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SharePoint 2007 Permissions Matrix

Many times it helps to see an overall comparison of SharePoint 2007 permissions. Mark Arend assembled a matrix that shows lots of useful information that helps you understand how permission levels are related, and how they affect security trimming of Site Actions and Site Settings….more @ link below: SharePoint 2007 Permissions Matrix – Mark Arend […]

September 8, 2011 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Single Server Complete Install of SharePoint 2010 using local accounts

Something that was possible in SharePoint Server 2007 has become tricky in SharePoint Server 2010. The complete installation on a single server using non-domain accounts. Something most developers, demonstrators and testers do a lot, suddenly requires the use of domain accounts instead of local machine accounts. Workaround and solution available @ the following Microsoft link: […]

February 10, 2011 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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“File not found” on Master page corruption…

We started to get this error on a specific site, the symptoms were: 1. I could see the site content through “Manage Content and Structure” 2. I could see the content appear on the site “Content Layout” web part 3. I could access the document in the site document library through different webparts 4. I […]

November 16, 2010 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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PowerPivot

PowerPivot gives users the power to create compelling self-service BI solutions, facilitates sharing and collaboration on user-generated BI solutions in a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 environment, and enables IT organizations to increase operational efficiencies through Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2-based management tools. More information at the following link: PowerPivot Technorati Tags: PowerPivot,Business Intelligence,Excel 2010,Microsoft,Rahul Desai

July 21, 2010 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: SharePoint, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Download details: Productivity Hub 2010

Microsoft has developed the Productivity Hub to help support the ongoing end user training efforts. The Hub is a SharePoint Server site collection for 2007 and 2010 that serves as a learning community and is fully customizable. It provides a central place for your training efforts, and includes training content from Microsoft’s core products. Microsoft […]

July 21, 2010 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: SharePoint, Tools, Tips & Utilities, Training

Outlook Synchronization Error – 0×8000FFFF

Nice find from Jeff DeVerter, here for future reference! Outlook Synchronization Error – 0×8000FFFF « Social-Point Technorati Tags: Outlook Synchronization, Jeff DeVerter, SharePoint

February 16, 2010 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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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
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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
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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
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Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : SharePoint History

Interesting article on the history of SharePoint. Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : SharePoint History Technorati Tags: MOSS,SharePoint,Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog,History,Rahul Desai

October 11, 2009 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: SharePoint, Training