Jason Medero SharePoint MVP: SharePoint Space for all things SharePoint, OCS, RMS, InfoPath, and Office

Renewed SharePoint MVP 2009!!

jmedero — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:36:00 -0500

I received a great email this morning which said that I have been renewed as a SharePoint MVP! It is a great honor to be an MVP and also be doing work with a technology that you enjoy and truly believe in. The SharePoint community is so tight and its...(read more)

October NYCSPUG Bill English "Findability and Taxonomies"

jmedero — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:26:00 -0500

You are invited to the upcoming meeting of the NYC SharePoint User Group at the Microsoft office in NYC. The meeting will start at 5:30pm on October 1, 2008 . The meetings are held at the Microsoft office in Manhattan (1290 Avenue of the Americas at 51st...(read more)

MOSS 2007 error when moving indexing role: The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services on Server page....

jmedero — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:57:00 -0500

Today I ran into this problem at a client when I simply moved the indexing role over to a new server in the MOSS 2007 farm. I first noticed the problem when I wanted to manually execute a full crawl in the farm because I had to rebuild the index when...(read more)

NYCSPUG this Wed September 3 "Using Social Sites to Extend MOSS with Social Feedback"

jmedero — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:34:00 -0500

For those of you who are into the social computing era will certainly be interested in the topic for this months NYCSPUG. We have NewsGator's Director of Product Management Ashley Roach coming to present about how MOSS 2007 can be extended and enhanced...(read more)

Having problems uninstalling MOSS 2007...Uninstall box dissapears after you accept and hit the OK button??

jmedero — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:13:00 -0500

After applying MOSS SP1 I was having some database issues when running the sharepoint config wizard to complete the upgrade. I decided that I was going to completely blow away the server and start from scratch. Ok that’s easy enough unless when you attempt...(read more)

Interested in presenting at the NYCSPUG or NJSPUG??

jmedero — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:13:00 -0500

Hey everyone, Over the past 2-3 years I have been extensively working with the NJSPUG (New Jersey SharePoint User Group) and NYCSPUG (you get the idea!). It is amazing to see just how much the NYCSPUG has grown! I rememeber our first NYCSPUC had about...(read more)

Unable to upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies because an upgrade is already in progress....MOSS 2007 SP1 Woes...

jmedero — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:49:00 -0500

So recently I was tasked with applying MOSS 2007 SP1 to a medium farm. All was well after I installed the binaries on each of the servers and ran the SharePoint configuration wizard on te sever running central administration first. I then moved to one...(read more)

NJSPUG Tonight featured speaker Josh Carlisle hard core SharePoint developer!

jmedero — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:41:00 -0500

For all of you .NET developers that are seriously considering getting into the SharePoint world or for SharePoint developers that have some nagging questions tonights New Jersey User Group will be developer focused. Josh Carlisle is a colleague of mine...(read more)

Great custom SharePoint 404 error feature on CodePlex!

jmedero — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:53:00 -0500

My fellow colleague and SharePoint developer extraordinaire Josh Carlisle has developed this great feature that is fully available for free on CodePlex . This feature can be used in your SharePoint environment to handle those nasty 404 errors when users...(read more)

Speakings at TechEd IT Pro 2008!

jmedero — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:57:00 -0500

This week I am going to be speaking at the MOSS 2007 upgrade TechEd Pre-conference seminar with the man the myth the legen Shane Young . Word on the street is that he has his own fan club these days... Todd Klint will also be there presenting and man...(read more)

I am now using Technorati!

jmedero — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:42:00 -0500

Well I think that I am a little behind the Technorati curve but I recently have decided to give it a shot! Below is a link to my new Technorati profile go check it out. I am mostly going to be using Technorati to really tailor my blog posts to what my...(read more)

Microsoft offering FREE SharePoint Developer webcasts delivered by Andrew Connell and Robert Bogue Go check them out!

jmedero — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:18:00 -0500

Just thought I would pass this on as Microsoft is providing free SharePoint developer webcasts for the .NET developer and will be covering a lot of different SharePoint development topics. Free is always good so take advantage and go check these webcasts...(read more)

NJSPUG May 21st, 2008 meeting SharePoint Open Disccussion!

jmedero — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:42:00 -0500

This months NJSPUG is featuring a unique format in which there will be an open SharePoint discussion panel. There will be a great group of panelists answering all types of questions ranging from architecture, governance, and development! The members on...(read more)

NYSPUG MAY 2008 Meeting agenda sign up now!

jmedero — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:02:00 -0500

NYC SharePoint User Group 5/7/2008 5:30 PM – Microsoft Office – 1290 6 th Ave. (51 st /52 nd ) NEXT NYC SHAREPOINT USER GROUP: Wednesday, May 7 Paul Gavin & Natalya Voskresenskaya will present on "Using Content Query Web Part to Solve Business...(read more)

Receiving 401 Unathorized when accessing Mysites?

jmedero — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:22:00 -0500

So the other day I encountered this error when I simply tried to delete a personal site from a specific user. Once I deleted this personal site then tried to recreate the MySite by clicking on the link I was receiving a credential prompt. Even though...(read more)

How do your MOSS/WSS content databases fill up?

jmedero — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:34:00 -0500

td { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; } Have you ever wondered how you should plan on setting up your content database for your MOSS/WSS farm? Questions such as: Should I pre-create my content databases before bringing up my...(read more)

Lets go Frankie Edgar and Kurt Pellegrino

jmedero — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:18:00 -0500

Now to completely change my regularly scheduled program, check out what keeps me busy besides SharePoint. I have not really posted anything other than SharePoint related topics on this blog but I do have other hobbies that I take part in besides SharePoint...(read more)

Andrew Connell WCM guru speaking and training in NYC March 31- April 3!!

jmedero — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:53:00 -0500

Andrew Connell friend and fellow SharePoint MVP is coming to NYC and is bringing all that WCM knowledge with him! He is going to be teaching one of his famous WCM classes from March 31 - April 3 . This is a really great opportunity for individuals that...(read more)

I am here SPC 2008 and there is something for everyone!

jmedero — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:03:00 -0600

Yes as the title describes I will be attending SPC 2008. It should really be a great conference with a bunch of great topics and SharePoint MVP speakers. Last week I took a look at all of the topics and WOW I do not know how I am going to choose one topic...(read more)

NJSPUG Meeting Feb. 20 I will be there this time I promise!

jmedero — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:15:00 -0600

NJ SHAREPOINT USER GROUP: Wednesday, February 20 The month’s event will run from 5:30 to 6:45 PM with food provided compliments of Sogeti USA. This will be an opportunity to network with your colleagues in other companies and hear from Microsoft and Sogeti...(read more)

After applying MOSS 2007 SP1 Event log error: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {3D42CCB1-4665-4620-92A3-478F47389230} failed due to the following error: 80070005

jmedero — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:19:00 -0600

I have recently been building out a few MOSS 2007 environments for a client with a big Ultima online fan Erik . We have decided in the build process of each environment to include SP1 because of all of the bug fixes that have been resolved in this service...(read more)

NJSPUG Meeting Jan. 23 Wednesday night!

jmedero — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:35:00 -0600

For more information in regards to the ongoings with the NJSPUG check out the website (work in progress) for content downloads, meeting agendas etc... NJ SHAREPOINT USER GROUP: Wednesday, January 23 Registration: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=123585...(read more)

Deploying MOSS 2007 SP1 to your environment? Create your SSP first!

jmedero — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:40:00 -0600

Hey everyone, Recently was in the midst of building a fresh medium farm environment. Being that this was a fresh install of this environment I figured I would immediately apply MOSS 2007 SP1 to the environment so that everything is up to date. I figured...(read more)

NJSPUG meeting tonight! Creating InfoPath 2007 forms with InfoPath Forms Service for the enterprise

jmedero — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:53:00 -0600

I know this is a bit late but I thought better late than never! I wanted to let everyone know that there is a NJSPUG meeting tonight that should be a great one for those interested in really learning about how InfoPath can be utilized inside your organization...(read more)

Merry Xmas MOSS/WSS Service Pack 1 is here!

jmedero — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:59:00 -0600

Hey guys so I guess all the rumors were right and MS has given us consultants/customers an early xmas gift....yup service pack 1 is here!! There are a ton of issues that SP 1 fixes. For WSS SP1 fixes go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936988 For...(read more)