Technical Weblog of Eric Charran

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8/6/2021

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Exchange Server 2007 ActiveSync with a Self-Signed Certificate

I was recently helping a customer that was attempting to establish ActiveSync capabilities from...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/30/2007

How to move My Sites to a new Content Database and Web Application

A great article below on how to move My Sites from an existing content database to a new web...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/18/2007

Wallpaper Manager 1.0 Update

Hi all, I've updated the Wallpaper Manager written in WCF to the 3.5 version of the Framework. ...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/18/2007

Installing Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1

Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 is a much anticipated release in that it contains several key...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/11/2007

How to Manage SharePoint 2007 Objects in Code

Here is a great article on how to manage and dispose of SharePoint objects when using the Object...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/03/2007

How to Deploy Software Updates to a MOSS Farm

Here is a handy article on how to deploy patches and updates to a MOSS farm. If your farm has more...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/30/2007

How to View Email Conversation Threads You Started

Here is a great tip that helps me navigate the wealth of distribution lists at Microsoft for replies...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/26/2007

How to Upgrade your Laptop Hard Disk With Vista and a USB Hard Drive

So, I recall having to purchase Norton Ghost to create an image and then to reapply that image to a...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/23/2007

Excluding A Site from MOSS Enterprise Search While Maintaining Search Within the Site

I think the title on this one says it all. Say you have a collaboration portal with a search center...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/05/2007

Problems Setting Up SharePoint Server 2007 Search

When attempting to configure SharePoint Server 2007 Search, the SSP configuration completes, but...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/18/2007

Changing Service Accounts for SharePoint 2007

Here is a great KB about changing service accounts in MOSS and WSS 3.0 the right way. This was...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/17/2007

How to Debug a Custom OWSTimer Job

Recently I had a requirement to provide the ability for files dropped in a document library by an...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/17/2007

Enabling SharePoint WebDav Mapping in Windows 2003

The first step is to enable the Web Client service using Services.msc. Secondly, you have to use the...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/10/2007

How to Arrange a Solution using the WCF Service Library and WCF Service Application Templates

In Visual Studio 2008 (Beta 2), there are two WCF application templates. The WCF Service Library is...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 09/18/2007

Exposing LINQ Generated Classes through WCF

The lure of using LINQ to generate classes and expose them as data contracts through WCF is...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 09/05/2007

WCF Test Client: Failed Adding Service

When writing your first WCF service in Orcas Beta 2, you might set the service as a start up project...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 09/05/2007

Wallpaper Manager 1.0 Update

Hi all, I've updated the Wallpaper Manager written in WCF to the 3.5 version of the Framework. ...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/25/2007

Updated WSS and MOSS SDK

Let's see if I can be the first to break the news. Download the latest update to the MOSS and WSS...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/22/2007

<ShamelessPlug> A new white paper I just finished writing on social networking and Office...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/16/2007

Applying HotFixes in Office SharePoint Server 2007

The general gist behind applying HotFixes is to only apply those HotFixes that apply to the specific...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/10/2007

SharePoint Governance and Planning Resources

Here are some great governance resources from publicly available MSDN, CodePlex and TechNet content...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/07/2007

Searching IE History with Windows Desktop Search

This add in found here: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/918998 will allow the searching of IE...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/02/2007

Accessing the MOSS UserProfileService from Code

Recently had a situation in which we needed to access a specific field from the user profile object...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/01/2007

How to Pass Parameters to a Method on a New Thread

Most of you will find this relatively simple, but it took me a while to figure this out. When...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/20/2007

MSBuild Task to Wrap DevEnv

Those of you who labored to get devenv.exe to work with TFS's build capacity to build your setup...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/18/2007

Increasing Disk Size of a Differencing VHD

I recently ran into a problem where I needed to increase the size of a virtual machine's primary...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/12/2007

Debugging Feature in SharePoint 2007

This posting is a little old, but relates directly to an older posting of mine on how to debug a...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/04/2007

Great Post on Creating Public Sites with SharePoint 2007

Here is a fantastic post on how to create a public website with SharePoint 2007. This does more than...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 06/22/2007

Skinning SharePoint 2007 Blogs

Finally! SharePoint is playing catch up to Community Server with the ability to skin blogs using...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 06/21/2007

Estimating SharePoint 2007 Index Server Requirements

The following information can be used to not only predict the initial size of the index, but can...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 06/15/2007

Expression Examples in Reporting Services

While this topic is in Books Online for SQL Server 2005, I found it really handy as a quick...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/31/2007

Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map

This application is a thick client that lets you interact with all those nifty development and...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/31/2007

Stephen Cohen's Love Curve for Software Projects

I'm only capturing (stealing :)) Stephen's Cohen's Love Curve out of sheer respect for his...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/29/2007

Ink Blog Plugin for Tablet PC Users

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Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/25/2007

New Windows Mobile Traveler's Toolkit

I might be late on this one also, but I just love sidebar gadgets. Check this one out for...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/25/2007

How to Conduct Page Version Comparison in MOSS

Navigate to the Version History for a specified page as seen below: 2. Replace the /Versions.aspx...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/24/2007

Customizing MySites

Here is a great article on the right way to customize MOSS MySites. Thanks to Jingmei for bringing...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/17/2007

Fantastic Article on Using Database Mirroring with WSS 3.0/MOSS

Bill Baer put together some fantastic guidance on how to consider database mirroring as a backup for...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/03/2007

4.3.1 Insufficient System Resources in Exchange Server 2007

I recently was helping a client troubleshoot why they couldn't receive mail. The server was running...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/30/2007

How to Debug a Web Part for SharePoint 2007

I thought I would enumerate the steps required to conduct debugging when developing an ASP.NET Web...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/28/2007

Vista RDP vs Legacy RDP MTU Sizes

This tip comes from Matt, who has done an amazing amount of detective work to find out the cause of...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/27/2007

Rename a Domain Controller

Just so I don't forget (and for your benefit too), here is the method to use to rename a Windows...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/24/2007

Great Resource on BizTalk 2006 Clustering

Here is a great resource on planning your BTS architecture and physical implementation. The...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/24/2007

How to Disable Blogs in SharePoint 2007

Here is a quick way to disable blogs in SharePoint 2007. While many customers appplaud the function...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/19/2007

Changed up the old blog banner. Amazingly, I saw how powerful PowerPoint 2007 has become in creating...

Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/19/2007

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