tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:22 +0000Site TemplateCheck-outsSharePoint Check-outs.Crawling Sharepoint SiteSometime low minds do that which sharp minds can never think of. <br><br><a href="http://mossnwss.blogspot.com">Home</a>                                                <a href="http://mossnwss.blogspot.com">About Us</a>                                                <a href="http://mossnwss.blogspot.com">Contact Us</a>http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-2649222080386053546Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:26:00 +00002012-02-09T04:03:46.599+05:30SharePoint Check-outs.Crawling Sharepoint SiteCheck-outsAll, Just thought of writting a quick note on the SharePoint General testing we can carry out after every change we do in the SharePoint Farm.Below listed are the some of the components you can check on.User end:Check if all portals/web applications are responding fine. Email Enabled Lib/list. Workflows. Alerts. Add, update, delete list/ lib. Add, update, site with Branding (if any). Add, remove http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/v7lpApaj7Qc/sharepoint-general-check-outs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2012/02/sharepoint-general-check-outs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-6769294750396498576Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:59:00 +00002011-12-23T05:32:56.010+05:30As SharePoint becomes a more critical component of your infrastructure, it also becomes a service that needs to be more closely monitored to ensure its availability. But many organizations mistakenly try to treat SharePoint like other application servers, such as SQL Server. The most common misconception is that it's SharePoint that you have to monitor. This false belief will lead most operationshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/vOeULPCCtvM/how-to-monitor-your-sharepoint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-monitor-your-sharepoint.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-2405430698494124162Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:57:00 +00002010-12-29T16:27:50.149+05:30It always astounds me what Microsoft are willing to bundle with their software, Analysis Services or SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) with SQL Server for example! They haven't stopped, they bundle Windows Sharepoint Services with Windows Server 2003, with is basically a fully functional SharePoint Server, however they still have SharePoint Server 2007 as a product. So what are the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/duUYUWEJ__M/difference-between-moss-2007-and-wss-30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2010/12/difference-between-moss-2007-and-wss-30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-7047872420249179333Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:08:00 +00002010-03-04T16:47:09.130+05:30Problem: Preview and Open Forms after Upgrading to Internet Explorer 8.Resolution: The steps to fix are repeated here:1. Launch Internet Explorer.2. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.3. On the Security tab of the Internet Options dialog box, select the Local Intranet zone, and then click Sites.4. In the Local Intranet dialog box, clear the Automatically Detect Intranet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/fBZzc9pAt6c/preview-and-open-infopath-forms-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2010/03/preview-and-open-infopath-forms-after.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-8677017095294998826Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:43:00 +00002008-10-29T09:20:10.992+05:30Closing, Deleting and Restoring Web PartsThis month’s SharePoint tip will show users how to manage SharePoint web parts on their site by closing, deleting or restoring them. Below you will find out the difference between these three actions and when it is appropriate to use them.Closing a Web Part:When a user temporarily wants to remove a web part from their site, they can simply close them. A http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/2ul0f2o5-nM/sharepoint-tip-of-month-closing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)1http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/10/sharepoint-tip-of-month-closing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-5216446033680061019Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:28:00 +00002008-10-24T14:01:23.737+05:30Problem: If you have a "built in" or custom approval workflow setup for your document library. The workflow runs correctly, however when sometimes you look at the workflow status, you may receive an error after the task has been approved and completed such as, Event Type: Error User ID: System Account Description: An error has occurred in [name of workflow].Resolution: When you define your http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/EZ_d8jH3sV4/workflow-error-system-account-error-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/10/workflow-error-system-account-error-has.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-8113516955301695874Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:52:00 +00002008-10-24T14:02:10.813+05:30Saving a list as a template is an easy way of transferring data from one place to another in SharePoint. By default, however, the maximum size of list templates in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 is 10MB.If you try to save the list as a template that is larger than this you will get the following error:The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 10485760 bytes.To http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/Gc23XHCSSu0/increasing-maximum-size-of-list_09.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/10/increasing-maximum-size-of-list_09.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-6930144468803288072Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:05:00 +00002008-10-24T14:02:38.850+05:30This is always recomanded that if you are going to use SharePoint 2007 you really should use Office 2007 with it. In this post I will try to describe differences between various versions so you can know what to expect on your implementation.Every project is different, and you will encounter numerous combinations of Microsoft software installed. Some large corporations we work with, are still http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/CVYehIFfPT4/office-2003-and-sharepoint-2007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/09/office-2003-and-sharepoint-2007.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-6697036395068405640Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:57:00 +00002008-10-24T14:03:32.453+05:30Hi Guys, Today I have faced a new error message with the user. when he tries to upload or edit something in "content editor webpart" in his SharePoint. IE got freeze and he has to terminate the session. Though this was not a SharePoint issue but still i finds it to be somewhat important to discuss. To resolve this issue, use the following methods in the order in whichthey are presented.Method 1:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/a0B-rGF07HI/instruction-at-0x30cb0bad-referenced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/09/instruction-at-0x30cb0bad-referenced.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-148841410326912719Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:27:00 +00002008-09-23T02:10:45.198+05:30In this article:Deploying administrator-approved form templatesUpgrading administrator-approved form templatesQuiescing administrator-approved form templatesInfoPath Forms Services provides functionality that enables both Office administrators and users to deploy browser-compatible form templates. InfoPath form templates (XSN files) created in the design mode of the InfoPath program can be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/bUXyU3QN6PM/deploy-administrator-approved-form.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/09/deploy-administrator-approved-form.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-7820988579614965259Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +00002008-09-09T19:43:10.335+05:30Ever wonder EXACTLY where SharePoint stores documents? This isn't going to be news to developers or others that have followed SharePoint for a good while, but if you are relatively new to SharePoint it might be somewhat eye-opening.Every time you hit "Save" on a Microsoft Office document and the path for the save is a SharePoint document library on a SharePoint site, the entire contents of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/rfE9JsvGERI/exactly-where-sharepoint-documents-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Aggarwal)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/09/exactly-where-sharepoint-documents-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-3704601345550683886Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:48:00 +00002008-09-09T01:25:32.384+05:30I keep forgetting how to do this so I'm blogging it to help me remember.Back in the days of WSS v2 and SPS 2003, one could use some handy URL parameter passing to edit web pages and browse for or search web parts.My three favorite parameters for WSS v2 and SPS2003 were:To Correct or Remove Misbehaving Web Partshttp://server/default.aspx?Contents=1To Open the Page in Web Part Design Modehttp://http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/fiW9YGMrfvs/managing-web-parts-in-wss-and-moss-2007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Aggarwal)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/09/managing-web-parts-in-wss-and-moss-2007.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-8592999280946660205Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:22:00 +00002008-08-27T01:57:27.089+05:30Today’s helpdesk call is a problem I have been asked about several times lately. It is one of those issues that can drive a technical support pro crazy because it only effects some users, happens apparently for no reason, and sometimes fixes itself. The problem begins when a user has an issue opening files from SharePoint. The files open, that isn’t the problem, it’s just that no matter what the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/COZyB9v55S0/edit-document-requires-windows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)8http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/08/edit-document-requires-windows.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-1356355981014552112Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:50:00 +00002008-08-22T19:33:29.868+05:30Site TemplateI just recently responded to a post in one the MSDN SharePoint forums where a user was asking how he could determine what templates where being used by his sites. I didn't really feel like having him look at the database, so I wrote a simple application page that exposes the WebTemplate and WebTemplateID properties of the SPWeb object. Here is what the code looks like:<%@ Assembly Name="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/VOlgZK4BV70/determining-site-template-used-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Aggarwal)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/08/determining-site-template-used-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-415662636333805011Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:15:00 +00002008-08-22T19:37:20.629+05:30Crawling Sharepoint SiteWhen you setup your content sources in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007), you have a few options to choose from: SharePoint Sites, Web Sites, File Shares, Exchange Public Folders and Business Data. When you use the SharePoint Sites option, you're instructing the indexer to crawl a WSS web front end and you will use sps3:// as the prefix for your start address. This tells the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/2NACj3iB0o8/crawling-sharepoint-sites-using-sps3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Aggarwal)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/08/crawling-sharepoint-sites-using-sps3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-6508779037285422742Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:50:00 +00002008-08-08T03:27:24.880+05:30If you encounter problems with a Web Part or Web Part connection on your Web Part Page, you can use the Web Part Maintenance Page to help isolate and fix your problem. You must have the appropriate Web Part, Web Part Page, or Web Part zone permission to use the Web Part Maintenance Page.Tip: If you are not sure which Web Part or Web Part connection is causing a problem on your Web Part Page, it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/5pm-P6EtRjY/open-and-use-web-part-maintenance-page.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/08/open-and-use-web-part-maintenance-page.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-903262011377816129Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:40:00 +00002008-08-06T03:30:24.717+05:30As part of implementing some improvements to a client's MOSS Enterprise site that I'd recently recommended they undertake, I had to change the accounts that were being used in their environments to ones that were independent from each environment. I've been caught too many times by a developer doing some development who manages to miss-key the AD User's password into a config file / registry key.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/h6CKi9Z_jPE/how-to-change-user-accounts-that-run.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Aggarwal)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-change-user-accounts-that-run.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-2280551491636350174Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-08-01T04:43:36.817+05:30Just today an old existing SharePoint 2007 environment was re-introduced into the InfoPath development process for my current client and this morning when trying to preview a form either through InfoPath 2007 designer or InfoPath Form Services and using the InfoPath function "UserName()" the below error was given (error when viewing through InfoPath 2007). The full error message is InfoPathYour http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/gsvBVUnOjy0/infopath-2007-and-infopath-forms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/07/infopath-2007-and-infopath-forms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-3078168982838773281Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:50:00 +00002008-07-30T23:26:35.173+05:30This article lists the characters that you cannot use in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 site names, folder names, server names, and file names or in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site names, folder names, server names, and file names.Site names, subsite names, or site group namesYou cannot use the following characters anywhere in a site name, in a subsite name, or in a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/D0mPEOraYkc/information-about-characters-that-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Aggarwal)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/07/information-about-characters-that-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-5552979684461666753Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:56:00 +00002008-07-25T21:40:11.384+05:30There are some cases when we need to look into and read from the content databases.We will begin with some of the basic tables and a very high level diagram on some of the relationships between them.FeaturesTable that holds information about all the activated features for each site collection or site.SitesTable that holds information about all the site collections for this content http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/b-ILB-HiFkI/exploring-sharepoint-content-database.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Aggarwal)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/07/exploring-sharepoint-content-database.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-6352396291906025395Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:07:00 +00002008-07-25T05:49:59.231+05:30 Types of Backup in Sharepoint V3. As Every product or any business Disaster Recovery is very importand and in similar way, Sharepoint has some very good options for the same. Below are the methods that can be used in WSS 3.0 only or also for MOSS 2007. 1. GUI mode from Sharepoint Central Administration. This Method is very common and most of the Administrators use this Method. Go to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/5bDL2RfAANs/sharepoint-backup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/07/sharepoint-backup.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-7687795965844341049Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:37:00 +00002008-07-25T02:10:36.690+05:30Search Server is one of the other major Enterprise servers of Microsoft which is growing Fast with Sharepoint 2007. With the new release of Search Server 2008 in March, it is expected to take Search functionality and Search Experience to the next level for Microsoft's Customer's.There are better features than Google's Onebox Search Server Appliance, though I would say both have their own pro's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/QShZHDvWUzo/microsoft-search-server-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/07/microsoft-search-server-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062967642439948035.post-6631788989560376280Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:20:00 +00002008-07-25T02:46:26.977+05:30Getting the below error while creating a new page in Moss 2007 while using publishing or collaboration portal template.List does not exist The page you selected contains a list that does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user.In ULS Logs the error listed is as below.05/16/2008 13:13:34.51 w3wp.exe (0x1AF8) 0x148C Windows SharePoint Services General 8kh7 High List does not exist The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SharepointLowMinds/~3/qe7YCtp7sTg/error-while-creating-new-page-in-moss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amardeep Singh)0http://mossnwss.blogspot.com/2008/07/error-while-creating-new-page-in-moss.html