Monthly Archives: November 2009

SQL Query to identify Kerberos or NTLM connection (by Marc Valk)

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Dirk

 I found myself looking for this query for the second time now and finally decided to post it on my blog [8-|] This query enables you to find out if your connections towards your SQL server are using Kerberos instead … Continue reading →

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Find out which language packs are installed and the build version

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Dirk

I was asked this question yesterday and I remember having tried to find out how to do it. Finally I took some time to search around on the net and found a post by Patrick Heyde. http://blogs.technet.com/patrick_heyde/archive/2009/09/30/sharepoint-blow-up-in-daily-business-and-nobody-writes-important-stuff-to-the-farm-documentation.aspx   which says … Continue reading →

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My upgrade experience to SharePoint Foundation 2010

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Dirk

I thought I’d share with you guys what I had experienced during the upgrade from my WSS 3.0 server to SharePoint Foundation 2010 beta. First of all, my WSS 3.0 is quite small. There’s only One site collection in there … Continue reading →

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STSADM has survived in SharePoint 2010

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Dirk

I am going through some of the SharePoint Conference 2009 Videos I recently got from a colleague of mine that was lucky enough to be there, and I am pleased to have learned that STSADM will not be gone in SharePoint … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference – London

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Dirk

Yes, finally, I have found the time and means to attend a conference again. This time I did not have much difficulty convincing my boss, being selfemployed and all…[:D]. I just had to check with my COO that I married … Continue reading →

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Saving Document to SharePoint using Office 2003 resets choice metadata fields to default values

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Dirk

I was recently facing an issue as described in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/809179/saving-a-document-to-sharepoint-brings-up-web-file-properties-dialog-with-incor Recap from original post: Situation: A custom “Master Document” content type inherits from Document The “Master Document” content type has five additional choice fields There are five custom “Document Template” … Continue reading →

Posted in MOSS, SharePoint, Support, Tips, WSS | 8 Comments