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Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 04/06/2012
Hotmail Plus Addresses
No…I’m not talking about the paid service for Hotmail Plus. I’m talking about...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/09/2011
Microsoft Innovation Newspaper
I finally got around to compiling all of my social media sources on Microsoft and innovation and...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/02/2011
IE9 Add-On Warning
Sick of that IE 9 warning bar at the bottom about your add-on’s being too slow? Frustrated...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/30/2011
Ways to Stay Creative
A great article came across my RSS feed today and I thought I would share an image out of it. ...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 08/16/2011
SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities
Whooo, it’s been a long time since I posted. Well, here’s to making up for lost time. I...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 04/05/2011
Find training videos using Microsoft Desktop Player
Microsoft just released a public beta of the Microsoft Desktop Player. It’s a Silverlight...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 06/03/2010
PowerShell Cmdlets on Bing Visual Search
Bing now has a Visual Search for PowerShell cmdelts! On the left there are Refiners used to narrow...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 05/12/2010
List all CustomActions in the Farm
Here’s a great little script that I used to list out all of the Custom Actions available in a...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2010
Join the Launch: Visual Studio, Office and SharePoint 2010
Join us for a free, in-person event you won’t want to miss Join a select group of IT...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 04/14/2010
SharePoint 2010 Claims-Based Auth with ADFS v2
I have a really cool 2010 lab environment at home and one of the things I wanted to do was to make...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 03/22/2010
Backup Documents in SharePoint Using PowerShell
I use SharePoint in my lab at home and recently started organizing all of my personal documents in...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 02/12/2010
WCF hotfix for .NET 3.5 and SharePoint 2010
There is a optional hotfix for WCF 3.5 SP1 which is a prerequisite for SharePoint 2010. ...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/30/2009
Automated SharePoint 2010 Install with PowerShell
In one of my previous posts, I walked through how to provision a SharePoint farm using PowerShell....
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/20/2009
SP2010: SPFarm.Local is null or Web Application could not be found
Note: This post applies to SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 and Visual Studio Ultimate Beta 2. I ran...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2009
SharePoint 2010 Development Hands On Labs
These HOLs are about a month old now, but I wanted to share them for anyone who missed the...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/12/2009
SharePoint 2010 Provisioning A New Farm with PowerShell
<Update 2010.02.23 Re-ordered provisioning steps to fit with supported test cases> NEW!...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/06/2009
PowerShell 2.0 Released!
Windows Management Framework, which includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0, has...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2009
Free PowerShell eBook
For those wishing to get started on PowerShell, here is an excellent free eBook by Dr. Tobias...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/26/2009
Extending .NET Objects in PowerShell
One of the great features in PowerShell 2.0 is the ability to extend .NET object types to add...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/26/2009
SharePoint 2010: A Developer’s Top 15 List
Developers of SharePoint should be giddy with excitement in all of the tools and features coming out...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2009
PowerShell Cmdlets in SharePoint 2010
You may have already heard that SharePoint 2010 will ship with a PowerShell provider that contains...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2009
Live Blogging from SharePoint Conference 2009
I’ll be at SharePoint Conference 2009 and will be participating with EndUserSharePoint.com in...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/16/2009
SharePoint Conference 2009
I will be attending the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas next week and wanted to share my schedule...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 10/16/2009
Custom Site Definition Alternative
This came up for a recent customer, so thought I would share my solution as many people are not...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 09/29/2009
Twin Cities SharePoint Camp v3
Here’s a great (FREE) opportunity to attend a day-long workshop completely dedicated to...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 09/09/2009
Microsoft Certification Discounts
For those looking to ramp up on a new technology or finally add that certifications under your belt,...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 09/01/2009
Searching SharePoint with Windows 7 Search Connectors
Windows 7 allows you to create custom search connectors to various OpenSearch standard search...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 08/25/2009
Packing up My Documents: A PowerShell Story
I am frequently asked by colleagues and customers for a dump of all of my SharePoint content...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 06/12/2009
Twitter Basics
Twitter for those who just want to consume information… By now most of the world has at least heard...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 06/10/2009
PowerShell Shortcuts
I’m all about shortcuts when it comes to development and there’s no exception for PowerShell....
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 03/30/2009
SharePoint Administration with PowerShell
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to speak at Boston’s SharePoint Saturday. I met some great...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 03/16/2009
Disabling Enterprise Feature Buttons
I discovered a while back that it is not possible to hide the Enterprise Features “Features” because...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2009
SharePoint + PowerShell Memory Leak
It’s very important that anyone working with SharePoint object model be concerned with the...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 02/12/2009
Filter SharePoint Event Log Entries
I’ve posted this under my 101 Uses for PowerShell , but I thought it was so helpful that it deserved...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 02/04/2009
101 Uses for PowerShell
I’ve had a request to consolidate all of my little script examples into a single blog post. While...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 01/30/2009
Feature Development Help From PowerShell
In my last post, I wrote about using WSPBuilder to automate the process of creating the manifest.xml...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 01/29/2009
Twin Cities SharePoint Camp: SharePoint+OBA
Last weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at the Twin Cities SharePoint Camp sponsored...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 01/27/2009
More OBA Resources
Happy Friday. As I’m diving deeper and deeper into OBA development and Office integration, I’m...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 01/23/2009
A look into PowerShell 2.0 CTP3 Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
I’ve been using PowerShell 1.0 for many things SharePoint lately… including a community project with...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2009
Customizing the Ribbon in Office 2007 Applications
One of the great new features in the Office 2007 application suite is the addition of the Office...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 01/14/2009
SharePoint on the iPhone
I’ve seen a couple notes regarding this on Twitter, so I thought I’d check it out for myself. A...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2008
SharePoint Dashboard
Want to stay up-to-date with all of the happenings around SharePoint? The two best methods I...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 12/17/2008
SharePoint Development Wiki
Some wonderful things are happening for SharePoint developers all across the world. Thanks to Jeremy...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 12/15/2008
OBA Want to Knowbie?
For those of you who are saying, “huh?” right now…let’s start with a brief introduction to OBA...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 12/09/2008
Twin Cities SharePoint Camp – January 24, 2009
The Twin Cities SharePoint Camp has been announced for January 24, 2009. Here are the details...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 12/03/2008
Podcast: Using PowerShell to Support SharePoint
Podcast on basic techniques of using PowerShell to support your SharePoint environment: To download...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 12/02/2008
SharePoint Pod Show
I’m kicking myself for my recent hiatus from blogging... I’ve been swamped with customer...
Author: Eric Kraus [MSFT] Date: 11/26/2008