If the People picker returns a call back error when searching for accounts in a remote domain take the following steps.
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SharePoint 2007 vs SharePoint 2010 Comparison
This was such a great piece of complied work I wanted to post it here for informational purposes. All credit goes to Richard Harbridge at Richard Harbridge: Insights. The original link is: SharePoint 2007 vs SharePoint 2010. Continue reading
SharePoint 2010 Excel Services Failure and You
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An odd issue happened when I tried to configure SharePoint 2010 Excel services with the new MySites. I uploaded a test Excel workbook and tried to open it, but I kept on getting the following error.
An error, which I might add, was very non-descript
“The workbook cannot be opened.” Continue reading
Adding, Deploying, Removing, and Most All Things Involving Solutions and SharePoint 2010
Part of being an administrator in SharePoint is you have to able to navigate solutions packages. While I won’t get into all the details of what a solutions package is and does for SharePoint, suffice to say that they will add functionality to your SharePoint site.
In our example I’ll use the Codplex MiniCalendar Web Part.
When you download this solution package you will see that it will come as a <FILE>.wsp format. So the question becomes: how do I go from this WSP file to a deployed and usable solution? Continue reading
Create a new UPN suffix in AD
Just a short quick note that seems to be missing from the Internet. To add a new Alternative UPN suffix to your domain controller, you will need to do the following:
1. Goto Administrative Tools -> Active Directory Domains and Trusts.
2. Right-click on Active Directory Domains and Trusts from the top of the MMC tree.
3. Add the domain name you want to use for your new Alternative UPN suffix.
How to customize SharePoint My Sites search site
One custom request I haven’t ran across to often is to add a custom search center of the My Sites within SharePoint MOSS.
Typically, when you do a search within My Sites it will default back to whatever search center, if any, you set up for the main site. The one thing to keep in mind is that each My Site is it’s own separate site collection. This means that if you create a new search center subsite then point the search settings to that My Site it will only be for that one My Site. Other My Sites will still be pointed back to the default.
Add New Contact to Exchange 2007
The first step is to open the Exchange Management Console. Once you open the console you will need to select the recipient Configuration by following the tree on the left panel as follows: Microsoft Exchange>Recipient Configuration.
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Add New Distribution List to Exchange 2007
One of the most common questions when someone starts to use Exchange 2007 is how to a distribution List.
The first step is to open the Exchange Management Console. Once you open the console you will need to select the recipient Configuration by following the tree on the left panel as follows: Microsoft Exchange>Recipient Configuration.
Exchange Management Console
Add New Mailbox to Exchange 2007
One of the most common questions when someone starts to use Exchange 2007 is how to add accounts. Exchange 2007 tightly integrates with the Active Directory (AD) environment.
The first step is to open the Exchange Management Console. Once you open the console you will need to select the recipient Configuration by following the tree on the left panel as follows: Microsoft Exchange>Recipient Configuration.
Exchange Management Console
Adding Active Directory Accounts to SharePoint
One of the most common questions when someone starts to use SharePoint is how to add users. What most people don’t understand is that SharePoint actually does not provide a way to authenticate or control password accounts. SharePoint will actually depends on Active Directory (AD) (or whatever methodology you provide) where that information is held and controlled. You can have hundreds of user accounts in AD but they won’t be in your SharePoint farm until you specifically add them.
As an example here we have our sharepoint.local domain with our demo users.
