Technical Weblog of Eric Charran
A Journal of My Technical Achievements and Challenges
Exchange Server 2007 ActiveSync with a Self-Signed Certificate
I was recently helping a customer that was attempting to establish ActiveSync capabilities from...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/30/2007
How to move My Sites to a new Content Database and Web Application
A great article below on how to move My Sites from an existing content database to a new web...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/18/2007
Wallpaper Manager 1.0 Update
Hi all, I've updated the Wallpaper Manager written in WCF to the 3.5 version of the Framework. ...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/18/2007
Installing Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1
Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 is a much anticipated release in that it contains several key...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/11/2007
How to Manage SharePoint 2007 Objects in Code
Here is a great article on how to manage and dispose of SharePoint objects when using the Object...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 12/03/2007
How to Deploy Software Updates to a MOSS Farm
Here is a handy article on how to deploy patches and updates to a MOSS farm. If your farm has more...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/30/2007
How to View Email Conversation Threads You Started
Here is a great tip that helps me navigate the wealth of distribution lists at Microsoft for replies...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/26/2007
How to Upgrade your Laptop Hard Disk With Vista and a USB Hard Drive
So, I recall having to purchase Norton Ghost to create an image and then to reapply that image to a...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/23/2007
Excluding A Site from MOSS Enterprise Search While Maintaining Search Within the Site
I think the title on this one says it all. Say you have a collaboration portal with a search center...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 11/05/2007
Problems Setting Up SharePoint Server 2007 Search
When attempting to configure SharePoint Server 2007 Search, the SSP configuration completes, but...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/18/2007
Changing Service Accounts for SharePoint 2007
Here is a great KB about changing service accounts in MOSS and WSS 3.0 the right way. This was...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/17/2007
How to Debug a Custom OWSTimer Job
Recently I had a requirement to provide the ability for files dropped in a document library by an...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/17/2007
Enabling SharePoint WebDav Mapping in Windows 2003
The first step is to enable the Web Client service using Services.msc. Secondly, you have to use the...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 10/10/2007
How to Arrange a Solution using the WCF Service Library and WCF Service Application Templates
In Visual Studio 2008 (Beta 2), there are two WCF application templates. The WCF Service Library is...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 09/18/2007
Exposing LINQ Generated Classes through WCF
The lure of using LINQ to generate classes and expose them as data contracts through WCF is...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 09/05/2007
WCF Test Client: Failed Adding Service
When writing your first WCF service in Orcas Beta 2, you might set the service as a start up project...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 09/05/2007
Wallpaper Manager 1.0 Update
Hi all, I've updated the Wallpaper Manager written in WCF to the 3.5 version of the Framework. ...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/25/2007
Updated WSS and MOSS SDK
Let's see if I can be the first to break the news. Download the latest update to the MOSS and WSS...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/22/2007
Managing social networking with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
<ShamelessPlug> A new white paper I just finished writing on social networking and Office...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/16/2007
Applying HotFixes in Office SharePoint Server 2007
The general gist behind applying HotFixes is to only apply those HotFixes that apply to the specific...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/10/2007
SharePoint Governance and Planning Resources
Here are some great governance resources from publicly available MSDN, CodePlex and TechNet content...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/07/2007
Searching IE History with Windows Desktop Search
This add in found here: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/918998 will allow the searching of IE...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/02/2007
Accessing the MOSS UserProfileService from Code
Recently had a situation in which we needed to access a specific field from the user profile object...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 08/01/2007
How to Pass Parameters to a Method on a New Thread
Most of you will find this relatively simple, but it took me a while to figure this out. When...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/20/2007
MSBuild Task to Wrap DevEnv
Those of you who labored to get devenv.exe to work with TFS's build capacity to build your setup...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/18/2007
Increasing Disk Size of a Differencing VHD
I recently ran into a problem where I needed to increase the size of a virtual machine's primary...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/12/2007
Debugging Feature in SharePoint 2007
This posting is a little old, but relates directly to an older posting of mine on how to debug a...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 07/04/2007
Great Post on Creating Public Sites with SharePoint 2007
Here is a fantastic post on how to create a public website with SharePoint 2007. This does more than...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 06/22/2007
Skinning SharePoint 2007 Blogs
Finally! SharePoint is playing catch up to Community Server with the ability to skin blogs using...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 06/21/2007
Estimating SharePoint 2007 Index Server Requirements
The following information can be used to not only predict the initial size of the index, but can...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 06/15/2007
Expression Examples in Reporting Services
While this topic is in Books Online for SQL Server 2005, I found it really handy as a quick...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/31/2007
Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map
This application is a thick client that lets you interact with all those nifty development and...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/31/2007
Stephen Cohen's Love Curve for Software Projects
I'm only capturing (stealing :)) Stephen's Cohen's Love Curve out of sheer respect for his...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/29/2007
Ink Blog Plugin for Tablet PC Users
Download from the URL below: Ink Blog Plugin
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/25/2007
New Windows Mobile Traveler's Toolkit
I might be late on this one also, but I just love sidebar gadgets. Check this one out for...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/25/2007
How to Conduct Page Version Comparison in MOSS
- Navigate to the Version History for a specified page as seen below: 2. Replace the /Versions.aspx...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/24/2007
Customizing MySites
Here is a great article on the right way to customize MOSS MySites. Thanks to Jingmei for bringing...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/17/2007
Fantastic Article on Using Database Mirroring with WSS 3.0/MOSS
Bill Baer put together some fantastic guidance on how to consider database mirroring as a backup for...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 05/03/2007
4.3.1 Insufficient System Resources in Exchange Server 2007
I recently was helping a client troubleshoot why they couldn't receive mail. The server was running...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/30/2007
How to Debug a Web Part for SharePoint 2007
I thought I would enumerate the steps required to conduct debugging when developing an ASP.NET Web...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/28/2007
Vista RDP vs Legacy RDP MTU Sizes
This tip comes from Matt, who has done an amazing amount of detective work to find out the cause of...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/27/2007
Rename a Domain Controller
Just so I don't forget (and for your benefit too), here is the method to use to rename a Windows...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/24/2007
Great Resource on BizTalk 2006 Clustering
Here is a great resource on planning your BTS architecture and physical implementation. The...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/24/2007
How to Disable Blogs in SharePoint 2007
Here is a quick way to disable blogs in SharePoint 2007. While many customers appplaud the function...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/19/2007
Like My New Banner?
Changed up the old blog banner. Amazingly, I saw how powerful PowerPoint 2007 has become in creating...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/19/2007
Word Add-ins Gone Wild
https://word.mvps.org/FAQS/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm So what was happening is that a badly...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/17/2007
How to Change the Default Blog Post Text
Recently a client wanted to change the content of the default blog post when a user creates a blog....
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/12/2007
Great PDF Previewer
Great PDF Previewer courtesy of descapa's One Note blog: View PDF files from within Outlook 2007’s...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/06/2007
Guidance for Hosting and Consuming WCF Services
Here is a great article on how to host and consume WCF Services. The great thing about this article...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 04/04/2007
SharePoint 2007 String Limitations
The following article does a fantastic job about listing string limitations on MOSS: SharePoint 2007...
Author: Eric Charran Date: 03/21/2007