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Database Migration breaks WSS/SQL Server Full Text Search
So here’s a little-known issue with SharePoint and Full Text Search: On Joel Oleson’s blog (if you don’t know who this guy is and you’re in SharePoint Operations, find out quickly. Aside from Bill English [the man, his blog], he’s the other Man in SharePoint Managment/Operations – both of these guys regularly present at TechEd…
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Old Security Articles
It’s on my professional site (where my resume would be if I were looking hard for another job), but I wrote a bunch of articles (Security notes, Best Practices, etc.) for Adobe, back before it was Adobe, and before even it was Macromedia, but when it was Allaire, and I was Product Security Manager/Security Response…
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Making Office document open in Office App instead of in an Office ActiveX Control in IE
I just wrote up this little Frequently Asked Question at work: Assumptions: You have Microsoft Office 2003 installed. You are working with Windows XP Professional as your Operating System. This is a setting that needs to be made/verified in your Windows settings. To set the documents to open in their appropriate application: Open My Computer…
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KB Article: How to manually remove SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Looks like this also nabs WSS 2003 on the same server. KB Article 830326
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MOSS 2007 and Search
Reading the 7 Development Projects with the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Windows SharePoint Services 2007 eBook (Microsoft Press) yesterday, I was pleased to read that we’re moving off of the sometimes wildly inaccurate results-giving Full Text Search technology that SQL Server provides for Windows SharePoint Services 2003 and using the same technology the Portal…
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Introductory Post
Hi folks! I already have a Livejournal, where posts of a more personal, less technical nature, will go. My current work cycle is very focused on System Engineering/Architecture/Maintenance with SharePoint in mind, and may be devoid of .NET tips for quite some time. I also don’t wish to create posts just to post. So when…