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So how do you get started in using Sharepoiint?

The other day (and sorry for being tardy) I got pinged about resources to get started with Sharepoint and I forgot to point folks in the direction of David's blog http://uksbsguy.com/blogs/doverton/archive/2006/06/06/537.aspx Scroll down a bit as it's Read More
posted Saturday, June 10, 2006 6:57 AM by admin | 1 Comments
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A Recycle bin for your Sharepoint

Did everyone check out SeanDaniel.com's blog listing on how to set up a recycle bin for your Sharepoint? You didn't? You should... click here! Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:39 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Seaching in your network

So today I was asked about if I've deployed the Windows desktop search ..especially now that it's been released as a "Enterprise version" (excuse me.. it's just group policy adm file.. "WE" can use it too you know). http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/2005/11/15/493023.aspx Read More
posted Monday, May 22, 2006 11:25 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Company web needs a little help in the external link department?

So you have some links in company web that aren't properly resolving externally? There are some links on companyweb that don't include the domain name, you need to manually modify them, the appears to be the case on standard too. They can be modified Read More
posted Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:38 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Okay it's time to Sharepoint... are you ready?

Chad Gross (SBS-MVP) and Nick Whittome (SBS-MVP) present Windows Sharepoint Services in SBS. For further resources check out Mark Mulvany’s Blog http://www.swifttrain.comSusan Bradley has invited you to view a Microsoft Office Live Meeting recording. Read More
posted Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:47 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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There's this little problem with authentication, John....

So John asks if folks are exposing their sharepoint to clients and putting up invoices and stuff up there for clients to look at. There's one problem. It's the authentication issue.... you see for those folks to privately get into your Sharepoint and Read More
posted Monday, January 16, 2006 8:35 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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While you are installing... do you 'value add'?

Gregg brings up a wonderful point in the blog comments..... do you look for ways to introduce Sharepoint into the firms you install SBS in? Do you look for ways to help someone learn how to use their SBS box better?  To increase the use in the firm?  Read More
posted Monday, January 16, 2006 12:07 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So what do you use Sharepoint for?

I use it in my office to share out Word documents that I want to ensure are kept intact and not rewritten over again.  I use it to keep our employee manual and other resources that I tend to go...dang.. now where did I save that?  I put things Read More
posted Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:46 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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I screwed myself up

You know the other day when Mr. Murphy visited my firm and the boss didn't have access to CompanyWeb?  Chad thinks I might have done this to myself by cleaning up the Sharepoint templates out of my "Shared Workspace" contact section.  You see Read More
posted Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:15 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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What's the difference between WSS - Sharepoint and SBS - Companyweb?

I'm stealing this from an email Chad made about the difference between WSS and “our” Sharepoint:  Please note, if you have been told that the SBS sharepoint questions should only be answered in the SBS newsgroup, I do have Read More
posted Saturday, October 22, 2005 9:57 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Web parts and IM

Sarah in the blog comments asks..... I searched your blog for "web part" and didn't find what I was looking for, but I thought I'd ask you anyway.... How safe are non-microsoft webparts for Sharepoint? Do you have any recommended sites Read More
posted Saturday, October 22, 2005 4:20 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Sharepoint SP2 - revisited

From the mailbag today... For what it's worth, the KB announcing WSS SP2 does NOT include SBS2003 in the 'Supported Operating Systems' list and when I ran MU on my SBS box, WSS SP2 did NOT show up in the list of available updates. Then again, SP1 does Read More
posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:57 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Windows Sharepoint Services sp2 released

Bill reminds us that Windows Sharepoint Services sp2 has been released. Now, keep in mind that ANY service pack for our parts is perfectly fine to put on a SBS box, but I personally am not at home and I won't be testing this yet.  We do have some Read More
posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:40 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So how do you make a drive letter out of Sharepoint?

So after the blog post the other day, people asked how do you map a drive letter from Sharepoint. Easy... on a workstation give this a try. Click on My computer, tools, map a drive, pick a drive letter and when the 'browse' box shows up, just put “wack Read More
posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:13 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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So how can you save from Outlook email to Sharepoint directly?

So I have these attachments that I wanted to dump straight into Sharepoint..but they were email attachments in Outlook...so...I asked the gang and Javier said..... Save it to Sharepoint just like you would save it from any other application.Right-click Read More
posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:32 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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Office, Sharepoint and Glue

From the mailbag today comes the question....  If a user has *only* Office 2000 on their computer (so no Office10 folder, no owssupp.dll file), can they edit documents on the sharepoint website? (The reason there is no Office10 folder is because Read More
posted Monday, September 12, 2005 1:03 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Public Folders versus Sharepoint

A question came from the audience about the plans for Public Folders being phased out in favor of Sharepoint. This came out from a TechEd presentation.  Should you be concerned..... no I don't think so ... we have plenty of time... besides... Read More
posted Friday, September 09, 2005 4:20 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Ripping out Sharepoint from it's roots

I bought a Dell the other day that has SBS 2003 preinstalled.  Comes in a tower sized unit.  Looks like a Desktop.  My real baby at the office is a big overgrown tower unit as well.  I think that's the problem right there.... they Read More
posted Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:54 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Different scenarios to reinstall Companyweb after the SBS 2003 SP1 setup

Once again.... hello?  If you are installing supporting SBS boxes and are NOT a Microsoft partner..why ever not?  Get your buns signed up!   From the Partner support group comes the varying ways we can get Sharepoint fixed back up after Read More
posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:04 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Stand back please... Sharepoint people are about to drool all over the place....

As Chad said...it's Christmas in July.....or August as the case may be.... Web parts and templates for Sharepoint...all OVER the place... John Westworth talks about them on his blog on Technet.... Sharepointing yet?  You'd better be by the time Read More
posted Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:41 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Need to reinstall Sharepoint after SP1?

Need to reinstall the Sharepoint/intranet post SP1? Try this: 1. Start a cmd prompt and change directory to the SP1 download folder (or the SBS03_SP1 folder on PKG_CD2).2. Type "SBS2003-KB885918-SP1-X86-ENU.EXE /x" (with no quotation marks) and press Read More
posted Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:46 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Sharepoint blogs, you say you want Sharepoint blogs?

I'll be the first to admit that the first thing on my to do list after busy season is really getting into Sharepoint.  After I posted my “Exchange blogs” post the other day someone from the mailbag asked about Sharepoint blogs So here Read More
posted Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:34 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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The ports of SBS

From the mailbag today comes the question from Alex... is there a way to publish Companyweb without opening 444?  And the answer is.... No.  You must have 444 for external access to CompanyWeb [Sharepoint]. SBS bascially requires the following Read More
posted Friday, January 21, 2005 6:55 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So my Sharepoint hired a few employees

I got Live Communications server 2003 set up in my office and noticed that when I opened Sharepoint that it had “hired” a few people.  I had “Admin template”, “Mobile user template”, and “Power users template” Read More
posted Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:02 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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As she wipes a tear from her eye

Sniff sniff... as I do my first “send to, as attachment” out of Excel via Outlook, I got my first sidebar box in Outlook that reminded me I'm on my new and improved SBS 2003 box now and we're no longer in Kansas [meaning SBS 2000] anymore! Read More
posted Monday, November 29, 2004 7:20 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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