12 posts from: Brian E Cooper
Ontolica Wildcard Search Released!!
(Indexed 2007-05-01):
Great news!! The *FREE* yes *FREE* wildcard search is now available here: http://www.ontolica.com/Download.aspxOnce installed it adds two new site templates: Ontolica Search Center and Ontolica Search Center with PublishingThey are all enabled as a feature!! Very nice. Very cool little features as well. The refine by Site, Author and File Type is great!! Also the instant reload of the reslts when selecting "All", "Documents Only" and "List Items Only" is a great touch...!! Go get it and try it f...(truncated)...
Using Analysis Services data in Excel Services - Overview and updates
(Indexed 2007-05-01):
Some time ago I wrote a small series on setting up Excel Services to connect to SQL Services Analysis Services using Kerberos. Based on feedback from my customer and people in the community, I realized something was wrong in the first part on setting up the AD. I have just rewritten the first part. The inital version had the wrong SPNs registered.In the image below I have created a schematic overview of my setup. Click to view a larger version.[Image]Part 1 – Preparing the AD for KerberosP...(truncated)...
HOW TO: Create a custom Windows Workflow Activity and make it available in SharePoint Designer
(Indexed 2007-03-16):
Source - Todd Baginski's SharePoint 2003 and MOSS 2007 Blog Very good article located HERE[Image]
Good Series on MOSS2007 Reporting Services Add-in
(Indexed 2007-03-16):
Source - hello its liam (trainbloggin) Very good series on the new Reporting Services add-in for Sharepoint Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4[Image]
Why 2000 item limit per view in SharePoint?
(Indexed 2007-03-15):
Source - Bill English Blog This TechNet article helps explain the answer. Items I found interesting: Performance degrades considerably as the number of site collections in a single database move from 2000 to 16000. I would think best practice would be to keep the number of site collections in a single database below 2000. Significant performance degradation is experienced when the number of documents in a view moves from 200 to 2000. A smart use of folders is highly encouraged. Microsoft ...(truncated)...
SharePoint Server 2007 Presentations: Enterprise Search Deep Dives
(Indexed 2007-03-13):
--Source Arno Nel Thanks to Angus Logan for pointing this out: From Microsoft: "This download presents packaged presentations and videos of the following conference sessions: Enterprise Search Strategy and Opportunities (SharePointServer2007SearchDeepDiveA.exe)This session starts with an overview of Microsoft's enterprise search strategy, reviews the various products that it affects, and outlines what is new in SharePoint Search for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Lastly, it discusses opport...(truncated)...
Extending SharePoint Server 2007 by using Features
(Indexed 2007-03-13):
Article excerpt from Adnan Ahmed "Introduction The Feature framework has been extended to allow developers to create custom Features. Features can be deployed by using SharePoint Portal Server 2007 new form of deployment, namely Solution Deployment. Solutions are custom packages (e.g. .WSP file) or redistributable CAB files, created by developers and deployed by SharePoint Administrators. Administrator can deploy Features to individual site or to all Web front End Servers. In this article, I wil...(truncated)...
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 extensions
(Indexed 2006-11-07):
This Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Visual Studio 2005Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services contains the following toolsto aid developers in building SharePoint applications:Download HERE[Image]
Sharepoint Administration and Search Service will not start
(Indexed 2006-04-22):
Sharepoint Administration, Search, Alert, won't start. The Active Directory import of user accounts fails, the index server fails to start. DCOM errors will be thrown in the event viewer and the event viewer will also state that certain sharepoint services are not valid win32 applications. This is a known problem with Sharepoint V1 and now is a known problem with Sharepoint V2. Documentation has not yet been released for this issue on V2.To resolve this problem search for three files named Dir, ...(truncated)...
SPAlertsReport
(Indexed 2006-04-11):
"Build a report of all new items found in Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) sites collections. This report can be then sent as a newsletter by email, publish in portal areas... "http://www.gotdotnet.com/Workspaces/Workspace.aspx?id=2d52d...(truncated)... This tool sends out an email of all new items. [Image]
SharePoint 2007 Product Guide
(Indexed 2006-04-11):
Thanks to Mart MullerFor this Sharepoint 2007 Product Guide [Image]
How to disable the warning popup when open a document in office from SharePoint ?
(Indexed 2006-04-11):
Thanks to Stramit's SharePoint Blog for this bit. http://blog.spsclerics.com/archive/2006/02/15/97769.aspx"This kind of question comes very often in the french newsgroup.I speak for the famous "warning popup" when you click on a document in SharePoint :US : Some files can harm your computer. If the file information looks suspicious or you do not fully trust the source, do not open the file. A clear and soft message but really annoying in a intranet.If you re asking yourself where it's come from,...(truncated)...