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Sharepointology is the study and handling of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

Silverlight 3 Released

Posted 12Jul09 by Erwin in General having no comments »

silverlight3Silverlight 3 is a major update and delivers a ton of new features and capabilities.

You can read more about Silverlight 3 in the following blog posts:

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SharePoint Best Practices Conference Notes (London 2009) – Day 3

Posted 07May09 by Erwin in General having no comments »

Intranet, Extranet and Internet best practices. (Steve Smith, Spence Harbar)

  • If you need an extranet, VPN could be an option.
  • If you have 2 Web Front End servers, one for Intranet and one for Internet, keep both web applications on both servers, it’s easier to update.
  • Web Application Best Practices:
    • Don’t allow servers to access the internet.
    • 64 bit hardware.
    • Use Network Intrusion Detection (Host based detection causes extra server load).
    • Consider Transport Layer Security(SSL, IPSEC) between servers carefully, it’s complex.
  • SSL Best Practices:
    • Offload from SharePoint.
    • Sticky session on NLB (see white-paper on combined knowledge site).
    • Use port 443.
    • Use A Records in DNS.
    • Use fixed IP Addresses.
    • Use SSL for Central Administration (password sent over the network).
    • ForeFront Anti-Virus for SharePoint.

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Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Posted 30Apr09 by Erwin in Setup having no comments »

Microsoft announced that Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center.

Web Part to show upcomming birthdays in SharePoint V2.0

Posted 26Apr09 by Erwin in General having 4 comments »

codeplexI’ve updated my SPOShowBirthdayWebPart on the SharePointology project on Codeplex.com.

SPOShowBirthdayWebpartSPOShowBirthdayWebPart is a webpart that will display all users whose birthday is coming up in x days.

Changed in V2.0:

  • Replaced username by Firstname and Lastname.
  • Made Name column link to the user profile page

Download SPOShowBirthdayWebPart v2.0.

Prerequisites
This webpart uses the RunWithElevatedPrivileges function to impersonate the administrator in SharePoint Server 2007. After you do this, you may receive the following error message when you try to enumerate all user profiles:

“Access Denied. Only an administrator may enumerate through all user profiles.”

Microsoft released a hotfix package for this bug “SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: May 8, 2008″,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952294

SharePoint Best Practices Conference Notes (London 2009) – Day 2

Posted 26Apr09 by Erwin in General having no comments »

Designing and branding using Custom Site Definitions. (Eric Shupps)

  • http://sharepointcowboy.com
  • Themes – SharePoint Designer – Site Definitions.
  • Site Definitions:
    • Pro
      • Packaged customization.
      • Easy migration.
      • Best performance.
      • Complex functionality.
    • Con
      • Difficult to create.
      • Programming.
      • Only for new sites.
  • upgradeSolution – STSADM

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My name is Erwin Bastiaensen and I am a Software Architect from Belgium, with a huge interest in technology. Lately I have been involved in some Java projects and implementing, interfacing and extending a Sharepoint portal.

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