I recently helped put together a client & partner portal implementation with SharePoint that had a very interesting network and domain architecture that I figured was worth blogging about. Not only was it a unique architecture, but the business ...[Read more]

IIS 7 isn't much like IIS 6, and getting SharePoint to install on your web front ends running Windows Server 2008 may involve some steps you weren't used to. This post shows some of the steps necessary to configure IIS 7 to get SharePoint ready to ...[Read more]

When I go to clients that I'm engaged with, I always try to make sure I leave them with good documentation so if there's an issue after I'm gone, they're not left floundering. This post details what I try to leave with a client as far as documenta ...[Read more]

Ever get an "Access to the path c:\... is denied" error when try to deploy or upgrade a SharePoint solution package? I've been getting this error intermittently over the past couple weeks and just today I figured out why! It wasn't rocke ...[Read more]

Great news! I was just informed that I'll be speaking at next March's SharePoint Connections conference in Orlando Florida. I missed the deadline for November's conference in Vegas, but I am very pleased & excited that I was able to get my ide ...[Read more]

My polling web part now supports allowing for only 1 response per user. Thanks to Jason Mitchell (elektronisch) for providing the enhancement!   When you respond to a poll, a cookie is saved that keeps record of your response to that particular ...[Read more]

 This month's Minneapolis Office Developers Interest Group (MODIG) event will feature a panel of SharePoint Developers that will be fielding questions from the audience. Feel free to stop by with your SharePoint questions! We'd love to help you o ...[Read more]

Every SharePoint deployment needs clear leadership and accountability in order to be "successful". Success is a loose term with SharePoint, but I like to define it as follows: A state in which the SharePoint deployment has continued to p ...[Read more]

**Calling all Facebook folk** – if you have comments, concerns, requests, or praises for my blog and/or SharePoint site, I'd love to hear from you! I've been at this blogging thing for about a year now, and the silence is a bit unnerving!   Ple ...[Read more]

Code Access Security (CAS) is a hot topic these days, and for good reasons. CAS is an important thing to have an understanding of if you work in a security conscious company, or if you're striving to understand best practices. If you're new to CAS ...[Read more]