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Word Automation Services: How it Works

In my first two posts in the series on Word Automation Services, I talked about what it is and what it does – in this post, I wanted to drill in on how the service works from an architectural standpoint, and what that means for solutions built on top of it. Word Power on the Server The most important component of Word Automation Services is getting a core engine with 100% fidelity to desktop Word running on the server – accordingly, much of our effort was focused on this task.

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Reporting Services 2008 in SharePoint Integrated Mode

It seems that I have a different experience every time I install this configuration. A few key points if you are thinking of doing this: Integrated mode only works for SharePoint Web Applications on the Default Zone Integrated mode will not work on a Web Application that has Anonymous access enabled If you have a multiple SharePoint Server Farm: Install the SSRS SharePoint Add-in on the server hosting Central Admin first Instruction say that you only require a "Files Only" install of the add-in on the other WFE's but this is not enough. copyappbincontent stsadm command must also be executed on each WFE If using Kerberos and NLB, the DNS entry for the Web Application URL must be an A record, not CNAME Even if you have configured Kerberos on your MOSS farm, clients might still be authenticating using NTLM if this is not an A record (KerbTray and http://www.wssdemo.com/Blog/archive/2009/06/12/Testing-SharePoint-Kerberos-Configuration.aspx will help confirm/debug this) I struck all of these problems across 2 customers in the last 2 days…

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How to access SharePoint List data with Visual Studio 2010 and WPF

Steve Fox walks you through the process of building a WPF application using Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 to access SharePoint 2007 List data. Using the newest version of Visual Studio, C#, Linq, XML, and SharePoint web services to pull a List from the server…( read more )

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Uploading Files to SharePoint Server 2007 from ASP.NET Web Applications by Using the HTTP PUT Method (Visual How To)

Learn how to use the HTTP PUT method to programmatically upload files from an ASP.NET Web application to a SharePoint Server 2007 site.

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Uploading Files to SharePoint Server 2007 from ASP.NET Web Applications by Using the HTTP PUT Method (Visual How To)

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Securing Application Pages in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Don’t let your application pages create security holes.

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New STSADM commands with SharePoint SP2

Use the variationsfixuptool operation    This article describes how to use the Stsadm variationsfixuptool operation, which lets farm administrators control and perform operations against variations. Pre-upgrade scanning and reporting for future releases (Office SharePoint Server)    This article describes how to use the Stsadm preupgradecheck operation to scan farm servers before starting an upgrade to ensure that some upgrade prerequisites are met and to detect known issues that can prevent the upgrade from completing successfully

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Understanding Field Controls and Web Parts in SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Sites

Learn the details of SharePoint Server 2007 field controls and Web Parts and how they differ, and best practices for when to use each type of control.

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Sharepoint tools support in Visual Studio

Today, developers can use Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 to develop solutions for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS).   In addition to the features in VS 2005 and VS 2008, developers can also use Visual Studio Extensions for WSS and dozens of third party tools

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Tomorrow’s Microsoft BI Platform

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Tomorrow’s Business Intelligence Platform One of my favorite aspects about Microsoft is the company never stands still from a product development standpoint. The company is constantly driving innovation and releasing new products to the market

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Microsoft kills off its business process management software …

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Specifically, PerformancePoint Server 2007's features will become available via client access licenses of the enterprise version of SharePoint Server, said Kurt DelBene, senior vice-president of Microsoft's Office Business Group, …

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