SharePoint: Hiding the Checked Out Icon from Anonymous Users
12 March 10 03:39 PM | Tech Training Notes
When document has been checked out, SharePoint will overlay a little icon to show the checked out status. When a user moves their mouse over the icon it will display a popup with the name of the user who has it checked out. + = And when they mouse over...
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SharePoint: Strike Out Canceled Events in the Calendar
12 March 10 09:19 AM | Tech Training Notes
Moving or deleting an event in a calendar is not always the best way to make sure people notice the change. Sometimes it’s better to “cancel” a meeting and then create a new meeting than just moving it in the calendar. The SharePoint calendar list does...
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SharePoint 2010: What’s New in Surveys
11 March 10 03:08 PM | Tech Training Notes
Note: the following is for the November 2009 Beta 2. In this release surveys do not have a ribbon in all screens and retain most of the look and feel of 2007. What’s new? Almost nothing! The exercise of comparing the two versions almost seems a waste...
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SharePoint 2010 Available May 12th?
07 March 10 02:10 PM | Tech Training Notes
This says so: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx#fbid=vUy2lbxfiO5 “Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12...
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SharePoint Events in 2010
04 March 10 06:18 AM | Tech Training Notes
Joel Oleson has a nice comparison of SharePoint events here: http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=299 SPTechCon http://www.sptechcon.com/ Feb 10-12, San Francisco Central Region SharePoint Conferences http://www.sharepointconferencecentral...
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SharePoint Certification
19 February 10 09:37 AM | Tech Training Notes
Below is a list of the SharePoint exams, the certification you get from the exam and classes to prepare for the exam. Both SharePoint 2007 and 2010 have two exam paths with two exams each. Each of the 2007 exams have hyperlinks to details on Microsoft...
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SharePoint: How to move a Data View Web Part to another site or server
16 February 10 08:40 AM | Tech Training Notes
(Tested for SP 2007 only) A Data View Web Part (DVWP) is a web part created using SharePoint Designer that can display data from just about any kind of data source, inside or outside of SharePoint. Moving the web part from site A to site B or from server...
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SharePoint 2010: VHDs Now Available - Updated
13 February 10 09:06 AM | Tech Training Notes
Updated: http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/sharepoint-2010-vhds-now-available.html I have updated this article with more info about the SharePoint 2010 VHD download… I have added some more info on the install process I have added a list of...
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SharePoint: Application page to display all sites a user can view
11 February 10 01:04 PM | Tech Training Notes
This sample project works for both SharePoint 2007 and 2010! This project is for educational purposes and is to be used at your own risk… Display a list of all sites a user has rights to… The following is a “demo” project to show the workings of several...
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SharePoint: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level
11 February 10 09:55 AM | Tech Training Notes
“It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.” If you are working on a SharePoint...
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SharePoint: How to find all files of a certain type and then download easily
09 February 10 04:13 PM | Tech Training Notes
The goal… To find all .XYZ files in all of my sites, libraries and folders and then easily copy them to a local drive. Finding them is not too hard, you can use search for “*.xyz” or use a Content Query Web Part to find them, but how do you now download...
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SharePoint: Prevent users from adding “NT AUTHORITY\authenticated users” and other selected accounts to sites and groups.
08 February 10 06:35 AM | Tech Training Notes
The following is for SharePoint 2007. I’ll soon post an update for 2010. Who is "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users"? The user "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" represents every account that can logon to your network. In the typical...
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SharePoint: Prevent Accidental Overwrites when Uploading to a Library
07 February 10 11:09 AM | Tech Training Notes
This applies to both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. The only difference is the page name, upload.aspx for SP 2007 and uploadex.aspx for SP 2010. Problem… Users are uploading files and are accidentally overwriting existing files, or if versioning...
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SharePoint 2010: What’s the same for Site Owners…
03 February 10 08:45 AM | Tech Training Notes
The following is for the November 09 Beta 2… Most of the articles I see about SharePoint 2010 are about what’s new. To add some comfort for people who are considering upgrading from 2007 to 2010 I thought I would start to document what has not changed...
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Silly Word 2007 Tricks - Lorem ipsum!
02 February 10 01:16 PM | Tech Training Notes
Open a new document in Word 2007, type =lorem(3,8) and press enter... Lorem ipsum! move to a blank line and type =rand(10,5) and press enter... you are now a tech writer! again... =rand.old(5,5) and press enter… and you are a typewriter tester! Now get...
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