September 2008 Entries

How to Update Created, Created By, Modified and Modified By field?

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"]; ...

posted @ Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:00 AM | Feedback (0)

How to Create a Login/Registration System Using FBA with Active Directory in a SharePoint Server 2007

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...

posted @ Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:00 AM | Feedback (0)

Good SharePoint Server 2007 resources

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...

posted @ Monday, September 08, 2008 12:00 AM | Feedback (0)

So you became a team lead? Here are books and podcast I recommend

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...

posted @ Sunday, September 07, 2008 12:00 AM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft and Cloud computing

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...

posted @ Sunday, September 07, 2008 12:00 AM | Feedback (0)