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October 2005 - Posts

Friday, October 28, 2005 5:48 AM

What is Mendocino?

This is one of the cooler code names!... “Mendocino“ is related to the relationship between Microsoft and SAP and their “vision“ to bring SAP processes and data to the Office environment. An alliance, representing both teams, is
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:14 AM

Sorting and Looping Through a DataView

Here's a quick code snippet that nagged me for an hour yesterday. I have a custom web part that leverages the SharePoint data and search capabilities to deliver employee directory information. I needed to combine two datasets (two different sources) and
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:00 AM

Business Scorecard Manager 2005 Pricing

Microsoft sent out a press release yesterday with confirmation of a November 1st availability date for Business Scorecard Manager 2005. The announcement also includes information on pricing (see below). There are also some good tidbits about their commitment
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Monday, October 24, 2005 5:39 AM

SharePoint Error: "following file(s) have been blocked by the administrator"

Got a question on a file upload error in SharePoint... Even as an Administrator, I get the following error trying to upload an Access database into my Document Library... The following file(s) have been blocked by the administrator: mydatabase.mdb Resolution
Posted by Mauro | 1 Comments
Saturday, October 22, 2005 5:48 AM

System Requirements for Business Scorecard Manager 2005

Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 (using SQL Server 2000) has a fairly long list of required components (see below). In setting up a BSM enivornment it is best to review the list and apply the appropriate updates and installs... in advance.
Posted by Mauro | 6 Comments
Friday, October 21, 2005 6:12 AM

Excluding Disabled User Accounts from SPS's AD Import

One of the nice features of SharePoint Portal Server is its uni-directional pull of Acitve Directory data. This allows you to access employee profile information in your portal and create things like employee facebooks, phone lists, etc. I had a customer
Posted by Mauro | 5 Comments
Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:50 AM

Business Scorecard Manager 2005 White Papers

I've already been on the MSDN site this morning to grab a copy of Business Scorecard Manager 2005. Scorecarding is a “hot” term these days and Microsoft has timed the launch of this product perfectly. BSM is feature rich; the part I like best
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:43 AM

HTTP EndPoints with SQL Server 2005

One of the more useful new features of SQL Server 2005 is HTTP EndPoints (or the ability to expose SQL data through Web services). Granted, Web services enablement is not something new with the '05 version. You can use SQLXML with SQL Server 2000. Personally,
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:01 AM

T-SQL Error Handling with SQL Server 2005

With the launch of SQL Server 2005 now only a few weeks away, I am getting more and more questions around “why should I upgrade?”. Much has been made about the investment Microsoft has committed to this new version of SQL Server. Enterprise
Posted by Mauro | 1 Comments
Friday, October 14, 2005 5:11 AM

Sneak Peek: Office 12 Screenshots

The official beta for Office 12 does not begin until some time in November. To give you a flavor for the “change” ahead, ActiveWin published a collection of screenshots for the various Office 12 products. See them here... http://activewin.com/articles/2005/21.shtm
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 6:29 PM

255 Character Limit on Document Library Text Fields

Had a friend ask “Do you know of a way to increase "description" fields (currently only 255 characters are allowed) in Doc libraries ?” The answer is that this limit is set in the ows.js script file (not the database). Look for the function
Posted by Mauro | 9 Comments
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:18 AM

Consumer and Enterprise Search: Not an Exact Match

”I want Google-like results”... How many times have I heard that when speaking to a customer about portal search? Most folks I have polled are generally dissatisifed with the search results offered through their SharePoint portal. When pushed,
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Monday, October 10, 2005 6:08 AM

CFO Magazine Webcast on Business Scorecarding

I read a snippet in the latest CFO magazine on an upcoming (October 25th) webcast entitled “Business Scorecarding: The Critical Link between Strategic Planning and Tactical Execution”. The summary is below. Note, the speaker is a GM from Microsoft
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Tuesday, October 04, 2005 1:57 PM

What Version of SQL Server 2000 Are you Running?

Here's a nice tip on how to determine which version of SQL Server 2000 you are running. With all the various service packs available (now up to SP4) and other application dependencies on various versions of SQL Server, it's nice to know where your database
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Monday, October 03, 2005 6:51 AM

Tidbits on Installing SQL Server 2005 September CTP

The SQL Server 2005 launch is quickly approaching... and it looks like the product is ready for prime time! I installed the September CTP on a demo laptop this weekend and it was smooth and painless. First, a couple of notes: 1. SQL'05 and VS'05 are still
Posted by Mauro | 2 Comments
Sunday, October 02, 2005 7:55 AM

Sample Coding Examples for Office Live Communications Server 2005

There are some fantastic code samples from Microsoft that show how to leverage Office Live Communications Server 2005. A few folks I have talked to about LCS'05 have mentioned that they see it exclusively as a Windows Messenger IM tool. Well, it's a whole
Posted by Mauro | 0 Comments
Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:17 AM

Error Loading Office 2003 SP2

Lots of buzz this week about the release of Office 2003 SP2... one problem; the few people I know who have tried to install it have encountered problems. The following error message appears upon running the SP2 executable (or no error message is given
Posted by Mauro | 2 Comments