MCMS Ad Rotator Control has been adapted for MOSS 2007
William Cornwill has published an article on how to modify the MCMS AdRotator control to work with MOSS 2007.
Stefan Goßner
How To: create Keywords and Best Bets for MOSS Search programmatically
Yesterday I received an interesting question: a customer had the need to import several hundred keywords and related best bets programmatically to a couple of site collections. And for sure he did not want to do this manually using the web UI. I found the following solution for this problem: SPSite spsite = new SPSite(“http://localhost:4007”); SearchContext searchContext = SearchContext.GetContext(spsite); Keywords keywords = new Keywords(searchContext, new Uri(“http://localhost:4007”)); // loop begin Keyword myKeyword = keywords.AllKeywords.Create(“myKeyword”, DateTime.Now); […]
Windows Server 2003 SP2 has been released
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) delivers on the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing initiative and illustrates Microsoft’s commitment to continually create software products with enhanced security, increased reliability, and simplified administration. The SP2 update can be applied to all Windows Server 2003 products and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. […]
/3GB switch not supported with WSS 3.0 or in WSS 2.0 after installing WSS 2.0 SP2
This important KB article has been released yesterday: 933560 The Windows Server 2003 /3GB switch is not supported in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 or in later versions or in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 SP2 or in later versionshttps://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;933560
Daylight Saving Time (DST) change 2007 and WSS
Two articles have been released to discuss the daylight saving time change and the impact on WSS: 933738 – An update is available that addresses an issue in which items that use the Date field and the Time field are off by one hour in Windows SharePoint Serviceshttps://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;933738 933853 – How to manually update the TIMEZONE.XML file […]
Personal Link list for SharePoint resources
I have seen many different list of links to SharePoint resources. Here is my personal one which I will continue to update in the future: http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/pages/SharePoint-resources.aspx
Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007
Overview The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System Best Practices Analyzer programmatically collects settings and values from data repositories such as MS SQL, registry, metabase and performance monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive ‘best practice’ rules are applied to the topology. Administrators running this tool […]
First book on MOSS has been released
Book DescriptionMicrosoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 is the in-depth, one-volume guide to administering Office SharePoint Server 2007 direct from the experts. Get comprehensive information to plan, deploy, administer, and support Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. With this Administrators Companion, you get mission-critical information in a single volumestraight from the experts. From the PublisherKey Book […]
Article about integrating ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 with WSS 3.0
Mike Ammerlaan (Program Manager for WSS) has posted an article about integrating ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 with WSS 3.0 http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/mike/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=3
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 has been released!
ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 (formerly known as Atlas) has been released. You can download it from here. If you would like to use it together with MCMS you should know this article.
Three great online books for MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0
Planning and Architecture for Office SharePoint Server 2007 – 918 pages Deployment for Office SharePoint Server 2007 – 380 pages Planning and Architecture for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Technology – 332 pages
WSS SDK and Workflow Starter Kit ready for download
Overview The Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Windows SharePoint Services as a platform. The SDK includes information about the following technologies: Web Part Framework Create, package, and deploy Web Parts on SharePoint sites. Server-side object model Work with individual lists and sites […]