A blog towards technologyhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/atom.aspxCommunity Server2006-03-06T23:09:00Zhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/02/21/windows-server-2008-wirless-connection.aspx2008-02-21T19:30:00Z2008-02-21T19:30:00Z<p>If you are a Windows Server fan, you must have installed the 2008 version. I did it on my laptop and it was a walk in the park but I have encountered a small a problem that took allot of hours to figure it out. All my hardware was identified by windows directly however I was not able to find any wireless connections so after hours of changing the driver for my wireless card I discovered that Windows Server 2008 does not install the Wireless service by default so if this happens to you just go to the control panel and enable this feature enjoy as shown in the image below.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://tkfiles.storage.live.com/y1pUfFT1Qa3VJcZ8Aak2fIoC3Z97byn1eM9jzR8VZXMF1ySTZf9pAPaWRv_NvTvp8_tIxbseAa1alMWFrDQuiju7g" height="75" width="334" alt="" />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Enjoy.</p> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12990" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/02/13/sharepoint-bug-bug-bug-d.aspx2008-02-13T16:30:00Z2008-02-13T16:30:00Z<p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This is really crazy check it, Imagine you are creating workflows for a client using out of the box workflows it is easy nice and smooth right ? think again this happened with me I created a workflow based on the approval workflow template in SharePoint with a single step for&nbsp;the approvers group&nbsp;very smooth till now but check this out go to group permission and change the name of the group AHAAAA, guess what SharePoint does not change the name of the group&nbsp;in the workflow step so as a result an error will pop out as the pictures below</font></font></p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><img style="WIDTH:600px;HEIGHT:40px;" height="40" src="http://tkfiles.storage.live.com/y1pUfFT1Qa3VJesCNZV0CnAp3zLa7iuod0G4KSkA5AWd9Cu08YmeFKRT1GZN2dryAbguxbP5jJ88tJ_GetAFZzwGw" width="600" alt="" /></font></font><span style="mso-no-proof:yes;"></span> <p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Approvers group here is still the same even if we changed the name, so I thought SharePoint might be smart enough to change it at run time but NOP an error occurred like the pictures below.</font></font></p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><img style="WIDTH:600px;HEIGHT:40px;" height="40" src="http://tkfiles.storage.live.com/y1pUfFT1Qa3VJe_h4RsQG2F9sG1o3WCkTmOd5_lkv9_O99kUalx4kcf84E1ayvyIims4WqQFqfqJENQFIQx-CsSyQ" width="600" alt="" /></font></font><span style="mso-no-proof:yes;"></span> <p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">And finally here is the&nbsp;report</font></font></p><span style="mso-no-proof:yes;"></span> <p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></font>&nbsp;</p> <p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<img style="WIDTH:600px;HEIGHT:276px;" height="276" src="http://tkfiles.storage.live.com/y1pUfFT1Qa3VJfGzwYC0x0z5UY1j6hwantxIofle2b5LgYu6zJcEkzhsEgjrWBp0LVygL0z7_Mao43gLfpOZH4mbA" width="600" alt="" /></font></font></p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">So you can imagine, if it is one workflow it is easy but imagine creating this workflow template for 10 processes, yup you have to go back and change all the group names so be careful</font></font> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12659" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/02/09/chapter-2-is-now-on-sharepoint.aspx2008-02-09T16:21:00Z2008-02-09T16:21:00Z<p>As announced a few months ago SharePoint have passed the DoD chapter 2 standards and now it is available as a resource kit&nbsp;to download&nbsp;with some code samples&nbsp;I have not tried the resource kit yet but I am downloading it right catch all the fun right here </p> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/02/09/announcing-the-dod-5015-2-resource-kit-for-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/02/09/announcing-the-dod-5015-2-resource-kit-for-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Enjoy</p> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12497" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/01/26/new-design-document-on-microsoft-sharepoint-team-blog.aspx2008-01-26T18:26:00Z2008-01-26T18:26:00Z<h1 class="title">Design and build sites for Office SharePoint Server 2007</h1> <div class="byline">Updated: December 20, 2007</div> <div class="intro"> <p>The goal of this guide is to provide prescriptive guidance that can help you and your team build custom enterprise sites by using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007&nbsp;— such as company-wide portal sites or Internet presence sites. Custom sites based on Office SharePoint Server 2007 combine coded elements, such as workflows, document converters, and Web Parts, along with content, such as master pages, layout pages, graphics files, and Web pages. Best practices for developing these sites include setting up multiple environments for developing, integrating, piloting, and deploying coded elements and content from one environment to another. Therefore, coordinating the development and deployment of an enterprise site based on Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a complex activity. This guide describes the ways you can set up the multiple environments used in the development <a class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/01/25/announcing-design-and-build-sites-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx">read here more</a></p></div> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=11902" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/01/17/f10-debug-inside-the-net-framework.aspx2008-01-17T11:26:00Z2008-01-17T11:26:00Z<p>This is really a lovely thing the&nbsp;<a class="" href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/">Scott Gu</a> announced .NET framework sourcecode has been released for the community now you can debug inside the framework itself cool press F10 and you might be inside System.Data.SQL. </p> <p>Read more <a class="" href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/16/net-framework-library-source-code-now-available.aspx">here</a></p> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=11361" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/01/14/top-10-geeky-keyboards.aspx2008-01-14T19:30:00Z2008-01-14T19:30:00Z<p>Check this out :),</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.computersight.com/Hardware/Accessories/10-Strange-Keyboards.70082">http://www.computersight.com/Hardware/Accessories/10-Strange-Keyboards.70082</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=11226" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/01/14/free-ebook.aspx2008-01-14T08:36:00Z2008-01-14T08:36:00Z<p class="MsoNormal">A friend told me that <a class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/default.mspx" target="_blank"><font color="#800080">Microsoft Press</font></a> has a special offer for an e-book&nbsp;to download it for FREE!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just sign up and download the book. <a class="" href="http://csna01.libredigital.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#800080">from here</font></a></p> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=11200" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2008/01/14/sharepoint-lookup-fields-does-not-support-user-or-groups.aspx2008-01-14T06:30:00Z2008-01-14T06:30:00Z<p>&nbsp;</p><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Hi,</font></font></span><font size="3"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font face="Calibri">It has been a while since I wrote any new blog entries because I got married </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font face="Calibri"> and guess what l am the luckiest man on earth with my wife and also I have reallocated my job from </font><a href="http://www.estartasolutions.com/"><font face="Calibri">Estarta</font></a><font face="Calibri"> - Jordan to </font><a href="http://www.injazatdatasystems.com/"><font face="Calibri">Injazat Data Systems</font></a><font face="Calibri"> - UAE (a joint venture between </font><a href="http://www.mubadala.ae/"><font face="Calibri">Mubadala</font></a><font face="Calibri"> and </font><a href="http://www.eds.com/"><font face="Calibri" color="#800080">EDS</font></a><font face="Calibri">) so my hand were little bit full.</font></span></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Anyways I decided I will update my blog with a series of entries to recap my absence and as a start I noticed something very strange in SharePoint lists lookup fields, I was doing a presentation for a client to show the ability of getting data from other lists and my example was to retrieve data from team members list that had two columns as the following:</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"></font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">1-</font><span style="FONT:7pt &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Title by default with the list of type single line of text</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"></font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">2-</font><span style="FONT:7pt &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Team member name of type people and group</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"></font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">My goal was to connect the column to the team member column and guess what! It did not show up in the drop down list so as a result I made a small exercise to see what are the columns that are supported by the lookup column:</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">&nbsp;</font></span> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table class="MsoTableMediumShading1Accent1" style="BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-COLLAPSE:collapse;mso-border-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-themetint:191;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoTableMediumShading1Accent1"> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:-1;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#4f81bd;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-border-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-themetint:191;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;"><b><span style="COLOR:white;mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;mso-themecolor:background1;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Column Type</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#4f81bd;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-border-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-themetint:191;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;"><b><span style="COLOR:white;mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;mso-themecolor:background1;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Supported/Not Supported</font></font></span></b></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Single line of text</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Supported</font></font></span></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Multiple line of text</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Not</font></font></span></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Choice – Drop down list</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span 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solid;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Not</font></font></span></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;"><b><span 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solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Number</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Not</font></font></span></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Yes/No</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Not</font></font></span></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:7;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Person or Group</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Not</font></font></span></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:8;"> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#d4d0c8;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;mso-background-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-left-themetint:191;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-bottom-themetint:191;mso-border-top-alt:solid #7BA0CD 1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Hyperlink</font></font></span></b></td> <td class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT:#7ba0cd 1pt solid;PADDING-RIGHT:5.4pt;BORDER-TOP:#d4d0c8;PADDING-LEFT:5.4pt;BACKGROUND:#d3dfee;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;BORDER-LEFT:#d4d0c8;WIDTH:239.4pt;PADDING-TOP:0in;BORDER-BOTTOM:#7ba0cd 1pt 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1.0pt;mso-border-top-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-top-themetint:191;mso-background-themetint:63;mso-border-right-themecolor:accent1;mso-border-right-themetint:191;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Supported</font></font></span></td></tr></table><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">&nbsp;</font></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">I know there are other solutions to get the values of these columns like the DVWP but is there any reason behind this limitation because I recall some of these columns were supported by SharePoint 2003.</font></p><font face="Calibri" size="3">&nbsp;</font> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Enjoy </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Yazan</font></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><font face="Calibri" size="3"></font> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=11199" width="1" height="1">yazanoufhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/yazanouf.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2007/04/24/sharepoint-2003-vs-sharepoint-2007-vs-ibm.aspx2007-04-25T02:57:00Z2007-04-25T02:57:00Z<p><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Hi Guys,</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Today a client asked what are the advantages MOSS 2007 has over IBM web sphere, and I simply told him I don&#39;t what MOSS 2007 has to offer over IBM, however while searching the net I found a small pdf file that compares performance wrote by IBM themselves.</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;Well frankly if the results are correct the surprise is that SharePoint 2003 performance is better than 2007 :S; and of course as per the article IBM web sphere is the king in this comparison.</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;I have attached this article with this blog entry so that all of you can take a look at it.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=24100" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1930" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2007/02/15/moss-contacts-list.aspx2007-02-16T03:02:00Z2007-02-16T03:02:00Z<p><font face="Verdana">MOSS v3.0 Contacts List</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">MOSS v 3.0 contact list does not have the option to import the contacts directly from outlook, I wonder why this feature was removed; since&nbsp;most of our clients always ask for a directory of thier employees on the web.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">&nbsp;I dont think people search can replace such functionality in MOSS I wonder how we can replace this feature other than importing the contacts from a spread sheet.</font></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19529" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1931" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/12/09/get-the-latest-from-the-mvps.aspx2006-12-09T15:07:00Z2006-12-09T15:07:00Z<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi All,</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">SharePoint MVPs are now on a single OPML link&nbsp;:), WOOOOWO get the latest from the best from one OPML here it is </font></p> <p><a href="http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/opml.aspx?uid=430219&amp;mid=1"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/opml.aspx?uid=430219&amp;mid=1</font></a></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16779" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1933" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/12/07/windows-vista-adoption.aspx2006-12-07T19:24:00Z2006-12-07T19:24:00Z<p><font face="Arial" size="2">A nice one by Microsoft Watch, Vista&#39;s mission in spreading into the market seems harder and harder check this link out</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/study_just_six_percent_of_american_business_pcs_can_run_vista_premium.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/study_just_six_percent_of_american_business_pcs_can_run_vista_premium.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535</font></a></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16702" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1934" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/12/01/sharepoint-redesign.aspx2006-12-01T23:39:00Z2006-12-01T23:39:00Z<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi All,</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">I have redesign the MOSS architecture, just kidding Microsoft recently released a few white papers explaing MOSS and its features, however they contain a really cool high level arch view, I have redraw the Architecture with a new look and feel.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Please find it below with power point source.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/images/16547/original.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/images/16547/582x480.aspx" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16546" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1935" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/11/22/which-sharepoint-technology-is-right-for-you.aspx2006-11-22T14:51:00Z2006-11-22T14:51:00Z<p>Hi All,</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It has been a while since I posted an entry on my blog hopefully I will get back on the track again, Microsoft added a comprehensive list of features across SharePoint tecnologies so that you can pick what fits your client check it out.</p> <p><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx</a></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16295" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1936" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/07/13/new-ms-exams.aspx2006-07-14T01:50:00Z2006-07-14T01:50:00Z<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Microsoft just recently published new exams and certifications&nbsp;but the question is&nbsp;when MS will release the SPS certifications <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/emoticons/emotion-6.gif" alt="sad" />&nbsp;?!!!!!</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">follow the link to view the new exams which includes a LCS exam, </font></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcpexams/status/new.mspx"><font face="Arial" size="2">http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcpexams/status/new.mspx</font></a></p><a href="http://technorati.com/claim/b4xj5ansvq" rel="me">Technorati Profile</a><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9150" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1938" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/07/11/winfs-theoratical-features.aspx2006-07-11T23:58:00Z2006-07-11T23:58:00Z<p><a href="http://www.only4gurus.com/v3/preview.asp?resource=10883"><font face="Garamond" color="#0000ff">http://www.only4gurus.com/v3/preview.asp?resource=10883</font></a></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9097" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1939" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/06/30/ie-7-0-beta-3-is-released.aspx2006-06-30T17:15:00Z2006-06-30T17:15:00Z<p>Follow this link to update your IE, enjoy people</p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx</a></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8807" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1940" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/06/29/sharepoint-2007-for-mcms-developers.aspx2006-06-30T02:51:00Z2006-06-30T02:51:00Z<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">A great article that shows a great start for MCMS developers into the world of MOSS 2007 catch this up</font></p> <p><a href="http://techtalkpt.wordpress.com/2006/06/19/sharepoint-server-2007-for-mcms-2002-developers/">http://techtalkpt.wordpress.com/2006/06/19/sharepoint-server-2007-for-mcms-2002-developers/</a></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8789" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1941" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/06/27/sharepoint-service-packs-and-restore-problems.aspx2006-06-27T22:04:00Z2006-06-27T22:04:00Z<p><span>Hi Folks,</span></p> <p><span>Restoring SharePoint portal server is a straight forward and easy job, but sometimes there are some restrictions that might put in a realllllly bad situation due to service packs versions,&nbsp;here is an example:</span></p> <p><span>You have a machine that has SharePoint SP2 installed, and you wanted to restore an old copy of a portal that <span>&nbsp;</span>has SP1 installed, SharePoint wont allow you to restore the an old version&nbsp;due to versioning&nbsp;issues, so the first solution that would come in your mind is :</span></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Uninstall SP2 for WSS and SPS.</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Install SP1 for WSS and SPS.</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Restore the portal.</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Upgrade to SP2 for WSS and SPS.</span></li></ul> <p><span>I found a better way without uninstalling anything, but I don&#39;t guarantee that it will always work, because Microsoft does not allow restoring from service packs versions&nbsp;for a specific&nbsp;reason I am not aware off.</span></p> <p><span>Please&nbsp;<strong><span>open</span></strong> the file that holds the backup configuration in your backed up&nbsp;files (i.e. the file that has an ext of .XML), the first tag would appear like this in both service pack versions:</span></p> <p><strong><span>SP1</span></strong><span>&nbsp;---- &lt;SharePointPortalServerBackupManifest <strong><span>Version=&quot;11.0.6715.0&quot;</span></strong> BackupType=&quot;Site-All&quot; TimeStamp=&quot;2006-05-17 14:57:38Z&quot;&gt;</span></p> <p><strong><span>SP2</span></strong><span> ---- &lt;SharePointPortalServerBackupManifest <strong><span>Version=&quot;11.0.8126.0&quot;</span></strong> BackupType=&quot;All&quot; TimeStamp=&quot;2006-05-31 14:04:59Z&quot;&gt;</span></p> <p>Simply change the versions and enjoy your restore process <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="smile" />, without doing any donkey work of installation issues.&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8652" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1942" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/06/16/moss-2007-broken-links-checker.aspx2006-06-17T02:02:00Z2006-06-17T02:02:00Z<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2">The funny thing about SharePoint portal server 2003 is the broken links in the sites area when you delete a website from WSS, the link stays in the sites list with a broken URL and&nbsp;you have to remove manually&nbsp;not to mention&nbsp;if the number of&nbsp;sites is large and&nbsp;the websites are automatically deleted&nbsp;because they are not used,&nbsp;you have to start checking links&nbsp;if it is broken or not and then remove it which is a very big overhead <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/emoticons/emotion-6.gif" alt="sad" /> , they did improve this issue in MOSS 2007 and developed a sites link checker, Check this screen shot for the site menu&nbsp;below.</font></p> <p><font face="Tahoma"></font>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/picture8424.aspx" target="_blank"><font face="Tahoma"><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/images/8424/original.aspx" border="0" alt="" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Tahoma" size="2">When clicking the first open scan for broken links,&nbsp;the following screen appears:</font></p> <p><font face="Tahoma"></font>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/picture8426.aspx" target="_blank"><font face="Tahoma"><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/images/8426/547x435.aspx" border="0" alt="" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Tahoma" size="2">When you press okay MOSS will check the broken links and display results as shown below:</font></p> <p><font face="Tahoma"></font>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/picture8425.aspx" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/picture8425.aspx" target="_blank"><font face="Tahoma"><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/photos/yazan/images/8425/original.aspx" border="0" alt="" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Press okay again and a list of broken links would appear, you can delete all the broken links like removing list items&nbsp;<img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="smile" /> Enjoy. </font></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8428" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1932" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/04/25/google-s-calendar.aspx2006-04-26T01:09:00Z2006-04-26T01:09:00Z<p class="MsoBodyText"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Google&#39;s war&nbsp;against Microsoft is at the top right now, with both sides throwing everything they have at each other ;recently google launched one of its weapons which is&nbsp;called the “Google Calendar“, and i have to admit it is really cool, here is a screen shot of it.</font></font></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><br /><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/images/sharepointblogs_com/yazan/286/o_GoogleCalendar.GIF" alt="" /></p><img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5974" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1944" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/03/27/a-great-guy.aspx2006-03-27T22:51:00Z2006-03-27T22:51:00Z&nbsp;I would like to dedicate this post to thank a really great tutor in DePaul university a great professor named Hank Streeter, i would like to thank you sir for being&nbsp;a great tutor who cares about his student, who taught us the first steps toward of&nbsp;being the future&nbsp;software architects.<img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5716" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> <hr><span style="font-size:10pt;">Posted on <a href="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/">SharePoint Blogs</a></span> <img src="http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1945" width="1" height="1">Unclaimed Bloghttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/members/Unclaimed-Blog.aspxhttp://www.sharepointblogs.com/yazan/archive/2006/03/06/sql-2000-vs-sql-2005.aspx2006-03-07T05:09:00Z2006-03-07T05:09:00Z<p><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000">Comparision between (SharePoint + SQL 2000) vs (SharePoint&nbsp;+ SQL2005)</font></p> <p><font face="Tahoma">&nbsp;</font><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA100993571033.aspx#3"><font face="Tahoma">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA100993571033.aspx</font></a></p><img 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