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Microsoft provides a handy way to customize the methodology your team follows to cater to your needs. From requiring check-in notes to defining new groups and organizational units, customizing a process template provides a convenient approach to change how a team works across all platforms. Team Foundation Server: Customizing MSF for the Agile process guidance […]

may not a wise choice. I was tasked with creating two site templates via .stp files; one that would be used to create a site collection and a second that would be used to create a child site of the site collection. I developed the hierarchy of sites in SharePoint so we could demo the […]

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So there I was, tasked with creating some custom site columns that would be later used to create some custom content types for a customer. None of the SharePoint books that I was looking through really gave me a "soup to nuts" version of what I was looking for. A quick Internet search revealed some […]

I came across a requirement stating that when a user tried to access a site within an intranet portal (aka Site Collection) they should be redirected to another site in the intranet portal. I had just learned about the "Welcome Page" setting under the Site Settings Page and we excited to try this out to […]

If you are using Vista, or the new Vista Remote Desktop Client on an XP machine you have run into the prompt warning you about the security of the server you are attempting to connect to. Well, I’ve finally found a solution. Create a new DWORD registry key named "AuthenticationLevelOverride" without the quotes, in the […]

Problem You want to use a custom resource file for your Elements.xml file just like the out-of-the-box SharePoint features do. Assumptions This post assumes that you are using Visual Studio to develop and deploy your SharePoint feature. Solution 1.) Create a Resources folder under the 12 folder in your Visual Studio project. 2.) Right-click on […]

Have you ever tried to enable the publishing feature on a SharePoint site after it has been created using a site template that didn’t enable it when the site was created? You navigate to the site features page (Site Actions -> Site Settings ->Modify All Site Settings or Site Actions -> Site Settings) and try […]

This is a quick blog to give you some guidelines in creating a development environment in SharePoint. I will be assuming in the blog that you know how to use VMware and how to install the separate MS products. First your physical machine: Ideally your physical machine should have 2-4GB for memory, of course the […]

The script below will extract the last password changed date for all user objects in the domain in which the script is run. The output is the user’s DN, last password changed date, and the EmployeeID of the user in a tab delimited format. I find that using the last password change date is more […]

I ran into a case recently where I had to hack together a set of drivers for my touchpad on my D820 to get it such that I could set options in the mouse control panel. This seems trivial until you realize I am now running the 64 bit version of Vista and that Dell […]

Many years ago, I served on active duty in the military and had the fortune of working on a few short assignments called "special duties." On one of those occasions, I had the fortune of working for a colonel who was well known for his intelligence, and equally well known for his lack of pateince. […]