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 [...]
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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, site collection, [...]
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 willing to [...]
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 system, which will [...]
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 [...]
I was going to write about earning a living as a programmer with a Mac. But as I started talking about how I got my refurbished MacBook just for an introduction, I totally digressed into a rather not-so-technical discussion of what a sensible thing it is to buy refurbished Macs. So I left it [...]
Midori.
Japanese for green, and the latest known codename given to what “may” become the next Microsoft Windows operating system, otherwise known as “Windows 7.” What it’s capable of, what it will look like, when it will be available, what will happen to the software that are out there right now, it’s all speculation at [...]
Part 1 of this discussion touched on some background as to why Internet-enabling a SharePoint site constitutes a fair bit of work. Now, to the actual work – here’s a list of hoops to jump through, in the preferred sequential order:
Create a forms-based authentication (FBA) user store.
Create an initial FBA administrator account.
Extend an existing SharePoint [...]