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• Updated: Antivirus Solutions for MOSS

  I have rewritten this post now that there are more solutions available on the market. See links below: Microsoft ForeFront for SharePoint (with SP1) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/eval/fssp/default.mspx TrendMicro PortalProtect http://us... Posted Jun 04 2008, 03:46 PM by JHolliday with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: sharepoint, antivirus

• Exception occurred. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020009 (DISP_E_EXCEPTION))

  I started running into this error when attempting to create a site collection in a different language. I would browse to Central Administration and choose a different language and immediately receive "there was an error in the callback". If... Posted Apr 25 2008, 02:10 PM by JHolliday with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: template, sharepoint, customization, troubleshooting

• Redirect SharePoint Site to New Location

  I recently had a request to move a SharePoint subsite to a new location under a different site collection.  The site was moved over after performing the standard import/export stsadm commands.  However, the customer also wanted the old location... Posted Mar 20 2008, 02:27 PM by JHolliday with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: script, sharepoint

• Patch to Fix Presence in SharePoint and Outlook 2007

  I ran into presence not appearing in SharePoint or Outlook 2007 after my upgrade to Communicator 2007. Microsoft recently released a patch to fix this issue. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1ad57f8f-78f7-45f6-a8c0-805936f46645&displaylang... Posted Mar 13 2008, 11:19 AM by JHolliday with | with no comments Filed under: sharepoint, patches

• Crawling a Content Source Requiring Basic Authentication

  As much as I fight basic authentication, there are still people out there who want to use it. SharePoint Enterprise Search can crawl a site requiring basic authentication through the use of Crawl Rules. Browse to the Shared Services Provider page within... Posted Mar 07 2008, 10:07 AM by JHolliday with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: sharepoint, permissions, search

• Hide Edit Page in Site Actions Menu

  I had a request from a client to hide the Edit Page option under the Site Actions menu for all users without Full Control permissions. I performed the following steps to remove the edit page option for user's without the managesubwebs right. Open... Posted Jan 14 2008, 12:49 PM by JHolliday with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: sharepoint, permissions, customization

• MOSS/WSS 2007 SP1 Released!

  Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office Servers 2007 has finally been released! The updates apply to: Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 Microsoft® Office Forms Server 2007 Microsoft® Office Groove® Server 2007... Posted Dec 11 2007, 03:36 PM by JHolliday with | with no comments Filed under: sharepoint, patches

• Adoption of SharePoint

  This post is more in and around business analysis and adoption of SharePoint. Business units typically know they need some type of communication and collaboration tool (or an upgrade to an existing one), but have no idea what to ask for or how to get... Posted Aug 07 2007, 10:46 AM by JHolliday with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: sharepoint, adoption, analysis

• Display CSS Classes within SharePoint

  I'm posting this just because I'm getting tired of losing the script... This is a great script written by Microsoft to reveal CSS classes within SharePoint. Taken from: ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms438349.aspx ) <script language... Posted Jul 26 2007, 07:55 PM by JHolliday with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: css, script, sharepoint

• Creating a New Document Template

  When multiple content types are used, Document Templates are managed one per content type. The following steps walk through uploading a new document template for a content type and assigning it to a document library. Go to Site Actions à Site Settings... Posted Jul 26 2007, 03:20 PM by JHolliday with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: content type, document, template, sharepoint

• Delete Files with Workflow Using Duration

  This is just a quick little tidbit. Out-of-Box workflows in MOSS, unless manually kicked off, require an event to be triggered. I was trying to figure out a way to automatically delete files from a document library 3 days after they were uploaded. The... Posted Jul 26 2007, 01:43 PM by JHolliday with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: workflow, duration, sharepoint

• Changing Custom Site Definition Template IDs - SharePoint 2003

  The following steps walk through changing custom template IDs so they are greater than 10000 per documented best practices. Always make sure to backup all databases and files prior to making any changes. NOTE: Microsoft does not support editing SharePoint... Posted Jun 19 2007, 02:15 PM by JHolliday with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: script, sharepoint

• Restore Production SharePoint 2003 Databases to Test Servers

  This entry is designed to walk through the steps needed to backup and restore production SharePoint 2003 databases to test servers. These steps have worked well for me especially when preparing for a SharePoint 2003 to MOSS 2007 Upgrade. ( This example... Posted Jun 19 2007, 02:13 PM by JHolliday with | with 32 comment(s) Filed under: sharepoint, testing