Eli Robillard's World of Blog.

Search: are you willing to manage it as an application?

erobillard — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:00 GMT

The question was asked, "how hard is it to configure FAST and what does that effort give you?" The none-too-helpful answer is that with every search product you get what you give. FAST happens to have more substance so logically there will be more to...(read more)

Revisiting an 8 year old post on cookies and opt-in

erobillard — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:59:00 GMT

Common Sense and Opt-In: http://weblogs.asp.net/erobillard/archive/2003/05/08/6680.aspx Eight years ago I wrote a brief piece on cookie management proposing that preferences be remembered by default with an opt-out option. The part that got the most feedback...(read more)

Thoughts on SharePoint Application Pools, Recycling and "JIT Lag"

erobillard — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:28:00 GMT

What are Application Pools? Application Pools are a .NET construct, and each pool represents an instance of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) executing managed .NET code. Each application pool in IIS hosts one or more web applications, and the recommendation...(read more)

Toronto SharePoint Camp 2011 - Thank-you!

erobillard — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:09:00 GMT

The 5th Annual Toronto SharePoint Camp was last Saturday and it was another terrific success. Thanks to the TSPUG executive committee and the small army of volunteers who made it happen, and to the smiling faces of this year's 200+ attendees for making...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 and Canada

erobillard — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:39:00 GMT

I love my Samsung Focus and I don't know why it isn't the most popular phone in Canada. WPCentral reported today on the lacklustre support of Canadian carriers for the WP7 platform. Basically, even if you've been sold on the platform or a particular phone...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 Workflow for Multiple Items (Architecture)

erobillard — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:14:00 GMT

I had the question today of whether SharePoint 2010 supports workflow on multiple items, since Groove's workflow apparently supported multiple items and that model disappeared when Groove Workspaces were amalgamated into SharePoint Sites and SharePoint...(read more)

Drag and Drop for SharePoint

erobillard — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:54:00 GMT

Fellow Infusionite Oguz Demirel just published a super-cool CodePlex feature that makes any SharePoint library drag-and-droppable, introducing: Drag & Drop for SharePoint . The Codeplex page has screen shots and all that, but I have to rave about...(read more)

How to: Build a Server Core Domain Controller

erobillard — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

When I started putting together my standard virtual machines for development and demonstrating SharePoint 2010, I wanted to have a domain controller that I could share and use for any new image. That way I don't need to continually recreate my service...(read more)

This weekend: SharePoint Saturday Toronto

erobillard — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:07:00 GMT

Wow, this Saturday offers 21 sessions in 3 tracks, all for free . Given the billable rate of this speaker list, this has to be the best bargain you'll see for a while. And I'm going to go ahead and reveal a secret here - attendees at SharePoint Saturday...(read more)

Fix available to protect SharePoint servers from ASP.NET vulnerability

erobillard — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:04:00 GMT

Today the fix shipped to remedy a cryptographic ASP.NET vulnerability. The update is listed as Important , and it is strongly recommended that this security update be applied to all IIS servers including those hosting SharePoint and other ASP.NET applications...(read more)

How to protect SharePoint servers from the ASP.NET vulnerability

erobillard — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:57:00 GMT

On Friday an ASP.NET vulnerability was announced at an Argentine security conference, Microsoft posted Security Advisory 2416728 within a few hours, and by early Saturday morning Scott Guthrie described steps to mitigate ASP.NET sites against the vulnerability...(read more)

Toronto SharePoint User Group: Tonight Cancelled, Next Meeting: June 16

erobillard — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:43:00 GMT

Apologies all, notification was to go out sooner but apparently we're having technical difficulties so please help spread the word: The May meeting (tonight) is cancelled, leaving you free to enjoy the summery Toronto evening. Enjoy! Next month on Wednesday...(read more)

The relative effort of SharePoint 2010 vs. 2007

erobillard — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:12:00 GMT

SharePoint 2007 was the best demo-ware ever. It’s like going to the pet store and seeing a great dog that does backflips all kinds of tricks – and it really is a smart dog and it does all those tricks – but when you get it home you realize that what you...(read more)

Register Today for the Toronto SharePoint Camp: Saturday, March 20

erobillard — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:35:00 GMT

The third annual Toronto SharePoint Camp will deliver over 20 sessions by the best Canadian and international SharePoint experts on a wealth of topics. Whether you're a developer, server administrator, architect, power user, or business sponsor; whether...(read more)

Toronto SharePoint Camp 2010 - Call for Speakers

erobillard — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:29:00 GMT

The third annual Toronto SharePoint Camp is scheduled for March 20, 2010 . To be considered, please read the Call for Speakers ( attached to this post , below) and submit your abstract(s) using the form provided by midnight on Friday, February 12. This...(read more)