Things to remember when branding SharePoint
An assortment of branding tips
Archive for February, 2009
SharePoint Administrators Tip: Do NOT touch IIS MMC
SharePoint is a Microsoft web based product. Like all other Microsoft web based technology, SharePoint leverages IIS6 or IIS7 Web Server. Network administrators’ familiarity with the IIS management console (MMC) can lead them to make inappropriate changes in IIS which will affect the stability of their SharePoint environment. The first lesson I teach all new SharePoint administrators is: DO NOT [...]
Deploying solutions via stsadm vs user console
When deploying a solution within SharePoint you have two options, either using the following stsadm command: stsadm -o deploysolution -name SolutionName -local -url urltoSolutionToDeployTo Or the other option is to deploy via Solutions Management in Central Administration -> Operations -> Solutions Management as seen below: You might think that there is no difference that the process is the same for [...]
WSP Builder:Microsoft SharePoint Services Administration is not running
If you are using the awesome WSP builder then you can possibly get this error when trying to deploy a solution file: Microsoft SharePoint Service Administration is not running In order to get this working then all you need to do is go to the services module in Start > Control Panel > Administration Tools > Services Then simply set [...]
SharePoint Licensing
Some of the most frequent questions I get as a SharePoint infrastructure consultant are surrounding licensing. Microsoft Licensing is notorious for being complex and SharePoint licensing is no exception. The tables below will provide high level guidance surrounding licensing SharePoint in an Intranet and Extranet scenario. Intranet: The following table describes the necessary licenses for internal users on a SharePoint [...]
