September 2008 Entries
I stumbled upon this Technet Forum post. Using the SPListItem.UpdateOverwriteVersion method, you can overwrite Created, Created By, Modified and Modified By fields. Here is a code snippet from this MSDN article:
using (SPSite sps = new SPSite("http://server/"))
{
using (SPWeb spw = sps.OpenWeb())
{
SPList spSharedDocs = spw.Lists["Shared Documents"];
...
To use the forms based authentication(FBA) against an Active Directory(AD) for a SharePoint Server 2007, you will need to use the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider in ASP.NET 2.0. I outlined key steps to enable FBA against an AD for a SharePoint Server 2007.
Step 1 - Edit the AD Schema
To suppport Password Reset (Password Recovery), you will need to edit the AD schema by running the following command: regsvr32.exe schmmgmt.dll. The detailed step to edit the AD is defined in Password Reset section of this article.
Step 2 - Set up Intranet and Extranet Zone
Once the AD schema has been edited, you will need...
Performance and Capacity Planning Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007
This page contains resources to help you with performance and capacity planning for your SharePoint Server deployment—map your solution design to a farm size and set of hardware that supports your business goals.
It contains many technical articles organized By:
Planning
Recommendations
Estimate performance based on test results
Demos
Tools from Microsoft
Tools and Papers from Partners and the Community
Best Practices Resource Center for SharePoint Server...
Becoming a lead means becoming a manager. By definition, a manager is a person who makes things happen through others. A developer lead or team lead can make a project successful only if he can make his team members work effectively. I mentored many newbie leads who felt lost when they began to work as a lead. Here is a list of books that I recommend for young managers and leads:
* Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute - You need to read this book if you ever blamed others or if you...
Microsoft and Cloud computing
Cloud computing is here to stay. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Google's recent release of Chrome and its internet-based applications, Salesforce.com, NetSuite, Apple's MobileMe, etc. are good examples of cloud computing services. Wikipedia has a good article on Cloud computing. Microsoft is providing Cloud computing services and executing its own vision of Cloud computing, software plus service(S+S). Here are several examples of Microsoft's S+S:
Red Dog: Microsoft is known to be working on a low-level "Cloud OS" that is code-named Red Dog.
Zurich: At the highest level, Zurich is...