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Problems with WSS Search not crawling local SharePoint sites that use a host header.
23 July 09 02:05 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

I’ve been having an issue recently with a customers search not working for their new WSS sites. For this we have used host headers. The event log was filling up with the following events: Event Type:      Warning Event Source...

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Are you new to developing in .Net and looking for Free Training?
01 June 09 10:47 | Simon Phillips | 4 comment(s)

Microsoft has posted some free online training course for developers as part of their Ramp Up series. I came across this a while ago but there has been some new content released. Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based learning program that will help...

Filed under: SharePoint, .Net, ASP.Net, Developer, Training

Unable to log on to SharePoint web applications from the local web server
25 May 09 04:01 | Simon Phillips | 1 comment(s)

I’ve just been dealing with this funny on my newly created virtual MOSS environment. I was not able to log on to any of my created SharePoint web applications from the server which was hosting SharePoint. However I was able to connect with the same users...

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Service Pack 2 for Office 2007, SharePoint (WSS and MOSS 2007) et al released!
30 April 09 09:18 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

A couple of days late, but if you did not already know the Service Pack 2 for the Office 2007 suite (desktop and server applications) has been released. Instead of listing all the individual downloads you can get a list of them all in KB968170 .

Filed under: Office 2007, SharePoint, Microsoft

Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : SharePoint Designer available as a free download
17 April 09 02:44 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

This came out around the 1st of April so initially I thought it might be April Fools but no, it’s all kosher. From this month you can all download SharePoint Designer 2007 for free. Here is the announcement on the SharePoint Team Blog. Microsoft SharePoint...

Filed under: Office 2007, SharePoint, Microsoft

Microsoft TechNet Events Today and Tomorrow!!!
25 March 09 02:22 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

Just a reminder that there are a few Microsoft events being run over the next couple of days. ‘Tech Days’ are a collaborative effort between Microsoft and the IT Pro Community to re-deliver the highlights of Tech Ed Conference to IT Pros across Ireland...

Filed under: Events, Gaming, Community, Virtualisation, SharePoint, Business Intelligence, IT Pro, Microsoft, Xbox 360, SQL Server, Windows 7, Home Server, HyperV, Photos

European SharePoint Best Practice Conference, London April 6th-8th 2009
08 January 09 04:15 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

Just a bit of notice for the European SharePoint Best Practice Conference European SharePoint Best Practice Conference, London April 6th-8th 2009 - Events

Filed under: Events, Community, SharePoint, IT Pro, Developer

WSS 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Comparision Features
12 February 07 09:22 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

At work I'm always getting asked this (twice today!!), so I thought that I would post it up here so I didn't loose the link. Microsoft posted last September (and documented by most of the SharePoint Bloggers) a comparison chart of the differences between...

Filed under: Office 2007, SharePoint, Business Intelligence

Customising SharePoint 2003 MySite templates
22 June 06 12:16 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

I’ve spent all morning trying to set the default look and feel of the MySite sites on SharePoint 2003. Like the other site templates there is a MySite template definition (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\TEMPLATE...

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