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Blog Moved
Move along, there’s nothing to see here. I’ve given up on Community Server as my blog engine and have moved to WordPress.  The new blog is located here: http://blog.randomdust.com .  I’ve moved over all current posts to the new site, so if you’ve Read More...
Posted 30 November 10 02:38 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Read Multiple Values from Person or Group Field
When upgrading from SharePoint 2007 to 2010, one of the areas you need to look at is any custom code that was written for the 2007 environment.  Depending on what that code is doing, the effort to upgrade it may be larger than initially thought.  Read More...
Posted 14 November 10 04:56 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Application Templates for SharePoint 2010??
For those folks who skip to the end of the book to see how things finish, I’ll jump to the point.  Doesn’t look like Microsoft is releasing any of the Application Templates (i.e. Fabulous 40) for SharePoint 2010.  So says To the SharePoint blog Read More...
Posted 26 October 10 04:43 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel
On a recent project, we had a requirement to use a SharePoint Designer workflow to call an external web service. Instead of writing my own custom Activity, I did a search to see what was out there and found the iLove SharePoint Designer Actions . One Read More...
Posted 15 October 10 03:16 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Selling and Delivering SharePoint Governance
Look up the word “governance” in wikipedia and you’ll find sentences such as “It relates to decisions that define expectations , grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership Read More...
Posted 21 September 10 03:12 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Document Version Properties
I'm currently working on a SharePoint project involving a requirement to embed the current version into each document. Not an uncommon requirement, but at the end of the day it required an uncommon solution due to various issues I hope to post about. Read More...
Posted 24 June 09 08:09 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Changing the App Pool Identity using STSADM
Ok, ok...I didn't write it. But I was in the room when it was written!! My co-worker Gary Lapointe presented last week to the Colorado Springs SharePoint User Group on customizing STSADM and his "demo" was actually writing a new, functional STSADM command. Read More...
Posted 13 October 08 11:39 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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MCS Co-Worker Finally Blogging
It took him a while, but Sameer Surve finally has a blog ! He's been my MCS counterpart at my current client for the last year and a half (give or take), and he definitely has lots of SharePoint and BizTalk info worth sharing. I guarantee you'll have Read More...
Posted 09 September 08 02:20 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Web.Config FeatureReceiver Update
After my previous post outlining my custom Feature Receiver used to update any section of a web.config file, I had some follow up email conversations with Mike about his post and us possibly collaborating on a combined CodePlex solution.  Well, that Read More...
Posted 21 July 08 10:09 by ryanm1201 | 3 Comments   
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InfoPath Master/Detail with SharePoint List Sources
I picked up some InfoPath requirements after one of our consultants had to leave so this one had to be done after dusting off the InfoPath brain cells.  I’m still not convinced this is the best way to get this done so please leave a comment if there’s Read More...
Posted 02 July 08 02:19 by ryanm1201 | 4 Comments   
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Test Twitter Notifier from Live Writer
Trying out the Twitter Notifier using Live Writer.  Found in the Live Writer SDK for Technical Preview .  This should show up on my Twitter feed . Read More...
Posted 30 June 08 02:50 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Rename BizTalk 2006 Server (Details)
I posted about this previously , but I wanted to post the steps I used to actually rename the server. Open BizTalk Server Configuration and Unconfigure all features Exit the BizTalk Server Configuration Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to Read More...
Posted 27 April 07 12:31 by ryanm1201 | 2 Comments   
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Posting With Word 2007
Ok, that was a bit more work than I thought. I wanted to figure out how to post from Word since I have some cool documents with pictures in them I wanted to add to my blog. I knew Word had the blogging capability so I dove in. It wasn't very easy and Read More...
Posted 27 April 07 12:06 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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Professional BizTalk Server 2006 Release
I've been keeping an eye on the development of the Professional BizTalk Server 2006 book as it's being written, in as much as that's possible, and recommending it to folks who are interested. Most notably students in a recent BizTalk course I tought for Read More...
Posted 29 March 07 10:30 by ryanm1201 | 1 Comments   
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Google Apps for Small Business
The recent "release" of Google Apps seems to be targeting small business head on. Although there really isn't anything new with the release (hence the quotes earlier), the concept of providing 24/7 support, API's, and an uptime guarantee, which is basically Read More...
Posted 23 February 07 12:28 by ryanm1201 | 0 Comments   
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