I need to start this post off by saying 2 little disclaimers: A) don’t use stsadm in SharePoint 2010, I know it’s still supported but just don’t. It’s going away soon, has less functionality than PowerShell, and can cause some issues that may be unexpected. If you are having this issue as well, you are
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The config cache is where we cache configuration information (stored in the config database) on each server in the farm. Caching the data on each server prevents us from having to make SQL calls to pull this information from the configuration database. It is full of XML files containing configuration objects. The SharePoint configuration cache
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I ran into an interesting issue the other day. In one of our client’s SharePoint 2010 install, we were trying to add a group to a site collection. People Picker kept underlining the name saying “No exact match was found. Click the item(s) that did not resolve for more options.” Just as you would expect
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So I ran into an interesting issue recently. We had a SharePoint 2007 installation with a calendar list. The end users sync the calendar to their Outlook as a shared calendar. All of the client computers running a variety of Windows XP, Vista, and 7 with Outlook 2003 & 2007. NOTE 9/14: This process can
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In one of the environments I work in, we have a SharePoint 2007 server on Server 2003. Recently we applied our June Windows patches and the April cumulative update (CU) packs for WSS 3.0 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2512783) & SharePoint 2007 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2512782). As a note, if you aren’t patching your SharePoint with the CUs as per this site,
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I searched around quite a bit and found a lot of incomplete walkthroughs and information on setting up claims-based authentication for Sharepoint 2010. Here is the process I finally ended up using and some extra stuff that may be helpful. This seems to be the most direct route to getting things set up, as you
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This process is really simple, but when I was doing it, I kept running into issues and all the how-to’s I found had something missing. Here is my process for installing SharePoint 2007 on Server 2008 R2. First off, MOSS 2007 will not install on Server 2008 R2 without SharePoint service pack 1. For me,
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***I do not endorse using this for anything that would break your company’s internet use policy. This is for users with legitimate business needs and/or like having secure connections while using public internet(Starbucks, airport, hotels, etc.)*** Our office recently made some firewall/proxy modifications and I could no longer do a few things. I couldn’t access
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Alright, sorry it took so long to put the rest of my Vista x64 setup on here. Here’s part 2 – configuring Cisco PIX VPNs for Windows Vista & Windows 7 64-bit machines. To start, Cisco is dropping support for PIX devices and ASA is definitely a more robust device anyway. Cisco has stated they
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Sorry I have been posting a little off-topic lately, but there has been a lot going on lately. My wife graduated from Herron School of Art & Design, we opened a print shop/gallery in downtown Indy, and now she has been featured in a new e-zine called Know No Stranger Presents. Know No Stranger is
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