- Having a filename starting with a dot. For example, some Adobe AIR installations require a file called .airinstall.cfg. This can not be done from the File explorer, the only way to do it it using the DOS ren command
- In excel services in SharePoint 2007, if you get an error opening an XLS file, try changing it to XLSX (the 2007 format) and this may be the solution.
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MOSS SSO Setup step by step: http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2008/08/02/moss-single-sign-on-setup-step-by-step.aspx
Microsoft offers Exchange and SharePoint as SAAS: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsoft-Shows-SAAS-Launches-Exchange-Online-SharePoint-Online/
SharePoint Videos, podcasts, screencasts, etc : http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/ViewPost.aspx?ID=131
CAML Structure Specification : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313121.aspx
Web Services vs WCF (a funny comparison) : http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2008/10/17/WCF-vs-ASMX-WebServices.aspx
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SharePoint Guidance released: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx
LinqToSql will be obsolete : http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/10/31/clarifying-the-message-on-l2s-futures.aspx
Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd221375.aspx
Application Architecture Guide – v2.0 Beta 1: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide
a 40 minutes video introduction to M (the new modeling language): http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/jfland/archive/2008/11/04/semi-short-video-on-m-aka-m-is-like-an-onion.aspx
Great STSADM extensions : http://stsadm.blogspot.com
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www.sonarforsharepoint.com is a tool to help identify performance issue in SharePoint.
Sonar Lite is a free version that provider many useful statistics like:
Read more about Sonar Lite at http://www.binarywave.com/products/sonar/lite/default.aspx
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Best practices for creating websites in IIS 6.0 : http://msmvps.com/blogs/omar/archive/2008/10/04/best-practices-for-creating-websites-in-iis-6-0.aspx
Prescriptive Guidance for SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management Sites : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc879144.aspx
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Best Practices to create SharePoint designer-Friendly controls: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner/archive/2008/10/03/best-practice-to-create-designer-friendly-server-controls.aspx These are best practices to follow when designing server controls to make sure they work well in SharePoint designer.
Understanding and Deploying Hotfixes, Public Updates, and Service Packs for SharePoint : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=387cdef6-a807-4cf8-ae2c-16f0afccaf3c&DisplayLang=en
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A huge number of videos covering a very wide variety of sciences/events/interviews/etc.. http://videolectures.net/
Top 100 Blogs for software development managers: http://www.noop.nl/2008/09/top-100-blogs-for-development-managers-q3-2008.html
New Patterns and Practices application architecture guidelines: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch some ares of interest there:
Architecture and design: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Architecture%20and%20Design%20Guidelines&referringTitle=Guidelines
Service Layers Guidelines: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Service%20Layer%20Guidelines&referringTitle=Guidelines
Business Layers guidelines: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Business%20Layer%20Guidelines&referringTitle=Guidelines
Presentatgion Layer Guidelines: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Presentation%20Layer%20Guidelines&referringTitle=Guidelines
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SharePoint access checker: http://www.codeplex.com/AccessChecker
SharePoint Debugging and Logging Tips and Tricks : http://andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2008/06/11/SharePoint-Debugging-and-Logging-Tips-and-Tricks.aspx
Make your SharePoint debugging experience a little less painful: http://andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2007/01/25/5855.aspx
Demos debugging .NET apps: http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/pages/net-debugging-demos-information-and-setup-instructions.aspx
Debugging tips for SharePoint: http://blog.thekid.me.uk/archive/2007/07/25/debugging-tips-for-sharepoint-and-wss-exceptions.aspx
Extra SharePoint features on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/features
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to turn it off
log4net.LogManager.GetRepository().Threshold= log4net.LogManager.GetRepository().LevelMap[“OFF”];
to turn it on
log4net.LogManager.GetRepository().Threshold= log4net.LogManager.GetRepository().LevelMap[“ALL”];
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SP content deployment wizard source code released: http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2008/09/source-code-for-sp-content-deployment.html
SharePoint 2007 short courses: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/CR102146081033.aspx
Caching ins SharePoint 2007 : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298466.aspx
New Version of U2U CAML Query tool: http://www.u2u.info/Blogs/karine/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=d35935e0-8c0e-4176-a7e8-2ee90b3c8e5a&ID=30
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