July 2008 - Posts

• Free SharePoint Webinar: Findability - Tools and Technology Alone is not the Answer

  I wanted to personally thank everyone who joined the free webinar this morning. The turn-out was great and by the response we received these topics are "real" problems. We have made the presentation and associate article available in the Media... Posted Jul 31 2008, 02:46 PM by Bob Mixon Filed under: SharePoint, WSS, MOSS, Findability, Search

• Sorry about the SPAM

  Sunday during church... I shouldn't have been checking my messages, but in between sacrament meeting and sunday school I saw some wierd emails from spam blockers and friends who were OOF with a message I did not write. My yahoo mail was hacked! I... Posted Jul 29 2008, 12:36 PM by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts Filed under: Blog

• Free SharePoint Webinar - Findability and Your Intranet

  Starting this Thursday morning from 9am to 10am (PST), I will be delivering the first in a series of free webinars on the topic of SharePoint Findability. Along with each of these free webinars, I will be writing an article that will be downloadable,... Posted Jul 29 2008, 02:39 AM by Bob Mixon Filed under: SharePoint, WSS, MOSS, Events, Findability, Search

• Infrastructure Update Issues Informal Interview with Troy

  I ran into Troy Star my favorite SharePoint tester yesterday in Friday Harbor, Washington. You have to appreciate the size of the SharePoint world and the randomness. So with my 5 minutes with Troy, what did I do? I drilled him on the Infrastructure update... Posted Jul 27 2008, 03:17 AM by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts Filed under: Troubleshooting and Support

• Findability: Tools and Technology Alone is not the Answer - Part 1

  Findability as it Relates to Microsoft SharePoint and Enterprise Content Management If you work in the area of technology, you might find the title of this article offensive. I also started my career, many years ago, in the area of technology; and learning... Posted Jul 26 2008, 03:54 PM by Bob Mixon Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Findability, Search

• NJ SharePoint Users Group Meeting for July 23

  Body: Please join us on July 23rd for the monthly New Jersey SharePoint Users Group meeting. This month we will be looking at NewsGator's Social Networking capabilities. If your interested in bringing Social Networking into your environment then this... Posted Jul 22 2008, 10:21 PM by Bob Fox's SharePoint Blog: Posts

• SharePoint and World Economics

  The economy is definitely on the mind of people in the U.S. Maybe yours too? I've spent time abroad lately and around the world gas prices and currency is a common topic. What about SharePoint? How does it relate to economics... In a recession SharePoint... Posted Jul 22 2008, 02:53 PM by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts

• Where is the change log?

  Shane today in class was looking for where the SharePoint change log is. I did a quick search and found a decent answer on MSDN with detail on Change Log Freshness ... "The Change Log is a physical table in each content database, and each transaction... Posted Jul 17 2008, 08:03 PM by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts Filed under: Development

• Free Windows Vista SP1 Support

  Having difficulties with Windows Vista SP1? Microsoft is offering free support to all customers until March 18, 2009. Telephone support is available worldwide; chat and e-mail support is available in the US and Canada. For more information, visit the... Posted Jul 17 2008, 03:56 PM by Bob Mixon Filed under: Windows Vista, Support, Windows Vista SP1, Vista

• I want verbose SharePoint errors when things break!

  If you hate those generic general or unspecified error or unknown error occurred or even errors that failed and told you to contact the admin without telling you why you should contact your administrator? I really hate it when I am the administrator and... Posted Jul 17 2008, 02:24 PM by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts Filed under: Troubleshooting and Support

• Joel Oleson Interview with SharePoint Magazine

  This interview with Arno for SharePoint Magazine goes into areas I haven't previously covered here. It was a lot of fun. SharePoint Magazine is a new community effort. SharePoint Magazine interview with Joel Oleson Read More... Posted Jul 17 2008, 01:05 PM by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts Filed under: Community and MVP

• SharePoint Designer (SPD) Workflow Resources

  I will be accumulating SharePoint Designer Workflow related resources here. In the future, this post can be found by clicking SharePoint Designer (SPD) Workflow in the tag cloud. Creating Re-usable Email Templates for SharePoint Designer 2007 Workflows... Posted Jul 17 2008, 05:41 AM by Bob Mixon Filed under: SharePoint, WSS, MOSS, SharePointoint Designer (SPD) Workflow

• Orange County SharePoint User Group

  I had the opportinity to attend the Orange County SharePoint User Group this evening and it was a refreshing change in the way it has been handled in the past. There is a completely different location, time, format and much less sales. The group is now... Posted Jul 17 2008, 02:50 AM by Bob Mixon Filed under: SharePoint, Events, Orange County, SharePoint User Group, K2

• SharePoint (WSS v3.0 & MOSS 2007) Branding Resources

  I will be accumulating SharePoint (WSS v3.0 & MOSS 2007) Branding Resources Here. In the future, you will be able to simply click Branding in the tag-cloud to get directly to this reference. Heather Solomon's Blog Skinning MS SharePoint with Standards... Posted Jul 16 2008, 06:31 PM by Bob Mixon Filed under: SharePoint, Branding, WSS, MOSS

• Looking for VHDs for common Microsoft Apps?

  The Virtual Test Drive is a resource on TechNet that has more VPCs for Microsoft Servers and Products than anywhere else I've seen. From SharePoint Server 2007 to Search Server 2008 to SQL 2008 CTP and Vista Ultimate or Exchange 2007 SP1. It's... Posted Jul 16 2008, 05:17 PM by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land: Posts