Note: All of the addresses of the KB / Articles - 2007 Products / MS / Non-MS Articles below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS FAQ site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are.

(This is also posted to the WSS newsgroup at microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices - web access via http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sharepoint.mspx)

(Items are added to the WSS FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wss.collutions.com or www.wssfaq.com daily.)

From 27th November - 3rd December 2006 

I 2007 KB Articles    (*now only one section for WSS and MOSS*)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926710

The data in a SharePoint list differs from the data in an Access 2007 table when you export the table from Access 2007 to a SharePoint list

30th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;923902

Values that were previously associated with a field are reset when you run a custom code that calls the Lists.UpdateList method to update a list view in SharePoint Products and Technologies

29th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928301

How to upgrade from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Beta 2 to the original release version of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

27th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;925714

An Excel 2007 workbook does not load from a Web page that uses EWA when there are many connections to the computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007 (ver 1.1)

27th November 2006

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926719

A Column list in a content type template is not updated on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 child site (ver 1.3)

29th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926702

When you open a SharePoint list on the Windows SharePoint Services Web site in Internet Explorer, either the primary key field is blank, or the whole list is blank in Access 2007 (ver 1.1)

28th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926803

Error messages when you try to use Access 2007 to open a runtime mode database file in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library: "Microsoft Office Access cannot open this file" (ver 1.2)

27th November 2006

II. Articles - 2007 Products  (*still for the moment with other Office 2007 products - this may change in the future*)

New

A. Office 2007 Server Products

http://dotnetaddict.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/moss_vs_wss.htm

Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Kevin Hoffman) [Good list of what's in one and not in the other]
 
2nd December 2006 (date added)

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=262657

Channel 9: Office Live with SharePoint Designer

2nd December 2006 (date added)

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=262677

Channel 9: Using the Data Form Web Part in Office Live

2nd December 2006 (date added)

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=262689

Channel 9: Office Live Workflows

2nd December 2006 (date added)

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastRegistrationConfirmation.aspx?culture=en-US&RegistrationID=1287018522

TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access (Level 200) (Shawn Travers)

27th November 2006

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastRegistrationConfirmation.aspx?culture=en-US&RegistrationID=1287018646

Momentum Webcast: A Sneak Peek at Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 (Level 100) (Stephanie Doakes)

27th November 2006

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973249.aspx

Creating a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web Part Using Visual Studio 2005 Extensions (Alex Malek, Andrew May)

27th November 2006 (date added)

http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2006/11/26/597.aspx

Adding the second workflow to a SharePoint Workflow Assembly (Blog - Robert Bogue)

26th November 2006

http://wsssearch.com/tagging.html

Adding Tagging Web Parts including Tag Cloud and Tag Browser into WSS and MOSS sites

26th November 2006 (date added)

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/starrillo/archive/2006/11/25/16349.aspx

Creando sitios en nuestro Servidor SharePoint (in Spanish) (Creating sites in our SharePoint Server) (Blog - Sergio Tarrillo)

25th November 2006

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/starrillo/archive/2006/11/24/16348.aspx

configurando nuestro Servidor Sharepoint (in Spanish) (Configuring our SharePoint Server) (Blog - Sergio Tarrillo)

24th November 2006

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2006/10/27/step-by-step-instructions-for-creating-a-network-diagram-in-visio-2007-data-driven-from-a-sharepoint-list.aspx

Step by Step Instructions for Creating a Network Diagram in Visio 2007 data driven from a SharePoint list (Blog - Joel Oleson)

27th October 2006

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2006/10/25/step-by-step-instructions-for-publishing-from-access-2007-to-a-sharepoint-site.aspx

Step by Step Instructions for Publishing from Access 2007 to a SharePoint Site (Blog - Joel Oleson - from a Virtual Lab)

25th October 2006

http://geekswithblogs.net/mhamilton/archive/2006/07/15/85315.aspx

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) Forms Based Authentication (FBA) - How to remove and use Windows Authenticaion on Internet Presence Web Site template. (Blog - Michael J. Hamilton, Sr.)

15th July 2006

http://geekswithblogs.net/mhamilton/archive/2006/07/15/85312.aspx

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Custom Chrome / Branding (Blog - Michael J. Hamilton, Sr.)

15th July 2006

 

B. Other Office 2007 products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f65c20df-adc2-446a-8fbc-d7c5ed5dd83f&DisplayLang=en

InfoPath 2007 Sample: Using IOLECommands with the InfoPath Form Control

30th November 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d64dfb49-aa29-4a4b-8f5a-32c922e850ca&DisplayLang=en

2007 Office System Document: Compliance Features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System

28th November 2006

 

C. Other New 2006/2007 Products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=500cebf1-5c17-4dbc-bf3f-5310752831d8&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Data Sheets

30th November 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5addaaa8-f5ea-4aee-83a0-010cb9ab0430&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Data Sheet - Analytics

30th November 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=07d85d7b-d5be-4278-a244-d8e3d7b9ad56&DisplayLang=en

Project Server 2007 Sample: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Build to Build Data Fix up

30th November 2006

 

Modified

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8d46c01f-e3f6-4069-869d-90b8b096b556&DisplayLang=en

2007 Office System Sample: Open XML File Format Code Snippets for Visual Studio 2005 (ver 1106)

28th November 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4329d9e9-4d11-46a5-898d-23e4f331e9ae&DisplayLang=en

2007 Office System Document: Lists of Control IDs (ver 1106)

28th November 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/serversecurity/sharepoint/download.mspx

Forefront Security for SharePoint: 120-Day Trial Download

14th November 2006

Deleted

None

III WSS v3 FAQ

New

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=915

III.49.12 Search: How do I make sure Search treats non-standard letters correctly?

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=914

VI.20 SharePoint Tips Utility Pack (free - Ishai Shagi)

Modified

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=730

III.49.03 Search: What are the main dfferences between Search in WSSv3 and in MOSS 2007?

Deleted

None

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IV WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926892

Changes are not saved when you use an Office 2003 program to change a 2007 Office file in a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 document library

28th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927878

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 9, 2006

20th November 2006

Modified

None

V. MS Articles for WSSv2

New

None

Modified

None

VI Non-MS Articles for WSSv2

New

None

Modified

None

VII WSSv2 FAQ

New

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=648

05.101 WSS Products - Marketplace for SharePoint (Jim Duncan, Collutions) (SharePoint-based software)

Modified

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=579

I.23.04 What is fixed in the fix packs to WSS Service Pack 2?

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=117

III.40 How can a user change his/her password in WSS?

First let me start off by saying that this was a very interesting web cast.

The niggles I have are thus minor.

Firstly don't be confused by the title. This is actually a very good web cast for people who want to know their options when upgrading from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 (and WSS to WSS 3.0).

Although it starts by giving a brief outline of the architecture of the present system compared to the previous SPS 2003 one (Regional centres have gone down from 6 to 3 [hoping my memory is right] and the Redmond one is organised in a different way), a large part of the presentation (at least what I have heard so far - see the end for an explanation of that) is about the options for upgrading from the v2 SP applications; a more detailed look at one specific problem area (un-ghosted lists) and also a look at the amount of time the various upgrade options are likely to need.

This is all done in a very clear and unhurried manner.

I have a couple of "complaints" so far.

One was the statement that "we with the v2 products used SPD to ...". 'We with the v2 products' used FP 2003. SPD wasn't out; and wasn't even named for most of the time "we" were doing v2 amendments.

More dangerous (and breaking all the Microsoft rules) was the suggestion that the content database could be amended. That one came when talking about problems when upgrading. Admittedly the recommendation was to do something else - as that was likely to be easier - but the mere mention of amending the content database is an absolute "No, No" as Microsoft have made clear in KB articles and authoratative blog items from the likes of Mike Fitzmaurice.

But apart from these two, I was happy with the web cast script so far (which I now notice is less than halfway through).

It's perhaps of interest to note that I watched/listened to this web cast in the intermissions of a Microsoft conference. The conference was entirely in Finnish and so it was a relief in the break to be able to hide myself away in a corner IPod in hand and listen to this web cast. I should explain that this is the IPod with the video screen that Zune is trying to oust from the market and I am using Nero 7 Premium to "burn" (Nero as you know is originally a CD burning software so they "burn" everything) web cast .wmv files that are otherwise difficult to convert onto the Video Ipod. Despite the small screen, it's possible to just about see the text of most of the slides and guess what's happening on a demo.

There's nothing wrong with the quality at least - which is more than I can say for .wmv files on my 7" Archos device which is controlled by Windows media Viewer 10 (or 11) rather than by Itunes and where I was amazed to find that it does NOT support .wmv web casts but starts converting them and then says it can't. This results in the only way to get .wmv web casts files onto the Archos seeming to be to first convert them to .avi and then convert them again from that (with Windows media Viewer) to (!!!) .wmv files (of a kind the Archos will accept) - with pretty poor quality as a result.

Anyway the conference ended before I'd seen the whole web cast (far too short breaks and occasionally people started talking to me (in Finnish) before I'd managed to pull out the Ipod and "hide in plain view").

More on this web cast if there's anything good in the second half ....

P.S. I was actually quite close to the end of the web cast. It's difficult to see how far you've gone when using an IPod and there was a lot of time spent on questions and answers. There was nothing more particularly worthy of being mentioned here so I'm just adding this P.S. and I've removed the "(1/2)" from the Title. My apologies if you expected more. (The questions by the way were answered in the equally calm way in which the presentation was done. This in total is a very good web cast!)

P.P.S. A Microsoft guy yesterday had a Zune (brown) with him and at the end of a seminar at my company put it on a table for us to look at. I placed my (white) IPod Video next to it (I'd seen the rest of that web cast in the lunch break) and the Zune looked really cheap and nasty in comparison. So it might have a slightly larger screen but that's all it has going for it (and I bet that *it* won't play .wmv webcasts either (because it - like my Archos - is controlled by Windows Media Viewer)..

 

MVPs get a certain access to MS products to enable them to do the testing necessary to help other people with their problems, so one of the problems people face when they are no longer renewed as MVPs (which happens to us all sooner or later) is the sudden withdrawal of that access.

For those who have access to Volume Licensing agreements or even MSDN and TechNet Plus via their companies this isn't a major problem, but some MVPs are students and at the other end of the age scale some are retired so those people face the question of what to do next. (Some, in fact quite many, are trainers and consultants and they presumably can make their own MSDN or TechNet agreements and claim them back off tax).

MSDN costs too much for a student's or retired person's budget and TechNet (which was cheaper) while it used to be useful as a source of information didn't use to include more than a few pieces of time-bombed evaluation software.

Nowadays TechNet Plus *does* include software which they describe as "the full version of all that software is available for evaluation purposes - the software is not time bombed". So - while I don't know how the amount of software available compares to the full range of software offered by a MSDN contract - that is certainly one option at a not-that-expensive $499.

But this message is to advise you that there's a cheaper alternative which in this day and age is equally valuable and yet costs less - or $349. That's the TechNet Plus Direct version which covers the same things as the "full" TechNet Plus but doesn't supply you with DVDs through the post - instead you just have to download the software from their site.

As in effect the only reason I bother with the MSDN DVDs at the moment is that they come anyway and therefore for some things that aren't urgent, I might as well wait for the DVD rather than doing the download to get the .iso file, this "Direct" subscription seems like a great deal and something that I'll be seriously considering when my MVP days are over.

I have a WSS 2.0 server where the only important site has already been moved across to another server (and works there) so - as this is a non-supported server that isn't any longer on a support contract - I can now try an in-site upgrade from WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0 without a safety net.

As a result I've been playing tag with Microsoft's upgrade mechanisms and doing more re-boots than is comfortable in a Remote Desktop session.

I printed out the entire "Upgrading to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0" MS paper (link at www.wssfaq.com) and then naturally ignored everything up to the "Perform pre-upgrade steps" section.

There I notice that I need first to check on my Service Pack level for WSS 2.0 and find out (via my usual search at the WSS FAQ site's WSS FAQ section for "WSS migration") that what I have is SP1 and I need SP2.

So the first download is WSS SP2. By habit I grab the URL to this from the link in the (where else!) WSS FAQ site (MS Articles / Downloads / at the end) and this runs OK.

Step 1 complete.

I decide not to bother with backing up the SQL Server 2K SP3a (this is a throw away install in any case) and move on to "Install all pre-requisites".

Here I assume I have Windows Server 2003 SP1 and move on to the bits in bold text.

The first of this is install .NET Framework 2.0. So I find that via www.microsoft.com/downloads and set it going only for it to complain that it needs Windows Installer 3.0 to be able to install.

So I click on the link it provides for that and I install Windows Installer 3.0 (concentrate now - 3.0!) and it installs and requires a re-boot.

The re-boot naturally cuts the remote desktop connection.

I have a few attempts to re-connect before the re-connect takes and I can once again go to www.microsoft.com/downloads and install (for the second time) .Net Framework 2.0 which insists on me closing the browser pointing at www.microsoft.com/downloads and then works.

The next thing to install is WWF 2.2 so it's back to www.microsoft.com/downloads yet again to look for that. The installation starts and after a while says it needs Windows Server 2003 *SP1* (remember that assumption?!).

So it's back yet again to www.microsoft.com/downloads and there it says for the only Windows Server 2003 SP1 it seems to have that it's not the version to use for a single server and to use windowsupdate.

So windowsupdate, which churns its way through the recognizing software bit and only after doing all that tells me I need Windows Installer 3.1. Having already specially installed Windows Installer 3.0 a while earlier I'm a bit pis*ed off at that and even more pis*ed off when after the installation of Windows Installer 3.1 it wants another re-boot.

After that I can install Windows Server 2003 SP1. Which naturally means that I once again have to go to windowsupdate and see it once again churn through the software recognition before finally - this time - offering me Windows Server 2003 SP1. Install that and wait for the re-boot demand ..... which naturally came.

Now finally I can install WWF 2.2 hopefully without needing to first download anything else.

Maybe not, but I have to go to www.microsoft.com/downloads yet again to look for it ...

OK. That went OK but now *I'm* going to re-boot the server because I don't think I'm in a sufficient state of rest (after playing Tag with MS) to go on to "Deploy upgrade definition files and new site definitions to installation directory" as that sound as if I'll need my wits about me.

So, hoping that I'm wittier tomorrow, I'll leave that phase until then.

Note: All of the addresses of the KB / Articles - 2007 Products / MS / Non-MS Articles below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS FAQ site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are.

(This is also posted to the WSS newsgroup at microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices - web access via http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/sharepoint.mspx)

(Items are added to the WSS FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wss.collutions.com or www.wssfaq.com daily.)

From 20th - 26th November 2006 

*** The order of these items has been changed to reflect the numbers of items on the v3 SharePoint products in KB and other articles; and FAQ items***
*** First there is all the (WSS and MOSS etc.) v3 Information and then all the (WSS) v2 information

I 2007 KB Articles    (*now only one section for WSS and MOSS*)

*http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101865111033.aspx

How to buy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

24th November 2006 (date added)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;925173

A PowerPoint 2007 presentation does not appear in a Slide Library that is hosted on a SharePoint Server 2007 server

22nd November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kB;en-us;926524

The data of the primary key column is not in the Data View of a SharePoint list when you export a table in Access 2007

22nd November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;917033

A Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 list that you added to Outlook 2007 is not synchronized with the server after you close the SharePoint Lists.pst file in Folder List view (ver 1.1)

22nd November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926803

Error messages when you try to use Access 2007 to open a runtime mode database file in a Windows SharePoint Sservices 3.0 document library: "Microsoft Office Access cannot open this file" (ver 1.1)

22nd November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926320

You cannot add users and groups to the Farm Administrators group after you remove the BUILTIN\Administrators group from the Farm Administrators group in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (ver 1.1)

22nd November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;925083

Error message when you try to upload a large file to a document library on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site: "Request timed out" (ver 1.1)

22nd November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;925714

You cannot open an Excel 2007 file from a Web page that uses EWA when there are many connections to the computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007

22nd November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926816

The lines of text are double spaced when you use Outlook 2007 to create an appointment, a discussion board item, a contact, or a task in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site

21st November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926960

Error when you try to do an in-place upgrade of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Beta 2 TR to the release version of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 running on a Windows Small Business Server 2003-based computer or a domain controller: "Job Failed"

21st November 2006

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/bmw528eta/archive/2006/11/21/Searching_Sharepoint_with_IE7.aspx

Searching Sharepoint with IE7 (Blog - Eben)

21st November 2006

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/vandest/archive/2006/11/20/16262.aspx

SharePoint 2007: Programmatically save file as [Content_Type] (Blog - Steven Van de Craen)

20th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926959

Error when you try to edit the content source schedule in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: "Access is denied"

20th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;927083

Error message when you try to view the "Search Settings" page after you upgrade from the Beta 2 Technical Refresh version to the original release version of SharePoint Server 2007: "unhandled exception occurred in the user interface" (ver 1.1)

20th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917662/

How to make sure that Word 2007 documents that are created in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library use an up-to-date version of the document template (ver 1.1)

3rd November 2006

II. Articles - 2007 Products  (*still for the moment with other Office 2007 products - this may change in the future*)

New

A. Office 2007 Server Products

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032316590&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Virtual Lab: Introducing Content Types for Windows SharePoint Services

25th November 2006 (date added)

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032316589&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Virtual Lab: Creating Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services

25th November 2006 (date added)

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastRegistrationConfirmation.aspx?culture=en-US&RegistrationID=1286984277

TechNet Webcast: Using SQL Server Analysis Services with the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Level 200) (Robert Zare)

22nd November 2006

http://www.speaktech.com

speakTech (MOSS 2007 web site)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://www.monsanto-ag.co.uk

Monsanto UK (MOSS 2007 web site)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://www.rjh.com.cn

Rui Jin Hospital,Shanghai (MOSS 2007 web site)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://www.ucb.fr

UCB, France (MOSS 2007 web site)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://www.satama.com

Satama (Finland) (MOSS 2007 web site)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms441339.aspx

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK (web edition)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/356d3a0b-fc26-455c-9afb-6d2ffdceef841033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 1 - Simple farm deployment

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/798aa915-7025-4adc-a210-4f6ff14c43fc1033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 2 - Pre-install databases

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/841080ca-3e3b-4dbc-a081-43c29c76b3551033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 3 - Configure single sign-on

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/80a650f6-c4e9-48f2-86ff-96121fcdae3b1033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 4 - Create and configure Shared Services Providers (contains only links to further articles)

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/98707115-1ef5-46b4-8029-2fd94c6239a81033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 4F - Install Office Project Server 2007 on MOSS 2007 (1) - Web Servers

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/ab14a905-7690-404e-894e-682f9b83ab1d1033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 4F - Install Office Project Server 2007 on MOSS 2007 (2) - Application Servers

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/cf2a97e8-e0f6-4649-b029-81f6ad386ede1033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 4F - Install Office Project Server 2007 on MOSS 2007 (3) - Provision to the farm

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/26c07867-0150-463d-b21a-a6d42aecf05a1033.mspx?pf=true

MOSS 2007 farm deployment 5A - Deploy language packs

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://bobfox.net/Video%20Demos/B2TR2-RTM.wmv

Bob Fox's .wmv video of B2TR to RTM (using Shane Young's documentation)

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX101759001033.aspx

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 version comparison (Ed: compares with FP 2003)

21st November 2006 (date added)

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastRegistrationConfirmation.aspx?culture=en-US&RegistrationID=1286934913

TechNet Webcast: Technical Overview of Office Groove 2007 (Level 200) (Bryan Von Axelson)

20th November 2006

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms400550.aspx

Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 SDK (Web Edition - Starter Page)

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/188f006d-aa66-4784-a65b-a31822aa13f71033.mspx?pf=true

Stsadm.exe command-line utility (MOSS 2007)

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/7e45c7b1-de7f-4f8f-81cd-7070ce483a821033.mspx?pf=true

Setup.exe command-line reference (All SharePoint v3 products)

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/a59c4e8f-9b7f-4127-8199-1b9ab76991501033.mspx?pf=true

Command-line reference for the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard (psconfig.exe)

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/5a39029f-0939-452b-acd2-44ff87e7ff711033.mspx?pf=true

Using Backup and Restore (Office SharePoint Server 2007)

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8dfcffcb-fa3c-4314-a644-184f9c2ce25e1033.mspx?pf=true

Manage form templates

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/0e9966df-e374-4df5-b3be-9848c78f9ca71033.mspx?pf=true

InfoPath Forms Services Best Practices

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8285b82e-19db-4408-859f-1430830fe0fb1033.mspx?pf=true

Deploy administrator-approved form templates

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/351a085e-a5cd-4b8b-8e03-6932459dd50a1033.mspx?pf=true

Deploy form templates

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/ffa4a256-6885-4295-a712-537ce82b9a0c1033.mspx?pf=true

Manage session state (MOSS 2007)

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/7e485f91-379c-4801-a6e3-b170ddab4ade1033.mspx

Understanding Workflow in SharePoint Products and Technologies and the 2007 Microsoft Office System (links to sections)

20th November 2006 (date added)

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/11/18/developing-workflows-in-vs-part-1-workflow-objects-and-a-crash-course-on-mechanics.aspx

Developing Workflows in VS: Part 1 - Workflow Objects and A Crash Course on Mechanics (SharePoint Team Blog - Eilene Hao)

18th November 2006

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/356d3a0b-fc26-455c-9afb-6d2ffdceef841033.mspx?mfr=true

Deploying Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in a server farm 3 - Deploy and configure SharePoint sites (contains only links to further articles)

18th November 2006 (date added)

http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/11/17/converting-office-2007-openxml-documents-with-embedded-images-to-sharepoint-web-pages.aspx

Converting Office 2007 OpenXML documents with embedded images to SharePoint web pages (ECM Team Blog - Robert Orleth)

17th November 2006

http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/11/16/building-tylerbutler-com-part-3-customizing-content-query-styles.aspx

Building tylerbutler.com, Part 3: Customizing Content Query Styles (MS Blog - Tyler Butler)

16th November 2006

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastRegistrationConfirmation.aspx?culture=en-US&RegistrationID=1286934952

Microsoft Webcast: Information Protection with Windows Rights Management Services (Tim Upton, Titus)

16th November 2006

http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/11/15/report-rapport.aspx

Report Rapport in MOSS 2007 (ECM Team Blog - Lincoln DeMaris)

15th November 2006

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastRegistrationConfirmation.aspx?culture=en-US&RegistrationID=1286935039

Small Business Webcast: Outlook 2007 Tips and Tricks (Level 100) (Jeffrey Lin)

15th November 2006

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastRegistrationConfirmation.aspx?culture=en-US&RegistrationID=1286935009

Microsoft Webcast: Using the 2007 Office System for Enterprise Content Management (Sandy Sharma)

15th November 2006

 

B. Other Office 2007 products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e2ddd3fb-8635-4d54-8730-102b75c31db6&displaylang=en

2007 Office System Document: User Interface License and Program Frequently Asked Questions

21st November 2006 (date added)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa941030(VS.80).aspx

InfoPath Developer Reference for Managed Code (Starter Page)

20th November 2006 (date added)

 

C. Other New 2006/2007 Products

http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/3645231

Get Ready for Windows Workflow Foundation (developer.com - Mark Strawmyer)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/11087_3627266_1

Building a Practical Application with Windows WorkFlow Foundation (developer.com - Gustavo Velez)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://www.developer.com/mgmt/article.php/3624951

Windows WorkFlow Foundation: The Next Step and Beyond (developer.com - Gustavo Velez)

22nd November 2006 (date added)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e5c79691-62c8-4087-a906-25ae3e1ae867&displaylang=en

Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

20th November 2006

(The next six are added because they are very useful but hard to find - most are relevant here [from an idea of Scott Hanselman])

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f2f1339-cbcd-4d26-9174-f30c10d7ec4c&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Web Update Pack (ver 2.11.13.0)

30th October 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d2717206-e804-415e-9173-c7b7327289e4&displaylang=en

Best Practice Analyzer for ASP.NET 2.0

29th June 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d22ec2b9-4cd3-4bb6-91ec-0829e5f84063&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool (ver 5.4.2.100)

11th June 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=dbab201f-4bee-4943-ac22-e2ddbd258df3&displaylang=en

Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.7

7th June 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/downloads/bpa.mspx

BizTalk Server Best Practices Analyzer

6th June 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B352EB1F-D3CA-44EE-893E-9E07339C1F22&displaylang=en

Best Practices Analyzer Tool for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 1.0

25th April 2004

Modified

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=eb8a5fa5-8b21-4abf-aa84-15f85c6aaf34&displaylang=en

Commerce Server 2007 Documentation Update 1 (ver 2.0)

21st November 2006

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms550992.aspx

SharePoint Server 2007: Software Development Kit (web edition) 

21st November 2006 (date amended)  (now November 2006 and RTM !)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/527763c3-90a5-4d3b-9781-fc9580314a2d1033.mspx?pf=true

What's New for IT Professionals in Office SharePoint Server 2007    

20th November 2006 (date added)   (page moved)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/bcbae7bd-656b-4003-969c-8411b81fcd771033.mspx?pf=true

Supplemental documentation for Office SharePoint Server (Links to Visio files of poster size charts)

20th November 2006 (date added)   (page to be moved soon)

Deleted

None

III WSS v3 FAQ

New

None

Modified

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=894

V.24 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server et Office 2007 (In French) (Lavoisier - Erol Giraudy)

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=908

V.30 SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft’s Collaboration and Productivity Platform (Apress - Seth Bates, Tony Smith)

(Book's title changed)

Deleted

None

 

IV WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928084

Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 8, 2006

20th November 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;927482

Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: October 27, 2006

17th November 2006

Modified

None

 

V. MS Articles for WSSv2

New

None

Modified

None

 

VI Non-MS Articles for WSSv2

New

None

Modified

None

VII WSSv2 FAQ

New

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=647

III.121 Why is the radio button disable for ""Allow all authenticated users to access site""?

Modified

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=580

I.28.02 What is fixed in the fix packs for SPS 2003 Service Pack 2

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=395

IV.26 How do I move the 'Save and Close' button to the end of a Survey?

What I usually do when faced with the installation of an RTM version of some software on a machine that's been running earlier beta versions has been to wipe the hard disk and start over from the installation of the Operating System. Yes it takes time but you can be sure that nothing is left hanging around from those earlier installations to possibly mess things up in future.

I would still recommend that method for production machines.

But for test machines it seems that most people are tempted not to do this but to just remove the old version of WSS v3 (and possibly something else) and try again. This kind of thing doesn't have a particularly high success rate - at least judging by the numbers of people reporting problems - so in the true Jerry Pournelle spirit of "I do these (crazy) things so you don't have to" I've been trying a few such scenarios myself.

At first I wondered what all the fuss was about. I took a couple of VMs that had been running Beta2 and stripped them of everything I could leaving only VM Tools (and on one of them also leaving something that I hadn't a clue what it was). So I removed WSS then .NET Framework 3.0 then .Net Framework 2.0 and then re-booted before installing .NET Framework 3.0 again (re-boot) and then WSS v3 RTM and everything went like clockwork.

[Note that these were all single server installations using what used to be called  "embedded SQL Server 2005 Express (Windows)" but which is now called the "Windows Internal Database".]

So why were people getting problems?

I tried again on a third machine and this time when I went back to the VM there was no sign of the default page that ought to come up at the end of the installation and I couldn't access it just by specifying it, so something had gone wrong. I then realised I hadn't done any intermediate re-boot this time !

So what to do ? I tried without much hope the Repair possibility for WSS. This went through OK; **required a re-boot**; and then I re-started the configuration wizard (by hand) and this time watched it carefully. It went through OK and then did this time throw up the standard default page.

So obviously there seems to be a need for a re-boot before installing WSSv3 RTM after you have removed whatever was there before. Whether you need both re-boots is something I'll leave to you to look at. My suspiscion is that one re-boot would be enough.

Anyway I'm now going to move on to trying to install SQL Server 2005 (Full) and trying to get a WSS v3 RTM to use that. Once I've done that a few times I might have some feel for that installation too. I have a good SQLServer 2005 book so what can go wrong !?  [Yes, I am more worried about getting the SQL Server 2005 installation right than the WSS part. I've stuck to using SQL Server 2K so far. Wish me luck!!]

Well, SharePoint Designer 2007 finally made it to MSDN and I've spent hours slowing my machine down by downloading it.

It's been a frustrating experience. The first download made it to "99% - 5 seconds left" before freezing so I started a new download to a new location which started off in a rush before settling down to the same steady (and SLOW) rate as the earlier one and so I left it to complete overnight.

When I got in this morning, it too had managed to get to "99% - 4 seconds left" before freezing.

So yet a third attempt, only this time it's (seemingly permanently) "Queued" as it hasn't even started.

I think the above word "frustration" is more than a little justified, don't you ?

... and don't let me get started on Vista where the 32-bit version refuses to install on my only 2 year old 64-bit Athlon desktop and where the download of the x64 version got to 45% before I presume it stuck and it won't re-start (probably because they withdrew the x64 download possibility).

Not of course that I know whether *that* will install on my 64-bit machine, but no-one out there (in Redmond and places nearby) can say I'm not trying.

Sometimes when you are running a web site you need to make decisions that some people won't understand.

I've just added a "Installation" Yes/No field to the WSS FAQ sites for the "Articles - 2007 Products" list and have also added the equivalent View.

I don't think that is going to be a problem for anyone.

But then I had to make the decision as to what I would list in Installation and now there could be some people muttering.

I decided to include ONLY installation of the RTM product. No papers on Upgrading from Beta versions will be shown if you select the Installation View. (They will however still be included in the List and will be accessible for instance via a Search or via a less-specific View).

My reasons for doing this were quite selfish.

For starters it was going to be a lot of work finding all the Upgrade papers I'd already added and clicking on the Installation check-box.

Then there'd be the question of where do I stop. Do I include only upgrading from Beta2 T¤R to RTM or do I also have Beta2 to Beta2TR ?

But finally - and the real reason I did it this way - if I restrict myself to RTM, these papers will continue to be relevant long after all beta users have moved to RTM from their Beta versions. (So no items listed that are irrelevant for most people and anyway what would be the cut-off date for deciding that people now no longer needed TR to RTM articles here?)