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A better way to evaluate PreUpgrade scan results

Every time I review Preupgrade reports I wish that I had a better way to review the results. I finally wrote a stylesheet to help. The intent for this tool is to apply it to your upgrade reports after your first prescan run to test the results befor ...[Read more]

Published: 6/1/2008 | 2  Comments | 0  Links to this post

SSO Configuration Weirdness

There is a LOT of great information on how to configure SSO for SharePoint. If you are still jaded because of the limited capability of SSO in 2003, you have to take a fresh look at SSO in 2007. As far as I can tell the service has not changed subst ...[Read more]

Published: 5/30/2008 | 1  Comment | 0  Links to this post

TechNet Governance Guidance

The folks at TechNet have been busy writing new documentation on SharePoint Governance. There is a lot of great information for organization implementing SharePoint who want to implement a governance plan. The articles and white papers cover tools a ...[Read more]

Published: 5/28/2008 | 2  Comments | 0  Links to this post

Fitz is Moving!

There are a few "one name" folks in the SharePoint world. You know Joel, but you cannot call yourself a SharePoint developer if you don't know Fitz. Mike Fitzmaurice has long been a technical evangelist for SharePoint in his official cap ...[Read more]

Published: 5/28/2008 | 1  Comment | 0  Links to this post

Search Results and AAM

I'll be the first to tell you that Alternate Access Mapping confuses the heck out of me. It does not do what I think it should do and it affects things I think it should not affect. I guess my main complaint is the name and not the function. Anywa ...[Read more]

Published: 5/19/2008 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post

WSS SP3 and Datasheet View

We just applied WSS and SPS SP3 to a production SharePoint installation and it turns out that following the application of WSS SP3 you MAY be unable to open lists and libraries in Data Sheet View! (When I say "may" I mean "will". ...[Read more]

Published: 5/13/2008 | 1  Comment | 0  Links to this post

Web 2.0 and People Who Get It

I spend a lot of my time working with great companies that want to get better. They keep striving for how they can improve incrementally in all areas of endeavor. It it this passion for "baby steps" rather than the "grand slam" ...[Read more]

Published: 5/8/2008 | 0  Comments | 0  Links to this post