Archive for November, 2009

Configure People picker to….

Using the Stsadm command-line tool, we can configure the People Picker to display only users that are members of the site collection. By this configuration, you can add any user from the directory if you know the user name; however, only users that are already added to the site collection are displayed in the People […]

November 19, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: SharePoint, Tools, Tips & Utilities

On Time, in Control…

We had a team training from ADAPT Training Solutions on “On Time, In Control Project”, amazing set of things you can do to manage your productivity using Outlook 2007…sincerely recommend this guys… Technorati Tags: Outlook,Project Management,Rahul Desai

November 18, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Personal, Project Management, Talman news, Tools, Tips & Utilities, Training

Checking in multiple files using SharePoint Designer

If multiple files have been checked out and you want to check them quickly (in SharePoint document libraries), it  can be easily achieved in few quick steps using SharePoint Designer 2007 (rather than using the inbuilt check-in feature), here are the steps: Open the site in SharePoint Designer 2007  Select the document library, locate the […]

November 13, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: SharePoint, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Saving large list as template…

I was just trying to move a document list from one site to another site, found out the below limitation on the size. The process I was following was to save the document list as a template along with the content (on existing site collection) and then create a new document list in the required […]

November 8, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: SharePoint, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Hyper-V Gotchas…

I went through the pain of getting the Hyper-V to work on my laptop (was just trying it out…).. The biggest pain I had was (for my laptop), that it disables Hybernate & Sleep features along with the Bluetooth and Wireless capabilities. Here are few good references if you are trying something similar. http://blog.accentient.com/CommentView,guid,86e017d5-0834-4074-8c48-05293aca918b.aspx Some […]

November 5, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: General, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Top 10 Technologies to Consider for 2010

Interesting thoughts…. Top 10 Technologies to Consider for 2010 Technorati Tags: eWeek.com,Rahul Desai

November 5, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: General, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Enabling eSATA compability…..

I bought a eSATA external drive from Astone (ISO Gear 481E), I was not able to connect the drive using the eSATA cable (although was able to connect using a normal USB 2.0 cable), I contacted the manufacturer and here is what was required… http://www.astone.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6 To resolve this issue, enable the AHCI driver in the […]

November 5, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: General, Personal

What is the level of technical knowledge an IT Project manager should have?

http://polls.linkedin.com/p/64548/uznej Please provide your opinion on the above link…thanks. Technorati Tags: Project Management,Rahul Desai

November 5, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management