SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010
Although I installed the SharePoint Administration Toolkit some time ago I’ve only just found the time to have a good look at what it includes. And I’m glad I did, as I discovered The SharePoint Diagnostic Tool. The main role…
Content databases contain orphaned items
Today when I logged into my SharePoint Central Administration it was warning me that the Health Analyzer had detected some critical issues that require attention. When I looked at the issues this message was among them: After reading the article…
Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
Microsoft has announced that it will release Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 at the end of June 2011. Initially available as a manual download it will be release through Windows Update 90 days after release. From…
Using the RSS Viewer web part
I’ve started to include various RSS feeds on pages as it’s a good way of including interesting content on home pages. For example, on the home page of the IT department I’ve included feeds for security advisories and latest virus…
Load balancing one or more web front end servers
Windows 2008 includes a Network Load Balancing feature and I’ll be utilising this in my SharePoint environment. I currently have two web front end servers but there is no reason why I can’t add more, and include them in the…
Multiple servers in a three-tier farm configuration
I have been assigned the task of designing and implementing a SharePoint farm that will be used by hundreds of users. Taking redundancy and performance into consideration I have chosen a three-tier topology. This farm will consist of three tiers:…
Code blocks are not allowed by default
While trying to add some code directly into a page using SharePoint Designer I realised that SharePoint disables the ability to create server-side script by default, and the code gets stripped out when I save the file. The error reads:…
Add a SharePoint site to My Network Places
When transferring a lot of files to and from SharePoint libraries I found it quite useful to add my site to My Network Places. This allows me to easily open the site in Windows Explorer then drag and drop files…
Configure proxy server for SharePoint
When adding some RSS feed web parts I realised that I need to configure a proxy server for SharePoint to access the Internet as they don’t have direct Internet access. This is the error I was receiving: Configuring the proxy…
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