Monthly Archives: March 2008

SharePoint: Uninstalling MOSS that was upgraded from WSS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008

Posted on March 28, 2008 by sujant

I was recently playing with MOSS 2007 SP1 installation, actually an upgrade on top of WSS 3.0 SP1. I wanted to test the uninstallation process of MOSS as I had some issues with uninstalling MOSS previously where the uninstallation was … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2008: Installing SharePoint WSS or MOSS on Windows Server 2008

Posted on March 27, 2008 by sujant

You need to have WSS with SP1 or MOSS with SP1 (not as separate installs for SP1) to install on Windows Server 2008. When upgrading from WSS 3.0 with SP1 to MOSS 2007 make sure your MOSS install bits has … Continue reading →

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SharePoint: Installing and Configuring WSS 3.0 SP1 (Stand-Alone) on Windows Server 2008

Posted on March 26, 2008 by sujant

  Disclaimer: This is not a Production server configuration or test server configuration. I used the following steps on a stand alone server where you want to deploy WSS 3.0. I started playing with WSS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008. … Continue reading →

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WSS 3.0: Changing Config Database WSS 3.0

Posted on March 25, 2008 by sujant

  Sometimes you will have to change the Config Database in circumstances such as when you uninstall WSS 3.0 and reinstall WSS 3.0. Previously created config database is not removed when you uninstall WSS 3.0 (unless u can make some … Continue reading →

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Heroes Happen Here Event

Posted on March 25, 2008 by sujant

  I recently attended Heroes Event in Denver where Microsoft launched one of their biggest launches in Microsoft History. Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 were launched at this events. There were two sessions one of IT … Continue reading →

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WSS 3.0: Event Handlers Event Firing in WSS 3.0

Posted on March 25, 2008 by sujant

  It is recommended to disable Event Firing when performing an action in any event such as ItemAdded or ItemUploaded. This will make sure you dont have other events firing before completing your current event action. The sample code could … Continue reading →

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SQL Server: Enable CLR on SQL Server 2005

Posted on March 25, 2008 by sujant

  You need to run the following commands to enable CLR in SQL Server 2005 EXEC sp_configure ‘show advanced options’ , ‘1’; go reconfigure; go EXEC sp_configure ‘clr enabled’ , ‘1’ go reconfigure; — Turn advanced options back off EXEC … Continue reading →

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SharePoint: Sending email to Security Groups (domain groups)

Posted on March 20, 2008 by sujant

You might have a situation where you would like to send an email to a Domain group for a new task or alert. If you are planning to send the email programmatically using SPUtility.SendEmail, you might run into an issue … Continue reading →

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SharePoint: MCTS certifications in MOSS and WSS 3.0

Posted on March 16, 2008 by sujant

  I have passed all the four certifications in MOSS and WSS 3.0. Real-time project experience, Microsoft eLearning courses and Practice tests proved to be very useful in passing these examinations. You could make your choice between MOSS vs WSS … Continue reading →

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BizTalk: Custom Logging in BizTalk Orchestrations

Posted on March 16, 2008 by sujant

  Sometimes you would require to add logging into BizTalk Orchestrations. To enable logging that you can turn on and off based on a flag setting, you can use BTSNTSvc.config Add appsettings to BTSNTSvc.config [APPLY THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO ALL … Continue reading →

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