July 2008 - Posts

• Workflow AutoCleanup Workarounds

  As many of you know I have received much attention related to my Workflow blog posts. Everything from "incendiary, headline-grabbing attempt to create a problem where none exists" comments to notifications about dissrailing SharePoint training classes with this "non issue". I don't mind the "friendly" discussions I have had around this topic, I am glad this problem (or non problem, depending which side of the fence you are on) was brought to light. I still believe there are people out there not aware of this feature and won't realize the impact that it has on their environment until its too late. With that said, I wanted to include some finds related to a common workaround related to the workflow auto clean-up feature. I found this information on a MSDN forum posting I have recently ran across. There are a few workarounds for this feature. You can configure a property when developing a custom workflow to adjust the auto clean-up days. You can turn off the timer job related to the workflow auto clean-up days. And you could write a script that updates the associations already existing in the database. Example scripts are located in the forum mentioned earlier (http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepointworkflow/thread/b15b27e2-3033-418b-9731-968273d7423e). There is code for a script which will update the auto clean-up days for a workflow association from 60 days (default) to any number of days you wish to configure. This code was written and posted by Shola Salako. Fred Morrison also has posted a powershell script which will update the auto clean-up days for workflow associations as well. Posted Jul 31 2008, 10:32 AM by dwollerman with 2 comment(s) Filed under: SharePoint, Workflow, Workaround, Development

• New SharePoint Professional Community Websites Launched

  There have been a couple new sites developed for the SharePoint professional community by SharePoint MVP's, check them out.   ISPA: International SharePoint Professionals Association The International SharePoint Professionals Association (“ISPA”) is the first independent, community-run, not-for-profit organization designed specifically for SharePoint Professionals. ISPA is a professional association dedicated to the promotion and global adoption of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.  The Association provides support and guidance to the community  by establishing connections between SharePoint professionals and groups, resources, education and information.   website: http://www.sharepointpros.org/     SharePoint Magazine SharePoint Magazine is an online community magazine located at http://www.sharepointmagazine.net and focuses on SharePoint and related Information Worker technologies. The first issue of SharePoint Magazine is planned for  July 16, 2008. SharePoint Magazine provides an excellent oportunity for new and experienced authors to create community content. SharePoint Magazine and ISPA worked together supporting each others community offering. ISPA has awarded SharePoint Magazine as the ISPA Community Partner of the Month.   website: http://sharepointmagazine.net/ Posted Jul 17 2008, 01:55 PM by dwollerman with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, community