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Following on from mass BPOS account activations you can now perform mass password resets with the latest Microsoft Online Services Migration Tools. The PowerShell script below will read in a list of BPOS accounts and reset the password. The two fields you need in the CSV file are the email address and desired password. See […]

One of my most popular posts to date has been the post to open Stsadm at any point in command prompt. I have updated this post for SharePoint 2010. This will save you from having to type C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb Server Extensions14bin every time you need to run Stsadm. Open Environment Variables From Server […]

While the default SharePoint search box works well for most browsers, there’s a surprising inconsistency with Firefox: Hitting “enter” won’t submit your search.   The reason is that Mozilla browsers use a different event model which SharePoint’s “search.js” file doesn’t fully account for. Specifically, when the enter key is pressed, this code is run: try […]

This week Microsoft has begun the process to migrate all the current discussion forums for Unified Communications-related topics into a single category. As with any migration there is both an upside and a downside to these changes. Most importantly, going forward it will be much easier for users to locate the correct forum in which […]

I just returned from the 5 day SharePoint 2010 Ignite Training for Developers in Amsterdam. The training was an invitation-only opportunity for Mircrosoft’s top-tier partners to get hands-on experience with the latest and greatest features in the upcoming SharePoint release. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to go to this event and […]

Today I attended the SharePoint Roadshow in Chicago. It was a great event featuring a slew of MVPs showcasing SharePoint 2010.   Here are some tidbits I learned, as well as what I consider the highlights of each session:   “Enterprise Content Management” Chris Johnson – Technical Project Manager for SharePoint Silverlight videos are supported […]

If you are running Microsoft Office 2010 and are having issues opening documents off Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (WSSv3 applies) and are getting the error Could not open “http://*.*” then you may want to check your internet settings. In Local Area Network Settings of Internet Explorer (Tools, Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings) try un-checking […]

With SharePoint 2010, LINQ to SharePoint is now fully supported. It now offers the ability to work with strongly typed objects as well as the ability to use the LINQ syntax which is easier than using CAML. Another great advantage of using LINQ to SharePoint is that you can join SharePoint lists which can be […]

SharePoint 2007 didn’t have any client object model; as a result, only the server side api could be used to access SharePoint data when creating a Windows, WPF, Console, Silverlight or ASP.NET applications. SharePoint 2010 now provides the infrasctucture to easily use SharePoint data from those client applications thanks to the client object model. You […]

There are a number of substantial improvements introduced within SharePoint 2010’s “InfoPath Forms Services” feature set. Now consolidated under the “Composites” pillar of SharePoint, Forms Services make it easier than ever to build and deploy rich forms to your clients.   In the coming weeks, I’m going to outline some of the more interesting changes […]

One of the best ways to get a taste for what’s new in SharePoint 2010 is to peruse the new Object Model. As you can imagine, the changes are substantial. There are literally hundreds of new classes and thousands of new properties and methods.   From my initial exploration, very few items appear to have […]

External Lists are a great new feature in SharePoint 2010 that allow you to expose your Business Connectivity Services (formerly known as the Business Data Catalog) entities to end users through the familiar SharePoint list UI. This feature supports both reading from and writing to your line-of-business data sources via SharePoint. The major benefit of […]