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ASP.NET MVP Award and MVC
I still don't have a chance to blog about my personal achievement recently - I got my MVP status renewed on Oct 1! Yes, it's a great news for myself and I enjoyed it so much since 2001.
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Activate SharePoint Publishing Infrastructure Feature Failed
In a recent deployment of a SharePoint site, I have to add a Content Query Web Part (CQWP) so what I need to do is to activate the SharePoint Publishing feature. However, I cannot do it because of an "access denied" error that I got whenever I activate the SharePoint Publishing Infrastructure feature at the top-level site.
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Microsoft HK Technial Support Forum Announced
After several months of "silent" evaulation and discussion among local MVPs and few members, Microsoft HK office today announce the technical support forum and put an icon next to Bill :)
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VS 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5 SP1
With the release of the SP1, I refresh my local Web developer tool this weekend. :)
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SharePoint Error: Some or all identity references could not be translated
I create numerous SharePoint sites with the same port number in my virtual machine frequently during envisioning / POC phrase, and I face an error when I try to re-create the same Web app in SharePoint today: Some or all identity references could not be translated. The result from google is not so helpful but I finally figure out that the problem is caused by an old app pool in IIS after reading this post - I need to clean up the content db, virtual directory and app pool properly next time.
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Misleading Error Message about Trial Period Expiration in MOSS
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Microsoft DreamSpark - Free Professional Tools for Students
Just see this DreamSpark program on the Visual Studio home page and it is definitely a good news for students. (Personally, I'm glad to see that this program covers and beneficial to students in China as well :)
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Enable SmartPart with AJAX in SharePoint
I just try SmartPart and enable AJAX functionality in SharePoint tonight, here are few notes:
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Provisioning User to ADAM in ILM2007
I just finish provisioning a user object to ADAM from AD today, the process is pretty smooth and below is the first piece of codes that I wrote for the metaverse rule extension in ILM2007.
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IIS Feature is missing during SQL 2005 Installation
This is not the first time for me to see this message, so I think it may be a good idea to blog about it for future reference.
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Install WSS Tools: VS 2005 Extensions on Vista
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: VS 2005 extension can improve the productivity of developers because it comes with a lists of useful project and item templates. However, this tool is only limited to OS of either Win Server 2003 or Win Server 2008.. If you are running Vista or develop SharePoint solution remotely, you may want to take a look at the hack from this blog post.
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Note on Customizing Content Query Web Part
Content Query Web Part (CQWP) is a powerful feature in SharePoint, where users can create custom view of data that is queried from various sources, lists, libraries, and present all in one web part. One of my tasks yesterday is to create a content query web part, and query the contents from two sub-sites. Specifically, I have 2 calendars in 2 sub-sites and I have to query all events and combine into a master calendar in the top site (Of course I can make use of the great filtering, sorting and grouping features in CQWP).
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Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint - Developer User Guide
I was engaged in a SharePoint workflow project recently, so I prepare and boost my learning in SharePoint technology. I got new laptop and VS2008 (excited), but then I heard that the extension for VS 2008 will only be available in June 2008 (Today is still May!)