Changing the Custom Tab on SharePoint’s Site Template List

One of the great features of SharePoint is the ability to create a site, organize content the way that fits your business needs, then stamp it as a template for creating other sites.  These site templates will be visible, along with the out-of-the-box templates, when you choose ‘Create Site’ from SharePoint’s Site Action context menu.

Download: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

WhitePaper: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Hosting

This technical white paper details the deployment of Office SharePoint Server 2007 within Microsoft, including the benefits and lessons learned, which may be helpful to other enterprises considering a large-scale implementation of Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Bad Error – Missing User Controls in a Master Page in SharePoint

I had a customer come to me with a problem that they were getting a “File Not Found.” error while trying to move a site collection backup from one system to another.  The client is supposed to deliver their customizations via solutions files.  So I turned off custom errors, turned on the call stack and got this:

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.

The resource cannot be found.

Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.  Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.

 

KB Articles:

• You cannot upgrade SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007, and you receive an error message when you run the Prescan.exe tool
• The Publish button is not displayed when you create a site that is based on the Publishing Portal site template in SharePoint Server 2007

Redirector WebPart For WSS (Site Groups) Almost Ready

The next version (or seperate version) of the Redirector WebPart for SharePoint is almost there! I had two companies finish their respective testing of the component, and there were some brief modifications, most of which I took care of tonight, that had to be compensated for.

Defer Content After User Sees The Page (core.js)

Defering content after users sees the page can be very beneficial. Why? Using this technique, the page is rendered much more quickly, while the user’s experience of interacting with the site is not negatively impacted.

Integrating Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP

The SharePoint Team published a new whitepaper which describes the innovations in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that make interoperability with SAP easier than ever. The paper explains the general business and technical challenges facing customers who want to bring the power of their SAP assets into the tools and places where information workers do most of their work.

SharePoint 2007 Tools Collection v2

Another update:

• SharePoint Tips Utility Pack - package of  SharePoint 2007 utilities for administrators and developers.
• Enhanced Content Query Web Part project (beta1)
• Microsoft IT Team Site Life Cycle Management Beta 1 - This workspace on Codeplex is intended to provide governance and manageability samples and tools designed to help IT Professionals management SharePoint Products and Technologies deployments.  Upcoming tools include an implementation of site/web lifecycle management based on the Site Delete and Confirmation feature, the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 feature, and additional out-of-the-box functionality.  A sample auditing configuration solution deployment package will be introduced in the September-October timeframe that provides guidance on auditing and the management of content types across site collections

Change Password Web Part for Sharepoint 2007 released

A web part allowing AD users to change their password has been released for sharepoint 2007.

Sharepoint 2007 Installation with best practice, Phase 1

A document that details the step by step installation of Sharepoint with a best practice, an easy to follow PDF file with screen shots. The documents focuses on security and best practices while installing Sharepoint 2007. This is Phase 1.