Point2Share
Daniel McPherson's Blog for Casual Comment on SharePoint
The End.
This is it, the end. Point2Share has moved permanently, and there is a very, very good reason....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/18/2007
REPOST: SharePoint 2003, Permissions and Robins Blog
I have moved: https://www.point2share.com Repost from:...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/03/2007
REPOST: “Upping the Grade” or Upgrading to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
I've moved: https://www.point2share.com Repost from: “Upping the Grade” or Upgrading to Microsoft...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/26/2007
REPOST: The biggest SharePoint implmentation in the world?
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Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/19/2007
REPOST: The “Name ActiveX Control” problem
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Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/26/2007
SharePoint Community Kit
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Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/21/2007
Released: Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System
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Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/16/2007
I've Moved!
I've never felt particularly comfortable blogging about SharePoint on a platform other than...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/13/2007
Dont let moss grow on em....Trial versions released
Rush to download the newly released trial versions of the next wave of SharePoint products: Download...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/16/2006
Microsoft gets into Social Bookmarking
I really like the social bookmarking/tagging approach to keeping track of stuff on the internet that...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/07/2006
Tony McIntyre and Crawl Performance and a quick comment on Incremental Crawls
Keith just pointed out that another "SharePoint Legend" at Microsoft has started blogging, Tony,...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/29/2006
New Content: Understanding and Troubleshooting the SharePoint Explorer View
Oh Bliss, Oh Joy! Understanding and Troubleshooting the SharePoint Explorer...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 10/27/2006
How to avoid a CritSit. An important Coding Best Practice
What is a CritSit? It’s short for “Critical Situation”, and basically, it's when my red phone rings....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/17/2006
Want to be a Rapid Response Engineer?
Just got back from a fantastic trip to Peru, trekked the Inca Trail and spent some time completely...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/16/2006
Taking a break
I'm taking a break. This week I'm heading off to Peru with my 4 best mates, no small achievement...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/24/2006
How Bill Gates uses SharePoint
https://money.cnn.com/2006/03/30/news/newsmakers/gates_howiwork_fortune/ “SharePoint puts me in...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 04/05/2006
Daylight Savings in Australia
My first project at Microsoft (way back in 1998), led by the (in)famous Mike “Fang” Seyfang, was to...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/28/2006
"Living the Beta life" or "How I learned to love Dogfood"
One of the reasons I really love working at Microsoft is the opportunity to “eat your own...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/13/2006
FAQ: Indexing Acrobat files on a Small Farm or higher
This one comes up quite a bit, and causes one of those “wait, I know, I know, of...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/09/2006
FAQ: Creating a Site Context Search Box that Uses Portal Search Results
Going to start posting up a few Frequently Asked Questions I tend to get as I travel around meeting...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 03/04/2006
Next SharePoint User Group UK Meeting
Nick has just announced the details for the next SharePoint User Group in the UK, for more...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/25/2006
Couple of new blogs in the SharePoint Blogosphere!
A couple of new blogs have come online in the SharePoint blogosphere, just thought it might be...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/25/2006
Active Directory and SharePoint User Tables
Thorough and detail blog post by Mr Keith Richie on how to cure the pain that is email and display...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/20/2006
Unwanted Authentication Prompts
I’m often bumping into customers who complain they are getting “Too many authentication...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/16/2006
A little speculation about Office Live
Apparently we release Microsoft Office Live today, which is something I’ve been really looking...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/15/2006
All those hours of my life! Authentication issues with NTLM
I have lost more hours of my life to the old “double hop” issue than almost any other....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/10/2006
NEW CONTENT: SQL Server 2005 Performance Test Results
Some new content has been added comparing the performance of SharePoint running with SQL 2000 to...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/08/2006
Here comes the 3rd decade...
Entering my third decade today, so if you feel like saying happy birthday…..and dont forget...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/02/2006
New Content: Troubleshooting Windows SharePoint Services
This new document was released with very little fanfare. I have taken a browse through it today,...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/01/2006
Using SPS to search 3rd party SQL databases
Just found someone (birchTree, hi guys!) out there wondering how they might go about indexing a SQL...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 02/01/2006
Couple of new Microsoft Bloggers: Welcome Alex and Paul
Just noticed a couple of new SharePoint (and some other stuff) bloggers from Microsoft have arrived:...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/26/2006
The SharePoint User Group UK
The SharePoint User Group in the UK is having their first meet up. It’s going to be held at the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/26/2006
The SharePoint Group Blog
Really excellent news….. Lawrence Liu just pointed out that the SharePoint team have quietly...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/13/2006
MSN Messenger 8 - All Gone!
Hmmm…They were popular. All out now, will let you know if I get any more….
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/10/2006
Invitations to MSN Messenger 8
**** UPDATE: SORRY FOLKS, ALL GONE! **** Well, this is not directly related to SharePoint, but...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/09/2006
Pint2Share: Budapest 9/1/06
First Pint2Share for 2006, done at very late notice, contact me via my contact link if you are...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/08/2006
Folders and Metadata
There is a lot of discussion out in the blogosphere (Dustin and Mr. Simser) about the pros and cons...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/05/2006
Happy New Year!
Just want to wish all SharePointers a very happy new year! It is set to be a big one for SharePoint,...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 01/05/2006
Pint2Share: Dubai 17th-20th Dec
Making a Pint2Share call for Dubai, I’m here in this sunny city with an obsession for big...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 12/17/2005
The Point2Share Blog Series Summary Post
This post is simply to summarise the Blog “series” I do, for example the “Working...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 12/14/2005
Searching custom WSS columns with SPS Search
I have been meaning to get a post out about this very topic, Renaud at SPS Clerics has put some...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 12/08/2005
You cannot create a new area in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 after you install Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2
This issue attracted a bit of attention when it was first discovered, good to see we have a KB...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 12/08/2005
A useful web part from the goldfish bowl...
A good mate of mine, Graham Tyler, over at “The Goldfish Bowl” has published a web part he put...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/30/2005
Well I'm a bit behind the times but...Angus Logan (MSFT)
Angus Logan has joined Microsoft, this is excellent news as he has been a fantastic contributor to...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/28/2005
SuperSharePointers....
Pint2Sharer’s Margriet and Nikander Bruggeman have just launched a new site, head over here to...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/21/2005
James Milne strikes again....with the SPStatus tool
James Milne, of SPSkin fame, is back with a new SharePoint tool. He describes it best: How do you...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/18/2005
SharePoint Best Practice: Architecture Design and SharePoint "Solution Sites"
While working on my first large scale SharePoint deployment I was invited to meet with a team of...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/14/2005
Andre and the Config Database worst case scenario
Andre has posted an article on how to re-create the SharePoint configuration database. This really...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 11/11/2005