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Application Page Security for SharePoint

Posted by GeorgeH on October 22, 2011

This post describes how to implement request validation and permission based security in SharePoint Application pages. Validate a Request sent from a form page in SharePoint Application Pages that... [read more]


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SharePoint: Send Feedback Button Missing on Feedback Workflow page

Posted by GeorgeH on February 19, 2011

I came across an issue recently where the "Send Feedback" button was missing from the Feedback workflow page. The workflow used was a standard (OOB) Feedback workflow. A custom (SPD) workflow associ... [read more]


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InfoPath Data Connection Wizard: Web Service Sample Parameter Error

Posted by GeorgeH on January 27, 2011

I came across an issue in an InfoPath (2007) form where I was unable to configure a secondary data connection to the GetListItems web Service on a SharePoint site. The error message suggested that the... [read more]


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Choice Field Metadata Resetting for Excel 2007 file (.xslx) in SharePoint 2007 (MOSS)

Posted by GeorgeH on January 26, 2011

I recently had an issue where an Excel spreadsheet stored in a document library in SharePoint was losing metadata when the document was saved. After playing around a little, I found that when a docum... [read more]


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SharePoint (MOSS 2007) Enable Custom Errors

Posted by GeorgeH on September 23, 2010

There are many reasons that you may see the "An unexpected error has occurred" page in SharePoint. Troubleshooting an issue that causes this message to be displayed would be hard as there is no infor... [read more]

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Reconfigure A Rogue SharePoint 2010 Search Service

Posted by Edin on October 19, 2010

Hello again to all the readers of my blog. I haven't been around lately, but I have a good excuse for that: I was getting married. Now, as the feasts are over, I'll be back in business as usual. Today... [read more]

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How to Create List and Add Item to that List using SharePoint 2010 client object model?

Posted by Fewlines4Biju on May 4, 2011

You can create a list and also you can add item to that particular list using SharePoint 2010 client object model. Here is a sample code to create a list and adding an item to that particular list usi... [read more]

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How to recover Unattached SharePoint Content

Posted by Adam Gorge on February 24, 2011

For recovering Unattached SharePoint Content you need to be attached to a SQL Server. Site collections, Sites, Lists, and Libraries can be restored from an unattached database.To recover data from an... [read more]

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Performance Point 2010 and Report Server URL « Paul Galvin's ...

Posted by Paul Galvin on September 28, 2010

Paul Galvin's SharePoint Space ... Report Server URL comes directly from Central Administration; Report URL: Fully qualified URL to the actual RDL file itself. It's so easy when it's done correctly! ... [read more]

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Reprovision the Token Service

Posted by sladescross on December 13, 2011

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sowmyancs/archive/2010/07/16/sharepoint-2010-service-applications-bcs-metadata-access-service-are-not-working.aspx Resolution was re-provision the Security Token Service applic... [read more]

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Switch Off Default Mobile Experience in SharePoint 2010

Posted by sladescross on December 16, 2011

http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=0cd1a63d%2D183c%2D4fc2%2D8320%2Dba5369008acb&ID=494 http://gavinb.net/2011/06/13/disable-mobile-redirection-for-a-web-application-via-power... [read more]

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Date Table

Posted by sladescross on December 14, 2011

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/76599/ create view [dbo].[Calendar] as with Dates as ( select cast(’2010-01-01′ as date) as CalendarDate union all select dateadd(day , 1, C... [read more]

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How to create custom login page for SharePoint 2010 form based authentication (FBA)

Posted by pranab on July 27, 2010

I went through Steve Peschka’s blog explaining how to set up FBA with LDAP provider in SharePoint 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2009/11/05/configuring-forms-based-authentic... [read more]

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Override Core Results Web Part With Custom Query

Posted by sladescross on December 15, 2011

http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2011/12/08/using-search-to-find-recently-modified-files-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Fe... [read more]

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Performance Analysis Using Visual Studio

Posted by sladescross on December 16, 2011

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Performance-Profiling ... [read more]

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Taxonomy Field Update Through Lists.asmx

Posted by sladescross on January 27, 2012

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sridhara/archive/2010/07/09/update-taxonomy-field-values-in-a-list-item-through-sharepoint-web-services.aspx At microsoft’s recomendations we changed the ... [read more]

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Pre-upgrade checker tool SharePoint Server 2010

Posted by Bijay Kumar on January 26, 2012

- Actually this is not a tool first of all rather its a custom STSADM command. - It is available if you have MOSS 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2). - This usually used to check before mig... [read more]

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SQL Server Agent

Posted by sladescross on January 26, 2012

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Stairway+Series/72461/ SQL Server Agent and proxy accounts. Conspicuous by its absence is the Transact-SQL script (T-SQL) subsystem. T-SQL ... [read more]

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Sharepoint 2010 – access site usage statistics

Posted by Andreas on January 25, 2012

OK, so you made the assumption that Microsofts Sharepoint team would have provided a simple way to access something as common (and not to mention extremely useful!) as site usage s... [read more]

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BCS Create Profile Page

Posted by sladescross on January 25, 2012

http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2010/04/15/how-to-create-a-bcs-profile-page-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/uksharepoint/archive/2009/12/... [read more]

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BCS Infopath

Posted by sladescross on January 25, 2012

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdev/archive/2011/07/22/rapid-application-development-using-infopath-and-bcs-part-1-anweshi-deverasetty.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdev/... [read more]

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BCS Develop the Model in XML and SharePoint Designer

Posted by sladescross on January 25, 2012

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee819925.aspx Create the XML for a BDC model. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee559278.aspx BDC XML snippets to use when editing a f... [read more]

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Deploy BCS Created In SharePoint Designer

Posted by sladescross on January 25, 2012

http://dotnetmafia.sys-con.com/node/1299753/mobile Save as Template and then edit to obtain a feature. ... [read more]

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SQL Server 2008 AdventureWorks DW and BDC

Posted by sladescross on January 25, 2012

http://techpunch.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/sql-server-2008-adventureworks-dw-bdc-demo/ 1. Install the AdventureWorks Sample DW BI Database First, you need to install the AdventureWo... [read more]

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BCS Security

Posted by sladescross on January 24, 2012

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bcs/archive/2009/11/24/permissions-in-business-connectivity-services.aspx Chart of objects and permissions and effect of permission. http://msdn.microsoft.c... [read more]

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Discover the secrets to recover SharePoint Database & Complete Recovery Process!!

Posted by Adam Gorge on January 24, 2012

Are you tired of searching about SharePoint Database Recovery process and not knowing what you can actually do to recover it? If it is so then I would say your ... [read more]

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PowerPivot

Posted by sladescross on January 23, 2012

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/714.aspx#Hardware_Requirements Install client addin. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee210708... [read more]

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Build Time Dimension

Posted by sladescross on January 23, 2012

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlanalysisservices/thread/ae837cbc-90c5-4c79-8de4-f807441b74ce/ Create a store procedure in your DW database (dat... [read more]

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SSIS Dimension Building

Posted by sladescross on January 23, 2012

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg398018.aspx Code download available at: SampleCode2009_08.exe (151 KB) Data is the most important part of any busi... [read more]

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Sandbox solution ULS logging

Posted by Paul Beck on January 23, 2012

Overview: Step-by-step instructions to create a logging module for Sandbox solutions using a full trus proxy that logs to the ULS.Steps:1.> Ensure Sandbox so... [read more]


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