SharePoint 2010 event receiver–The ins and outs
So you wants to add an event receiver to a list to check column permissions. Your immediate reaction will be “easy no problems, I’m keen to start now”. Consider all the implication of this task. I...
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Creating your own Site Content and Structure Reports
The “Site Content and Structure” reports are a great way of finding files which are pending approval or checked out but I just realised you can create your own reports.If you have never seen these...
View ArticleTagging Content in SharePoint Tips
Although SharePoint provides the ability for users to be able to tag their own content, I find it tends to get a bit unmanageable and like to stick to the “Managed Metadata” feature with hierarchical...
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Planning SharePoint Permissions Worksheet
Download the SharePoint Permissions Planning Worksheet hereI was going to write a blog about what I considered best practices around SharePoint security but Jasper Oostervald -...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 – Make Content and Structure work
The Issue:Content and Structure did not work. As we clicked on Site Settings > Manage Content and Structure we received the SharePoint 2010 error page.The Tools:Starting with a newbie tool:...
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People Search in FAST returning no results
Recently we came across an issue with our SharePoint 2010 people search. It did not work. The All Site scope worked fine but the people search scope did not return any results. We were using SharePoint...
View ArticleShould you consider SharePoint in the cloud?
Cloud based services are becoming more popular as more organisations recognise the costs savings that come from letting someone else manage your software and infrastructure. So what does it mean for...
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Prerequisites fail on install of SharePoint 2013 & Server 2012
If you don’t have internet access form your SharePoint server then you may run into issues during the prerequisites phase as it tries to download files it needs. The errors are described here -...
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Migrating email to Office 365
I am in the middle of doing my second email migration to Office 365. Originally I migrated our 9 accounts from Google Apps and this time I am upgrading from Office 365 P3 plan to the E3 plan. See plans...
View ArticleOffice 365 & Yammer Integration Status
Here is a bullet point point version of the good and bad on the current status of Office 365 integration after speaking to a Yammer sales guy this morning. There is also an interesting article here.The...
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