I've just installed Windows Server 2008 RC1 on a VM in order to see what I need to do to get "WSS 3.0+SP1" to work on it.

I first installed Windows Server 2008 months ago and I don't remember thinking that it was any different (or in typical MS words "a different installation experience") to installing Windows Server 2003 and then adding WSS 3.0.

Maybe my memory is going but I certainly think I would remember some of the decisions I needed to make this time.

This post by the way is only going to be an "as I remember" post. I can see that I'm going to have to install this thing many many times with different parameters before I can get a real grasp of what is really needed before you install WSS 3.0.

The first choice is that you can decide between Core functions only and Full. Now I don't know about you, but I had no idea whether installing Core functions only would mean that WSS 3.0 would install or run or not, so I installed Full.

That in turn just lies there (at first not accepting that I have network connection until I re-boot it but that's maybe because it was installed in a VM) and you need to specify the Applications Server role.

Now that was all you needed to do with Windows Server 2003 before running the .Net Framework install and installing WSS 3.0, but now with 2008 it *appears* that this doesn't include IIS support and so you are - shall we say - "encouraged" to install "Web Services (IIS)" (some such name) as well.

Around this point you are presented with sub-menus for those two main things and, yes, I did click a few things almost at random (well they looked as if I might need them).

Also at some point around here (maybe one of those sub-menus in fact) you could X for the installation of .NET Framework 3.0, so that's no longer a seperate install but is part of Windows Server 2008.

Anyway all that lot was set to churn around for a while and eventually was done and (with or without a re-boot ? I must really learn to write these things down) then I could run the standard "WSS 3.0+SP1" installation after which I had of course the configuration wizard phase and after that (perhaps not "of course") a working WSS 3.0 default site.

I'm ashamed to say that although I "could" run the standard '"WSS 3.0+SP1" installation' what I actually first tried to run (and twice too) was the WSS 3.0 SP1 download which not surprisingly didn't find a product it could update and posted a message to that effect. My excuse is that this installation was working on a Mac behind my back while I was also doing work on my work machine and thus I was distracted, but TWICE ??

So there you have it. Obviously I'm going to have to do this install again and write down exactly what I installed. Then once more missing one thing out and seeing if the installation still went through (and so on). I'll also need to do this for both the core and the full version - although I think I'll go to hunt for some documentation on the core version first, I'm not that mad.

So lot's of "fun" ahead and by the time I've finished I'll have to do it all again for the RTM version.

P.S. I first tried to install this on VMWare Fusion (which is the Mac equivalent of VMWare workstation) and it complained about missing drivers and wouldn't install. So I installed it in Parallels and there at the same point in the install it just went straight to the screen that asked for the MSDN code. Thus proving that sometimes it is good to have two completely different sets of Virtual Machine software available even though the machine has fits if one VM from each system is running at the same time (but that might well be caused by memory shortages as it doesn't exactly crash).

P.P.S. Later: (much later) A fellow MVP confirmed that WSS 3.0 would install on the core system. Something about not being able to install .Net Framework on the core version. So what *can* you do with the core version I wonder ?

I have a lot of admiration for the SBS 2003 MVPs as this requires knowledge of a vast quantity of Microsoft products combined with how they work together in the SBS 2003 environment.

I don't however have much time for some of the people who post questions about WSS 2.0 or WSS 3.0 *running on SBS 2003* in a SharePoint newsgroup as at least half the time their problems derive from the fact that they are running either WSS product in a SBS 2003 environment (and some of them arise just from an SBS 2003 environment and have nothing really to do with WSS at all - think network connections)

But I still have to read their questions and decide for myself whether the answer is a universal one that would also apply to WSS 2.0/3.0 in a Windows 2003 Server environment or not, which needs at least a minimal amount of knowledge about what you get in SBS 2003.

So (preamble over) I was interested to see a Redmond Channel Partner article (Jan 2008 edition) about what the next "SBS" product will include.

The Standard edition has:

Windows Server 2008; Exchange Server 2007 and System Center Essentials for Management with ISA Server (version not specified) and Forefront Security for Exchange

The Enterprise edition is the Standard edition plus SQL Server 2008.

So it's based on Windows Server 2008, which is one reason why it's still in beta.

But where's Windows SharePoint Services ? I presume it isn't "missing in action" and all this means is that just as with Windows Server 2008 itself, WSS will no longer be bundled with "SBS xxxx" but you will just use the standard download the rest of us use.

This will be a "Good Thing" as hopefully this means that running WSS xxxx (to start with no doubt WSS 3.0) or even MOSS 2007 on SBS xxxx will be identical to running it on Windows server 2008. **** But see below - Late News ***

I certainly hope so as then I can just ignore whether someone has SBS xxxx or (directly) Windows Server 2008 as their platform and just get on with answering the question if I can.

P.S. The other news from that article is that from being a single server solution for a maximum of 75 users (SBS 2003), SBS xxxx can be run on up to three servers to divide the load.

Oddly enough though there is no mention of any new maximum number of users, nor is there any mention that 64-bit machines will be needed. At least I presume so (64-bit machines that is) because doesn't Exchange 2007 require them *and* a 64-bit OS ?

P.P.S. The new name is said to be "Windows Essential Business Server". We'll see if it makes it to RTM with that name. Somehow WEBS is a bit off.  *** But see below "slightly later news" ***

Late news: Wayne in the first comment here said that the Beta of SBS 2008 does include WSS 3.0. So it's just the guy who wrote that RCP article who didn't think it worthwhile mentioning ... Shame on you !

Slightly later news (note to myself: don't ever write anything on SBS ....): Handy Andy's comment is that

The "EBS or EBS Essential Busness Server (was code named Centro)"mentioned above "is not the next version of SBS, it is a new Mid Market Multi-Server product for folks getting too big for SBS, it will have a limit in the range of 250-300 seats (still not set in stone from my understanding)"

He adds

"For more on EBS http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/ServerSolutions/businessserver.mspx"

There was an earlier thread about trying to save copies of streaming videos from zdf.de for viewing in weeks where I had more time. There the thread was mainly about why paying to upgrade QuickTime to QuickTime Pro to get a Save Video function didn't help.

Later I discovered that the basic (old) methods work - but only in one case, which is odd. What follows below started out as a comment to that earlier blog but simply became too long.

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What's even odder is that in one XPPro system (Murphy's Law means it's the slowest machine in the house) I can find the .mov file in the Internet Explorer cache and can copy it across to another place in the file system and play it.

In Vista and in the dual-booted XPPro on that machine, the .mov file (theoretically created in the same way by running the video in Quick Time to the end) doesn't appear.

(and, Yes, I have checked the locations - the only difference is that where it IS working I've changed the default location in IE; where it isn't working I haven't).

Thinks: could it be that the old IEPro is IE6 and the new IE7 ??

P.S. Of course my Mac knowledge is such that I haven't a clue where to look for the Safari cache !

P.P.S. Yesterday my Internet access was down so I decided that this was a perfect opportunity to go to that IE6 machine and play back the .mov file. Guess what !? It didn't work. It turned out that was a stub too ... Ah well, back to the drawing board.

I've been exchanging e-mails with a fellow SharePoint MVP who works for Newsgator muttering about the Newsgator Online service having abandoned its "Classic" look and gone completely with their "faster" (= not for me) Beta version. A couple of days ago he advised me to go to http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/Default.aspx and sign up for both Feed Demon for my Vista portable and NetNewsWire for my Mac, both of which had become free to use (as Newsgator Online always was).

My counter for that was that the reason I was using Newsgator Online was because I could switch machines (including work machines) when using that because things I'd read on the Vista machine (or work machine) were no longer visible on the Mac (and vice versa). He assured me that there would be synchronization between Feed Demon and NetNewsWire so I thought I'd give them a try.

Having first thought I was on the Mac (which shows how Tiger and Vista can have a similar feel to them - but probably more likely just shows I wasn't properly awake [I had both the Mac and the Vista switched on as the Mac was running my WSS 3.0 site but was actually using the Vista machine]) I finally stopped wondering why NetNewsWire didn't want to install and instead installed Feed Demon.

I had of course the standard "do you want us a) to give you some sample feeds b) no feeds c) import some feeds and I decided to import my many existing feeds from Newsgator Online by doing an Export to OPML and using that file to import into Feed Demon. I then spent a good 15 mins going through all the options in Newsgator Online only to find that in this beta look (now the only one you have) you CAN'T export your feeds to an OPML file. You can Import but that was of no use to me.

So I was left with the choice of no feeds or give me some sample feeds. A toss-up really, but I went for "some sample feeds" and was somewhat amazed to find that the sample feeds it had generated were in fact my Newsgator On-line feeds. Unfortunately with a lot of additional rubbish as well, but still.

So I was happy - or was I ?

I was until I went back to Newsgator On-line and found that it too had miraculously acquired all those other rubbish feeds from Feed Demon.

So as a result and rather sooner than expected I'm going to have to spend the next hour or so removing all those rubbishy feeds from Feed Demon (or Online?) so that I can use one of these things without that baggage.

In fact, on second thoughts (isn't it a good thing I decided to write this blog article as otherwise I wouldn't have thought about it) I'm going to install the Mac NetNewsWire first and then remove the rubbishy feeds - otherwise no doubt I'm going to have to do that all over again.

In the long run of course this synchronization among the three products is a real boom - I'll probably only use Newsgator On-line in future when in Internet Cafés (= never or rather hardly ever)

P.S. The NetNewsWire implementation was awful. (Looked nice but was a pig to use sensibly) so I was forced to remove it from the machine completely (as even URLs to forum messages entered into Safari were being opened there rather than in Safari so I could only read them and not reply to them).

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.)

P.S. Yes the Roman numbers I started when I moved this weekly post from one blog to another are getting to be boring but I'm stuck with them now.

From 6th - 12th January 2008

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

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;943605

The Windows SharePoint Services Search index may be corrupted when you upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 (ver 1.1)

8th January 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;944981

You cannot upload files that are larger than 28 MB on a Windows Server 2008-based computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (ver 1.1)

7th January 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;946306

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 does not appear in the list of the components that can be backed up when you use Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008

3rd January 2008

Modified

None

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New

None

Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2007 KB Articles

New

None

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://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb986729.aspx

Visual How To: Adding Code-Behind Files to Master Pages and Page Layouts in SharePoint Server 2007 (Andrew Connell, Andrew Connell Inc.)

12th January 2008 (date added - article is January 2008)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb986730.aspx

Visual How To: Adding Custom Quick Access Buttons to the Page Editing Toolbar in SharePoint Server 2007 (Andrew Connell, Andrew Connell Inc.)

12th January 2008 (date added - article is January 2008)

http://www.bdcmetaman.com/downloads/bdc-sso-whitepaper.zip

Configuring BDC and SSO (Brett Lonsdale, Lightning Tools) *needs site registration*

9th January 2008 (date added)

http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2008/01/08/dynamic-application-of-master-pages-in-microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx

Dynamic Application of Master Pages in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MSBlog - William Baer)

8th January 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30a7365b-91c5-4c28-85a5-9ab861168c0e&displaylang=en&tm

Update for Windows Internal Database x86 (WYukon SP2 x86) (version 09.00.3042.3)

8th January 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=de6b898b-1e59-4571-a301-d26fb39d6d9f&displaylang=en&tm

Update for Windows Internal Database x64 (WYukon SP2 x64) (version 09.00.3042.3)

8th January 2008

http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/2008/01/single-server-rms-and-moss-2007_06.html

Single Server RMS and MOSS 2007 Installation from a SharePoint Perspective (Blog - Russell Wright, SharePoint Solutions)

6th January 2008

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/tmt/archive/2008/01/06/automatically-generating-a-hierarchical-title-in-lt-title-gt-element.aspx

Automatically generating a hierarchical Title in <title> element (Blog - Waldek Mastykarz)

6th January 2008

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/zimmer/archive/2008/01/04/moss-2007-add-support-for-ajax-in-your-sharepoint-installation.aspx

MOSS 2007: Add support for AJAX in your SharePoint installation (Blog - Tobias Zimmergren)

4th January 2008

http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/2007/06/three-state-workflow-forgotten-out-of.html

The Three-State Workflow - The Forgotten Out-Of-The-Box Workflow for Both WSS and MOSS (Blog - Rickey Spears, SharePoint Solutions)

22nd June 2007

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

None

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ec2ca85d-b255-4425-9e65-1e88a0bdb72a&displaylang=en&tm

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1

11th January 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6&displaylang=en&tm

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

11th January 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=82e632a7-faf9-41e0-8ec1-a2662aae9dfb

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Software Development Kit (ver 4.0.0)

4th January 2008

Modified

(The web page with the link to the following download no longer exists; the download location however does)

http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/c/0ecd3738-e5f8-4196-aaaf-cdf1d53b6462/STSV2.EXE

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Beta 2 Technical Refresh

(previous date of 14th September 2006 kept)

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

http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/msdn/office/2007OfficeVisualHowTos/MOSS2007CodeBehindPublishing.wmv

Visual How To: Adding Code-Behind Files to Master Pages and Page Layouts in SharePoint Server 2007 (Video) (Andrew Connell, Andrew Connell Inc.)

12th January 2008 (date added - article is January 2008)

http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/msdn/office/2007OfficeVisualHowTos/MOSS2007CustomWcmQuickAccessButtons.wmv

Visual How To: Adding Custom Quick Access Buttons to the Page Editing Toolbar in SharePoint Server 2007 (Video) (Andrew Connell, Andrew Connell Inc.)

12th January 2008 (date added - article is January 2008)

IV WSS v3 FAQ

New

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=1311

I.31.08 What issues are fixed in the Service Pack 2 for the Windows Internal Database?

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=1309

X.102 User Comments and Ratings web parts (free - SharePoint Solutions) *requires registration on the site*

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=1310

X.103 A little GUID picker (free - Ronalus)

Modified

None

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V WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

None

Modified

None

VI WSSv2 FAQ

New

None

Modified

None

I recently got hold of the Vista Annoyances book from O'Reilly. Flipped it open at a random page and found lots of good tips on how to Save a video that was running in a browser.

None of the free tips worked on the video I wanted to save so I finally decided that I'd wasted enough time on the free solutions and went for the guaranteed method of upgrading my free QuickTime to QuickTime Pro because then I'd be able to (according to the book) Right-click in the centre of the QuickTime screen and select Save Movie.

(I'd checked of course that this option was there)

So I signed up for QuickTime Pro. Paid the excessive 30 *Euros* for Finland (US users pay 30 dollars or 20 Euros but I don't have a US address for my credit card) and after a problem registering it (a valid code isn't enough you also have to enter the exact name - so Mike Walsh wasn't good enough, it had to be Michael Walsh) was finally able to Save the Video.

Or so it seemed.

After waiting for a while all I had was a file of 4KB. Could that be really the size ?? Clicking that opened the video in QuickTime OK but only when I was connected to the Internet. Pull the cable out and it was showing Bad Address.

So I ran the entire video to the end while saving a second copy. Still only 4KB; still only worked when connected.

Those German programmers are ********, they've obviously gone through hoops to make sure you can't save their videos (which are from the ZDF "Videothek" and are not the Live Stream videos) using either free or commercial tools.

I suppose I should have known when the free tools didn't work but, No, I had to add money to the time I'd wasted.

I don't blame the O'Reilly book by the way. Obviously the tips would work if it weren't for some sneaky programming by those German guys which mean that the video (from their storage system) is still played as if it were being streamed.

Still the idea of saving a few of the week's Krimis until a week when I have more time to watch them vanished into smoke. If only they were consistent and you knew which ones you could watch several weeks later and which not. (The same applies to their Live Streams - some of those programs appear later in the "Videothek" so you can watch them later in the week; but some don't - and there's no way you know which as there is no logic such as Program X Live Streams never are in the Videothek; Program Y Live Streams always are in the Videothek.)

Sometimes it's useful to have actually read the documentation before you do things. Sometimes even that doesn't help if you don't have your wits about you.

I knew that in order to upgrade a MOSS 2007 installation to SP1 you need first of all to install the WSS 3.0 SP1 *files* - that is you do NOT run the SharePoint configuration wizard.

So I ran the WSS 3.0 SP1 installation .exe and prepared to get the page that has a cross at the bottom left hand corner which selects "run the SharePoint confiugration wizard" and when that page arrived I was prepared to un-select it before ending the installation.

Needless to say that page didn't come. Instead I got a page that said "This wizard will upgrade ...."; Next to continue or Cancel.

This left me in a bit of a quandry. Would Next just go to a Page where I had the check box I was expecting, or would it immediately run the wizard ? Would Cancel back-out the "installation" of all those files or would it leave them in the system ?

The page didn't help me decide what would happen so I went for the safe option and pressed Cancel. After all I could re-do the (file) installation if it did back it out.

As it happens, it doesn't. Cancel just means "Don't run the configuration wizard". Isn't it a pity they don't say so instead of writing "cancel to exit the wizard" which leaves you in some doubts as to which wizard they mean and at what stage you are exiting.

That done and with the WSS 3.0 SP1 installation files on the server, I set off to run the MOSS 2007 SP1 installation.

Now I know I should have known better but when - as usual - I went to the Download section of the Articles - 2007 Products part of the WSS FAQ site looking for this, I looked for all combinations of MOSS 2007 SP1.

It doesn't exist of course. MS in their wisdom have a common Service Pack 1 for "Office Servers" (MOSS, Project; Groove) and eventually I remembered this and couldn't find it under that name either ! So a search of the page for SP1 and there it was "The 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 1 (SP1)". Somehow looking under "The 2007" in the view that was sorted by Name wasn't obvious.

Anyway there it was. I set it going knowing that if the WSS 3.0 SP1 files weren't already there there'd be an error message. There wasn't. The Office Servers SP1 installed *its* files on the server and now again there was the Next = run wizard page.

This time I wanted to run it and (crossing my fingers) set it going.

After all the above (and naturally the earlier copy of a working MOSS 2007 VM just in case the upgrade crashed in flames), it's perhaps a disappointment to you all to hear that the upgrade worked successfully.

So, sorry, once again I can't help people whose upgrades have gone wrong at some stage in the wizard routine.

P.S. But, once again, not that sad :)

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.

Special Note: No, I've not been lazy. It's just been a very slow week.

(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 30th December 2007 - 5th January 2008


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

New

None

Modified

None

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New

None

Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2007 KB Articles

New

None

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.sharepointblogs.com/llowevad/archive/2008/01/02/moving-to-a-new-database-server-or-instance.aspx

Moving to a new database server (or instance) (Blog - Dave Wollerman)

2nd January 2008

http://projectserver201.blogspot.com/2008/01/issues-fixed-in-project-server-2007.html

Issues fixed in Project Server 2007 with SP1 (Blog - Scott M. Wagner)

1st January 2008

http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2008/01/01/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007-to-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0-site-level-migration.aspx

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Site-Level Migration (Blog - William Baer)

1st January 2008

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa/archive/2007/12/30/using-business-data-catalog-definition-editor.aspx

Using Business Data Catalog Definition Editor (Blog - S.S.Ahmed)

30th December 2007

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

None

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=74dd6e2d-89c6-4e1e-af00-fc7d70f15439&displaylang=en&tm

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 (ver 6.1)

2nd January 2008


Modified

None

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

New

None

IV WSS v3 FAQ

New

Note: I've moved the InfoPath 2007 books from the "Non-SP Books" section for better visibility (and to line them up with the existing Forms Services book).

(For the moment I've also left them in the Non-SP Books section, but this may change)

I'm always grateful for information about books - especially non-English language books - that I don't include in the list.

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1306

I.31.07 What issues are fixed in Project Server 2007 SP1?

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1303

V.83 InfoPath 2007 (in French) (Editions ENI - Jean-François Fustec) *released*

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1304

V.84 Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 - Das Handbuch (mit Sonderteil Forms Server) (in German) (MS Press Deutschland - Egbert Jeschke, Helmut Reinke, Sven Maier) *released*

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1305

V.85 Pro InfoPath 2007 (apress - Philo Janus) *released*

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1308

V.86 MOSS for Engineers and Architects Resource Kit (MS Press - unknown)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1307

VI.96 Epok Edition for Microsoft SharePoint (Epok)

Modified

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1224

III.100 Why are some top link tabs not highlighted?

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=816

V.10 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Version 3.0 Inside Out (MS Press - Errin O'Connor) *released*

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1240

V.68 Administrator's Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers: Forms Server 2007, Groove Server 2007, Live Communications Server 2007, PerformancePoint Server, SharePoint Server 2007 for Search (Unleashed) (SAMS - J. Peter Bruzzese, Ronald Barrett) *released*

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V WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

None

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=827926

Considerations That Apply When You Use Multiple Log Files for Usage Analysis Processing in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (ver 3.2)

2nd October 2007

VI WSSv2 FAQ

New

None

Modified

None

Deleted

(site no longer exists; can't find any other reference to this control)

VII.10.58 Free WSS-relevant Programs - Drop-down menu control (Dan Marth) (SPS 2003 - WSS too?)

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 23rd - 29th December 2007

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

New

None

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;838109

"The email address '<EmailAddress>' is unknown" error message when you add a user to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Web site (ver 2.3)

20th November 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827751

The menu that displays online presence settings and commands is not displayed in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 or in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (ver 3.3)

10th October 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825488

How to add members of a distribution list to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site (ver 3.2)

9th October 2007

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B943442

Forefront Security for SharePoint removes offensive words from a document, but then it displays those offensive words in a user message (ver 1.1)

26th December 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B946462

An error is logged in the ProgramLog.txt file after you relocate the Forefront Security for SharePoint database files: "Unable to create SharePoint Notifications database"

20th December 2007

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B943221

Security for SharePoint Service Pack 1 Rollup 1 package (ver 1.1)

20th December 2007

I.c InfoPath 2007 KB Articles

New

None

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://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb802976.aspx

External Storing of Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) in Windows SharePoint Services (Starter Page)

27th December 2007 (date added)

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/tbaginski/archive/2007/12/26/how-to-programmatically-customize-site-navigation-in-wss-3-0-and-moss-2007.aspx

HOW TO: Programmatically customize site navigation in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 (Blog - Todd Baginski)

26th December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa/archive/2007/12/25/enabling-anonymous-access-in-surveys.aspx

Enabling Anonymous access in surveys (Blog - S. S. Ahmed)

25th December 2007

http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!550.entry

Implementing Master / Detail Relationships Using Custom Lists (Blog - Paul Galvin)

24th December 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8c0f970e-c653-4c15-9e51-6a6cadfca363&displaylang=en&tm

Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 Management Pack (ver 6.0.6247.5)

22nd December 2007

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/aaronrh/archive/2007/12/21/free-sharepoint-business-data-catalog-column.aspx

Free SharePoint Business Data Catalog Column (Blog - Aaron Robertson-Hodders)

21st December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/MS_Studio_Module_1_Farm_Architecture.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 1 - Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Server Farm Architecture

19th December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/MS_Studio_Module_2_Configuring_Farms.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 2 - Configuring Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Farms

19th December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/MOSSAdvITPro_03.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 3 - Securing Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Server Farms

19th December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/Module_4_Capacity_Planning.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 4 - Capacity Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

19th December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/Module_5_Caching_and_Compression.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 5 - Configuring and Testing Caching and Other Performance Options in Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

19th December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/Module_6_Disaster_Recovery.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 6 - Backup, Restore, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

19th December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/Module_7_Operations.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 7 - Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Operations

19th December 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/7/b67b78c3-13b3-4567-9065-0c06f04f9e45/Updated_MOSSAdvITPro_08.pdf

31729 SharePoint Modules: Module 8 - Search and Indexing

19th December 2007

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

None

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

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=72262ead-e49d-43d4-aa45-1da2a27d9a65&displaylang=en&tm

Visual Studio® Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server VPC Image (Trial) [Expires April 1 2008]

21st December 2007

 

Modified

None

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

None

IV WSS v3 FAQ

New

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1300

V.80 SharePoint 2007 - Der schnelle Einstieg (Addison Wesley Verlag - Seth Bates, Tony Smith) (Translation of User's Guide)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1301

V.81 Pratique de Sharepoint 2007 (in French - translation of Essential SharePoint 2007) (O'Reilly France - Jeff Webb)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1302

V.82 Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Development: 10 Solutions Every Sharepoint Developer Should Know How to Create (Video Livelessons) (Sams - Scot Hillier)

Modified

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=1121

V.58 Windows Workflow Foundation (.NET WF). Workflowprogrammierung mit .NET (Hanser Fachbuchverlag - Matthias Markl, Holger Schwichtenberg)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=1210

V.63 Inside the Index and Search Engines: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MS Press - Patrick Tissgehem, Lars Forstrup)

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=1218

V.65 Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Introduction Quick Reference Guide (Cheat Sheet of Instructions, Tips & Shortcuts - Laminated) *released*

http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=1243

V.71 Microsoft SharePoint-Technologien (in German) (MSPress Deutschland - Ben Curry) *released* (available *via* Amazon.de)

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

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

V WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

None

Modified

None

VI WSSv2 FAQ

New

None

Modified

None

Sometimes Microsoft works in strange ways.

This paper http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/logredir.aspx?MODE=CT&CTT=ToExternal&target=%2FOffice%2Flogredir.aspx%3FMODE%3DCT%26CTT%3DToExternal%26target%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fgo.microsoft.com%252Ffwlink%252F%253FLinkId%253D105704%2526clcid%253D0x409%26referrer%3 is an example of this.

Theoretically it's a white paper about the recent Service Pack Ones for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.

Now I don't know about you, but my understanding of White papers are that they are much longer than the 3 whole (actually more like 2 and a bit) pages taken up by this "white paper".

They also tend not to be a place to announce things. But I'm getting ahead of myself ...

The paper has five sections.

"About Service Pack 1" isn't. It's a very brief list of what's in it and a few links to more information.

"Installation on Windows Server 2008" is also short but does include essential information both about which version of WSS 3.0 you have to use in order to install on the latest (RC1) version of Windows Server 2008 at all and about needing to upgrade to the Windows Internal Database SP2 if you are running the version of WSS 3.0 that uses the included "Windows Internal Database" - something (WID SP2) which, as they point out, isn't out yet!! (Which makes you wonder why they include this confusing piece of information in this version of this "white paper" - at less than 3 full pages it wouldn't be too much effort to write a new version when Windows Internal Database SP2 is out, would it?

"ASP.NET AJAX compatibility and support" just says that you can now use AJAX to create Web parts and where to get the control kit from. The "support" part of the heading is the totally useless "you can get help from Microsoft customer support". Where; How ??

"New Stsadm operations and properties" just gives links (which it repeats for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 - to make it past the end of page 2?) to the couple (three in the case of MOSS 2007) of new stsadm functions.

"Recommendations for 64-bit hardware" is even shorter than any of the above sections and yet it includes the important statement that WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 are the last SharePoint versions able to run on 32-bit hardware and operating systems.

It's a mystery to me why the announcement of this has been hidden away in what is virtually a footnote to a white paper that isn't, but there you are, as I started this piece, Microsoft sometimes works in strange ways.