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08 August 2011
Handling an orphaned SPPersistedObject when working with e.g. SPJobDefinition or SPDiagnosticsServiceBase

I've been working with improving our Puzzlepart Framework components for simplifying development of SharePoint Timer Jobs lately, in relation to our upcoming release of " Did - The calendar is the timesheet " business app for SharePoint, and (as usual when digging deep into SharePoint) I ran into some... Read More...

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Filed under: Logger, Sharepoint, SharePoint2010, TimerJob

09 September 2010
Display a PowerPoint deck in SharePoint 2010 using Office Web Apps

During a SharePoint 2010 training class i was conducting this week we were implementing a case originally created for MOSS 2007, where the author of the case had added a requirement to show a PowerPoint deck in a SharePoint page. This threw me a bit off, as I couldn't remember seeing any direct functionality... Read More...

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Filed under: Office System, Office Web Apps, Sharepoint, SharePoint2010

29 August 2010
Location-Based Metadata #sp2010plaintalk

This is the first post in a series of SharePoint 2010 plaintalk (#sp2010plaintalk) aimed at SharePoint professionals who are exploring features of the platform, typically to do feasibility assessments for applying platform features in projects. With every new version of the platform I tend to spend a... Read More...

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Filed under: #sp2010plaintalk, Sharepoint

07 May 2010
Puzzlepart Product Boxing Rocks

I had a few main drivers for starting the Puzzlepart project in the first place. First; working with great people, secondly having fun at work following the team principles.Third; always challenge with new ways of work. One of the main concepts that has evolved in our team is the concept of "tangible... Read More...

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Filed under: Prototyping, Scrum, Sharepoint

10 February 2010
Efficient Workflow Architectures at Software 2010 in Oslo

Tomorrow I'm doing a session at the Software 2010 conference arranged by Den Norske Dataforening (DND) in Oslo. The topic is on realizing the potential of an efficient workflow architecture with todays enterprise software tools & technologies. A lot of the content and reflections are based on my... Read More...

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Filed under: Architecture, Sharepoint, Software2010

07 September 2009
Upgrading Forefront TMG to Beta 3 - Modify the backup/export xml to enable import

For those of you who had installed a previous beta of Forefront TMG (yes, it's the new name for ISA Server) you might have had the pleasure of experiencing your TMG server going down after the 180+7 days grace period with the message "the evaluation period has expired" in the eventlog. It's really hard... Read More...

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Filed under: Forefront, Security, Sharepoint, TMG

18 June 2009
401 errors when accessing Sharepoint or IIS locally from Windows 2008 Server

Phui.. after months of problems logging into weblogs.asp.net I finally got some help and I'm back in:) Most experienced web developers and IT pros have encountered the good ole' DisableLoopbackCheck problem when accessing websites from the local machine (when they work when accessing them externally... Read More...

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Filed under: iis, Sharepoint, windows2008

26 March 2009
Reporting Services does not display Hyperlink for Placeholder with Go to URL Action

Got really puzzled about this thing. Fortunately Christian Norbakk had the explanation of the problem: When using Reporting Services in Sharepoint Integrated mode a Placeholder with Go to URL action will not render as a hyperlink for VALID internal links. It will, however, work for external links and... Read More...

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Filed under: ReportingServices, Reports, Sharepoint

16 December 2008
Running TypeMock with Gallio on build server or agent without local install

I tend to dislike having to do local installs of software on my Puzzlepart build servers (or agents) because this also means that developers will need to install something specific to be able to build the project. That's bad and unfortunately the norm for the projects I've downloaded and reviewed lately... Read More...

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Filed under: Continous Integration, gallio, Sharepoint, typemock

10 December 2008
A few comments on the Microsoft Dynamics 5.0 sneak peek

Simon Hutson wrote about the new features of CRM 5.0 and was forced to remove it again. Fortunately Stefano Demiliani posted it too , and now the content is reblogged all over:) The release time for CRM 5.0 is indicated to be late 2009, or 2010. From the looks of it I would guess 2010 with the changes... Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft CRM, Sharepoint