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  • DNS Flush…

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    So if you’re running into an issue where you need to flush DNS on your machine, there are a couple ways to do so… the two most common ways for me at least (long live the command line interface!) are to either pop open a run dialog in elevated permissions mode on a Windows box…

  • Recycle Bin Misperceptions

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    I have to say that it boggles my mind on a regular basis when I start talking to end users during a session or when interviewing users in client engagements to find out that they don’t quite understand how the end user and site collection administrator recycle bins work. Most of the time I find…

  • Recycle an Application Pool – #ITProTip

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    So you’ve deployed an updated solution to your SharePoint 2007 or 2010 farm and you need to recycle the application pool associated with the web application that the solution is deployed to but you don’t want to take down the entire SharePoint farm? No problem, just recycle the single application pool that’s associated with that…

  • Productivity Hub for SharePoint 2010 – Update

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    Back in June 2010, Microsoft released what was known as the Productivity Hub for SharePoint 2010. It was a site collection that Microsoft provided that could be extended out for end users to visit to acquire knowledge on how to use SharePoint.  Great resource if you were short on training components and looking for assistance…

  • Visio Stencils Update for SharePoint / Search / Office

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    Just in case you didn’t hear, Microsoft has published a new set of Visio templates for SharePoint Server 2010, Project Server 2010, Search Server 2010 and other Office Products. They’re available now on the Microsoft Download Center at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=88e03d22-8f42-4c9d-94ef-d8e48322d677 Just drop them in your My Documents > My Shapes folder and they’ll show up in…

  • No, don’t pull that cord out of the wall…

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    Are you ever working on a server and you wander away for a few minutes only to come back and find that you’ve been disconnected and your session terminated? Never something fun to work through, especially if you’re installing and configuring a software product. In most enterprise settings this is something that you’d find in…

  • Outlook 2007 Search Disabled by Google Sync App for Outlook Plugin

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    So it would seem that when installing the “Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook” plugin there’s a minor issue with the Outlook 2007 client’s Instant Search Capability.  After installing the plugin the drop down for Instant Search within the Outlook client is disabled.  I suppose this is to be expected since the Google Search engine…

  • SharePoint on Windows Server 2008 – Building the framework

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    This weekend I undertook the fun of building out a medium sized farm on my personal development hardware with my trusty MSDN license that I bought for my own personal use to begin testing a few pieces of code I’ve been working on as well as to have a play ground to work through occasional…