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SharePointFest Search Presentation

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Hi Everyone,

thanks to everyone who came out. As promised this here is my links and slidedeck below. This is for my SharePointFest Chicago search presentation.

Getting Started with Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2010 Products

http://goo.gl/FsXFg

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http://goo.gl/wtjUz

Configuring Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2010

http://goo.gl/qKcy8

Searching External Data in SharePoint 2010 Using Business Connectivity Services

http://goo.gl/stQQL

Book: Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration

http://goo.gl/Q4vBd

SharePoint 2010 Search, Best Bets, and You http://goo.gl/ZqBDk
SharePoint 2010 – Configuring Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms

http://goo.gl/cOhNK

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InfoPath Form Submission Error in SharePoint 2010

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I’ve run into the odd problem with a customer SharePoint implementation I couldn’t find anywhere. I hope it helps someone with a similar issue.

This is running on SharePoint 2010 Enterprise. When I tried to add an entry into a Document library with the content default set to an InfoPath form I get the following error. Continue reading →

SharePoint 2010 Search, Best Bets, and You

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Hello all;

After having a conversation with a fellow SharePoint engineer about search it prompted me to gain a further understanding of some of it’s aspects. While I couldn’t possibly hope to explain everything in SharePoint search I did want to focus on the ‘best bets’ functionality in this post.

Best bets essentially allows you to inject your chosen content at the top of search queries for certain keywords. As an example on my test bed site when ever someone types ‘javier’ I want to return three key items at the top. These three items will be: Continue reading →

SharePoint 2010 and calculated columns

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Hi All;
I had a recent request I wanted to share with everyone. This question centered around how to use calculated columns and SharePoint functions.

I’ll note here that the functions that are available to Excel are similar but not exactly the same as SharePoint’s functions.

A good primer guide to SharePoint functions can be found here:
Microsoft Office/Support/ SharePoint/ Windows SharePoint Services/ User Documentation and Resources Continue reading →

SharePoint PowerShell: Backup and Restore a List or Document Library

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Sometimes some of the most simplest things are the easy to forget. I had a situation where I was asked, ‘Hey how can I export a list for safekeeping and restore it later from a script?’ My natural answer is sure that’s easy, but after a few minutes I realized…’duh’. I figured I’d put it out there just in case.

So for our example we have the following list. Continue reading →

Mac and SharePoint Series: Excel 2011

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Mac and SharePoint Series: Excel 2011

In a twist of fate I work in the information technology field, but do very little work in Excel. In short my experience with Excel stops at about AutoSum. I did at least want to take a look at it, and see what it had to offer in the way of SharePoint 2010.

Working in a new Excel document I noted a few things. If you open a new Excel document you can save it directly to SharePoint (or even SkyDrive). Continue reading →

Trial Period for this Product has Expired Error

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As you update/add/remove associated pieces of software on a SharePoint server you might run into this error.

It is common for update/add/remove to modify registry settings. Unfortunately, some of these registry settings might be critical to SharePoint. In this case this made SharePoint result in ‘trial period for this product has expired’ error. Oddly, you could open the http://<SITE>/_layout/settings.aspx page, but no other pages.

I ran the following command and rebooted the server:

psconfig.exe -cmd secureresources

This made the needed changes to the system registry keys for SharePoint.

–Javi