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There appears to be a bug in SharePoint (WSS or MOSS) that breaks the backup process after extending a web application. If you need to add host headers or load balancing URL to your SharePoint web application, the only way to do that is to extend your web application (SharePoint Central Administration >> Application Management >> ...

Before I start writing how to set up Kerberos authentication in SharePoint, let me explain our set up a little bit, i.e. server names, account names and so on that will be used in this guide: WSSSERVER1 – SharePoint web front server WSSSERVER2 – another web front server (optional) DBSERVER1 – database server running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 ...

To get more detailed messages in MOSS 2007 and WSS3.0 during development process, user can enable debugging in the web.config file for the SharePoint web ...

[via Paul Andrew] [Microsoft is] doing lots of things around introductory SharePoint development for .NET developers over the next few months. Here is the schedule for a series of MSDN web casts on 10 introductory SharePoint development topics for .NET developers. If you are a .NET developer then chances are these are the most interesting ...

I recently discovered that piping can be used in conjunction with STSADM command. I always found it difficult to use that command. It has too many options and parameters that are not always obvious and often very difficult to use. Piping makes it easier to use STSADM command, it can be used for search through STSADM keywords in the commands: For ...

If you have recently re-attached your content database to the new web application in SharePoint 2007 (whether because you have moved your SharePoint install or simply because you had to re-create the web application on your current server), you might have noticed a new error (Event ID: 5555; Event Source: Office SharePoint Server) occurring hourly ...

Apparently there is a limit on a number of controls you can have on a SharePoint page. By default, no more than 200 controls are allowed on the SharePoint page. Not sure, why this limitation is there, but it is. To get around this problem, you need to increase the MaxControls setting in your web.config file: ...

When you have a public-facing site built using SharePoint technologies, opening Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.) stored on this website requires user to login. You can hit Cancel at the login prompt and still be able to see the document, but having a login prompt displayed to the Internet users, sort of defeats the ...

To enable anonymous access for a web application within SharePoint: 1. Go to Central Administration >> Application Management >> Authentication Providers. make sure to pick correct web application from the drop-down list at the top-right corner of the page. select the Membership Provider (most likely it will be ''Default'') and ...

For those who has been getting the ultimate crashes from SharePoint Designer, and many weird oddities with it, this is something that you should know while working with Data View Web Parts. Occasionally, SharePoint Designer will NOT allow you to add a Data View Web Part no matter what you do, as shown below, and the main reason is... *drum ...