So I'm working on configuring the SharePoint 2010 user profile service application in partitioned mode. However, after the service application was created I was getting these weird errors in the ULS log (just a generic "unexpected error" i ...[Read more]

So I was setting up the managed metadata service application today and things were going fine. I created the service app, and associated the service app with my web application. However, after I added the Enterprise Keywords site column on a list to ...[Read more]

So – the other day I was trying to publish service applications in SharePoint 2010 from a provider farm to a consumer farm. I did all the steps I knew possible, but was stilling getting errors in the ULS and in the browser was getting the famed &quo ...[Read more]

Pluggable workflow services is one of the most highly anticipated new workflow features for SharePoint 2010. This is because SharePoint 2007 workflows lacked the ability to communicate with the outside world. The most basic scenario is a workflow th ...[Read more]

If you need some action to occur when a user deletes a document, for example, you may right away think you need a workflow when in fact an event receiver will do. The main difference between the two is a workflow is typically long running, whereas a ...[Read more]

If you don't properly handle exceptions in the workflow and an error occurs, you'll get the dreaded "Error Occurred" string in the workflow status, with no help as to what went wrong. You're left with debugging your workflow, and if you do ...[Read more]

So you just built this compelling Visual Studio workflow and deployed it into production. Things go great for a few months, but then the business requests a small change to the workflow. You go back into the workflow code, add a few activities to fu ...[Read more]

Last week I presented at the Workflow University event in Dallas sponsored by RBA Consulting. It was a neat event where Eric Hanes presented on using Visio to create workflows. Scott Wheeler then brought that diagram to life a with SharePoint Design ...[Read more]

Today is the day! My book, SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action, is now available to be downloaded. The first four chapters are ready, and a new chapter will be released each week for the next 8 weeks.  Download e-book: http://manning.com/wicklund/ ...[Read more]

Today I presented at the TechFuse conference in Bloomington MN. My presentation was on how to build SharePoint 2010 customizations with no server access, which included SharePoint Designer 2010, Sandboxed Solutions, and the new Client Object Model. ...[Read more]

Hey all! Bellow you'll find my slide decks and source code for the presentations that I gave at this week's The Experts Conference (www.tec2010.com). I promised a more detailed write-up for my SharePoint 2010 Branding presentation, so stay tuned to ...[Read more]

Some of you are aware that I'm currently writing a SharePoint 2010 book around workflows. I'm nearly complete with the manuscript (1 chapter to go!), and it should be on sale in an electronic version in a few weeks, with the hardcopy coming this sum ...[Read more]

One of the biggest problems people had with SharePoint Designer 2007 is the inability to run actions in parallel. For instance, what if you wanted to get the approval from 5 users all at the same time? In 2007, you had to issue tasks to those users ...[Read more]

I just re-installed SharePoint Server 2010 and Central Administration kept giving me a 500 IIS error:  "Could not load all ISAPI filters for site 'SHAREPOINT CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION V4'. Therefore site startup aborted."  "Event ID: ...[Read more]

Below is a simple PowerShell script you can use to grant a user or AD group a Full Control policy on a web application. You could use this in scenarios where you're scripting your SharePoint installation, and you want to script your policies as well ...[Read more]