The question comes up pretty often: "Which product is right for me?" Honestly, there are many factors that come into play to answer that question: -Usability -Cost -Scalability -Flexibility Microsoft has an article giving the feature differences between WSS and SPS 2003. Microsoft also has a white paper titled Implementing Rich Collaboration Infrastructure Using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. The white paper does an okay job at describing the differences and I think everyone should take a look at it before deciding which SharePoint product to deploy.
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My take on the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit
I think it is always good to remember the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit has chapters online that are free to access. But, most people don't know how this book can help them. So, here is the chapters listing along with some of my thoughts on the chapter. Remember, my advice is to read the whole book BEFORE you deploy SharePoint into production! You will thank me later! Chapter 5 – SharePoint Portal Server ArchitectureThis is a good chapter to read up on how SharePoint Portal 2003 and WSS are different Chapter 6 – Security Architecture for SharePoint Products and TechnologiesThis is a good chapter to read to…
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List Item Limits
I was just reminded today about the limits on how many items you can have on a list. The limits are divided by the type of fields as dictated by the Microsoft article titled “Column Limit Exceeded” Message When You Add a New Column to a SharePoint Services List . Part of the article: With Windows SharePoint Services, you can create the following numbers of each column type for each list or library: – 64 Single line of text and Choice (drop-down menu or radio buttons) – 31 Multiple lines of text and Choice (check boxes (allow multiple sections)) – 32 Number and currency – 32 Hyperlink – 16 Date…
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ChangePasswordControl Webpart for Sharepoint
ChangePasswordControl Webpart for Sharepoint from Tom van de Kerkhof I haven't implemented it yet, but it sounds great.
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Viewing files in the GAC
Many times I have needed to get a copy of the dll that is in the GAC for a webpart. I have been trying the different methods to get to the dll without the possibility of moving the reference to the GAC entirely (which you can do with the xcopy command! :-/ ) Here is a method I like: To view the physical file structure of the GAC, add a DWORD value named ‘DisableCacheViewer' to the registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion and set it to a non-zero value. Works like a charm!
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Alex’s How to create web part menus in SharePoint
Changing the web part menus in SharePoint could be really valuable,especially in branding your site.How to create web part menus in SharePoint
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Customizing the Shortcut Menu for List Items
Found this SDK article on how to “Customize the Shortcut Menu for List Items“
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Windows Server R2 and WWW SP2
I recently installed the beta Windows Server R2 release, which comes with WSS SP2.You can find the overview of the new features here.The first thing you will notice that is different when you install WSS R2, is the option to use NTLM or Kerberos: Also, you will notice that the site versions are different that those of previous versions. The following is a comparison of WSS with no service pack and WSS SP2: More info to come as I have time.
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Creating Custom Site Definitions in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
A really good write-up on how to do custom sitedefinitions by Kris Syverstad .
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Manage Web Part Page
I have been asked several times how to get to that page that displaysthe web parts that are active on a WSS page.Usually, you only see this page if one of the web parts loaded on thepage is giving an error when loading.What we are looking for is called the Manage Web Part Page.To get to it, use the following url:http://VIRTUALSERVERNAME/_layouts/1033/spcontnt.aspx?&url=default.aspx This will give you the web parts loaded on the default.aspx page. If you have a top-level site or subsite underneath that name space,you need to use the following syntax: http://VIRTUALSERVERNAME/SUBSITE/_layouts/1033/spcontnt.aspx?&url=/SUBSITE/default.aspx(notice the /SUBSITE/ before the webpage name)