Creating SharePoint 2007 Timer Jobs
So here’s a quick tip, in case you ever find yourself wasting 24 hours of your life trying to figure out why your freshly created MOSS timer job never runs…restart the
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Abstract: Pivot on This! Excel 2010 x64 Edition and PowerPivot Revolutionize Utilities
How Excel 2010 x64 Can Help an Electric Utility Truly Measure Success Within the walls of the rural electric utility, many situations arise where the need to quickly and accurately depict the current
Abstract: The Challenges of Multi-Tenant Aware CRM Instances
By Derek Martin and Jake Watkins Wherever possible, organizations tend towards centralization of data. Whether that be from a taxonomy perspective, document management perspective, or a customer data management perspective, these centralizations are
Abstract: Collaboration and Integration with SharePoint 2010 in Electric Utilities
The evolution of the modern IT infrastructure in the rural utility space has transformed what is possible in the assessment and understanding of business metrics and objectives. The key to fully understanding utility
Upgrading your MOSS 2007 Farm
In planning for your MOSS 2007 upgrade to SharePoint 2010 (SP2010), please realize that there really isn’t an upgrade per se. SP2010 is radically different under the covers so an in place
Currently Reading
I’ve been reading a great book on practical IT Management ‘things’ called The Windows Administration Resource kit (Amazon link here [http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Administration-Resource-Kit-Professionals/dp/0735624313] ). It provides a very practical
The Coming Storm – SharePoint 2010
It comes as no surprise that I’m excited about SP2010. MOSS 2007 was an amazing product which introduced many great new features. But like most things Microsoft, it typically takes a version
SharePoint 2010 and Composite Applications
One of my favorite design stories around MOSS was the ability to use the OOB experience to fundamentally enhance a given business process. In fact, in the seven years I’ve been doing
Follow Up to HealthVault Article
I wrote recently about a new deal in progress with the US Government and Microsoft HealthVault. It can be found here [http://derekmartin.org/archives/520]. It seems as though MS isn’t
SharePoint 2010 Development is (Slightly) Better
Let’s be real for a sec. Developing on the SharePoint 2007 platform is more than a bit of a pain. Despite all of MS’s and other folks efforts, it is just
Patterns and Practices for MOSS 2010
Via the Innovation Showcase [http://blogs.msdn.com/innov8showcase/archive/2010/02/22/patterns-practices-sharepoint-guidance.aspx] The Patterns and Practice group at Microsoft recently (today) updated some patterns for MOSS 2010 which provides a