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.

 Enjoy.

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 the approvers group 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 in the workflow step so as a result an error will pop out as the pictures below

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.

And finally here is the report

As announced a few months ago SharePoint have passed the DoD chapter 2 standards and now it is available as a resource kit to download with some code samples I have not tried the resource kit yet but I am downloading it right catch all the fun right here

 http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/02/09/announcing-the-dod-5015-2-resource-kit-for-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx

Enjoy

Design and build sites for Office SharePoint Server 2007

This is really a lovely thing the Scott Gu 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.

Read more here

Check this out :),

http://www.computersight.com/Hardware/Accessories/10-Strange-Keyboards.70082

A friend told me that Microsoft Press has a special offer for an e-book to download it for FREE!

Just sign up and download the book. from here

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.

Enjoy

Yazan

Hi Guys,

Today a client asked what are the advantages MOSS 2007 has over IBM web sphere, and I simply told him I don'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.

 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.

 I have attached this article with this blog entry so that all of you can take a look at it. 

MOSS v3.0 Contacts List

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 most of our clients always ask for a directory of thier employees on the web.

 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.

Hi All,

SharePoint MVPs are now on a single OPML link :), WOOOOWO get the latest from the best from one OPML here it is

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/opml.aspx?uid=430219&mid=1

A nice one by Microsoft Watch, Vista's mission in spreading into the market seems harder and harder check this link out

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/study_just_six_percent_of_american_business_pcs_can_run_vista_premium.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

Hi All,

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.

Please find it below with power point source.

Hi All,

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.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx

Microsoft just recently published new exams and certifications but the question is when MS will release the SPS certifications  ?!!!!!

follow the link to view the new exams which includes a LCS exam,

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcpexams/status/new.mspx

http://www.only4gurus.com/v3/preview.asp?resource=10883

Follow this link to update your IE, enjoy people

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

A great article that shows a great start for MCMS developers into the world of MOSS 2007 catch this up

http://techtalkpt.wordpress.com/2006/06/19/sharepoint-server-2007-for-mcms-2002-developers/

Hi Folks,

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, here is an example:

You have a machine that has SharePoint SP2 installed, and you wanted to restore an old copy of a portal that  has SP1 installed, SharePoint wont allow you to restore the an old version due to versioning issues, so the first solution that would come in your mind is :

• Uninstall SP2 for WSS and SPS.
• Install SP1 for WSS and SPS.
• Restore the portal.
• Upgrade to SP2 for WSS and SPS.

I found a better way without uninstalling anything, but I don't guarantee that it will always work, because Microsoft does not allow restoring from service packs versions for a specific reason I am not aware off.

Please open the file that holds the backup configuration in your backed up files (i.e. the file that has an ext of .XML), the first tag would appear like this in both service pack versions:

SP1 ---- <SharePointPortalServerBackupManifest Version="11.0.6715.0" BackupType="Site-All" TimeStamp="2006-05-17 14:57:38Z">

SP2 ---- <SharePointPortalServerBackupManifest Version="11.0.8126.0" BackupType="All" TimeStamp="2006-05-31 14:04:59Z">

Simply change the versions and enjoy your restore process , without doing any donkey work of installation issues. 

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 you have to remove manually not to mention if the number of sites is large and the websites are automatically deleted because they are not used, you have to start checking links if it is broken or not and then remove it which is a very big overhead , they did improve this issue in MOSS 2007 and developed a sites link checker, Check this screen shot for the site menu below.

When clicking the first open scan for broken links, the following screen appears:

When you press okay MOSS will check the broken links and display results as shown below:

Press okay again and a list of broken links would appear, you can delete all the broken links like removing list items  Enjoy.

Google's war 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 called the “Google Calendar“, and i have to admit it is really cool, here is a screen shot of it.

Comparision between (SharePoint + SQL 2000) vs (SharePoint + SQL2005)

 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA100993571033.aspx