Just my ramblings on technology and software development
When using SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) or SharePoint 2010 as a web content management system, it’s common to have pages show different content to logged in users and anonymous users. Sometimes you can achieve what you want via audiences or security … Read More »
When I’m working on an extremely large SharePoint deployment, getting small code changes deployed to my dev environment to test things can be a slow process. I’ve started using PowerShell very frequently to verify the expected return from different objects … Read More »
Tried to create a column in my list called “UniqueId” today. The column creates just fine, and works within the UI. However, if you try to programtically update the value SPListItem[“UniqueId”] — You’ll quickly get an error. This … Read More »
Lately I’ve been doing quite a bit of work with custom authorization scenarios in SharePoint, using the Microsoft Geneva framework for claims based security. This means custom membership and role providers which are relatively complicated. Understanding how SharePoint uses … Read More »
A frequent corporate intranet requirement is to show a stock ticker value some where in the master page, or home page. Doing this using free services is a bit of a challenge, and the ideal scenario is to periodically cache … Read More »
This morning I threw together some quick instructions for a client on customizing the Core Results Web Part and adding additional fields to the MOSS Search Results. I hadn’t planned on posting it, but as I already had it done … Read More »
I’m constantly digging around to find a copy of an Identity XSL to use in my SharePoint development. As so much of SharePoint can be modified through XSL customizations, it’s important to be able to get a copy of the … Read More »
Before you can use Server 2008 (r1 or r2) as a Web Front End in your SharePoint farm, you’ll need to enable some new roles. With a new release of Server, and a new release of SharePoint on their … Read More »
In a decent sized SharePoint farm there are *many* moving pieces. At least 5 servers, probably 10 nics, SAN’s, SQL, MOSS, IIS, Load balancers and Kerberos issues. It can be difficult to figure out what is causing performance problems sometimes. … Read More »
There are many articles on the web regarding this seemingly daunting task. Today I ran into one that is by far the most complete, and easiest to follow. Hopefully this will help you, or your clients, get the job done … Read More »