Matthew McDermott

Matthew is a principal consultant for Catapult Systems. A Microsoft MVP (SharePoint Server), Matthew blogs about SharePoint and Microsoft technologies related to collaboration, web content management and productivity.
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Jun1

A better way to evaluate PreUpgrade scan results

Every time I review Preupgrade reports I wish that I had a better way to review the results. I finally wrote a stylesheet to help. The intent for this tool is to apply it to your upgrade reports after your first prescan run to test the results before you actually run the upgrade. Then keep the reports around for evaluating your upgrade after you upgrade the sites.  Here is what the results look l...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 09:31.
2 Comments | Categories: Upgrade

 
May13

WSS SP3 and Datasheet View

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.
1 Comment | Categories: Upgrade

 
Nov13

Central Texas SharePoint User Group

Date: Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 Topic: Panel Discussion on Migration Please join us for our second meeting on Wednesday, November 14th, as industry executives and subject matter authorities join us to discuss best practices and expertise in migrating to MOSS 2007. Click here to register! A core group Austin companies has established this User Group as a forum for SharePoint pros to ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 10:28.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint 2007, Upgrade, User Group

 
Aug8

Welcome Exchange 2007!

The infrastructure team has begun some testing on the Exchange 2007 migration. My mailbox was moved the other night and this is what I have noticed. The Process When the guys moved my mailbox I had to be offline for the move. They tested the migration and let me connect. Outlook had no issues or changes required. My phone detected the change and performed a complete resynchronization....
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Wednesday, 8 Aug 2007 05:31.
0 Comments | Categories: Office 2007, Upgrade

 
May12

Anyone, anyone…Bueller?

Anyone know what this does on the profile record? ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:01.
0 Comments | Categories: Upgrade, SharePoint 2007

 
Apr15

Repeated Authorization Prompts following Upgrade

Catapult Systems upgrade was plagued by an unexpected behavior that was an artifact of a customization we made in 2003. The customization enabled sending a link to a document by e-mail from the Document Library drop down menu. The issue was caused by the upgrade process incorrectly setting the permissions on the folder when it is moved from the 60 hive to the 12 hive. After narrowing the issue ...
Posted by Matthew McDermott on Sunday, 15 Apr 2007 05:02.
0 Comments | Categories: Upgrade, SharePoint 2007