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The next SUG Live September 11, 2008
Arlington, VA
2:00pm - 4:00pm

The Consumer Electronics Association will be hosting the next SUG Live on September 11, 2008. The Consumer Electronics Association is located at 1919 S. Eads St. Arlington, VA. John Stover will be demonstrating how SharePoint 2007 can help you with records management and record retention. You will see how SharePoint Server 2007 can be used to create an efficient and effective records management solution. To join us at the SUG Live please RSVP and let us know that you are planning to attend.

Featured Blog

How to Refresh Business Data Columns from Code if You Can't Use the Refresh Icon without Error

I recently stumbled across an issue with using business data columns in MOSS lists that was preventing me from being able to update a very large and very out-of-date list using Business Data Catolog (BDC) data. Here are some things to keep in mind when working with the BDC and business data columns: Business data columns in lists DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY SYNCH with the underlying BDC Entity providing the values for the column. You probably knew this already. If not, know it now ;) If a value used by a business data column ceases to exist in the underlying BDC Entity you will be confronted with two unpleasant scenarios: You cannot refresh the list using the OOTB functionality to update the business data column. You cannot edit any list items using the non-existent value without choosing a different value and saving the list item. A more obscure issue is that if you attempt to move list items using a business data column via...

Posted by Eric Murray on 2008-08-19 19:38:55.

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Else-If logic in SP Designer Workflow problem converting from InfoPath boolean to MOSS Yes/No

I'm stuck in an SP Designer worfklow and going crazy. I have an InfoPath form with a boolean field saving the form to the form library. In InfoPath, the boolean choices are either "TRUE/FALSE" or "0/1". I have a MOSS list with a Yes/No field. I want my workflow to read...

Posted by Eric Murray on 2008-08-20 22:26:05.

Missing Indexers Setting Up New SSP

I am setting up our first SSP and in the "Index Server" section it says I am missing "indexers". When I went to go start the Indexing service it was missing. How do I get "Office SharePoint Server Search" installed/back? I did not perform the install on this box.

Posted by sug:phillikw@gmail.com on 2008-08-20 09:43:50.

Intranet/Extranet in same farm - best practices question(s)

We are running a MOSS Extranet on a small farm (3 servers: one WFE, on DB server, one indexing server), and are looking to build out our Intranet. Resources being tight, we want to do this all on the same farm. We may be adding a second database server to the farm and eventually would like to get...

Posted by Eric Murray on 2008-08-20 16:06:57.

Setting up email to Lists

I've been setting up some emails to our site but when I try and setup email on a list I've created in one of my sites the option isn't available to me. It works fine in the libraries, but not the lists. Anyone have any idea? I found this on here, but it wasn't much help: "Configure i...

Posted by SUG:bkainec@awhonn.org on 2008-08-20 16:13:54.

Site Usage Summary Not Working

I set up the Site Usage Summary function in SharePoint 2007, which we use for our intranet. It was working perfectly. We had a need to move the SQL Server files overe to a new instance of SQL Server, however, and after that move, the reporting stopped working. Does anyone have a checklist or ...

Posted by sug:srenier@ulmer.com on 2008-08-20 09:36:33.

Setting up for the first time

My boss setup our sharepoint server. When i logged on and try to go the central admin. I get a error "Service Unavailable" HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. What could be wrong? From what I was reading on the web yesterday it could be the application pool? Cheers

Posted by sug:phillikw@gmail.com on 2008-08-19 09:54:42.

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	How to Refresh Business Data Columns from Code if You Can't Use the Refresh Icon without Error I recently stumbled across an issue with using business data columns in MOSS lists that was... Posted on 8/19/2008 at 6:52 PM by Eric Murray
	Searchability - Google Crawls Flash Files For about a decade Flash content has been largely ignored by internet search engines. Adobe,... Posted on 8/16/2008 at 4:01 PM by Sean Bordner
	Powerful Contributors Who sees the Site Actions menu? Well, your administrators and designers, of course. But also,... Posted on 8/11/2008 at 10:35 PM by lisa melito
	Introducing Exchange Online Today's topic is Microsoft Exchange Online. I've been using the Exchange Online Beta for a good... Posted on 8/11/2008 at 6:09 AM by John Stover

From the Mossasaurus

XSLT

Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) is an XML-based language used for the transformation of XML documents into other XML or "human-readable" documents.

Records Management

Records Management (RM) is a generic term related to etaining business documents that are necessary for regulatory compliance, business continuity, or historical interest. Records Management involves setting policies and configuring auditing around documents and records. RM is often used to ensure that historical content is maintained (not deleted or destroyed). In many cases, the RM is implemented in separate areas so as to not unncessarily burden the search engine or navigation structure.

Event Id 10016

If you see recurring errors in the Event Viewer under DCOM (details below) take note of the user account(s) associated with the errors and then follow these steps to resolve the issue: 1. Go to Start/Administrative Tools/Component Services 2. Drill down to Console Root/Component Services/Computers/My Computer/DCOM Config 3. Right click on IIS WAMREG Admin Service and select Properties. 4. On the Security tab click Edit next to Launch and Activation Permissions. 5. Add the user that...