MarC on July 13th, 2010

Cumulative Update June 2010 for SharePoint 2007 is available. It is build 12.0.6539.5000 and you can get it here. Request the hotfix immediately here.

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MarC on July 12th, 2010

Just installed Nintex workflow 2010 and made some screenshots. Installation went almost smoothly with one flaw (or I was just impatient). See below.
First installation of the msi file through elevated command prompt:

Then the Nintex Workflow installer starts to guide you through the process. I will not show all screens here. Most of them are default [...]

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MarC on July 9th, 2010

Today a client indicated to me that in the c:\users directory on the SharePoint server a lot of directories where created, every day again. Eventually I came to setting permissions to the User Profile Service Application in the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration. Let me explain what has happened and what the solution is:
First I saw [...]

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MarC on June 28th, 2010

I have tried many hours to make this work but I could not make it work until someone (@workerthread) reacted to one of my tweets. It can be done by using SharePoint Designer 2010 and modifying another grouping.
See this post for further details.

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MarC on June 23rd, 2010

It’s been awhile since my last post. I have enjoyed a nice (active) holliday cycling around the Netherlands (some say I’m nuts ). First thing I saw this morning when checking my RSS reader is all the fuzz about the Microsoft patch KB93844 which gives you errors in SharePoint/IIS.
This is the latest news I [...]

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MarC on May 28th, 2010

More a reminder to myself, all versions of SharePoint Server 2010.
SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Client Access License features
For organizations looking to expand their business collaboration platform to enable advanced scenarios. Use the Enterprise capabilities of SharePoint to fully interoperate with external line-of-business applications, Web services, and Microsoft Office client applications; make better decisions with rich [...]

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MarC on May 27th, 2010

The second edition of the new and free SharePoint eMagazine by the Dutch Information Worker User Group (DIWUG) is available. Containing articles by Waldek Mastykarz, Wictor Wilen, Andries de Haan, Wes Heckett, Anders Rask and others. Very interesting stuff to read.
Download your free copy here.
Through @mariannerd at Twitter.

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Please be aware that the cmdlets in the articles I posted earlier (part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) about a PowerShell scripted installation of SP2010 might differ from the cmdlets of the RTM version!
This is the complete list of all articles about the cmdlets:
Access Services cmdlets (SharePoint Server 2010)
Backup and recovery cmdlets (SharePoint Server 2010)
Databases cmdlets [...]

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MarC on May 17th, 2010

This is a post without a solution (yet). I’m always having some kind of trouble with installing this SharePoint 2007 service.
I use these settings:
 
The description with this service states that: To use the Directory Management Service you need to provide the SharePoint Central Administration application pool account with write access to the container you specify [...]

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MarC on April 27th, 2010

Found this on the Nintex forum: Because you can’t copy the hyperlink on the “Export to spreadsheet” link on SharePoint lists, here is how you can create your own hyperlink.
http://[Server]/[Site]/([Subsite]/)_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?C
S=109&Using=_layouts/query.iqy&List=[ListGUID]&
View=[ViewGUID]&CacheControl=1′
Replace the [Placeholders] with your environment’s information.  A handy way to get the list and view GUIDs is to go into “Modify Columns and Settings” then [...]

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