May30
There is a LOT of great information on how to configure SSO for SharePoint. If you are still jaded because of the limited capability of SSO in 2003, you have to take a fresh look at SSO in 2007. As far as I can tell the service has not changed substantially (if at all). The biggest change is that SharePoint Designer now understands SSO and you can use it for your Data Form Web Parts and the BDC. ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Friday, 30 May 2008 04:28.
May28
The folks at TechNet have been busy writing new documentation on SharePoint Governance. There is a lot of great information for organization implementing SharePoint who want to implement a governance plan. The articles and white papers cover tools and techniques to help in your quest for order. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263341.aspx...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:52.
May28
There are a few "one name" folks in the SharePoint world. You know Joel, but you cannot call yourself a SharePoint developer if you don't know Fitz. Mike Fitzmaurice has long been a technical evangelist for SharePoint in his official capacity as Technical Product Manager. If you ever had a chance to attend any of the Microsoft parties with a karaoke machine, you will remember Mike for...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 07:06.
May19
I'll be the first to tell you that Alternate Access Mapping confuses the heck out of me. It does not do what I think it should do and it affects things I think it should not affect. I guess my main complaint is the name and not the function. Anyway, here is a fix to a problem that I have seen in several implementations that use an extended web application.
The configuration is a common one for...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Monday, 19 May 2008 05:43.
May13
We just applied WSS and SPS SP3 to a production SharePoint installation and it turns out that following the application of WSS SP3 you MAY be unable to open lists and libraries in Data Sheet View! (When I say "may" I mean "will".) As stated in the KB this is a known issue… http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923643/ “You may be unable to open the "Edit in Datasheet" v...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 09:28.
May8
I spend a lot of my time working with great companies that want to get better. They keep striving for how they can improve incrementally in all areas of endeavor. It it this passion for "baby steps" rather than the "grand slam" that makes them great. I call it "continuous improvement" other call it "restlessness", whatever you call it, working for one of ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on
Thursday, 8 May 2008 07:20.