The trouble with 500 internal service errors is there're so hard to debug. What's more annoying is there are probably 500 different ways to fix a 500 internal service error. At least the search results tend to lead you down dead ends. Well – I was g ...[Read more]

Ever have to move your SharePoint databases from one server to another? Or need to update the port number SharePoint is connecting to SQL with? If you did you'll remember a slew of database detaches, reattaches, and STSADM/PSCONFIG commands you need ...[Read more]

So I just installed the beta 2 version of SharePoint 2010 the other day, but I was having a heck of a time getting forms and workflows to work. For instance, if I added a custom InfoPath form to a form library, and tried to create a new instance of ...[Read more]

Hey everybody! Today I have an interesting announcement for you all… I'm writing a SharePoint book for Manning Publications!  My book will be titled SharePoint Workflows in Action and it will be based off the 2010 SharePoint platform. I'll be cover ...[Read more]

I rarely, if ever, write "philosophical" blog posts, but coming off the heels of a SharePoint Saturday event I thought this write up seemed fitting.  Some of you may know that I've made it one of my career goals to be engaged in public ...[Read more]

Hey All! This past weekend I was in San Antonio for what I thought was a really successful SharePoint Saturday event. There were like 270 registered attendees, and my session on the SharePoint 2010 client object model was pretty well attended at tha ...[Read more]

On December 8th I'll be presenting at a daylong conference titled "A Day in Microsoft's Cloud", hosted by the Twin Cities Cloud Computing user group. My session will be between 1:30 and 2:30, and I'll be covering SharePoint Online Services ...[Read more]

Hey all! As an FYI, I'll be at next Saturday's San Antonio SharePoint Saturday event. My topic is:  The new Client Side Object Model in SharePoint 2010 (300 level) in the Developer Track at 10:00AM.  http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/sa     ...[Read more]

Entertaining and eye opening write-up on what makes for a good BA:   http://3minus3.blogspot.com/2009/09/5-traits-of-virtuoso-business-analyst.html ...[Read more]

Note: this post was derived from a solution first built by Wictor Wilen and Eric White, please reference this article for the complete write-up  There are many ways to programmatically retrieve documents from within SharePoint. Some choices ...[Read more]

Note: this presentation was derived from a solution first built by Wictor Wilen and Eric White, please reference this article for the complete write-up  Last Thursday I presented at Microsoft and RBA's October brew, featuring the Twin Citie ...[Read more]

I'm sure you've seen the "Web Edit" functionality as described in the sneak peak, but did you know you can also do inline edition of list items? It's pretty slick… by default however, inline editing of list items is not enabled. You must a ...[Read more]

With the onset of SharePoint Designer 2010, there are quite a few new out of box actions and conditions that can be leveraged in SharePoint Designer workflows. Check the list below to see what's new:  Out of Box Actions List for SharePoint Designer ...[Read more]

A great new feature that comes with SharePoint 2010 is the ability to leverage Visio diagrams to show business data and/or workflow statuses. As you may have heard, you can create a SharePoint Workflow from within Visio 2010, and thereafter import t ...[Read more]

It is often stated that you ought to use Active Directory(AD) groups as much as possible, if not always. However, any seasoned SharePoint administrator will know that it is impossible to always use AD groups, and there often develops a blurry line b ...[Read more]