Random Musings of Jeremy Jameson
Using Robocopy to Move Files and Folders
I use Robocopy a lot, and it's been in my Toolbox for so long that I hardly remember using anything...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/07/2009
Supportability Concerns with Custom HTTP Modules in SharePoint
I am sure that I'm not the first one to tell you this, but you can't believe everything you read on...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/07/2009
Microsoft Translator Widget
This week I stumbled upon the new (and very cool) Microsoft Translator Widget. Actually, this isn't...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/07/2009
Deleting Empty Folders
For the sake of this post, let's assume that you have a directory that contains some empty folders...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/03/2009
Analyzing My MSDN Blog
According to my blog dashboard, this will be post #150 for my MSDN blog. So this morning I thought I...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/02/2009
Constraining Tables with CSS
Have you ever wanted to display data in a table but limit the size of the rows and columns within...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 11/01/2009
Recommended Check-In Policies for Team Foundation Server
I love using Team Foundation Server (TFS). There's just an amazing amount of "goodness" for software...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/31/2009
Latest Version of Opera Ignores Hosts File
As I mentioned in my previous post, I discovered a rather nasty UI bug last week with the new portal...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/29/2009
Troubleshooting Layout Problems with Safari
I discovered a rather nasty UI bug last week with the new portal we are building for a customer....
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/29/2009
DataNavigateUrlFormatString Does Not Allow "javascript:"
I encountered an interesting bug last Friday with the ASP.NET HyperLinkField control. To understand...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/26/2009
Essential Add-Ins for Team Foundation Server
In a previous post, I mentioned how I use SourceGear's DiffMerge instead of the out-of-the-box tool...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/25/2009
Is AutoCorrect making me stupid or just plain lazy?
Yesterday's post got me thinking about something. Do you find yourself occasionally typing one word...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/25/2009
The Original "Jameson Datacenter"
This morning I was doing some cleanup of my documents folder and I stumbled across a rather old...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/24/2009
Configure IntelliMirror Using Group Policy
Yet another Group Policy object that I use in the "Jameson Datacenter" (a.k.a. my home lab) is one...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/21/2009
Eliminate MBSA Warnings Using Default Security Settings Policy
Another Group Policy object that I use in the "Jameson Datacenter" (a.k.a. my home lab) is one that...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/21/2009
New MSDN Theme on My Blog
I noticed this morning that the new color scheme released this past week on MSDN has made its way...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/21/2009
Add Rooler to Your Web Development Toolbox
This past May, one of my colleagues notified me of a new tool called "Rooler" that allows you to...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/21/2009
Introducing the SharePointSmtpHelper Class
Continuing in the spirit of my previous posts for the SharePointPublishingHelper class and...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/18/2009
Introducing the SharePointWebPartHelper Class
In a previous post, I introduced the DR.DADA approach to SharePoint development and how I typically...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/17/2009
Event ID 10016, KB 920783, and the WSS_WPG Group
If you've ever deployed Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/17/2009
Managing Group Membership via Group Policy - Part 2
In Part 1 of this post, I explained the Group Policy object (named Development - Restricted Groups...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/15/2009
Enforcing Windows Update via Group Policy
Another Group Policy object that I use in the "Jameson Datacenter" (a.k.a. my home lab) is one to...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/15/2009
Managing Group Membership via Group Policy - Part 1
In yesterday's post I covered one of the Group Policy objects that I use in the "Jameson Datacenter"...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/15/2009
Enabling Remote Desktop via Group Policy
In a previous post, I provided some details on the "Jameson Datacenter" (a.k.a. my home lab). In a...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/14/2009
KB 896861 and "Microsoft Fix it"
A couple of days ago, I rebuilt one of my development VMs for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/14/2009
Bug in MOSS 2007 FBA with Insufficient Permissions in SQL Server
A couple of weeks ago I was setting up Forms-Based Authentication (FBA) on my new development VM for...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/12/2009
Introducing the SharePointPublishingHelper Class
In my previous post, I described a utility to import pages into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/09/2009
Importing Pages into MOSS 2007 from an Excel File
In my previous post, I briefly introduced the concept of a utility to import pages into Microsoft...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/08/2009
"Web application at ... could not be found" Error on MOSS 2007 x64
I encountered a rather nasty bug last week with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 when...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/08/2009
HVRemote and Remote Administration of Hyper-V from Windows 7
Last Sunday, I rebuilt my desktop (WOLVERINE) with the RTM build of Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)....
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/08/2009
Active Directory Domain Structure in the "Jameson Datacenter"
In a previous post, I provided some details on the "Jameson Datacenter", which is really just my...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/02/2009
Enter Key Does Not Submit Search in MOSS 2007 from Firefox
One issue that has "bitten" me on more than one occasion is the fact that the SearchBoxEx control in...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 10/01/2009
Finding the Content Type ID in MOSS 2007
Yesterday I received the following question from someone regarding Microsoft Office SharePoint...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/30/2009
Sample Walkthrough of the DR.DADA Approach to SharePoint
Update 2009-11-18 I discovered that using relative paths in the DDF file is not compatible with Team...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/28/2009
Best Practices for SCM and the Daily Build Process
In a previous post, I briefly discussed a simple branching strategy for Team Foundation Server...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/26/2009
Build and Deployment Overview
This post provides a high-level walkthrough of the build and deployment process that I typically...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/26/2009
Debugging Symbols -- They're Not Just for Debug Builds Anymore
I started another new project this week. Typically one of the first tasks on any new development...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/26/2009
Development and Build Environments
In a previous post, I briefly touched on the "DEV-TEST-PROD" triad of environments that I typically...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/25/2009
No HTML Markup in MOSS 2007 Managed Properties
In my previous post, I showed how to automatically configure managed properties in Microsoft Office...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/23/2009
Configuring Managed Properties in MOSS 2007
As I've noted in a previous post, I typically use feature receivers in Microsoft Office SharePoint...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/23/2009
"Inheriting" the Master Page from the Current Site Context in MOSS 2007
In my previous post, I showed how you can override the hard-coded "application.master" in Microsoft...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/20/2009
Overriding Application.master in MOSS 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 includes a variety of out-of-the-box master pages....
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/20/2009
MOSS 2007 Master Page Comparison
This morning I came across an old (June 2007) Excel spreadsheet that I created back when I was...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/19/2009
Faceted Search in MOSS 2007 and the MSSDocProps Issue
Many customers deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 often have a requirement to...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/18/2009
Comparing Source Code Branches
During the more than three years I spent helping Agilent Technologies migrate their Internet site...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/16/2009
Expression Web, My MSDN Blog, and (Now) Team Foundation Server
In case you haven't picked it up from some of my previous posts, I became somewhat of a "Web...
Author: Jeremy Jameson - MSFT Date: 09/12/2009