you scroll).

from

http://www.greggalipeau.com/2011/01/28/a-better-enhanced-sharepoint-2010-floating-ribbon/

http://underthehood.ironworks.com/2011/12/dealing-with-sharepoint-2010-calendars-add-button-issues-after-fixing-the-scrolling-bug.html

setting up windows authentication/active directory with multi tenancy

2011-09-28T07:26:00.000-07:00

Having different OUs per tenant for example let’s say I have an OU called Customers, and within that I have an OU for each of my tenants (Microsoft, Oracle and Apple). Each individual customer OU contains a tenant admin user and then some regular users; thus it is isolated and secured. Here is some references.

http://www.harbar.net/articles/sp2010mt4.aspx

http://ajay555.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/sharepoint-2010-for-hosting-service-providers-multi-tenant-configuration-and-management-made-easy/

http://blog.helloitsliam.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=e10cb685-6b5c-4b6c-aaf4-e1d122d57174&ID=10&Web=8fe3252e-9495-44f1-b2e4-dbd7b201440b

http://projectserverblogs.com/?p=4418

SharePoint 2010 claims based and mixed authentication

2010-10-14T07:13:00.000-07:00

The problem:

Some line of business portals has an issue with multiple authentication techniques because part of the authentication is done through LDAP or any other type of authentication techniques and the other part is done against AD.

The solution:

SharePoint 2010 security is the answer for this because SharePoint 2010 changes authentication in the following areas:

– Uses classic mode and claims based authentication

– Classic mode is SharePoint 2007 style legacy mode

– Claims-based authentication is the new security model

What are the benefits?

– Claims decouples SharePoint from the authentication provider

– Allows SharePoint to support multiple authentication providers per URL

– Identities can be passed without Kerberos delegation

– Allows federation between organizations

– ACLs can be configured with DLs, Audiences and OUs

Claims-Based Terminology

• Identity: security principal used to configure the security policy

• Claim (Assertion): attribute of an identity (such as Login Name, AD Group, etc.)

• Issuer: trusted party that creates claims

• Security Token: serialized set of claims (assertions) about an authenticated user.

• Issuing Authority: issues security tokens knowing claims desired by target application (AD, ASP.NET, LiveID, etc.)

• Security Token Service (STS): builds, signs and issues security tokens

• Relying Party: application that makes authorization decisions based on claims

Multi Authentication: When to Use It:

• Same experience for different class of users

• Single URL instead of doing 2 urls like we used to do in MOSS 2007

• Same experience for same users no matter where they access content from

• Outlook Web Access

• Preferred choice for cross company collaboration solutions

Most of the article taken from presentation by: Brian Culver, MCM, MCPD Solutions Architect Expert Point Solutions.

And here some other useful links:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sridhara/archive/2010/01/07/setting-up-fba-claims-in-sharepoint-2010-with-active-directory-membership-provider.aspx

http://sharepointchick.com/archive/2010/05/06/configuring-claims-and-forms-based-authentication-for-use-with-an.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/steve_chen/archive/2010/09/29/configure-forms-based-authentication-fba-with-sharepoint-2010.aspx

http://spautomaticsignin.codeplex.com/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brporter/archive/2010/05/10/temp.aspx

http://www.orbitone.com/en/blog/archive/2010/05/04/sharepoint-2010-mixed-authentication.aspx

give anonymous permission for survey in publishing portal

2009-07-27T06:19:00.000-07:00

You have a MOSS Publishing Site, and a Survey, Anonymous access is already enables on the site (and working), But if you enables the Anonymous access for the Survey (with the all available options Add,Delete,Edit,Read ...) its still Not working, and When you navigate to the NewForm.aspx it still asks for Username and Password, solved below

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointecm/thread/b0c812a2-ee45-4cdb-883e-ce7187d393fb

and for more info about the ViewFormPagesLockDown feature find the link below
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263468.aspx#section6

and this works with the anonymous permission for DispForm.aspx for any list.

Yahoo Pipes

2009-06-03T04:33:00.000-07:00

Yahoo Pipes was launched two years ago and it is provide an amazing way to mash up data from around the Internet. Look at Pipes links below which introduces a step-by-step walkthrough of some of its functionality. Really cool, free and out of the box.

http://arstechnica.com/web/guides/2009/03/yahoo-pipes-getting-started-with-custom-rss-feeds.ars
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/13/customize-rss-news-feeds-with-yahoo-pipes/
http://www.jumpcut.com/fullscreen?id=F4396574585311DC87A2000423CF0184&type=clip
http://www.jumpcut.com/fullscreen?id=C086AA92568811DCAB02000423CF381C&type=movie

Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

2009-05-28T03:36:00.000-07:00

Application templates are out-of-the-box custom scenarios tailored to address the needs and requirements of specific business processes or sets of tasks in organizations of any size. They also provide a starting point for partners and developers looking to build deeper SharePoint-based solutions. The templates make use of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 capabilities and are compatible with Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to help make customization easier.

from technet.microsoft.com

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb407286.aspx

SharePoint Designer Workflows

2009-05-27T02:51:00.000-07:00

from http://www.endusersharepoint.com/

SharePoint URL Quick List

2009-04-10T12:18:00.001-07:00

The following is a list of SharePoint URLs to get to commonly used administrative functions on a SharePoint site. The majority of the URLs require administrator permissions on the site and a few require administrator permissions on the SharePoint server. This is a quick list for speedy reference as compared to tracking down links through the admin screens.

http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/1116.aspx

How to Protect Sensitive Data with SSL and TLS

2009-03-10T04:27:00.000-07:00

Expert Eguide: How to Protect Sensitive Data with SSL and TLS http://go.techtarget.com/r/6061595/8215039
Volumes of traffic flow freely across the internet everyday, andunless it's protected, it is in the open for anyone to access.E-commerce demands an increasing exchange of highly sensitiveinformation, from credit card numbers to financial data, safelyacross the public network. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and TransportLayer Security (TLS) secure Internet traffic in an encrypted tunnel,ensuring that it is seen only when it arrives at its destination,using digital certificates to guarantee that a Web site is what itpurports to be.
Read this E-Guide explains the differences between SSL and TLS andhow they work, and offer some important points to keep in mind whenimplementing them in your organization.
Find out more about successfully securing your network:http://go.techtarget.com/r/6061596/8215039
Sponsored by: thawte Inc.

Using Team Foundation Server to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications

2009-01-28T04:03:00.000-08:00

This article is part of a series about using SharePoint Products and Technologies and Team Foundation Server in your SharePoint application development. For more information about incorporating Microsoft best practices and toolsets around ALM “explained in the article” and applying them to SharePoint development, see the Team Foundation Server Resource Center.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc948982.aspx

I have read it from Robert Shelton's Blog
http://rshelton.com/archive/2008/12/11/using-team-foundation-server-with-sharepoint-for-collaborative-development-article.aspx

Use SQL Server Reporting Services against a SharePoint List as data

2009-01-28T03:46:00.000-08:00

Wow let's try it and please let us all know.

found on
Robert Shelton's Blog
http://rshelton.com/archive/2008/12/11/how-to-use-sql-server-reporting-services-against-a-sharepoint.aspx

by Andy Searls
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/reporting-services/ReportFromSharePoint.aspx

Plan for software boundaries (Office SharePoint Server)

2008-11-08T02:36:00.000-08:00

From technet.microsoft.com

Estimate performance and capacity requirements (Office SharePoint Server),Plan for software boundaries (Office SharePoint Server).

This article provides information to help you understand the tested performance and capacity limits of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, provides information about the test environment and test results, and offers guidelines for acceptable performance. Use the information in this article to determine whether your planned deployment falls within acceptable performance and capacity limits.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261716.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx

Enhancing the SharePoint sites

2008-11-07T08:55:00.000-08:00

Those links below are related to enhancing the SharePoint sites, caching, disposing objects and all about memory leaks, optimize SharePoint sever indexing, enhancing camel quires, content query web parts and such and such.

Blob cache:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101762841033.aspx

IIS compression:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d52ff289-94d3-4085-bc4e-24eb4f312e0e.mspx?mfr=true

SharePoint best practices:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973248.aspx

Configure page output cache settings:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101206861033.aspx

MSDN References:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973248.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687949.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973248.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms413145.aspx?PHPSESSID=7c61ntavm1dmu84rl10kephll5
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa505327.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms947783.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727371.aspx#MOSS2007OptPerfWCM_OverviewofPerformanceOptimizationforWCMSites

Forums, blogs, articles and other websites:
http://www.binarywave.com/blogs/eshupps/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=9c93c708%2De5ce%2D4714%2Dbdea%2D499330361130&ID=111
http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2007/11/26/dealing-with-memory-pressure-problems-in-moss-wss.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/12/05/10-things-to-optimize-your-sharepoint-server-indexing.aspx
http://www.ranjanbanerji.com/techtalk/20070716.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2006/09/06/net-memory-usage-a-restaurant-analogy.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/933560
http://jritmeijer.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!8A48A27460FB898A!965.entry?wa=wsignin1.0

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_OrderForms'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.OrderForms'

2008-11-05T03:21:00.000-08:00

This may happens because a multiple users logging in and checking out under the same userid/password at the same time so same basket this may cause a corrupted basket,

any way find the solution here !

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/commserver2007/thread/898b5886-cb62-44d6-b64b-de719faf5b84/

Anonymous Search Results

2008-10-14T15:37:00.000-07:00

there is one page that is absolutely necessary for everyone to access: osssearchresults.aspx. This page presents the list of search results.

By default, viewing this page requires a user to be authenticated to the server. This can create a problem when your site definition includes the basic search control as it will attempt to render all search results on this page with Anonymous access.

locate the following text at the top of the osssearchresults.aspx (inside the < % @ Page ... /> declaration) and remove it:Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.LayoutsPageBase"This setting determines the inheritance of the page from the generic application page base class; however, it is not required for the page to function. Anonymous uers will be able to view the page without having to login and search results will continue to be security trimmed so users without proper permissions will be unable to view restricted items.

this is from The SharingPoint it works fine and here you are the link below.

http://sharingpoint.blogspot.com/2007/05/anonymous-search-results-in-wss-v3.html

Anonymous impersonation for FBA portals in SharePoint

2008-10-14T14:39:00.001-07:00

We all get used to grant IUSER_computername any access we need as IUSER is the internet users that all anonymous user are impersonating when they try to access any page in your portal, and it works for only windows authentication. To do the same thing but with forms based authentication you need to
1- Store or register your IUSER for example guest to your membership repository.2- Grant that guest any access rights you want inside or outside SharePoint.3- Write some code to make all unauthorized users impersonate that guest inside the portal 'Global.asax'. which is protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e) { string cookieName = FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName; HttpCookie authCookie = Context.Request.Cookies[cookieName]; if (authCookie == null) { FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie("guest", false); } }So all the anonymous users will have a guest access 'your created guest' on your portal
For more details see the link below.
http://blogs.devhorizon.com/reza/?p=508

shrinking SQL database log file

2008-06-25T07:17:00.000-07:00

use master
go

ALTER DATABASE urDataBaseName SET RECOVERY Simple --to alter the database to simple mode to accept shrinking

BACKUP LOG urDataBaseName WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY --to backup the log file before shrinking

use urDataBaseName
go

DBCC SHRINKFILE (urDataBaseName_log, TRUNCATEONLY) --shrinking the log

use master
go

SELECT * FROM sys.dm_tran_session_transactions --check on the operation

ALTER DATABASE urDataBaseName SET RECOVERY Full --reset first line

-- and if it gives you an error says cannot locate file urDataBaseName_log in sysfiles ... It could be an issue with the logical file name so make sure that the logical file name is as the physical file name.

IBM Portal & Portal Accelerators

2008-04-17T06:11:00.003-07:00

Ibm Portal Accellerators Public

From: ardigo, 1 month ago

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See why IBM's portal is the N°1 according Gartner and market reports

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IBM WebSphere Portal

2008-04-17T06:11:00.001-07:00

IBM Portal Web intro

From: danisman, 4 months ago

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Beginner's introduction to the premier enterprise horizontal portal product on the market today .. IBM WebSphere Portal.

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How to Perform a Search by Using the SQL WHERE Clause in commerce server 2007

2008-04-16T13:23:00.000-07:00

it is really nice but i am still facing problem with it :(

public static CatalogItemsDataSet SearchCatalog(CatalogContext context, string catalogName){ // Search the catalog. // Create the search options. CatalogSearchOptions searchOptions = new CatalogSearchOptions(); searchOptions.PropertiesToReturn = "CategoryName, DefinitionName, i_classtype, ProductId, VariantId, DisplayName"; searchOptions.SetPaging(1, 20); searchOptions.SortProperty = "CategoryName"; CatalogSearch catalogSearch = context.GetCatalogSearch(); // Specify the catalogs to search. // This is a comma-separated list of catalogs to search, // for example, "Catalog1,catalog2". catalogSearch.CatalogNames = catalogName; // Specify the categories to search. All categories that match the // expression are searched. This example searches all categories // that have "technical" as part of their descriptions. catalogSearch.CateoriesClause = @"Description like '%technical%'"; // Return all items with price less than $10.00. catalogSearch.SqlWhereClause = "cy_list_price<10"; // Also use the free-text search. catalogSearch.UseAdvancedFreeTextSearch = true; // Return all rows that contain the phrase "sql books". catalogSearch.AdvancedFreeTextSearchPhrase = "\"sql books\""; catalogSearch.SearchOptions = searchOptions; // Perform the search. int totalRecords = 0; CatalogItemsDataSet catalogItems = catalogSearch.Search(out totalRecords); Console.WriteLine(totalRecords); // Access each of the returned items. foreach (CatalogItemsDataSet.CatalogItem catalogItem in catalogItems.CatalogItems) { Console.WriteLine(catalogItem.CategoryName); Console.WriteLine(catalogItem.DisplayName); } return catalogItems;}
http://blogs.msdn.com/nikhiln/default.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/rdonovan/
http://blogs.msdn.com/vinayakt/archive/2004/05/08/128366.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa546103.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/vinayakt/archive/2004/05/13/130972.aspx

Paging in commerce server 2007, C# code

2008-04-16T07:33:00.000-07:00

CatalogSearchOptions searchOptions = new CatalogSearchOptions();
searchOptions.SetPaging(PageNumber, PageSize);
YourCatalog.GetProducts(searchOptions);//returns a dataset :)

and nice article talks about that below.

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchives/commerceservercatalog/Nov2005/post24391792.asp

It should be WebSphere Portal vs Sharepoint not Domino vs Sharepoint

2008-04-16T02:23:00.000-07:00

IBM WebSphere Portal and Microsoft SharePoint.
http://blogs.toasttechnology.com.au/roller/hortovanyi/entry/it_should_be_websphere_portal

WebSphere Portal and Windows SharePoint Integration Guide see below
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0410_choo/0410_choo.html

Microsoft Silverlight: An Introduction

2008-04-15T08:27:00.001-07:00

It's Time for Silverlight

From: rajeshlal, 2 months ago

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An introduction to Silverlight with comparision to Flash.
(Some information has been taken from msdn website and other microsoft's resources)

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Stefan Goßner talks about SharePoint Content Deployment

2008-04-14T06:58:00.000-07:00

very nice articles taking about Requirements for a successful Content Deployment and the Common Issue or Content Deployment fails and how to resovle.
http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/default.aspx

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers Now Available

2008-04-10T06:14:00.000-07:00

i have tried IE8 on some sites, there are some issues that need to be fixed like some rendering errors in arabic content and some javascript errors there’s much more enhancements to come in IE8, see link below.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/05/internet-explorer-8-beta-1-for-developers-now-available.aspx

SharePoint 2007, Content Deployment ''User cannot be found' error

2008-04-09T08:56:00.000-07:00

I am tring to run a job but it gets Failed for tow below errors:

1-User cannot be found. at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPUserCollection.GetByID(Int32 id) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_Author() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.WebSerializer.GetDataFromObjectModel(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.DeploymentSerializationSurrogate.GetObjectData(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.SerializeObject(Object obj, ISerializationSurrogate surrogate, String elementName, Boolean bNeedEnvelope) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.Serialize(Stream serializationStream, Object topLevelObject) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ObjectSerializer.Serialize(DeploymentObject deployObject, Stream serializationStream) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExport.SerializeObjects() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.SPExport.Run()

2-Content deployment job 'test_test' failed.The exception thrown was 'Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException' : 'User cannot be found.'

what can i do?

-it is an issue i posed it before in The official blog of the SharePoint Product Group-Content Deployment, it is really useful.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/05/02/588140.aspx

Introduction to Windows SharePoint Services 3 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Developers

2008-04-09T08:36:00.000-07:00

Introduction WSS 3 and MOSS 2007

From: Magganpice, 1 year ago

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Slides from Microsoft Techtalk in Zurich

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SharePoint and Other Collaborative Tools

2008-04-09T07:15:00.001-07:00

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Sever 2007 and Other Collaborative Tools - The Future of Intranets?

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Michael's presentation at the BrightStar conference on August 29, 2007 in New Zealand

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master page error : Code blocks are not allowed in this file

2008-03-06T05:30:00.000-08:00

problem: When I assigned “application.master” or “layouts.master” pages as master page to my new developed web page, I received this error from share point:
The referenced file '/layouts.master' is not allowed on this page. at System.Web.UI.TemplateParser.ProcessError(String message) at System.Web.UI.BaseTemplateParser.GetReferencedType(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean allowNoCompile) at System.Web.UI.PageParser.ProcessMainDirectiveAttribute(String deviceName, String name, String value, IDictionary parseData) at System.Web.UI.TemplateParser.ProcessMainDirective(IDictionary mainDirective)

solution:
try to remove the ~ from the MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master" the tag inside the content page and if it still does not work, remove the / if they are "mater page and the content page" in the same root