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Agility in SharePoint: Writing Functional Requirements
SharePoint brings more power than ever to the end user. As usual, this is a double-edged sword. Its utility as a development platform is unmatched, but since many of the development tools are accessible from the browser UI, the dividing lines can get...
A Quick Primer on SharePoint Customization
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GAC-blocked: Access denied for assembly _XXXX_
As with most of my blog discoveries, this one was born the hard way: on the ragged slopes of insanity, amid the dying cries of a thousand savage deadlines... much like the fabled Robot al'Thor. Many of you have created assemblies to be used in the Global...
SPTraceView: One step closer to unscrewing the inscrutable
We still don't have good SharePoint debugging, but today I came across a tool that gets us closer. Essentially it works off of the SP logging mechanism, and alerts you when messages come up that meet your predefined filters. This has the advantage of...
PSConfig Part III: Confessions and assumptions
It's happened to everyone. You're supposed to be an expert in your field, and then you go and get tripped up by something insignificant. If you're like me, you think you've already eliminated the offending possibility, and it's only after the client ...
PSConfig revisited: character analysis
After yesterday's brush with covert crazy hyphens, a related tip seems in order. This isn't the first time I've been burned by non-standard characters. Several years back I created a small classic ASP utility (yes, it's THAT old) that analyzes a string...
A call for grievances: what do users hate about SharePoint?
Later this month I'll be speaking at the Dallas/Fort Worth SharePoint User Group, along with Pete Henehan -- long-time MCT and my distinguished colleague at Improving . Together, we'll be exploring simple ways to improve user experiences with SharePoint...
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