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• Search Federation with SharePoint - Part 1

  Today I'm going to walk you through setting up a Federated Location in Search Server and post-Infrastructure Update SharePoint. (Twitter fans, pay attention, as that's the service I'm using in these examples...) While that certainly qualifies... Posted Nov 18 2008, 04:30 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, Search, Training, Redirect, Search Server, SharePoint Designer, Administration

• It's in There - Automatically Maintained System Columns in SharePoint Lists

  Over the last few weeks, I have veered a bit "off topic". But now that TechEd is over, it is about time to bring things back on track. So today, I'm getting back down to the business of helping you to understand SharePoint with another "Back... Posted Nov 15 2008, 02:43 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: Introduction, SharePoint, User, MOSS, Redirect, Design, Administration, WSS

• On Being a SharePoint Master

  In my summary post on TechEd EMEA 2008, IT Pro Week, I mentioned that I felt one of the most significant announcements is the addition of a SharePoint discipline to the Microsoft Certified Master and Certified Architect programs. That is now being borne... Posted Nov 11 2008, 07:07 AM by WoodyW with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Training, Redirect, Governance, Design, Administration, Development, Certification

• Happy Birthday, Search Server!

  Here's something worth celebrating: Microsoft Search Server 2008 (MSS) and Microsoft Search Server Express 2008 (MSSX) were announced almost exactly 1 year ago - November 7th, 2007 - and the release candidate of MSSX made available for download..... Posted Nov 10 2008, 04:29 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: History, SharePoint, MOSS, Search, Redirect, Search Server, Governance

• TechEd EMEA 2008: IT Pro Week Wrap-up

  As I prepare to head home from TechEd EMEA 2008, my impression is that this has been a good week. Read the whole summary at my new site... Posted Nov 07 2008, 11:53 AM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, Training, Redirect

• Getting Twittered at TechEd in Barcelona

  As noted in an earlier post, I'm going to the IT Pro week of TechEd EMEA in Barcelona. Last week was Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference (PDC), and even if you didn't go, you could keep up with the goings on vicariously using... Posted Nov 01 2008, 06:01 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: Redirect

• Taking Accounts into Account

  Every service which runs on a Windows server requires an account. While there are built-in accounts designed to facilitate these services ("Local Service" and "Network Service"), many times you will find it is better to use a domain... Posted Oct 27 2008, 07:50 AM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Search, Redirect, Search Server, Governance, Administration, WSS

• A List, a View, a Part, in SharePoint

  Today's subject is something of a "back to basics" article. I talk about some very fundamental SharePoint concepts, but I'm adding a little bit of a twist. Lists and libraries, Views, and Web Parts are interrelated components. Sometimes... Posted Oct 20 2008, 11:07 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, User, MOSS, Training, Redirect, Design, WSS

• Finding Buried Treasure - Built-in Usage Reports in SharePoint and Search Server

  If you have a web site, you need usage reports. You need to know how often people are visiting, what they're looking at, and where they're coming from. While this information is a kind of buried treasure in and of itself, I'll also show you... Posted Oct 12 2008, 09:49 AM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Search, Training, Redirect, Search Server, Governance, Administration

• Redecorate and Remodel, or Tear-Down?

  Last month, I talked about my SharePoint Hippocratic Oath , and using the right tool for the level of customization you are looking for. One of my key suggestions was using CSS (e.g. a SharePoint Theme) for the bulk of the work, and only moving into your... Posted Oct 06 2008, 08:28 AM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, User, Redirect, SharePoint Designer, Governance, Design

• It's All on the Table (of Contents)

  We're in the final editing stages of the book , and I've just received clearance to talk in more detail about what's in it. I've just posted the Table of Contents on my new site ! Posted Oct 01 2008, 08:53 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, Training, Redirect

• The Only Constant in Life is Change

  "What's In a Name?" The recent turmoil in the financial industry has got me to thinking. (And no, this isn't an article about the finance industry, or the turmoil.) What happens when something really foundational changes? How will you... Posted Sep 29 2008, 03:27 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Redirect, Governance

• First, Do No Harm

  When I was speaking at the Wisconsin SharePoint Users Group last week, someone asked me: "How do you know when to choose SharePoint Designer or Visual Studio for a particular change to a site?" I explained that I had a sort of "Hippocratic... Posted Sep 22 2008, 02:24 PM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Training, Redirect, SharePoint Designer

• The "Language" of Advanced Search (Part 2)

  This is the conclusion of a two-part article about customizing the SharePoint (MOSS), and Search Server, Advanced Search Web Part. In Part 1, you learned about the basic settings of the Web Part - which search options are shown, and how they are labeled... Posted Sep 05 2008, 10:21 AM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: SharePoint, MOSS, Search, Training, Redirect, Search Server

• The Write Stuff

  I promised to to let you know what I've been doing all this time that I haven't been posting on my blog. Well, there have been two major things, which I talk about in this article on my new site ... Posted Sep 04 2008, 09:07 AM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: Redirect, SharePoint Designer

• The "Language" of Advanced Search (Part 1)

  If you have been using MOSS Search or Search Server, you have probably noticed that the Advanced Search page gives you lots of options to restrict results. From different word filters, to particular languages, to document types - even specific document... Posted Sep 02 2008, 08:10 AM by WoodyW with | with no comments Filed under: MOSS, Search, Training, Redirect, Search Server