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Cant Create SSP – no Web Applications Fix
Upon going into the CA and creating a Shared Servers Provider found that I could not go any further, because there were no Web Applications listed to plant the SSP against… Using stsadm to force a createssp worked a treat to fix this...
 
WSS Current Number of Sites 0 after SQL Restore of Content DB
You restore a content db via SQL restore and attach it to another SharePoint web application via Central Administration "Add a content database" and for some reasone the "Current Number of Sites" is 0. You are sure the content db has content. People can still access their sites!! Try this workaround...
 
Enumerate Sites using stsadm displays a SPWebApplication error
You may find an error complaining that the host site collection list could not be displayed, when at the DOS prompt following an stsadm command to enumerate subwebs or enumerate sites. Try this out but watch out for the dreaded new id issue!
 
Good Performance Guidelines for MOSS
Here are guidelines for designing a server that has good overall performance for Sharepoint Services
 
WSS vs SPS 2003 vs SPS 2007- Feature Comparison
For those are looking for a feature comparison of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and SharePoint Portal Server (SPS)
 
People Search Returns 0 items
Lots of people ask me this one, so I thought it best to Blog it!
When on the portal and using a people search you may find that there are no items in the index. This blog gives a workaround that should correct the problem
 
Event Error 7888 – Provisioning Failed when Creating an SSP
When creating a new Shared Service you may see Error Event 7888 and next to the Shared Service Provider in SharePoint, “Provisioning Failed: Windows NT user or group ’somedomain.org\username’ not found. Check the name again”. After digging around and reading several other posts on the issue, I found what my problem was. Apparently, SharePoint doesn’t play well with the FQDN somedomain.org (or .com, .info, .local, etc). So everywhere an account that is needed for SharePoint is entered, it must simply be somedomain\username (without the .org).
 
Understanding the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 containment hierarchy to design efficient information architectures
Defining the information architecture for your SharePoint environment and ultimately for your business is a fine art. Some would say a black art! J It marries your business information schema, designed typically by your information architect or intranet portal specialist, to SharePoint’s containment hierarchy and the site structure that under pins your portal infrastructure.
 
Getting Access Rights Reports from Site Collections using GEGETRIGHTS
Describes a nifty little utility for MOSS that allows the listing of user group membership and ownership for all or specific sites.
 
Automating MOSS Site Backups using GEMBACKUP

This descibes how to backup site collections using a tool I wrote that enumerates the sites and creates a backup batch file that can be scheduled using Windows Scheduler! http://www.codeplex.com/gembackup

 
500 Internal Server Error 1359 – ISA Box Rule Issue?

How to resolve (500 Internal Server Error. An internal error occurred. (1359))

 
How to upgrade MOSS 2007 Standard to Enterprise Edition
Describes how to upgrade MOSS from Standard to Enterprise
 
Sharepoint 2003 – No Authority could be contacted for Authentication Error
Corrects the problem where you only get the error 'No Authority could be contacted for authentication'. Occurred with Sharepoint 2003, but I suspect could also happen on MOSS 2007
 
The SSP3 Protocol
Describes the purpose of the various SSP protocols used for indexing MOSS 2007.
 
Thesaurus files
A good old explanation of MOSS 2007 Theasurus Files and how to utilise them.
 
Customising a Team site using THEMES in MOSS 2007
This is a great and easy way to start of customising a team site using a theme for MOSS 2007.
 
How to filter a SharePoint list or library by workflow (approval) status
 
How to Create Disposition Workflow and Information Rights Management Expiration Policies
Describes the process of creating from scratch a disposition workflow and connecting IRM.
 
User Account Expiry will force the user to RE-authenticate in MOSS
 
Setting the Status of Site Collections (Readonly / Locked / None / NoAccess)
A product I've created that allows the lockdown state of MySites (or indeed selected sites in a site collection).
 
How to resolve ACCESS DENIED when trying to setup a new Crawl Schedule
 
How to create Document Library Template Content Types
This blog describes the process for adding a template to a site content type and applying it to document libraries
 
MOSS and the http 500 Internal Server Error
ISA causing http 500 errors on the MOSS web servers and what to check out for.
 
PDF icons in a MOSS environment fix
A 'resolution' on how to use PDF in MOSS - tricky or what in a 64bit environment!
 
RSS Feeds - Silly things - fixing the =rss !!
Describes how to fix the =rss issue in IE7 resulting in the RSS feed not being displayed
 
Unified Search in MOSS – Preparing the Integration Route
This blog describes how to implant search features of MOSS into MS Office and IE7
 
Bloomin Timer Service Error on a MOSS Web Front End - Error 6398
Describes how to clear timer service errors on MOSS
 
Continuance – MOSS 6398, 7076 AND 6482 errors
Probably the most common errors in MOSS are search crawl related. This blog describes a method of getting rid of these unwanted errors in the event log
 
Alerts stops working on my Index Server!
Describes an issue concerning alerts being blocked by the virus checker and how it was resolved.
 
MOSS - Disabling 'Mixed Content' in IE
This describes how to turn off the Display Mixed Content (if you want to)
 
MOSS Site / Page Redirect Issues
Shows how to implement a redirect on a page using the redirect layout page
 
Create Page option - User gets Access Denied!
This describes how to get around the issue of when the user gets ACCESS DENIED when creating a new page
 
User Account Synchonise – The User Information List and Profile Database syndrome
User Information, Profile Database and Active Directory synchronisation issue described, and a possible resolution.
 
ERROR 2436 - Loosing the content database - search crawl
Describes how to resolve error 2436 which is when the search crawl looses its connection to the content database.
 
MOSS - Modifying Search Crawls to exclude allitems.aspx
Describes the custom scopes in place to ensure that proper content is indexed.
 
RSS FEEDER problems accessing through PROXY on MOSS FARM issue.
Describes the fight and resolution for using RSS within an ISA perimeterd MOSS Farm and some alternatives that could be used
 
People Search Crawl fails using sps3
Description of methods used to ensure the crawl works by forcing the crawl on the index server - useful if the site is under the https syndrome!
 
Publishing Portal Site Settings doesnt display a Save as Template Option!
A quick and easy method of getting to the save site as template option on a publishing portal in MOSS 2007