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• SharePoint and SQL Server 2008 Administration - Free eBook!

  by David Leibowitz | November 09, 2009 | Comments: 95

  Microsoft has released a free ebook for administration and performance management of SharePoint on SQL Server 2008. http://bit.ly/2RpALX Read More... : Sharepoint, MOSS, SQL Server 2008

• Forms Based Authentication on SharePoint 2010 and WSS 3.0

  by David Leibowitz | November 03, 2009 | Comments: 95

  Two great series of articles on FBA and SharePoint: FBA & SharePoint 2010 FBA & SharePoint Services 3.0 Read More... : Sharepoint, WSS 3.0, FBA, SharePoint 2010

• SharePoint FBA Setup on IIS 7

  by David Leibowitz | October 22, 2009 | Comments: 95

  Forms based authentication setup on SharePoint 3.0 is so much easier on IIS 7, and a ton easier with this series of tutorials. Yeah, No more web.config hacks for Forms Based Authentication setup! Blog post here . Read More... : Sharepoint

• String Building and Advanced Expressions in SharePoint Workflows? YES!

  by David Leibowitz | October 09, 2009 | Comments: 95

  YES! It is possible: http://blog.summitcloud.com/2009/10/advanced-string-functions-in-sharepoint-workflows-yes-we-can/ Read More... : Sharepoint

• FIX: Report Builder 2.0 ClickOnce Deployment Fails From SharePoint

  by David Leibowitz | September 09, 2009 | Comments: 95

  SQL Reporting Services Report Builder 2.0 ClickOnce broke in the CU2 of Service Pack 1. So, if you are on Service Pack 1, get Cumulative Update 3. Be sure to install all of the files if you are running Reporting Services in SharePoint integrated mode. Read More... : Sharepoint, Report Builder, SSRS

• Reporting Services 2008 URL Parameters for SharePoint Integrated Mode

  by David Leibowitz | July 09, 2009 | Comments: 95

  Passing URL report parameters directly to a report in a SharePoint Document Library is enabled in the SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 Integration with SharePoint Add-in . When a report is rendered in full-page view in SharePoint, the URL is displayed in the following format: http://<SharePoint_site>/_layouts/ReportServer/RSViewerPage.aspx?rv... Read More... : Sharepoint, SSRS

• Report Builder Report Fails with The item 'ModeName.smdl' cannot be found. (rsItemNotFound)

  by David Leibowitz | July 09, 2009 | Comments: 95

  In a SharePoint integrated SQL Server Reporting Services environment, you find you can access a model, open Report Builder, drag an drop a few items. But when you attempt to actually run the report you're told the model cannot be found. What? But you were just using it! The error looks like: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted... Read More... : Sharepoint, Report Builder, SSRS

• How to: Add Report Server Content Types to a Library (Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode)

  by David Leibowitz | June 30, 2009 | Comments: 95

  Reporting Services provides predefined content types that are used to manage shared data source (.rsds) files, report models (.smdl), and Report Builder report definition (.rdl) files. Adding a Report Builder Report , Report Model , and Report Data Source content type to a library enables the New command so that you can create new documents of that... Read More... : Sharepoint, SSRS

• How to Enable Report Builder to Launch from a SharePoint Site when Using Forms Authentication

  by David Leibowitz | June 30, 2009 | Comments: 95

  When your Reporting Services instance is integrated with a SharePoint product or technology and you use Forms authentication, you might encounter the following error when you launch Report Builder: "Cannot Start Application. Cannot continue. The application is improperly formatted. Contact the vendor for assistance." To workaround this issue... Read More... : Sharepoint, SSRS

• FIX: Cannot connect to MICROSOFT##SSEE database

  by David Leibowitz | June 11, 2009 | Comments: 95

  If you can't connect to the MICROSFT\SSEE instance for sharepoint, try the following: Use " \\.\pipe\mssql$microsoft##ssee\sql\query " as your Server name in SQL server management Studio. Read More... : Sharepoint, SQL Server 2008

• FIX: Sign in as a Different User in SharePoint 401 Unauthorized Error Fail

  by David Leibowitz | May 22, 2009 | Comments: 95

  The problem: You login to Sharepoint (WSS or MOSS), then click the "Sign in as a different user" drop down. You attempt to login using the same account with the same privileges (obviously) and for your efforts, you get a 401 Unauthorized message. What? The fix: DON'T USE THE SAME ACCOUNT Seems rather intuitive, although the error message... Read More... : Sharepoint, MOSS

• HOW TO: Uninstall SQL Server Embedded (from SharePoint or WSS)

  by David Leibowitz | April 29, 2009 | Comments: 95

  So you installed WSS or MOSS and let it install SQL Server Embedded by default. Then you upgraded to SQL Standard, Enterprise or maybe you ran the uninstall for SharePoint and realized that the SQL Express database wasn't removed. Here's how to remove it from the Run command: (on 32-bit platforms) msiexec /x {CEB5780F-1A70-44A9-850F-DE6C4F6AA8FB... Read More... : SQL Server, Sharepoint, WSS

• FIX: An unexpected error has occurred, Web Parts Maintenance Page

  by David Leibowitz | February 27, 2009 | Comments: 95

  I received this error on a web part page that used the SQL Server Reporting Services native web parts for Report Browsing and report Viewing. Every time I attempted to "connect" the Viewer control to the Browser, I was kicked out to an error page with the following error message: An unexpected error has occurred. Web Parts Maintenance Page... Read More... : Reporting Services, Sharepoint, Web Parts

• Restore a SharePoint Site (WSS 3.0 and MOSS)

  by David Leibowitz | January 13, 2009 | Comments: 95

  ** Assumes you have a backup created ** :) 1. In SharePoint Portal, create a New Site 2. Set Template -> Blank 3. Open the new site in SharePoint Designer 2007 4. Go to Site -> Administration -> Restore Web Site 5. Select your backup file and let the wizard do its magic. The key is to create a new site and to ensure it is blank. Read More... : Sharepoint, MOSS

• Quick Launch Bar Navigation Missing From Web Part Pages in SharePoint

  by David Leibowitz | January 12, 2009 | Comments: 95

  It's rather disturbing that the Left Side Navigation (Quick Launch) by default, does not display on new web part pages created in SharePoint. There are a number of workarounds on the web which include hacking each newly created page , or hacking an existing document template. I like to use this approach, which modifies only the master page (inherited... Read More... : Sharepoint