How to: get SharePoint (& Office) to work with FQDN without login dialogs
A nice feature of the Microsoft eco-system is that everything just works together. Another nice feature is that sometimes we need to make it so. Scenario: An organization has a normal Microsoft environment, Windows Server, AD, Windows 7 clients, SharePoint 2010 etc. The SharePoint server has a Web application on standard port 80, accessible through both the NetBIOS/computer name (http://server) …
Read MoreHow to: Get Explorer View To Work In SharePoint 2010
A common problem in SharePoint Explorer View (The possibility to view the contents of a document library in the good old Windows File Explorer) is that exploring takes forever… Open in explorer can be accessed through the user interface using the Library tab as below. You can also directly access a library by entering the address in explorer such as …
Read MoreExperterna: Därför ska du lära dig SharePoint
Ping to an article (in Swedish) about why you should learn SharePoint. http://www.addskills.se/Vara-kursledare/Artiklar-och-tips/Darfor-ska-du-lara-dig-SharePoint/
Read MoreExcel Services errors when AS cube changes
When using Excel Services to display data from an Analysis Services cube, the following error might occur when the cube structure changes. Web part page error If the Excel spreadsheet is displayed as a web part, the following error will appear in the web part page: Text: Error. Web Part Error: An error occurred while setting the value of this …
Read MoreError. An unhandled exception occurred in the Silverlight Application when creating a document library in SharePoint 2010
If the web page security validation is turned off, the above error message might be presented when trying to create a document library or list in SharePoint 2010. To change the setting, log into Central Administration, manage the web app and change the general settings of the web app to enable security validation.
Read MoreHow to: not do a cumulative update
Microsoft has once again discovered a critical issue in one of their updates. In this case it’s the (2010) October CU for SharePoint 2010. more info: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2010/11/05/critical-information-about-the-sharepoint-server-2010-october-cumulative-update.aspx Quote: Microsoft has discovered a critical issue in the recently released October Cumulative Updates for SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010, and we have removed the files from download availability. If you …
Read MoreSetting debug to true in web.config breaks Reporting Services in SharePoint
When using Reporting Services reports in SharePoint and at the same time changing the debug attribute to true in web.config the following error message might appear in a web browser alongside the Reporting Services reports not behaving properly: Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; .NET CLR …
Read MoreHow to: Enable larger reports in Reporting Services
When deploying large reports to SharePoint or Reporting Services from BIDS (Visual Studio) something like the following message might appear: Error 1 System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: There was an exception running the extensions specified in the config file. —> System.Web.HttpException: Maximum request length exceeded. at System.Web.HttpRequest.GetEntireRawContent() at System.Web.HttpRequest.get_InputStream() at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapServerProtocol.Initialize() — End of inner exception stack trace — at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapServerProtocol.Initialize() at System.Web.Services.Protocols.ServerProtocol.SetContext(Type type, …
Read MoreHow to: get PowerShell Version number
PowerShell command to find PowerShell version: Get-Host
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