March 2007 archive

Ugh..man flu strikes!

Been a bit quiet on here and the SUGUK forums this last week thanks to an almighty bout of man-flu.. Real strength sapping one this variation! All I’ve done is sleep and doze infront of the telly. Tried to go back to work this morning, but the temperature is still a little up and down. …

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SUGUK – London Meeting.

I’ll be attending the London meeting of the SharePoint User Group UK on Thursday evening. I believe there are still some places left, so take a look at SUGUK Mtg – London 22nd March @ LBi The evening will be covering an InDepth look at SharePoint Search, looking at Set-up, configuration, customisation and limitations. This …

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Configuring Central Administration to use SSL

During the installation process, there isn’t an option to select SSL for your Central administration pages. I would however advocate that even if you’re main SharePoint site isn’t going to use SSL, then your Admin pages should. There’s a very good Microsoft article on this subject and this can be found here. The basic process …

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Mail working..

Is that a contradiction of words? Anyways.. I sorted the problem, it was the hosting server blocking outbound email. All new registrations will now receive their password.

Mail not working..

Ok, for some reason the mail out isn’t working. I’ll get this sorted and post here when it is. Then any subscribers will actually get their emailed password.

SUGUK User Group Meeting – Ullesthorpe

I attended my first user group meeting last night since joining the SUGUK forums. The evening opened with a presentation on Excel services by Andrew Woodward, followed by Design decisions by Bill English and then after a very nice buffet meal, Dr Bleeker took over and gave a very animated presentation on the possibilities for …

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Kerberos.. The 3 headed nightmare!

10 hours!!!… Thats how long it took me to resolve a Kerberos issue. It all started with finishing the installation of MOSS 2007 and then running the SharePoint Configuration wizard. No major problems with this, I entered the SQL Server information, changed the default configuration database name and added the Service credentials. Click next, and …

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