Excited about SharePoint 2010?  I definitely am; that's why I have registered for the SharePoint Conference 2009. This will be THE conference to attend as this is the first time Microsoft will publicly be sharing information of what SharePoint 2010 has to offer.  As a registered member, I received a sneak peak into some of sessions that will be of ...[Read More]

I had been asked a question from a twitter follower if Microsoft Online Services product Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS) supports Internet-Facing sites?   After a quick tweet, John Ferringer and Andrew Walmsley both stated the facts:   andrewwalmsley: @sharepointbuzz Don't think so.MSFT Online bus. model is Saas based ...[Read More]

Recently, a collegue and I were helping a client enable Forms Based Authentication.  He sent out an email on how you lose client integration functionality when you have Forms Based Authentication enabled. SharePoint Buzz Twitter Community is GreatI tweeted earlier today that I was working on a draft version of this post and the SharePoint Twitte ...[Read More]

Here are the latest videos (hosted on Microsoft Videos site) from TechNet: Planning and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 200) - In this first session of our six-part Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 series, see a detailed overview of the SharePoint Server 2007 architecture. We present the concepts of topology, server roles, and n ...[Read More]

There's a new SharePoint Webcasts For Internet Site Development Series starting today. Be sure to register! MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Products and Technologies for Internet Site Development: Getting Started (Level 100) - Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time Set up an environment for developing Microsoft SharePoint Prod ...[Read More]

For more information on the next version of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, subscribe to our SharePoint Buzz RSS Feed.     UPDATE: Microsoft has just announced the SharePoint 2009 14 Conference in Las Vegas! Many of us are still trying to master SharePoint 2007 (version 12) but that does not mean we don't want to know what Microsoft ShareP ...[Read More]

This month's TSPUG Monthly Meeting (01.16.08) presentation is on authentication providers. In ASP.NET 2.0 , there is an important concept called authentication provider model which is used for many new features such as Membership/Role Management, Profiles, etc. Moss 2007 is built on the top WSS 3.0 which is in turn built on the top of ASP.NET 2.0. ...[Read More]

It is possible to manually change the SharePoint Timer Service account: From a command prompt change to the directory where the SharePoint Timer Service is running C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN Run the command stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -identitytype configurableid -userlogin domain\account - ...[Read More]

This webcast describes effective techniques you can use to secure Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about the benefits and limitations of several different authentication methods, and the management and role of permissions in SharePoint groups. We also discuss different permission levels a ...[Read More]