Dec 09 2011
Error updating user profile
A theme is developing in my SharePoint consulting. I keep finding bugs with User Profiles in SharePoint 2010. Here’s one I came across recently.
Oct 11 2011
Summing up SharePoint Conference 2011
A lot of seemingly unrelated threads came together for me last week at the SharePoint Conference, and it turned out to be a very worthwhile experience. But it didn’t seem, at first, that it would turn out that way. When they told us Monday morning in the keynote address that there would be no news whatsoever on the next version of SharePoint, I was very disappointed. Why have a big conference and not give any news on the next version? For me, that’s always been one of the big things that make these conferences exciting.
Jul 27 2011
UI bug when adding a new user profile synchronization connection
While setting up a new SharePoint farm, I discovered a bug in the user interface for creating new synchronization connections for the SharePoint 2010 User Profile Service. The issue is that, when an organizational unit (OU) has the same name as the domain, you can’t select the OU for synchronization. Fortunately, there is a workaround.
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Oct 21 2009
SharePoint 2010 Blog II: What Happens in Atlanta, Stays in Atlanta—Until Now
The temptation was really strong to share what I learned at SharePoint Ignite before the SharePoint Conference, but I managed to control myself. Maybe it was the thought of a bunch of Microsoft lawyers putting me under the klieg lights and giving me the third degree if I cracked early. But now the truth can be told—MSS 2010 is going to amaze everyone. Today’s topic: Lists!
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Oct 19 2009
SharePoint 2010 Blog—All the Sharing, Without All the Hassle of Traveling!
I’m not at the SharePoint Conference this year (*sniff*) although three of my colleagues are (hurray!); but I console myself since I got to go to SharePoint 2010 “Ignite” training in Atlanta a month ago. This was a beta of the training Microsoft is preparing for partners, and I had the privilege of being in a class with the first 75 people outside of Microsoft.
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