[This post applies to solutions developed for the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform.] Well, I’ll just go ahead and say it: SharePoint, as a product and a platform, is a bi*** when it comes to debugging. …I could have ended the post right there, but I’ll carry on and elaborate a little. When creating or maintaining [...]
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So the Great Product Launch of 2010 happened and it’s going to keep reviewers and vendors busy for some time. Here are some of my first experiences: The SharePoint Server 2010 installation media (ISO) has a prerequisite installer that installs all the prerequisite software components before installing SharePoint itself. The funny thing is, the installation [...]
[This post applies to SharePoint 2007 products and technologies.] [There is also an update for SharePoint 2010 at the end.] Let’s face it: most of the time, “My Site” personal sites in SharePoint create more problems than they solve. I can’t think of a single feature of SharePoint more unloved (by implementers and administrators) than [...]
I have been wanting to write about SharePoint 2010 for a while, but decided to hold off until I have had some real first-hand experience with the new beast. The first hurdle: getting hold of hardware that is beefy enough to run it. I remember when Windows 95 debuted; all the PC magazines were going [...]
Whenever a significant change is made to SharePoint content or configurations, it’s a jolly good idea to check to see if everything is still hunky-dory. In the life of a SharePoint guy/gal, any one of the following may constitute a “significant” change: Applying a hotfix, Cumulative Update, or Service Pack Creating a new SharePoint application, [...]
It’s been a while since I developed Web applications in ColdFusion. Although my command of ColdFusion has gone rather rusty, it still remains my favourite nostalgic programming platform. InfoWorld has revealed a truly interesting development: The next version of ColdFusion will feature SharePoint integration. Lately I have been wondering where the product was headed, and [...]
As with many other jobs, implementing or maintaining SharePoint requires an exceptional degree of attention to detail because, well, stuff happens. If an error occurs or a mistake is made inside a testing or staging environment before things go to production, it’s a good lesson. If that lesson is captured, documented, and learned, it becomes [...]
It’s now January 2009, and a statement like: The price of crude oil hits an all-time high of US$140 a barrel before it falls dramatically down to around US$40 by the end of the year. …would have been a hell of a new year prediction for this time last year. I am neither qualified nor [...]
In the spirit of catching up with “technology”: Windows 7: The next shrink-wrapped version of the Windows operating system currently in early beta, available to tech communities with high expectations Windows Vista: The current shrink-wrapped version of the Windows operating system, no longer in active marketing Windows Azure: Another next version of the Windows operating [...]
I believe that many of the people who work with Microsoft products and technologies had hoped that the next Windows operating system be truly next-generation, something substantially if not radically different than the bloated Vista. While that may indeed be the big picture being drawn by Microsoft, it won’t eventuate any time soon, not with [...]