A colleague of mine, known as a networking and security guru, wrote a blog this summer about his experience with TechNet and MSDN Search. The blog was interesting and showcased some of the major improvements in both search facilities. Shortly thereafter, Chris Slemp, who works in the Server and Online Tools Group at Microsoft, wrote [...]

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I posted a blog back in February about the SharePoint conference I attended in Seattle, and explained that like most of my colleagues, conferences that I attend are few and far between. A perfect example of this is this week the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is going on in Los Angeles. This conference has been [...]

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Many people have asked how to change timeframe in which the !New icon appears in SharePoint. By default the timeframe is one calendar day (or 24 hour period from the time the item was created or uploaded).  As a SharePoint administrator you have two options using the stsadm tool where you can modify this setting.
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There are still many people and organizations who are trying to decided if they are going to deploy SharePoint. Because the WSS version is free, there is no investment (other than resources) so why not just deploy and see what it can do. Well, there are a lot of reasons not to just jump in [...]

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During a consulting project today I was working with a client creating columns in their library on a subsite in MOSS. When I asked the client why he was creating the column in the library and not at the top-level site his response was that he didn’t know the difference/benefits/advantages/disadvantages. It ultimately comes down to [...]

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Recently I put together a presentation for a Web cast about SharePoint but specifically the similarities and differences between WSS and MOSS. You can view the presentation at the Sacramento SharePoint User Group Web site. During my research I came across this Web hosting company that had a great list of the features of WSS [...]

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When working with my clients I occasionally get the questions about SharePoint, such as “What issues can SharePoint solve that other applications cannot?”, and “How are other companies using SharePoint?” Although I am a huge fan of the technology, sometimes my enthusiasm alone cannot help everyone understand the usefulness of the technology – as well [...]

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Yes, like most people I do an occassional google search to see if I can be found on the World Wide Web. And, like most people about page 200 there’s a little blurb about me. But lately when I perfomed a search, much to my surprise I was on the first page of both google [...]

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