Installing SharePoint 2010 RTM
Hi everyone, It’s been ages since the last time I wrote my last blog article. I feel great now knowing that I have got time to start writing again. So, Sharepoint 2010 RTM is finally out. The one in my VM is still the BETA version. So I decided to ditch my VM […]
Continue ReadingUser Profile Configure Synchronization Connections Error – MOSS MA not found
Hi everyone, It’s me again. I’ve just rebuilt my SP2010 Beta VM because of the error I had with the Search service. Anyway, everything now works fine after the rebuild except I can’t create a Sync Connection. When I checked the log I get the following error message: MOSS MA not found […]
Continue ReadingSharepoint 2010 BETA – My Sites
Yo all, Setting up My Sites ain’t simple in Sharepoint 2010 BETA. Please follow the instructions on this blog: http://www.helloitsliam.com/archive/2010/01/18/sharepoint-2010-%E2%80%93-my-sites.aspx Cheers, Tommy
Continue ReadingSharepoint 2010 – External Lists and Content Types + Business Connectivity Service INTEGRATING SugarCRM + PHP + MySQL
Hi everyone, After attending a session at Sharepoint Saturday Perth regarding BCS and External Lists and Content Types, I was actually very-very interested in using it to connect to a non-Microsoft systems. So far I notice that a lot of the integrations project are with other Microsoft apps such as MS CRM, Axapta, […]
Continue ReadingSharepoint 2010 Lists, Lookups and Columns – KEWL!
I have to say that I am impressed with the way Sharepoint 2010 handles lists, lookups and columns. It now has the concurrency ability whereby – if turned on/selected – if you perform a lookup on a data from another list and you try to delete that data, Sharepoint will not allow you to. See below […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint 2010 Metadata and Taxonomy Management – Lookup on This Field Not Allowed
In regards to Metadata and Taxonomy Management, when you create a “Managed Metadata” column on your list, it is actually a lookup field to the central Metadata repository. You can’t further perform a lookup on this field from another list. Cheers, Tommy
Continue ReadingUpgrading Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007 to Sharepoint 2010 BETA – Part 4 – Content Database Backup/Restore
At this point of time I’ve given up trying to upgrade MOSS 2007 to Sharepoint 2010 BETA using in-place upgrade approach. I now try it using Content Database backup/restore approach. It’s a very simple process that I was following: – Create a new VM and install Sharepoint 2010 clean-fresh farm – Install and […]
Continue ReadingUpgrading Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007 to Sharepoint 2010 BETA – Part 3 – Another Retry
Hi everyone, I mentioned that I tried to upgrade a MOSS instance that wasn’t connected to AD. I have now changed this. I re-created my VM, connected that to AD, install MOSS 2007 then upgraded it to Sharepoint 2010 BETA. The result is THE SAME. The existing MOSS 2007 site wouldn’t load. It […]
Continue ReadingUpgrading Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007 to Sharepoint 2010 BETA – Part 2 – What Did/Didn’t Work
I haven’t done another upgrade at the moment but from what I’ve done before , I found the following things that worked and didn’t (please read on my other article my current MOSS 2007 environment setup). Worked – DLLs are all working OK. – Few changes are needed on web.config (which are – in […]
Continue ReadingUpgrading Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007 to Sharepoint 2010 BETA – Part 1
Yo everyone, I now want to upgrade my MOSS 2007 instance with Sharepoint 2010 BETA. I of course do it on a VM 🙂 Within my MOSS 2007 instance I’ve got the following running: – Custom site template of CompleteSharepoint.NET (Content Management System Built on-top-of Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0) – Custom field types and field […]
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