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I’m running Windows 7 on a Dell Latitude E4300 4GB RAM with SharePoint Server 2010 installed for development and demo purposes. In the beginning SharePoint was running with an acceptable performance, but sometimes there would be a little wait here and there.
A few days ago Microsoft released an update for SharePoint Foundations 2010, which it claimed would improve stability and performance.
Guess what? After it was installed, I browsed my SharePoint sites using Chrome – man, it was lightning fast! Was it Chrome? Don’t think so. Same quick response in Internet Explorer 8! The performance is noticeably MUCH quicker. Great job guys!
This is the patch I installed:
Update for Office SharePoint Foundations 2010 (KB2032588)
“Microsoft has released an update for Office SharePoint Foundation 2010, 64-bit Edition. This update provides the latest fixes to Microsoft WSS 2010, 64-bit Edition. Additionally, this update contains stability and performance improvements.”
I’ve tried to get an instance importing but still with no luck – there must be something else preventing it from importing… Anyways, I decided to write down my research for the day:
Default SharePoint settings are:
Search Base: dc=domain,dc=company,dc=com
Base Query: (&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))
Options:
Options for Search Base:
- Can define a specific OU to base the import on. eg. ou=Sydney,ou=Department1,dc=domain,dc=company,dc=com
Options for LDAP Filter Query:
Get all accounts with email address:
(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))(email=*))
Get active accounts – filter our disabled AD accounts:
(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))
Get accounts in the Department1 OU:
(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(memberof:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=(CN=Authenticated Users,OU=Department1,DC=domain,dc=company,dc=com)))
Get accounts with a first name:
(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))(!(!givenName=*)))
Good References:
Scope of Query – Base, One Level, Subtree: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa746467%28VS.85%29.aspx
LDAP Search Filter Syntax:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa746475%28VS.85%29.aspx
Importing Specific group into SP User Profile Store with LDAP:
http://mindsharpblogs.com/wayne/archive/2005/06/15/497.aspx
LDAP Attributes:
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/LDAP_attributes_active_directory.htm#LDAP_Attribute_
A Nice LDAP Attribute Table:
http://www.it.ufl.edu/projects/directory/ldap-schema/attributes.html
This is the N-the time I’ve had to rename a SharePoint server, and every time I keep on forgetting the exact steps… so these are notes for the (Technical) me.
Source: http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mirjam/archive/2007/08/06/renaming-a-moss-server.aspx (Thank you Mirjam)
If you are going to Tech-Ed in Sydney this week, you can catch a few very interesting SharePoint/Search sessions:
Also another interesting one with Silverlight and SharePoint:
I just discovered Microsoft provides VPC's for SharePoint evaluation. If you are a little lazy and don't already have a VPC, these maybe a good starting point:
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 VHD (24 July 2007):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67f93dcb-ada8-4db5-a47b-df17e14b2c74&DisplayLang=en
"The branding tool is out. What next? How about an stsadm tool for themes?"
After a search on google, it seems Gary Lapointe has beat me to it:
http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2008/01/apply-theme.html
He's created a very useful list of stsadm extended commands found here.
(http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html)
The source code can be downloaded here:
http://www.thelapointes.com/blog/stsadm.zip
The installation file can be downloaded here:
http://www.thelapointes.com/blog/Lapointe.SharePoint.STSADM.Commands.wsp
Here's a listing of the additional commands:
- createquotatemplate
- editquotatemplate
- setmastersitedirectory
- setallowaccesstoonlinegallery
- disableuserpermissionforwebapp
- enableuserpermissionforwebapp
- setselfservicesitecreation
- connecttoportalsite
- setsitegeneralsettings
- setuserprofiledefaultaccessaccount
- setuserprofileimportschedule
- gen2003to2007profilepropertymap
- migrate2003profilesto2007
- setpictureurlnewpath
- setsitenamingformat (use mysitesettings instead)
- enuminstalledsitetemplates
- enumavailablesitetemplates
- addavailablesitetemplate
- removeavailablesitetemplate
- enumnavigation
- addnavigationnode
- setnavigationnodes
- copynavigation
- enumfeatures
- copycontenttypes
- enumavailablepagelayouts
- fixpublishingpagespagelayouturl
- repairsitecollectionimportedfromsubsite
- convertsubsitetositecollection
- setsitedirectoryscanviewurls
- enumtimerjobdefinitions
- exportlist
- importlist
- copylist
- getlistschemaxml
- enumunghostedfiles
- reghostfile
- deletelistfield
- moveweb
- managecontentdbsettings
- addsiteadmin
- deleteweb2
- mysitesettings
- upgrade2
- enumpagewebparts
- movewebpart
- setwebpartstate
- retargetcontentquerywebpart
- replacefieldvalues
- applyupgradeareaurlmappings
- publishitems
- setlocalsitedirectory
- import2
- setsearchcenter
- replacewebpartcontent
- enumeffectivebaseperms
- createwebapp
- deletewebapp
- exportlistitem
- importlistitem
- copylistitem
- deletelistitem
- setnavigationsettings
- enumprofileprivacypolicies
- setprofileprivacypolicy
- enumprofileproperties
- editprofileproperty
- exportlistfield
- importlistfield
- updatelistfield
- deletelist
- copylistsecurity
- updatelistview
- setsspacl
- createsearchscope
- updatesearchscope
- addsearchrule
- setauditsettings
- setusageanalysis
- adduser2
- adduserpolicyforwebapp
- addlistitem
- exportlistitem2
- movesite
- applytheme
- retargetgroupedlistingswebpart
- sitewelcomepage
- enumwelcomepages
- createcontentdb
- createsiteindb
- exportcontenttypes
- exportsitecolumns
- importsitecolumns
- setanonymousaccess
I got a little bored and a little sick at home, so I started finishing off some code I worked on with my colleagues Andrey Shchurov and Alexandre Bacchin (I'm no geek though).
This is meant to be a tool that will aid the Web Designer or the SharePoint Developer in applying look and feel to their SharePoint sites. It also doubles up as a great tool to update multiple SharePoint sites manually (including MySites).
Boom! In just a few seconds just took a few seconds...
And the Master Page URL? How does it work? Here's a screen shot:
After the update of the property via the code:
Not to mention, it also logs what it does in a text file, so it's easy to revert in case of mistakes. It's developed with .NET 2.0 and uses the SharePoint 2007 API, so it'll work with WSSv3 and MOSS2007.
The code doesn't have good naming conventions, but we'll leave that to be a to-do. For now, I've tested it enough to prove it works with no problems. Any suggestions of feedback, please post it on the codeplex page.
A newer version is available. More information here:
http://sharepointsix.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-sharepoint-2007-sharepoint_24.html
You can get the SharePoint Branding Tool here:
http://www.codeplex.com/BrandingTool
"a workspace is used to group a collection of personal dashboards, and little, if any, use is made of the top-level workspace dashboard. Each personal dashboard site consists of the Home dashboard page and an additional Reports subdashboard page."In SharePoint 2003 Portal Server, MySites (Personal sites) was an official component. Here is an official extract about what it is:
"...in SharePoint Portal Server 2003, all users...with the Create Sites and Create Personal Site rights automatically have a personal site created for them when they click the My Site link on the portal site home page.Users were able to search and view other users profile information, based on information from Active Directory and other information entered by that user.
My Site is a personal SharePoint site created on the portal site that provides personalized and customized information for each user. Your personal site consists of two views: A private view for personal information that only you can see, and a public view seen by everyone else. The private view is shown by default when you view your personal site."
"Facebook is a social networking website, launched on February 4, 2004. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, a former Harvard student. Initially the membership of Facebook was restricted to students of Harvard College. It was subsequently expanded to MIT, Boston University, Boston College, and all Ivy League schools within two months."
