(Here's copy and paste at its best - or worst)

Microsoft give you a KB article with a list of issues that have been fixed in MOSS 2007 SP1, however about 30% of those fixes are not actually listed in the article !

Instead Microsoft just give you a list of all the KB articles and titles which earlier contained the hot-fixes which are now included in SP1. As these KB articles have Titles like "Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package - June 29 2007" they aren't much use.

So to avoid everyone having to go in to each of those (16) earlier "Description of .." articles, I've expanded them all and added them to the list of new fixes from the MS Issues that are fixed .. paper to give a complete list of all the problems that the MOSS 2007 SP1 contains fixes for.

It's here

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1298

P.S. I suspect that in order to have everything that has been fixed in MOSS 2007 SP1, you also - in addition to this FAQ item - also need to look at the equivalent item for WSS 3.0 SP1 (http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1297)

After all in order to upgrade MOSS 2007 to SP1 level you need to install both the WSS 3.0 SP1 upgrade *and* the MOSS 2007 SP1 upgrade.

In a perfect world, I'd combine those two lists into one, but for now (and maybe for ever) you're going to have to search both of them.

First to wrap up my review of the User's Guide book.

Yes, it's clear that it's target audience is Users who have had a site set up for them (as one correspondent mentioned).

Yes, too, it is very bland and hardly makes any "do this", "don't do this" recommendations (as another correspondent mentioned).

Despite occasional glimpses of user level guidance (for instance in the workflow section there are a couple of "how do I do this" examples), the book does not to my mind cover the "Learning ..." which is one of the three key "check items" included in the title.

It does more than justify the "comprehensive guidebook" second "check item" however. That this wasn't a source of joy for me doesn't remove my respect for the time taken by the writers to catalog everything in sight.

As for a User's Guide (third check item - and probably the buzz word which is selling this book), I am by no means sure. I would want my users to have a feel for what they should use a SharePoint site for in real life. I personally don't think this is achieved by giving them a complete list of all template types; list types etc. with full details as to which fields etc. are available/listed. It takes a special kind of user to want to wade through this amount of detail and an even more special kind of user to be able to feel anything less than overwhelmed (and very likely that "I don't want to have anything to do with this monster").

Anyway the book now has to go back to the library as time is almost up and it can't be renewed because someone else is waiting for it. Hopefully they gain more out of it than I did.



After that it's a pleasure to report that the third chapter of RealWorld SharePoint 2007 - which is Todd Klindt on SharePoint v3 Administration - is very good and immediately useful. I especially liked the part on using stsadm which was full of practical hints. (Something sadly lacking in the User's Guide book. Or did I say that already :) )

Microsoft give you a KB article with a list of issues that have been fixed in WSS 3.0 SP1, however about 35% of those fixes are not actually listed in the article !

Instead Microsoft just give you a list of all the KB articles and titles which earlier contained the hot-fixes which are now included in SP1. As these KB articles have Titles like "Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package - June 29 2007" that isn't much use.

So to avoid everyone having to go in to each of those (15 - of which one is actually a duplicate as it's embedded in another one) earlier "Description of .." articles, I've expanded them all and added them to the list of new fixes from the MS Issues that are fixed .. paper to give a complete list of all the problems that the WSS 3.0 SP1 contains fixes for.

It's here

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1297

(The MOSS equivalent will be on its way when my fingers stop hurting....)

Like anyone else I'm happy when an application update goes smoothly. But in my case with WSS 3.0 SP1 this happiness is tempered *a bit* by the fact that because it went smoothly I am unable to give any assistance in the newsgroups to people whose upgrade to SP1 did not go smoothly.

(I think, though, on balance that I prefer it to work for me ....)

Anyway here is the sum total of what I did.

1. Took my slightly out-of-date (as far as the information in the Lists/Libs go) copy of a WSS 3.0 VM (running with 1GB of memory) and installed WSS 3.0 SP1.

It worked.

(At this point I checked the version number in Site Settings and updated my FAQ item with version numbers)

2. I turned that VM off and started the original WSS 3.0 VM (with up-to-date lists/libs = WSS 3.0 versions of the V3-related lists from the WSS FAQ site, which is still v2-based).

First I did the poor man's backup (but fast) by just Saving all four Lists as Template (with content) - so I could recover to my copied VM that I'd already updated.

Then I updated the original WSS 3.0 VM. That worked too.

(Note: I always do this kind of upgrade by accessing www.wssfaq.com to get at the download link. It saves time compared to going to the MS download site and searching)

So there you are. It IS possible to upgrade WSS 3.0 to WSS 3.0 SP1 with no grief.

P.S. A semi-related warning. If you are upgrading MOSS 2007 to SP1 level, you need to run both the WSS 3.0 SP1 and then the MOSS 2007 SP1. That's I suspect common knowledge and you probably don't need to be warned about it.

What however you may need warning about is that that installation means that you run the WSS 3.0 SP1 but then uncheck the "run the configuration wizard" box. You then run the MOSS 2007 SP1 and only then (with both SP1s "installed" on your server) do you run the configuration wizard.

It says it somewhere in the documentation, but it's easy to miss so perhaps it's worth the warning here. Even if it only saves one person's grief it'll be worth my spending the extra time needed to mention it.

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 9th - 15th December 2007

I.1 2007 KB Articles    (*now only one section for WSS and MOSS*)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;937961

Description of Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 1 for the 2007 Office system (ver 2.1)

12th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;937162

Description of SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 1 (ver 2.1)

12th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;943589

Error message when you try to upgrade 2007 Office programs, Expression Web or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to the Service Pack 1 level if the Windows system drive has insufficient free disk space: "The installation of this package failed" (ver 1.1)

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;871149

How to force an upgrade in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (ver 2.0)  (previously a WSS 2.0 article with a different name [about version number])

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942388/

Issues that are fixed in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;936984

Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1 and the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Language Pack Service Pack 1

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;945967

You receive an error message when you try to install a slipstream installation of SharePoint Server 2007 on a server that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;942390

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 issues that are fixed by the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;936988

Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and of Windows SharePoint Services Language Pack 3.0 Service Pack 1 (ver 2.0)

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;944531

How to preserve Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content when you upgrade Windows Server 2008 RC0 to Windows Server 2008 RC1

10th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;945013

How to deploy 2007 Microsoft Office System Servers Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Office Server Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1 (ver 1.1)

8th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;943663

How to manually update the time zone definition in Windows SharePoint Services for the Venezuela time zone change

7th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;942995

You are prompted unexpectedly to restart the computer after you install a 2007 Office service pack or a 2007 Office update (ver 1.1)

6th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;944447

After you install the 2007 Office System Servers SP1 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 on a server that has the Foxit PDF IFilter installed, .pdf document types are not indexed (ver 1.1)

19th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;944446

Error message when you try to install 2007 Office System Servers Service Pack 1 (SP1) on a computer that also has Project Server 2007 installed (ver 1.2)

15th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;943100

How to set restrictions on a site collection to allow only users in a particular organizational unit on a computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (ver 1.1)

14th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;943105

After you install SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1, the maximum disk space that is used on a query server or on an index server increases to 2.85 times the physical size of the index (ver 1.2)

7th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;943102

How to enable the indexing of .xlsb files and of .zip files in SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (ver 1.1)

5th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;942620

You receive an error message when you try to install 2007 Office System Servers Service Pack 1 on a computer that does not have Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 installed (ver 1.2)

18th October 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;942621

The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard unexpectedly runs when you use quiet mode to install 2007 Microsoft Office System Servers or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and you apply a service pack, an update, or a hotfix (ver 1.3)

17th October 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;942619

After you apply Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, an event is logged in the Application log on the server: "User, group, or role 'WSS_Content_Application_Pools' already exists in the current database" (ver 1.1)

21st September 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;942618

The /log command-line switch and the /passive command-line switch do not function as expected when you run the installation package that contains Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (ver 1.1)

20th September 2007

Modiifed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832809

Icons are not displayed for Adobe PDF documents that are listed in the search results when you search your portal site in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and in SharePoint Server 2007 (ver 4.0)

11th December 2007

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New

None

Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2007 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;942381

Issues that are fixed in InfoPath 2007 by the 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1

11th December 2007

Modified

None

II. Articles - 2007 Products  (no longer with all links to articles for other Office 2007 and other 2007 Products)

New

A. Office 2007 Server Products

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx

SharePoint Products and Technologies Service Pack 1 Resource Center (Note: web page)

12th December 2007 (date added)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EF93E453-75F1-45DF-8C6F-4565E8549C2A&displaylang=en

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 1

11th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9FB41E51-CB03-4B47-B89A-396786492CBA&displaylang=en

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 x64 with Service Pack 1

11th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4191A531-A2E9-45E4-B71E-5B0B17108BD2&displaylang=en

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

11th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=05046B1D-DD7B-456A-8838-8D978C5F3579%20&displaylang=en

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1)

11th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C7CF102B-5DD8-4D86-BE5A-D56F63EF37A4&displaylang=en

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack Service Pack 1 (SP1), 64-Bit Edition

11th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD59175C-AD6A-4027-8C2F-DB25322F791B&displaylang=en

The 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 1 (SP1)

11th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B57C805D-2821-4625-A6F1-80725267F887&displayLang=en

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

11th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8D72B284-24F7-4CFB-9D22-D2A2651D4734&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

11th December 2007

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA101736671033.aspx?

Manage lists and libraries with many items

11th December 2007 (date added)

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA1-6598ENW.pdf

Deploying F5 Networks BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager with WebAccelerator for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (HP)

11th December 2007 (date added)

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/tmt/archive/2007/12/09/extending-the-sharepoint-fieldvalue-webcontrol.aspx

Extending the SharePoint:FieldValue WebControl (Blog - Waldek Mastykarz)

9th December 2007

http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!491.entry

Display Content Query Web Part Results in a Grid / Table (Blog - Paul Galvin)

9th December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/erickraus/archive/2007/12/09/enable-session-state-in-sharepoint-2007.aspx

Enable Session State in SharePoint 2007 (Blog - Eric Kraus)

9th December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/sam/archive/2007/12/08/test.aspx

Developing a reusable SQL Data viewer WebPart for Sharepoint -Part 3 (Blog - Sam)

8th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C815DFFA-D5F3-4B71-BF46-13721BD44682&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the 2007 Microsoft Office System

8th December 2007

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb896018.aspx

Visual How To: Customizing Search Results with Custom XSLTs in SharePoint Server 2007 (Patrick Tisseghem, U2U)

8th December 2007 (date added - date of documentation/video December 2007)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e4600fd9-f53d-4ded-88bf-6bb1932794f9&displaylang=en&tm

SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit (ver 1)

7th December 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdeveloperdocs/archive/2007/12/07/customizing-alert-notifications-and-alert-templates-in-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx

Customizing Alert Notifications and Alert Templates in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (MS TeamBlog - Albert Meerscheidt)

7th December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/george/archive/2007/12/07/draft-sharepoint-best-practices.aspx

SharePoint Best Practices (Blog - George Bonney)

7th December 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=105624&clcid=0x409

Performance Recommendations for Storage Planning and Monitoring

7th December 2007 (date added - date of white paper December 2007)

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100214341033.aspx

View, restore, or delete items in the Recycle Bin

7th December 2007 (date added)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/829cfa96-89b1-4a7b-b980-6d5d3e2a3ee11033.mspx?mfr=true

Mergecontentdbs: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server) (new option after SP1 installation)

6th December 2007

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/f577614d-e3ff-4e91-affc-6fdf7e94a9a31033.mspx?mfr=true

Tzmove: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server) (new option after SP1 installation)

6th December 2007

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/9b626a78-2b65-445c-b159-a9aa1dd48b3a1033.mspx

Renamesite: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server)

6th December 2007

http://www.liveside.net/blogs/developer/archive/2007/12/05/add-silverlight-to-sharepoint-2007.aspx

Add Silverlight to Sharepoint 2007 (Blog - "Hackersoft")

5th December 2007

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=8d9e2a99%2Df288%2D47c2%2D916b%2D2f32864f7b82&ID=34

When to Create a New Library (Blog - Janis Hall)

4th December 2007

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/91e1ed5d-d35e-4eb6-8013-7e323af5f4e61033.mspx?mfr=true

Enable and configure versioning (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)

3rd December 2007

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/5e32c8ec-0831-491a-8b3f-09fbbfc5a78a1033.mspx?mfr=true

Configure the Recycle Bin (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)

3rd December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/dez/archive/2007/11/30/moving-copying-documents-between-libraries-with-metadata-including-version-history.aspx

Copying documents between libraries with metadata - including version history (Blog - dink)

30th November 2007

B. Other Office 2007 products (selected few only since 1.1.2007)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb952744.aspx

Visual How To: Adding User Information from Active Directory Domain Services to InfoPath 2007 Forms (Mark Roberts)

8th December 2007 (date added - date of documentation/video November 2007)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7f4ce9c5-9e02-4b99-aa09-360d920d3ee0&displaylang=en&tm

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 SDK (ver 3.0.6362.35)

7th December 2007 (added for inclusion in the SDK View)

C. Other New 2006/2007 Products  (selected few only since 1.1.2007)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cb119c51-0171-4108-91db-4bd708c28f0d&displaylang=en&tm

Visual Studio 2008 Rhythm Training Virtual PC (Windows Server 2003) (expires March 2008)

13th December 2007

Modified

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2672f6f9-7028-4b30-99a2-18cb1eed1abe&DisplayLang=en

Project 2007: Software Development Kit (version 1.3-Dec07)

12th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=27342759-e9d6-4073-918c-e9dff77d0206&displaylang=en&tm

Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 VHD (ver 1.1)

7th December 2007 (added for inclusion in the VHD View)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/f484f5f2-35bb-4d70-bf56-dd1c4c287c721033.mspx

Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007

6th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=43621a8f-12fb-4e7c-bb38-1cbb6ef272c5&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VHD - 32-bit version (ver 1.0)

4th December 2007 (added for inclusion in the VHD View)

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/91649a7e-6b5a-4e5a-9ee5-51951f4b857f1033.mspx?mfr=true

Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

3rd December 2007

III WebCasts (+ PodCasts, On-Line courses) for 2007 Products
 
New

http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/msdn/office/2007officevisualhowtos/MOSS2007CustomizingSearchResultsWithCustomXSLTs.wmv

Visual How To: Customizing Search Results with Custom XSLTs in SharePoint Server 2007 (Video) (Patrick Tisseghem, U2U)

8th December 2007 (date added - date of documentation/video December 2007)

http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/msdn/office/2007officevisualhowtos/ip2007GettingUserInformationActiveDirectory.wmv

Visual How To: Adding User Information from Active Directory Domain Services to InfoPath 2007 Forms (Video) (Mark Roberts)

8th December 2007 (date added - date of documentation/video November 2007)

IV WSS v3 FAQ

New

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1291

III.54.08 Templates: Why do I not see "Save Site as Template" for certain sites?

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1293

V.78 Professional SharePoint Search (Wiley - Richard Riley, Tom Rizzo)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1294

V.79 SharePoint 2007 Development Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Apress - Mark Gerow)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1295

VI.93 MOSS BDC Design Studio (commercial - Simego)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1296

VI.94 ARK for SharePoint 2007  (ARKSP) (commercial - Vyapin)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1290

X.10 MOSS 2007 and WSS v3 Backup Script (free - Jerry Rasmussen) (previously at wwss.collutions.com only by mistake)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1289

X.100 Imtech Test Content Generator v1.3.0.0 (free - Codetech, Waldek Mastykarz)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1292

X.101 WPGalleryGroupChanger (free -  Steven Van de Craen)

Modified

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=813

V.07 Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Technologies: Planning, Design and Implementation (Digital Press - Kevin Laahs, Emer McKenna, Veli-Matti Vanamo) *released*

V WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;826789

How to Configure SQL Full-Text Search to Search for MHT Files (ver 1.3)

30th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;821512

Only Operations That Are Performed by Administrators Are Logged to the W3wp<ApplicationPoolName>.log File (ver 2.4)

30th November 2007

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=823379

You receive a "Server Error in '/' Application. Access to the path <path> is denied" error message when you log on to Windows SharePoint Services (ver 9.1)

11th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891983

Supported scenario to restore a backup of data from the original release version of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (ver 3.5)

4th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827701

How to perform a disaster recovery operation of SharePoint Services Companyweb and SharePoint Services Databases (ver 5.5)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=829112

How to back up and restore http://companyweb data in Windows Small Business Server 2003 (ver 8.4)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=829114

How to remove and how to install the Windows Small Business Server 2003 SharePoint Services Companyweb Web site (ver 6.2) (Applies only to the WSS in SBS 2003)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=829113

How to restore a Windows SharePoint Services CompanyWeb database after the intranet component and SQL Server or MSDE 2000 have been removed on Windows Small Business Server (ver 8.1)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=886618

"HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error" error message when you try to open the Companyweb Web site after you perform a disaster recovery in Windows Small Business Server 2003 (ver 2.3)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=829036

The Microsoft SharePoint Administrator option on the Administrative Tools menu does not open the Windows SharePoint Services administration Web page in Windows Small Business Server 2003 (ver 2.3) [Only in an SBS 2003 environment]

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833019

You receive an "Error code: 2779" error message when you install Windows SharePoint Services, create a new content database, or provision a new virtual server (ver 10.5)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;841216

"0x80040E14" or "HTTP 500" error message when you connect to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site after you install a Windows SharePoint Services service pack or a security update (ver 8.1)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821501

Considerations That Apply When You Install Class Server and You Install Windows SharePoint Services on the Same Server (ver 1.2)

30th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;837849

How to add an icon to Windows SharePoint Services to represent Adobe PDF documents that are stored in document libraries (ver 2.3)

30th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823208

There Is No Option in the Shared Workspace Task Pane of an Office 2003 Program to Edit the "Location for New Workspace" List (ver 2.4)

30th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827395

You Receive an "Error Occurred While Processing Data For This Request..." Error Message When Try to Access a Page on Your Windows SharePoint Services Web Site (ver 2.4)

30th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;875339

"No Updates Were Installed" error message when you try to install Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 from the Windows Update Web site (ver 4.7)

26th September 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823547

You receive an "Exception of type System.OutOfMemoryException was thrown" error message when you access a Web page on the portal site in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 3.6)

31st May 2007

VI WSSv2 FAQ

New and Modified 

None

I skimmed through Chapters 5 (List) and 6 (Libraries) of the User's Guide yesterday.

They were more of the same.

Detailed descriptions of List and Library templates as supplied. Not much more.

This book is really hard to recommend even for its presumed audience. The only questions it really answers (if we ignore the Note:, Info:, and Caution: bits I mentioned last time) are things like "I see xxx template listed, if I click on this what kind of a site/list does it create for me and what are the default fields it uses?" So why not just click on it and see for yourself ?

That's it. I'm not even going to add any Google ads ...

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 2nd - 8th December 2007

I.1 2007 KB Articles    (*now only one section for WSS and MOSS*)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;945396

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 services that were previously removed are restored after you restore the system state on a Windows Server 2008-based computer

30th November 2007

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;924739

Error message when you try to add an existing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 list to an Access 2007 database: "You do not have the necessary permissions to use the '<ListName>' object"

4th December 2007

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New

None

Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2007 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;867443

Description of security considerations and privacy considerations for forms that you create in Office InfoPath (ver 2.1)

4th December 2007

Modified

None

II. Articles - 2007 Products  (no longer with all links to articles for other Office 2007 and other 2007 Products)

New

A. Office 2007 Server Products

http://www.moss2007.be/blogs/vandest/archive/2007/12/06/splist-some-things-worth-mentioning.aspx

SPList: Some things worth mentioning (Blog - Steven Van de Craen)

6th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en&tm

Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image (ver 2.2)

6th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=673dc932-626a-4e59-9dca-16d685600a51&displaylang=en&tm

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training (ver 1)  (version for installing on MOSS 2007)

6th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7BB3A2A3-6A9F-49F4-84E8-FF3FB71046DF&displaylang=en

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training (ver 1) (Standalone Edition)

5th December 2007

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb897399.aspx#MOSS2007CustomizingContentQueryWebPartsbyUsingCustomProperties_ExploreIt

Visual How To: Customizing Content Query Web Parts by Using Custom Properties in Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Joel Krist, Akona Systems)

6th December 2007 (date added - date of article December 2007)

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/12/05/10-things-to-optimize-your-sharepoint-server-indexing.aspx

10 Things To Optimize your SharePoint Server Indexing (MS Blog - Joel Oleson)

5th December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/bobbyhabib/archive/2007/12/05/create-a-google-map-web-part-for-free.aspx

Create a Google Map Web Part for Free (Blog - Bobby Habib)

5th December 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdeveloperdocs/archive/2007/12/05/content-migration-in-sharepoint-post-2.aspx

Content Migration in SharePoint (Post 2) (MS Blog - NickG, SP Developer Dcoumentation Team Blog)

5th December 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/12/04/default-web-application-policies-and-determining-number-of-service-accounts.aspx

Default Web Application Policies and Determining Number of Service Accounts (MS Blog - Joel Oleson)

4th December 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/12/03/sharepoint-server-topology-server-roles-and-services-on-server.aspx

SharePoint Server Topology - Server Roles and Services on Server (MS Blog - Joel Oleson)

3rd December 2007

http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2007/12/03/managing-master-merge-in-microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx

Managing Master Merge in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MS Blog - William Baer)

3rd December 2007

http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!447.entry

Create Bar Graphs in SharePoint (Blog - Paul Galvin)

2nd December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/sam/archive/2007/12/02/developing-a-reusable-sql-data-viewer-webpart-for-sharepoint-part-ii.aspx

Developing a reusable SQL Data viewer WebPart for Sharepoint - Part II (Blog - Samdup Surkhang)

2nd December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/sam/archive/2007/11/30/developing-a-reusable-sql-data-viewer-webpart-for-sharepoint.aspx

Developing a reusable SQL Data viewer Web Part for Sharepoint (Blog - Samdup Surkhang)

30th November 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdeveloperdocs/archive/2007/11/30/content-migration-in-sharepoint.aspx

Content Migration in SharePoint (MS Blog - NickG, SP Developer Dcoumentation Team Blog)

30th November 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdeveloperdocs/archive/2007/11/30/creating-new-actions-files-for-code-free-workflow-editors.aspx

Creating new .ACTIONS files for code-free workflow editors (MS Blog - Rodney Farris, SP Developer Dcoumentation Team Blog)

30th November 2007

http://www.mtelligent.com/journal/2007/9/30/using-a-custom-list-to-store-configuration-data.html

Using a Custom List to Store Configuration Data  (Blog - David San Filippo)

30th November 2007

http://www.mtelligent.com/journal/2007/9/29/sharepoint-2007-custom-date-time-field-to-default-the-time-t.html

SharePoint 2007 Custom Date Time Field to default the time to the current time  (Blog - David San Filippo)

29th November 2007

http://tinyurl.com/2dgbsf

MSDN Webcast: Building SharePoint Server 2007 Document Workflows with Visual Studio 2008 (Level 300) (Robert Shelton)

28th November 2007

http://tinyurl.com/2d77vp

TechNet Webcast: Protecting Microsoft SharePoint with Data Protection Manager (Level 200) (Jason Buffington)

27th November 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdeveloperdocs/archive/2007/11/15/extending-workflow-actions-for-sharepoint-designer.aspx

Extending Workflow Actions for SharePoint Designer (MS Blog - Rodney Farris, SP Developer Dcoumentation Team Blog)

15th November 2007

http://www.mtelligent.com/journal/2007/10/17/the-insanity-of-getting-versions-of-a-multilinetext-box-set-.html

The Insanity of getting Versions of a MultiLineText box set to Append Changes (Blog - David San Filippo)

17th October 2007

http://www.mtelligent.com/journal/2007/10/14/adding-back-lookup-columns-in-the-provisioning-handler.html

Adding Back Lookup Columns in the Provisioning Handler (Blog - David San Filippo)

14th October 2007

http://www.mtelligent.com/journal/2007/10/13/overcoming-the-limitations-of-the-sharepoint-solution-genera.html

Overcoming the limitations of the SharePoint Solution Generator (Blog - David San Filippo)

13th October 2007

http://www.mtelligent.com/journal/2007/10/9/maping-from-splist-field-types-to-net-types.html

Mapping from SPList Field Types to .Net Types (Blog - David San Filippo)

9th October 2007

http://www.mtelligent.com/journal/2007/10/7/customizing-the-quick-launch-menu-with-spnavigationnode-spna.html

Customizing the Quick Launch menu with SPNavigationNode, SPNavigationNodeCollection and Audiences (Blog - David San Filippo)

7th October 2007

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

Deploy using DBA-created databases (Office SharePoint Server)

14th June 2007

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/88317397-e0cb-47c7-9093-7872bc6852131033.mspx?mfr=true

Configure incoming e-mail settings (Office SharePoint Server)

29th March 2007

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/bd99c3a9-0333-4c1c-9793-a145769e48e61033.mspx?mfr=true

Install Office SharePoint Server 2007 on a stand-alone computer

16th November 2006

B. Other Office 2007 products (selected few only since 1.1.2007)

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/andynoon/archive/2007/12/06/infopath-forms-server-data-sources-and-authentication.aspx

InfoPath Forms Server, Data Sources and Authentication (Blog - Andrew Noon)

6th December 2007

C. Other New 2006/2007 Products  (selected few only since 1.1.2007)

None

 

Modified

None

III WebCasts (+ PodCasts, On-Line courses) for 2007 Products
 
New

http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/msdn/office/2007OfficeVisualHowTos/MOSS2007CustomizingCQWPsbyUsingCustomProperties.wmv

Visual How To: Customizing Content Query Web Parts by Using Custom Properties in Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Video) (Joel Krist, Akona Systems)

6th December 2007 (date added - date of article December 2007)

IV WSS v3 FAQ

New

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1283

V.76 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Das Handbuch (in German) (MSPress Deutschland - Erin O'Connor)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1284

V.77 Unternehmensprozesse optimieren mit SharePoint - Das 'Prozesshaus'-Modell (in German) (MSPress Deutschland - Helmut Reinke , Andrea Monadjemi, Dagmar Herzog)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1282

VI.88 Universal SharePoint Manager 2007 (commercial - iDevFactory)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1285

VI.89 Flash Image Rotator Web Part for SharePoint 2007 (commercial - Data Springs Inc.)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1286

VI.90 Flash News Ticker for Sharepoint 2007 (commercial - Data Springs Inc.)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1287

VI.91 Stock Quote Web Part for SharePoint 2007 (commercial - Data Springs Inc.)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1288

VI.92 Random Image Web Part for Sharepoint 2007 (commercial - Data Springs Inc.)

Modified

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1075

V.51 Office SharePoint Server 2007 und Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Das Lösungsbuch für Administratoren und Entwickler(in German) (Galileo Computing - Ulrich B. Boddenberg) *released*

V WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

None

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=823379

You receive a "Server Error in '/' Application. Access to the path <path> is denied" error message when you log on to Windows SharePoint Services (ver 8.2)

3rd December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;871149

The version number that is in Site Settings is not updated to 6.0.2.6361 after you install Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 (ver 1.4)

26th September 2007

VI WSSv2 FAQ

New

None

Modified

None

Chapter 4 is List concepts and so it's reasonably something I should know well.

So it didn't take long to review it and see that it was "more of the same" or in other words an incredible amount of detail with only the Ocassional "Note"; "Tip"; or (very occasional) "Caution" to prove that the writers do actually know quite a lot about SharePoint rather than being only people who have painstakingly gone through every function (and screen) in a SharePoint system and catalogued every detail. (That, unfortunately, is the abiding impression as there is just too much detail and not enough insights).

One of the things I was glad to see was the advice (in a "Tip") to perhaps not use folders - in fact Folders were given just over a page, which in a book like this is unusually little.

There were only two things I didn't like about this Tip. Firstly it wasn't a clear "Don't Use Folders, Use Views" Tip and Secondly the tip didn't mention Views at all.

Here's the text of the Tip. What do you think of it?

"Instead of using folders to organize a list, have the manager of the list create custom columns you can use to categorize the list items. This is generally seen as the more appropriate way to organize information in SharePoint and supports more robust display options and searching."

Bit wishy-washy isn't it ("generally seen as the most appropriate way") and what do you usually do when you have create one or more custom columns ? That's right, you create Views that use them. So why not say so?

Another Note (in this case), that I was glad to see there, was one that mentioned that with Excel 2007, you can't (as you could with the SharePoint 2003 products and Excel 2003) synchronize modifications back to a SharePoint List (when you have a list linked to Excel). It's useful to have this clearly stated.

In summary though, more a detailed list of what the SharePoint 2007 Lists contain than the learning book at least part of the Title of the book promised. 

A quick check of the Amazon.de site expecting to find no changes and certainly no new books brought both.

This: Office SharePoint Server 2007 und Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Das Lösungsbuch für Administratoren und Entwickler(in German) (Galileo Computing - Ulrich B. Boddenberg) http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1074 is now released and in stock at Amazon.de

There's also a new translation announced from English. Interesting because I far as I can remember the English version isn't available on the streets yet.

That's this one: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Das Handbuch (in German) (MSPress Deutschland - Erin O'Connor) http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1283 

Finally there's a new German language original book: Unternehmensprozesse optimieren mit SharePoint - Das 'Prozesshaus'-Modell (in German) (MSPress Deutschland - Helmut Reinke , Andrea Monadjemi, Dagmar Herzog) which if my interpretation of the title (Optimising Company processes with SharePoint - the "Process House" model) is correct is likely to be a very worthy and totally unreadable book that will however sell to that section of the book-buying community who like having worthy sounding books in their bookshelf at the office.

That at least is what my experience of working in Germany is screaming at me when I see that title. If you want to send me a copy when it's out (!) it's here. http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1284 

But even with that excluded, German speakers are doing well for German language books and there are more to come in the next few months

Here's my posting from mid August after I installed WSS 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 R2.

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Today I had exactly the same problem after installing Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 and then (correctly) WSS 3.0.

I guess MS have "improved" that product too - yes, sir, no security problems with your sites if you don't let anyone access them!

 

Despite all my intentions of skipping to chapter 7, I thought I'd better at least glance through chapter 3 which is the MOSS 2007 equivalent of the chapter two I really hated.

It just shows how much previous experience counts for when you make comments on the quality (or not) of books.

In this case I know WSS 3.0 well so the listing with a picture of every single different template type did not go down well.

I don't however know MOSS 2007 half so well and so the identical listing of every single template type with screen shot in Chapter 3 gave me a very quick overview of what is included in MOSS 2007.

However the main point from chapter 2 remains. I'm not a User so even if Chapter 3 was OK for me, it was still OK only because of my experience of using WSS 3.0 a lot as an Administrator (and user). I still don't think that the typical new user is well served by what in effect is a List of all templates even if it includes a screen shot of each one. Even I found the list per template of exactly which Lists it contains to be no more than a page-filler and far too much detail.

So in conclusion, despite me gaining something from chapter 3, this book continues to be a long list of what is in WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007 and not a learning tool. It is however selling well but how much that is down to it being the only book out there that says it is for "Users" and how much it's due to the content is another question.

The Amazon US link is here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590598296/heme0f