My IT Experiences - Microsoft 365, SharePoint & Azure

Here is a web based PowerShell Command Builder for SharePoint 2010 Server, SharePoint Foundation, and SharePoint 365: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/TechNet/en-us/Office/media/WindowsPowerShell/WindowsPowerShellCommandBuilder.html

Downloading and installing Google Chrome is so easy but every time we google for Chrome we get an online installer link. This will install Chrome browser for current user but if you want an offline installer or Chrome as a single executable file you need to check out the following link: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=126299 This took me a couple to minutes to figure out, I hope it helps somebody out there.

Here is a comparison between SharePoint 2010 farm solution and Sandbox solution Feature Farm Solution Sandbox Solution Deploying the solution The farm solution is added directly to the SharePoint server and then deployed to the farm. It is deployed by the farm administrator. The Sandbox solution is uploaded using the Solution Gallery interface of the site collection and then activated. And the solution is deployed by the site collection administrator or a user with full privilege. Running the solution The farm solution uses an IIS worker process with unrestricted rights. The Sandbox solution uses a separate worker process to access and execute the data. Accessing the data A farm solution has complete access to all the content at the farm level. A Sandbox solution uses a separate worker process to access and execute the data. This restricts ...

Excellent one from Todd Klindt: http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=261

I was working on configuring a SharePoint 2010 farm and I received this error while trying to create an Enterprise Search Center on the root site collection.: Detected use of SPRequest for previously closed SPWeb object. Please close SPWeb objects when you are done with all objects obtained from them, but not before. Stack trace: at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ScriptLink.SharePointClientJs_Register(Page page) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ScriptLink.InitJs_Register(Page page) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ScriptLink.RegisterForControl(Control ctrl, Page page, String name, Boolean localizable, Boolean defer, Boolean loadAfterUI, String language) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ScriptLink.Register(Page page, String name, Boolean localizable, Boolean defer, Boolean loadAfterUI, String language, String uiVersion) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ScriptLink.RegisterOnDemand(Page page, String strKey, String I tried creating a blank site and a basi...

This is a very common that we get authentication dialoge box while trying to edit an Office document on a SharePoint library from Internet. This happens even if you are logged in to your site using browser. It is frustrating for end user because he/she has provided credentials once before loggin in to the site and now when tried to open/edit a document (Word, Excel etc) again the credntial window pops up. Quoting Microsoft: "When Internet Explorer opens an Office document, the appropriate Office application is started with the path of the document. The Office application then tries to access the document directly from the server. This differs from other browsers and other file types. Most browsers download the file and call the application to open the file from the local cache. However, when this occurs, if the opened file is changed and saved, the changes are only made to the local copy and not to the server copy. To establish the richest experience possible, the first thing that...

PerformancePoint Service (PPS) is used to create content rich dashboards that aggregate data and content throwing light in to how business is performing. PPS was not part of MOSS 2007 but with SharePoint 2010 Microsoft has integrated PPS as a service within. Dashboard Designer is the tool using which we can author KPIs, Scorecards, reports, etc. Lets take a look at the steps involved in configuring PPS on a SharePoint 2010 Server farm. 1. Select Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products -> SharePoint 2010 Central Administration. Click "Manage Service Applications" under Application Management. On the ribbon, Click on the Arrow below "New" and select "PerformancePoint Service Application". 2. Enter a name for this service application, select/create an application pool, and associate a managed account. 3. We get a confirmation screen on the service application successfully created. I had used the name "Performance_App" f...