Replace Your Network Shared Drives with SharePoint

One of the interesting things I realized recently is that I had not used a shared drive since I started at RDA. This got me to thinking about network shares and how outdated they were.  So I put together a quick 2 page paper on the topic.  If your interested you can find it here:

How to Increase Your Employees' Productivity By Allowing Them to Find Information Quickly

MOSS Document Upload on Windows Server 2008 Fails

I came across an interesting problem at a customer site recently.  When they tried to upload large documents that were more than 30mb into the MOSS document libraries they would either receive an error or the document would just fail to appear.

After a little research I came across this blog entry that describes the problem:

http://blog.henryong.com/2008/08/04/cant-upload-large-files-to-wss-v3-on-windows-server-2008/

It has a link to a KB article for a workaround:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944981/en-us

This is a good reminder that MOSS works a little differently with Windows 2008 and IIS 7.0.

Setting up Multiple MOSS SSL Sites in IIS 7

I just published a two part blog article about setting up multiple MOSS sites each with their own unique SSL certificate.  Hope you find this or something else on the blog helpful.

Part 1 Part 2

Finding and Removing Data Validation

However, each time I uploaded the file I got an error that the spreadsheet contained data validation. After some research, I found a way to locate cells that used data validation within the workbook. Using a special search feature in Excel 2007, Home -> Find & Select -> Data Validation, I was able to locate the cells that used data validation. I could then use Data -> Data Validation… -> Clear All to remove it from that cell. Once all the data validation had been removed I was able to upload the file using excel services and display it in my portal.

Passed the MS 70-631 Exam

It’s been a while since I have written a post but I hope to update this again soon. However, yesterday I passed the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring Exam (MS 70-631). I have now passed two of the four SharePoint 3.0 exams. I hope to pass at least one other in the next few weeks.