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SharePoint and SQL Server 2008 Administration - Free eBook!

November 09, 2009

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

Forms Based Authentication on SharePoint 2010 and WSS 3.0

November 03, 2009

Two great series of articles on FBA and SharePoint: FBA & SharePoint 2010 FBA & SharePoint Services 3.0

SharePoint FBA Setup on IIS 7

October 22, 2009

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 .

String Building and Advanced Expressions in SharePoint Workflows? YES!

October 09, 2009

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

FIX: Report Builder 2.0 ClickOnce Deployment Fails From SharePoint

September 09, 2009

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.

Reporting Services 2008 URL Parameters for SharePoint Integrated Mode

July 09, 2009

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>...

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

July 09, 2009

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...

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

June 30, 2009

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...

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

June 30, 2009

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...