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Modify 2 CustomErrors Settings to See Full Stack Trace in SharePoint 2010

Joris Poelmans — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:37:02 GMT

Joris Poelmans writes, "On a SharePoint 2010 development machine you typically want to see the full stack trace when an error occurs. In SharePoint 2010 you will need to modify 2 web.configs:..." more

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:37:02 GMT

Resolution to SharePoint 2010 Error 403 When Updating Metadata

Sean Earp — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:32:52 GMT

Sean Earp writes, "...I have spent a month troubleshooting a crazy problem with SharePoint 2010, stumping everyone that worked on it. The problem was just resolved, and it involves something I’ve never seen before, so I thought I would share...It turns out that SharePoint 2010 has a hidden list at the site collection level called… appropriately enough, “TaxonomyHiddenList”. You can access this by going to..." more

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:32:52 GMT

Powershell Script for SharePoint 2010 MUI Enabled

Joris Poelmans — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:29:21 GMT

Joris Poelmans writes, "...If you try to enable alternate languages for a SharePoint 2010 meeting workspace you will get an error stating “this site is based on a template that does not not support alternate languages”...if you want to find out which webtemplates support MUI you can run the following Powershell script:..." more

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:29:21 GMT

Replacing the Default SharePoint People Picker with a Custom People Picker

Adam Buenz — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:24:48 GMT

Adam Buenz writes, "At a recent customer of mine the question came up as to how we could replace the default people picker with a custom one that was tailored to some very particular AD queries to supplement the SharePoint calls...The easiest way around it is to toggle the visibility of the primary, OOB picker on the page to not visible, and then..." more

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:24:48 GMT

Solution to Missing Datasheet View with 64-bit Versions of Office

Sean Earp — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:20:19 GMT

Sean Earp writes, "...While 64-bit installations of Office 2010 are still relatively uncommon, there are a few known issues/growing pains...Datasheet feature on SharePoint not available for customers who install the 64-bit version of Office 2010. When clicking on the Datasheet View, the following message is displayed: The list cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons:..." more

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:20:19 GMT

Code Showing Table Markup in Open XML SpreadsheetML

Eric White — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:31:25 GMT

Eric White writes, "...a summary of the Open XML SpreadsheetML markup that you use to define or query a table. I’ll show the markup for the very simple table in the above screen-clipping..." more

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:31:25 GMT

SharePoint 2010 Dev/Architect Learning Curve is Steep

Mauro Cardarelli — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:59:24 GMT

Mauro Cardarelli writes, "...I absolutely believe that while the new development features with SharePoint 2010 will allow developers to do more with less (code) the burden on the SharePoint architect is now far greater. Picking the “right” architecture has become ...The learning curve is steep but the power of the toolset is much too big to ignore…" more

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:59:24 GMT

Solution to Claims Error When Publishing Service Apps in SharePoint 2010

Phil Wicklund — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:09:48 GMT

Phil Wicklund writes, "...You'd think that after all this it would work just fine? The funny this is I did do all the publishing just fine, I just missed one small, important step. IISRESET. Perform an IISRESET on all boxes in the provider farm, and all boxes in the consumer farm. Thereafter, try the connection again and it should work. I also created a key in..." more

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:09:48 GMT

Fantastic OLAP PivotTable Extensions for Excel 2010

Teo Lachev — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:21:31 GMT

Teo Lachev writes, "...fantastic OLAP PivotTable Extensions for Excel 2010 add-in (now available in both x32 and x64). This add-in is one of the first third party tools I install on a new machine. Since the Excel team seems to be ignoring customer feedback for improving the Excel BI features, OLAP PivotTable provides what's lacking, including:..." more

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:21:31 GMT

Search Project Server 2010 Data Using SharePoint BCS and FAST Search

Christophe Fiessinger — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:02:48 GMT

Christophe Fiessinger writes, "...The following project demonstrates how to setup Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and SharePoint 2010 FAST Search to query Project Server 2010's Project Project Web App (PWA) entities: Project, Task, and Resource. This code sample..." more

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:02:48 GMT

Technical Diagrams for SharePoint 2010

Sean Earp — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:02:47 GMT

Sean Earp writes, "...here are the technical diagrams for SharePoint 2010. As I am a visual person, I find these to be more helpful than the written documentation at understanding key SharePoint concepts...all diagrams are available in Visio, PDF, and XPS format: SharePoint 2010 Products Deployment..." more

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:02:47 GMT

Configuring Profile Import in SharePoint 2010

Shane Young — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:02:43 GMT

Shane Young writes, "...The first one is for goodness sakes read this TechNet article. If you read it slowly and do everything it says you can do very little wrong. But no one wants to read it so here are my notes. The farm account HAS TO BE A LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR. I am sorry but there is no way around this right now so quit trying..." more

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:02:43 GMT

Simple Naming Convention for your SharePoint Accounts

Wouter van Vugt — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:20:25 GMT

Wouter van Vugt writes, "...here's my list of account names I typically use when installing SharePoint. Usually I create a separate OU in active directory to group them, or I use the existing OU when running on 2008R2. Note that this is for SharePoint 2007...I have a naming convention with the following characteristics:..." more

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:20:25 GMT

Sync Your SharePoint Contacts with Outlook

Paul Stubbs — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:22:05 GMT

Paul Stubbs writes, "...see how easy it is to leverage the Social Web Services in SharePoint in your Outlook Add-Ins. In particular I show you how to call the User Profile Services to pull your colleagues from SharePoint and create Outlook contacts..." more

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:22:05 GMT

SharePoint 2010 and Moving Files From the C Drive

Woody Windischman — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:04:48 GMT

Woody Windischman writes, "...SharePoint's requirements do state that you need 80GB of hard drive, but as you have seen, that statement is a little fuzzy about the why and where you need it. Although the default is drive C, many corporations have policies limiting what you do on the C drive. In this article, I've described how you can move many of these items around..." more

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:04:48 GMT

PowerPivot 2010 an Excellent Excel 2010 add-in

Harry Waldron — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:45:50 GMT

Harry Waldron writes, "...The capability to create Pivot table views is greatly improved in Excel 2010, as it's more naturally built into Excel. In building sophisticated spreadsheets, Microsoft also offers an Excel plug-in called PowerPivot 2010 that can work with huge data bases exceeding even the million line row limitations of Excel. While I prefer using Access for..." more

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:45:50 GMT

Updated SharePoint Patching Recommendations for KB38444

Joel Oleson — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:52:59 GMT

Joel Oleson writes, "...suggesting that you don’t use automatic updates unless you’ve first tested the patches, which in my book is don’t do it automatic. I have been telling people all week that it's a best practice to NOT do automatic updates. He’s also saying..." more

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:52:59 GMT

SharePoint Vulnerability and Issues with the Patch

Joel Oleson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:20:17 GMT

Joel Oleson writes, "...For anyone who was affected in a negative way, they should first make sure that the install was successful...I expect most of the failures are due to binary install without databases being updated. As is stated in the newsgroups, the best way to force the patch..." more

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:20:17 GMT

Solution to SharePoint 2010 Access Services Error Failed to Load

Joris Poelmans — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:16:50 GMT

Joris Poelmans writes, "I noticed the following error recently in one of the Access web databases driven by Access Services in SharePoint Server 2010.“This report failed to load because session state is not turned on...the solution..." more

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:16:50 GMT

Fault Handling and Debugging SharePoint Workflows

Phil Wicklund — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:16:48 GMT

Phil Wicklund writes, "If you don't properly handle exceptions in the workflow and an error occurs..."Error Occurred" string in the workflow status...You're left with debugging your workflow, and if you don't know how to debug, you're really up a creek....You debug your workflows almost the same way as any other .NET application you build. Within your workflow's code view, right click on..." more

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:16:48 GMT