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SharePoint 2010 additions and changes - 38 - 22nd to 28th August 2010

Published: August 28, 2010 03:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

Note: All of the addresses below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS v4 FAQ site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are.

(Items are added to the WSS v4 FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wssv4faq.mindsharp.com daily.)

From 20nd to 28th August 2010

NOTE: Amendments to KB articles are now only listed when a version is x.0. MS no longer change the dates of KB articles when version changes are minor.

I.1 2010 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;982948

You are prompted to enter your credentials when you try to edit a SharePoint 2010 webpage (ver 2.0)

26th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983019

A Content Query Web Part does not return results from folders that are in a custom list on SharePoint Server 2010 (ver 2.0)

25th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2323206

Crawl fails with an error The SharePoint item being crawled returned an error when requesting data from the web service. ( Error from SharePoint site: Data is Null. This method or property cannot be called on Null values. ) (ver 2.0)

23rd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2277742

Failed Restore of Web Analytics Service Application via PowerShell (ver 2.0)

23rd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983082

"Connection not open" error when you close a LobSystemInstance object on a server that is running BCS in SharePoint Server 2010 or in SharePoint Foundation 2010 (ver 2.0)

19th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;982988

Only the first 200 resources can be displayed in the Resource Schedule drop-down list of a group calendar in SharePoint Server 2010 (ver 2.0)

18th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2290895

SharePoint 2010: "My Newsfeed" does not categorize the activities as Today, Yesterday and Earlier (ver 4.0)

17th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2293357

SharePoint 2010 - Configuring Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms (ver 4.0)

8th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2344518

Unable to Perform a query on a One-Way trust Domains Scenario when an User from the trusted domain performs the query and the SSA Application Pool account is from the Trustee Domain (ver 5.0)

7th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;982982

Error message when you try to overlay an Exchange calendar in a SharePoint page on a server that is running SharePoint Server 2010 or SharePoint Foundation 2010: "Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority" (ver 2.0)

3rd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983038

Some images may not be displayed in a PowerPoint 2010 Presentation on a BlackBerry device (ver 2.0)

2nd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2290580

No forms authentication providers listed when you try to add a Profile Synchronization connection (ver 2.0)

1st August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2281364

Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (wosrv-x-none.msp, pplwfe-x-none.msp, osrv-x-none.msp): July 21, 2010

29th July 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2091056

Crawls stop responding in SharePoint Server 2010 when there are SQL Server connectivity issues

29th July 2010

Modified

None

I.b Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2292741

How to manually update scan engines in Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Server or Microsoft Forefront Protection for SharePoint (ver 2.0)

3rd August 2010

Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2010 KB Articles

New and Modifed

None

I.d SPD 2010 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983103

You cannot select the Serializer to create the proxy to connect to a data source in External Content Type Designer in SharePoint Designer 2010 (ver 2.0)

11th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983100

The External Content Type designer in SharePoint Designer 2010 generates the wrong type names for TypeDescriptors when you use the GenerateAll option to generate methods (ver 2.0)

2nd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983116

Data source elements that have a data type that is supported by Outlook are mapped to a native Office property or to a custom property when you create an External Content Type in SharePoint Designer 2010 (ver 2.0)

27th July 2010

Modified

None

I.e SharePoint Workspace 2010 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983023

"System.Xml.XmlException" error when you try to deploy an external list that contains a "less than" character (<) in its name in an Office 2010 environment (ver 2.0)

27th August 2010

Modified

None

II. Articles - 2010 Products

New

A. Office 2010 Server Products

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff924923.aspx

Managed Metadata and Taxonomy in SharePoint Server 2010 (Links Only) [Resource Center]

28th August 2010 (date added)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff943566.aspx

Maintain Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) (published 27th August 2010) [Ed: SPF 2010]

27th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff943565.aspx

Maintain Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) (published 27th August 2010) [Ed: SPS 2010]

27th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff945790.aspx

Overview of SQL Server in a SharePoint environment (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 27th August 2010)

27th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff945791.aspx

Overview of SQL Server in a SharePoint environment (published 27th August 2010) [Ed: SPS 2010]

27th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288346.aspx

Planning worksheets (updated 27th August 2010)

27th August 2010 *this one is SPF 2010*

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262451.aspx

Planning worksheets (updated 27th August 2010)

27th August 2010 *this one is SPS 2010*

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/548230-0-0-0-121.html

HP Sizer for Microsoft SharePoint

27th August 2010 (date added)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728647.aspx

SharePoint 2010 Quick Note: Getting Started with Web Development in SharePoint 2010: Create Silverlight Applications to Access SharePoint 2010 Data (Frank Rice)

25th August 2010 (date added - article date August 2010)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff938870.aspx

SharePoint 2010 Quick Note: Getting Started with Web Development in SharePoint 2010: Create Silverlight Graphs with SharePoint 2010 Data by Using LINQ (Frank Rice)

25th August 2010 (date added - article date June 2010)

B. Other Office 2010 products

None

C. Other relevant products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=50b32685-4356-49cc-8b37-d9c9d4ea3f5b

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

24th August 2010

Modified

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288433.aspx

Incoming e-mail planning (updated 27th August 2010)

27th August 2010 ** Name changed - was Plan Incoming E-Mail (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263260.aspx

Incoming e-mail planning (updated 27th August 2010)

27th August 2010 ** Name changed - was Plan Incoming E-Mail

(SharePoint Server 2010)

[Note: Yes it IS madness. They now have two articles with the same Title. You have to look into the article to see if it applies to SPF 2010 or SPS 2010. This now occurs often.]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199.aspx

Technical diagrams (updated 27th August 2010)

27th August 2010

III WebCasts (+ PodCasts, On-Line courses) for 2010 Products

None

IV WSS v4 FAQ

New

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=156

V.0094 Top 60 custom solutions built on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (Yaroslav Pentsarskyy - CreateSpace) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=158

V.0095 SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Construire un intranet collaboratif en PME (in French) (ENI - Patrick Carraz)

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=159

V.0096 Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 (in French) (Hermes Science Publications - several authors under the guidance of Pierre Erol Giraudy)

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=157

X.1010 SharePoint 2010 Consultant's Handbook - A Field Guide to Managed Metadata Services (Kindle Edition) (Chris McNulty)

Modified

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=7

V.0012 Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Governance, and Planning (Addison-Wesley - Scott Jamison, Mauro Cardarelli, Susan Hanley) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=13

V.0004 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 - Das Praxisbuch für Anwender (in German) (Addison-Wesley, München - Melanie Schmidt, Britta Seidler) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=64

V.0031 SharePoint 2010 How-To (Sams - Ishai Sagi) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=70

V.0036 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services Unleashed (Sams - Tim Kashani, Ola Ekdahl, Kevin Beto, Rachel Vigier) *released*

Aug 28

WSS v4 FAQ (201) - 7th - 28th August 2010

Published: August 28, 2010 03:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

(Items are added to the WSS FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wssv3faq.mindsharp.com daily.)

From 7th to 28th August 2010

NOTE: Amendments to KB articles are now only listed when a version is x.0. MS no longer change the dates of KB articles when version changes are minor.

I.1 2007 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2374065

SharePoint does not support UPN format as app pool account (ver 2.0)

23rd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2316273

Crawling content larger than 1MB in SharePoint list columns of type "Multiple lines of text" results in "The filename or extension is too long" crawl log error messages (ver 2.0)

23rd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2006610

Unable to see presence of users on a SharePoint website if they are not in a contact list (ver 3.0)

18th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2289730

Manual manipulation of the SharePoint disk based BLOB cache folder hierarchy is unsupported (ver 4.0)

17th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2304855

SharePoint Draft items not crawled (ver 3.0)

16th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2290481

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (sts-x-none.msp): July 27, 2010

12th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2290262

Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (coreserver-x-none.msp): July 27, 2010

12th August 2010

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2161806

Icons in Datasheet view for lists in SharePoint are not displayed correctly when you have Microsoft Office 2003 Client installed. (ver 6.0)

17th August 2010

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New and Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2007 KB Articles (and 2010 KB Articles if related to SP 2007 products)

New or Modified

None

I.d SPD 2007 KB Articles

New and Modified

None

II. Articles - 2007 Products

New

A. Office 2007 Server Products

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/548230-0-0-0-121.html

HP Sizer for Microsoft SharePoint

27th August 2010 (date added)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287875(office.12).aspx

Choose what to protect (updated 19th August 2010) [Ed: WSS 3.0]

19th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261903(office.12).aspx

Choose what to protect (updated 19th August 2010) [Ed: MOSS 2007]

19th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512098(office.12).aspx

Restore SSPs (updated 24th July 2010) [Ed: MOSS 2007]

24th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc719752(office.12).aspx

Restore databases (updated 24th July 2010) [Ed: WSS 3.0]

24th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc671617(office.12).aspx

Restore databases (updated 24th July 2010) [Ed: MOSS 2007]

24th July 2010

B. Other Office 2007 products

None

C. Other relevant products

None

Modified

None

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

None

IV WSS v3 FAQ

New

http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1330

VII.56A v3 WSS FAQ: Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Using Microsoft Silverlight 2 (ISBN: 978-0-470-43400-0) (Chapter 4 - Branding Your SharePoint Site)

http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=1331

VII.56B Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Using Microsoft Silverlight 2 (ISBN: 978-0-470-43400-0) (Chapter 6 - Advanced Custom Web Parts)

Modified

None

Aug 27

First German Language SharePoint 2010 book released

Published: August 27, 2010 03:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

We've already had something like twenty released SharePoint 2010 books in English and even two books in Spanish, but so far none of the several native German language SharePoint 2010 books I list have made it to publication.

Well, now, all you fans of German language books can breathe out. The first one is here.

It's

"Microsoft SharePoint 2010 - Das Praxisbuch für Anwender (in German) (Addison-Wesley, München - Melanie Schmidt, Britta Seidler)"

and you can buy it here:

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827328683/wssfaq0e-21

Check the availability of the other German Language books in sections M and N (translated to German) here:

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/V%20Books.aspx

Aug 26

2010 SP RSS feeds finally spotted - 2010 KB Articles section now better

Published: August 26, 2010 11:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

I've occasionally been checking this page

http://support.microsoft.com/selectindex/?target=rss

which is a page that most of the Microsoft products (new and old) and which for products that are included links to a RSS feed for KB Articles for that product.

It's been a problem for a long time that there haven't been any RSS Feeds for KB articles for the SharePoint 2010 products as it has meant that the only ones I have been able to include in the KB Articles section at wssv4faq.mindsharp.com have been the ones that are for both the 2007 and the 2010 SP products. (Given me by my 2007 RSS feeds)

Now however the check of that page gave me feeds for SPS 2010 (not SPF 2010 though); SPD 2010 and the 2010 version of Forefront (Protection) for SharePoint. I also found InfoPath 2010 although I'm fairly sure I already had that (it was an empty feed in any case) as I had feeds for all the normal 2010 Office products. Still missing is SharePoint Workspace 2010.

Anyway from now on, the KB Articles section will be as up-to-date as the equivalent v3 section has always been. So please check it out at

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4KBArticles/v4%20Sorted%20by%20Date.aspx

Aug 21

SharePoint 2010 additions and changes - 37 - 14th to 21st August 2010

Published: August 21, 2010 10:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

Note: All of the addresses below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS v4 FAQ site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are.

(Items are added to the WSS v4 FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wssv4faq.mindsharp.com daily.)

From 14th to 21st August 2010

NOTE: Amendments to KB articles are now only listed when a version is x.0. MS no longer change the dates of KB articles when version changes are minor.

I.1 2010 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983024

No new solution package is generated when you customize the Outlook view definition for a deployed BCS simple solution in a SharePoint Server 2010 environment (ver 2.0)

19th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2312523

The Meeting Workspace button does not appear on the ribbon in Outlook 2010

18th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2161806

Icons in Datasheet view for lists in SharePoint are not displayed correctly when you have Microsoft Office 2003 Client installed. (ver 6.0)

17th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2289730

Manual manipulation of the SharePoint disk based BLOB cache folder hierarchy is unsupported (ver 4.0)

17th August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2304855

SharePoint Draft items not crawled (ver 3.0)

16th August 2010

Modified

None

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New and Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2010 KB Articles

New and Modifed

None

I.d SPD 2010 KB Articles

New and Modified

None

I.e SharePoint Workspace 2010 KB Articles

New and Modified

None

II. Articles - 2010 Products

New

A. Office 2010 Server Products

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff828776.aspx

SharePoint Enterprise Search Migration Tool for SharePoint Server 2010 (unsupported (?) tool from 3 MS people)

17th August 2010 (date added)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff934619.aspx

CMIS connector overview (Published 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff934623.aspx

Monitor cache performance (Published 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff928315.aspx

Planning for PerformancePoint data sources (PerformancePoint Services) (Published 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919558.aspx

Microsoft Project and SharePoint Server 2010 — Better Together

5th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff921036.aspx

Word Automation Service timer job is not running (Published 5th August 2010)

5th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919561.aspx

Plan for user form templates (Published 5th August 2010)

5th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff899315.aspx

Search the enterprise from Windows 7 (Published 5th August 2010)

5th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff872146.aspx

Monitoring SharePoint Server by using Visio Services and System Center Operations Manager (Published 29th July 2010)

29th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff871452.aspx

Managed metadata cmdlets (Published 29th July 2010)

29th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff851878.aspx

Rename or move service application databases (SharePoint Server 2010)

(Published 22nd July 2010)

22nd July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff849706.aspx

Event 8012 - Word Services - language pack not installed (Published 22nd July 2010)

22nd July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff849702.aspx

Event 8004 - Word Services - PDF file converter failing (Published 22nd July 2010)

22nd July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff849705.aspx

Event 8005 - Word Services - XPS file converter failing (Published 22nd July 2010)

22nd July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff849707.aspx

Event 8010 - Word Services must be updated (Published 22nd July 2010)

22nd July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff849704.aspx

Events 1022 8077 - Word Services timer job failed (Published 22nd July 2010)

22nd July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff829835.aspx

Data authentication for Visio Services (Published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261995.aspx

Corporate deployment design sample (Published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff823735.aspx

How Search Center sites are affected by upgrade (Published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff823737.aspx

How search system architecture is affected by upgrade (Published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262874.aspx

Uninstall SharePoint Server 2010 (Published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261946.aspx

Upgrade from a SharePoint Server 2010 Standard CAL to an Enterprise CAL (Published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff829834.aspx

Visio Services resources (Published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

B. Other Office 2010 products

None

C. Other relevant products

None

Modified

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d41ab7b1-385b-41f6-90a0-03cfda4fa98f

SharePoint 2010 Governance Planning (ver 2.0)

4th August 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f8cb362c-75ad-4cb9-9fbc-3abcdf6afeaf

SharePoint 2010 Presentations: Developer Conference Session Files (ver 0210)

28th July 2010

III WebCasts (+ PodCasts, On-Line courses) for 2010 Products

https://cmg.vlabcenter.com/default.aspx?moduleid=c4997f2a-30ad-4ce4-8d01-292654af4f36

TechNet Virtual Lab: Monitoring SharePoint 2010

20th August 2010 (date added)

http://http://www.themossshow.com/2010/08/episode-26-enterpise-social-and-search-in-sharepoint-2010-with-matthew-mcdermott-part-1/

MOSS Show: Episode 26 – Enterpise Social (and Search) in SharePoint 2010 With Matthew McDermott – Part 1

18th August 2010 (date added)

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Project-Server-2010-and-SharePoint-Server-2010-Focus-on-Collaboration/

Project Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010: Focus on Collaboration (Chris Caldwell)

13th August 2010

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032453379&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Business Insights Webcast: The Value of Business Intelligence with SQL 2008 R2, Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 (Level 100) (Mike Thomsen)

12th August 2010

IV WSS v4 FAQ

New

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=147

V.0090 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer Reference (MS Press - Paolo Pialorsi)

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=151

V.0091 Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration (Packt Publishing - Gastón C Hillar) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=153

V.0092 SharePoint 2010 Essential Training (CD-ROM) (Lynda.com - Simon Allardice) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=154

V.0093 SharePoint 2010 Getting Started (CD-ROM) (Lynda.com - Simon Allardice) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=148

V.1008 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services Unleashed (Kindle Edition) (Sams - Tim Kashani, Ola Ekdahl, Kevin Beto, Rachel Vigier) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=149

V.1009 Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Governance, and Planning (Kindle Edition) (Addison-Wesley - Scott Jamison, Susan Hanley, Mauro Cardarelli) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=150

V.1010 How to Do Everything Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Kindle Edition) (McGraw-Hill - Stephen Cawood) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=152

V.1011 Beginning SharePoint 2010 Administration: Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (Kindle Edition) (Wrox - Göran Husman, Christian Ståhl) *released*

Modified

None

Aug 14

SharePoint 2010 additions and changes - 36 - 7th to 13th August 2010

Published: August 14, 2010 06:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

Note: All of the addresses below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS v4 FAQ site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are.

(Items are added to the WSS v4 FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wssv4faq.mindsharp.com daily.)

From 7th to 13th August 2010

NOTE: Amendments to KB articles are now only listed when a version is x.0. MS no longer change the dates of KB articles when version changes are minor.

I.1 2010 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2295835

Office 2010 document files that are opened as read-only from a SharePoint site that enables anonymous access are not cached to your local Office documents cache (ver 2.1)

10th August 2010

Modified

None

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New and Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2010 KB Articles

New and Modifed

None

I.d SPD 2010 KB Articles

New and Modified

None

I.e SharePoint Workspace 2010 KB Articles

New and Modified

None

II. Articles - 2010 Products

New

A. Office 2010 Server Products

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff934620.aspx

Co-authoring administration (Links only) (Published 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff934618.aspx

Co-authoring overview (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (Published 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff934614.aspx

Settings and features backed up from a farm configuration (Published 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748596.aspx

Back up customizations (Updated 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748611.aspx

Restore customizations (Updated 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919562.aspx

URL path length restrictions (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (Published 5th August 2010)

5th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919564.aspx

URL path length restrictions (SharePoint Server 2010) (Published 5th August 2010)

5th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721634.aspx

Installation and other special directories (Published 5th August 2010)

5th August 2010

B. Other Office 2010 products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=515dd67e-3ff6-4f0d-bc45-cfc8ba742055

Guide for IT Pros for Microsoft Office Web Apps

12th August 2010

C. Other relevant products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e99f2a96-ffbc-4323-9676-9657607c4a52

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VHD

4th August 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3660cacf-f077-44d3-a9d9-97e801da2035

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Trial - ISO

5th August 2010

Modified

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff463779.aspx

Language packs (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (updated 12th August 2010)

12th August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974471.aspx

Database types and descriptions (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (updated 29th July 2010)

29th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678868.aspx

Database types and descriptions (SharePoint Server 2010) (updated 29th July 2010)

29th July 2010

III WebCasts (+ PodCasts, On-Line courses) for 2010 Products

http://edge.technet.com/Media/SharePoint-2010-Central-Administration/

TechNet Video: SharePoint 2010 Central Administration (Shane Young - MVP)

10th August 2010

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032456699&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

MSDN Radio: Exploring SharePoint and Silverlight with Paul Stubbs (Level 100)

2nd August 2010

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032455919&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

TechNet Webcast: Project Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010: Focus on Collaboration (Level 200) (Manmeet Chaudhari, Advisicon, Inc.)

28th July 2010

IV WSS v4 FAQ

New

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=145

V.0089 Designing Forms for Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services 2010 (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley - Scott Roberts, Hagen Green, Jessica Meats)

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=146

X.0003 Community Kit for SharePoint: Development Tools Edition (free - codeplex)

Modified

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=80

V.0045 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 QuickSteps (McGraw-Hill - Marty Matthews, Carole Matthews) *released*

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/EditForm.aspx?ID=86

V.0050 How to Do Everything Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (McGraw-Hill - Stephen Cawood) *released*

Aug 11

Amazon first make Kindle more interesting and then mess it up

Published: August 11, 2010 01:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

There were two things that earlier have put me off from buying a Kindle.

One was that the only way to buy one was from the Amazon US store which just about doubled the price as they then (as it was an electronic device) insisted on sending it via courier.

The other was that the price included "free wireless downloads" and yet wireless downloads weren't available for Finland, so the cost of the Kindle that I was still paying included a fee to local Internet providers in countries where this function was available. (They didn't of course have a lwer price for Finland because they weren't paying such charges).

Now things seemed to have improved.

It is now possible to get a Kindle from Amazon UK. The price is lower and in fact now much lower as there is also an option of getting one that doesn't include free wireless access cutting off another £30 off the price.

So I ordered one for delivery to my mother's address in the UK as we are visting there in a month or so.

But then the snags started to appear.

Go to the new Kindle store at Amazon UK and they tell you that if you don't live in the UK then you can only order Kindle content from Amazon US.

Amazon US in the meantime has introduced a two-tier pricing system. If you live in the US there is one price. If you don't the price is doubled (or more).

The claim is that tax is liable for orders outside the US. While this may be true it doesn't jsutifiy a $0.00 becoming $2.49 or indeed the doubling of other prices. No, what we have here is an attempt to increase prices for people outside the US for goods which they no longer have a need to pay postage costs for (*)

(*) The other claim is that the prices include "free wireless delivery". Double nonsense in my case because I have ordered a Kindle without the wireless delivery option (need to download via the PC) and in any case as above Amazon don't provide a wireless delivery option for Finland.

Finally for those of you who want some meat.

A subscription to the US Magazine Foreign Affairs (bi-monthly with lots of text and little else so perfect for a Kindle) costs *monthly* (a joke because you pay two months before you get a copy).

US: $ 1.99

UK: £ 1.49 (not much more)

Finland (via Amazon US): $ 3.99

You can also buy individual issues. For Finland that's $ 9.99. The UK site won't show people who don't live in the UK the UK prices for individual items (the sub price came from an overview page) and the US site too quickly changes from the (low) US prices to Finnish prices if an individual item is selected.

If Amazon are trying with the new models to fight off the IPad, this kind of pricing unfairness (and zoning systems like there are with DVDs) is not the way to go about it.

I'm thinking about deleting my own Kindle order. There's not much point in buying one if they make me pay double the going rate for any magazines/newspapers/books I access that way. I might just as well go and buy an overpriced copy of a foreign newspaper (in print form) here.

Aug 07

WSS v4 FAQ (200) - 3rd July to 6th August 2010

Published: August 07, 2010 02:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

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.

(Items are added to the WSS FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wssv3faq.mindsharp.com daily.)

From 3rd July to 6th August 2010

NOTE: Amendments to KB articles are now only listed when a version is x.0. MS no longer change the dates of KB articles when version changes are minor.

I.1 2007 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;983231

"You must specify a value for this required field" error message when you save an attachment in an Office SharePoint Server 2007 list item (ver 2.0)

2nd August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2283766

SharePoint Workflow InfoPath form template error “This form cannot be opened. It is not workflow enabled.” while loading the form (ver 2.0)

1st August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2288782

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - SharePoint workflow instances that contain an OnTaskCreated activity do not rehydrate or fail with an EventDeliveryFailedException (ver 3.0)

1st August 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2200878

SQL Server is under a heavy load when you perform a profile import in Office SharePoint Server 2007

29th July 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2002384

You receive an "Event ID: 7888" error message when you try to import user profiles in Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard Edition (ver 7.0)

25th July 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2266435

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Hotfix Package (sts-x-none.msp): July 6, 2010

22 July 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b2274841

Unable to Edit List in Datasheet View in Microsoft SharePoint with Content Approval turned on

8th July 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b914386

No option is available to configure SharePoint Server to crawl files that do not have a file name extension as HTML files (ver 4.0)

4th July 2010

Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939313

Error message when you try to open a help window from a SharePoint Server 2007 site or from a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site: "Cannot display help" (ver 3.0)

20th July 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;944267

How to troubleshoot common errors that occur when you run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard on a computer that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or SharePoint Server 2007 (ver 5.0)

11th July 2010

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;934838

How to change service accounts and service account passwords in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (ver 4.0)

2nd July 2010

Aug 07

SharePoint 2010 additions and changes - 35 - 31st July - 6th August 2010

Published: August 07, 2010 02:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

Note: All of the addresses below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS v4 FAQ site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are.

(Items are added to the WSS v4 FAQ throughout the week so you will find new items more quickly by checking at wssv4faq.mindsharp.com daily.)

From 31st July to 6th August 2010

NOTE: Amendments to KB articles are now only listed when a version is x.0. MS no longer change the dates of KB articles when version changes are minor.

I.1 2010 KB Articles

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2288864

The Office Web App cannot open an Office document in Office 2010 if the action is triggered from a 64-bit web browser

29th July 2010 (one of the scenarios is SP 2010)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2288443

SharePoint - User prompted for credentials on first request after application pool restart on Windows Server 2008 when using NTLM (ver 3.0)SharePoint - User prompted for credentials on first request after application pool restart on Windows Server 2008 when using NTLM

1st August 2010

Modified

None

I.b Forefront KB Articles

New and Modified

None

I.c InfoPath 2010 KB Articles

New and Modifed

None

I.d SPD 2010 KB Articles

New and Modified

None

I.e SharePoint Workspace 2010 KB Articles

New and Modified

None

II. Articles - 2010 Products

New

A. Office 2010 Server Products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=6bd8cff3-6e9a-49c4-a35c-51824f476dc2

How to protect SharePoint with DPM 2010 whitepaper

3rd August 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=49636f33-5e3b-47ee-9020-8e9a0c9e75ce

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 -- Better Together

3rd August 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff851877.aspx

Rename or move service application databases (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 22nd July 2010)

22nd July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508980.aspx

Update alerts by using Windows PowerShell (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508986.aspx

SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508987.aspx

Installing SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508983.aspx

Uninstalling SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee404904.aspx

Security Configuration Wizard manifest for SharePoint Foundation 2010 (published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287899.aspx

Move content databases (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 15th July 2010)

15th July 2010¨

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff806326.aspx

Software updates overview (SharePoint Foundation 2010) (published 8th July 2010)

8th July 2010¨

B. Other Office 2010 products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8d240c43-2ede-4c29-9420-1a1a16eb1c73

Microsoft InfoPath 2010: Interactive menu to ribbon guide

3rd August 2010

C. Other relevant products

None

Modified

None

III WebCasts (+ PodCasts, On-Line courses) for 2010 Products

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Forefront-Protection-2010-for-SharePoint-Microsoft-Forefront-Virtual-Event-Part-9-of-10/

TechNet Video: Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint: Microsoft Forefront Virtual Event (Part 9 of 10) (David Tesar)

3rd August 2010

IV WSS v4 FAQ

New

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=142

VII.0005C Inside Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Microsoft Press - ISBN: 0735627460) (Chapter 3 - SharePoint Developer Tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010)

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=143

VII.0005D Inside Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Microsoft Press - ISBN: 0735627460) (Chapter 4 - Sandboxed Solutions)

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=141

X.0001 EBE 3.0-Enhanced Blog Edition 3.0

http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v4FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=144

X.0002 SharePoint Site Recycle Bin (free - codeplex)

Modified

None

Aug 07

Recent Misuse by Microsoft of Knowledge Base Articles (KB Articles)

Published: August 07, 2010 01:08 AM by Mike Walsh Powered by: Mindsharp and Summit 7

The point of KB Articles has always been for Microsoft to provide information about problems with their software.

In most cases the problem description has been accompanied by a solution (maybe information about a downloadable fix; or simply "upgrade to service pack x") or a "workaround" to get around the problem with the software until a fix became available.

These were always very useful pieces of information and in recent times there have been some additional "rapid" KB articles put out by the support team with rather less checking but, as the title says, made available very quickly.

Another attempt to get information out quickly by allowing MVPs to post KB Articles seems thankfully to have either vanished or has fallen into disuse. I never particularly liked this possibility because in many cases the quality of the English was very poor and often even the "problem" wasn't worthy of a KB Article - even one marked as a "community article". However even then the intention was good - as it was meant to increase the amount of useful support informtion that was in KB articles.

BUT.

Now Microsoft have started posting KB Articles that are pure sales pitches for their consultancy services and these do not fit *at all* into the idea that KB Articles provide support for problems with MS software.

These fake KB articles have the Title "Advisory Services Engagement Scenario" and the "Scenario" gives you perhaps the idea that they are describing a potential problem area with the software. Far from it, all they are saying is that if you want to have help in (say) upgrading from SP 2007 to SP 2010, Microsoft have people able (for a price) to help you.

While I have no objection to Microsoft marketing their services using usual channels, I do strongly object to them using what for years has been a genuine (and very useful)free support service to do so.

Now that Microsoft are making large profits again, can we please see an end of this kind of thing?

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