Office SharePoint Server 2007 Timer Jobs - Create Your Own.
In this article, I want to share how you can create a custom timer job for your SharePoint environments. This is a super useful tool.
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Articles
Here you’ll find articles I’ve written on various topics, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and related topics for web & cloud developers.
Hiding field controls in a page layout from presentation
Ever want to provide certain field controls to your content authors when editing a page, but never have that content appear in presentation (or display) mode? No custom code needed! One of the server …
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Using Visual Studio 2005, MakeCab.exe and MSBuild to Create Window SharePoint Services v3 Solution Files (*.WSP's)
In this post, I’ll explain how to create WSP’s in Visual Studio 2005 with MakeCab.exe and MSBuild… something VS2005 can’t do by default.
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Move layout files: WSS features & solutions & Visual Studio
In my last post, I explained why I think you should use WSS features and solutions to move layout files (such as master pages, page layouts, CSS files, JavaScript files, images, etc.) from one …
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Move Content Between Envs: SharePoint Features & Solutions
In response to a frequently asked question, the answer is to use SharePoint Features & Solutions to move content between development and other environments.
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AC's WCM Custom Commands for STSADM.EXE - Change Log
This page contains a complete log of all additions and updates to AC’s WCM Custom Commands for STSADM.EXE page since it was initially launched on October 25, 2006. v.0.8.7.1111 - November 12, …
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New Release of My SharePoint WCM Custom Commands for STSADM
Before SharePoint Connections, I posted that I hoped to release a new version of my WCM Custom Commands for STSADMin Vegas during the show, but as with any conference, I just ran out of time. Thanks …
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Streamline MOSS 2007 WCM Workflow for Faster Publishing
When developing a new site (or adding a new section to an existing site) with Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 Web Content Management (WCM), you will likely find yourself having to go back through …
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SharePoint Server WCM Custom Commands for STSADM.EXE
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3 includes a command line utility for administrators that allows you to perform numerous actions against your WSS v3 or Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 …
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Config SharePoint Server 2007 WCM sites: dual + anon auth
Content-centric sites that are managed via a Content Management System typically have very specific requirements. The owners of the content of a content-centric site usually spend most of their time …
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Understanding SharePoint 2007 Features with Ted Pattison
Have you installed the MOSS 2007 beta yet? If so, taken any time to understand what Features are? If not, check out Ted Pattison’s “What Are Features?” post… his first …
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Upgrading to MOSS 2007: Deprecated Master Pages Solution
Last week I posted about an issue you’ll run into if you have an existing Publishing Site (aka: WCM site) you created in MOSS 2007 Beta 2 and then upgrade to Beta 2 Technical Refresh. The root …
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Get Public Key Token & Blob for Signed Assembly in VS 2005
The text describes a new way for Web Part developers to obtain the public key token and blob for a signed assembly using Visual Studio 2005.
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Fixing MOSS 2007 B2 to B2TR upgrade error on Publishing site
Earlier today I posted about an issue you’ll run into if you have created a Publishing site in MOSS 2007 Beta 2 (B2) and then upgrade to Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR). The goal of this post is …
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MOSS 2007 Beta 2 Upgrade Warning - Publishing Sites
If you’ve created any Publishing sites (WCM sites) in MOSS 2007 Beta 2, you need to be aware of something. There is a known issue that after you upgrade to B2TR, your Publishing Sites …
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Web Content Management in MOSS 2007: Terminology Explained
A article aims to clarify the terms related to Web Content Management in MOSS 2007, including WSS v3, MOSS 2007, and SharePoint Server.
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Customizing Assembly Versions in Visual Studio Builds
One thing I’ve never really been fond of in Visual Studio is the fact you can’t specify a custom format for your assembly version numbers when you build your projects. Sure, you could use …
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MCMS 2002 Article Rollup: Solve Authoring, Rendering, +more
MCMS 2002 Knowledge Base: 5 Fixes for Authoring Error Messages, Import Failure, Render Error, Attachment Storage, & Web Site Import Issues
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MOSS 2007 Warmup Script for SharePoint Demos & Presentations
Last week Joel Oleson blogged about the warm-up scripts you’ll find on the MOSS 2007 Beta 2 Tech Resource DVD. These scripts essentially force a JIT compilation of all pages in a SharePoint site …
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Resolve Flaky Site Deployment UI in MCMS Site Manager
If you’re a CMS developer, I bet you’ve had your fair share with the flaky site deployment UI in Site Manager. There are a ton of posts in the CMS newsgroup about it, as well as on …
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SharePoint Designer vs. Visual Studio for Workflow Authoring
Last night at the monthly JAXDUG meeting, David McNamee came to talk about MOSS and the goals of this next release of Office System (clients & server SKUs). Previously the group hadn’t been …
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Introducing a WCM specific link and resources list
Let’s face it, Web Content Management (WCM), the successor to MCMS and included in the next version of SharePoint (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)), hasn’t received much …
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SharePoint Web Content Management Links and Resources
This page contains links and resources specific to Web Content Management (WCM). WCM part of a larger Enterprise Content Management (ECM) strategy that’s part of Microsoft Office SharePoint …
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A little more on DevExpress' VS.NET Productivity Offerings
After the JAXDUG meeting the other night, I was talking to a few people who said that while they see value in things like DevExpress’ CodeRush & Refactor! Pro, many developers won’t …
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New MCMS book coming out on SP2 & utilizing ASP.NET 2.0
Cheers to my former co-authors & Spencer Harbar on a new MCMS book: Enhancing Microsoft Content Management Server with ASP.NET 2.0. In this book they explain how to get SP2 installed and up and …
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