Archive for category: Tips and Tricks

/ March 1, 2010 10:19 pm

Task List Export – Access, Project and Visio

How to export a SharePoint 2010 task list to Access, Project and Visio

/ February 27, 2010 9:53 pm

WESPCSK:Web Applications vs Site Collections vs Sites

Another thing that Every SharePoint Consultant Should Know (WESPCSK) is some of the specific settings and the scopes that they are applied to. Now this will help in requirements gathering, architecting and general discussions. So below is my list of settings and the general scope that they are applied to which can be of interest. Web Application Specific Settings and [...]

/ February 1, 2010 8:53 pm

Random SharePoint Articles

Here are some articles that caught my eye in January, there was a whole lot more but I always seem to forget about them after I read them! CodePlex Project for Word Automation: Really cool SharePoint designer workflow action that allows you to convert documents into a number of different file formats. SharePoint 2010 Records Management: How to set up [...]

/ January 17, 2010 11:56 pm

Placing the ECB Menu on any item field in SharePoint 2010

How to place the context menu off the Title field through SharePoint Designer 2010

/ January 5, 2010 11:35 am

My Top SharePoint articles for the week (Jan 1 – 8 2010)

Best blog posts covering MOSS, SharePoint 2010 and other software related things for this week.

/ January 4, 2010 3:08 pm

Quick way to enable god mode in Windows 7

How to enable a God Mode folder that lets you administer all Windows 7 functions.

/ December 9, 2009 1:47 pm

VanSpug Presentation: Managing Documents in SharePoint 2010

I did a presentation for the Vancouver SharePoint Users Group last night about some of the new document management features in SharePoint 2010. It details some of the new features as it applies to document management so have a look. Managing documents in SharePoint 2010 from Vanspug on Vimeo.

/ December 3, 2009 3:15 pm

The Taxonomy feature (Feature ID “73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C”) has not been activated

The Taxonomy feature (Feature ID "73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C") has not been activated error and how to resolve it.

/ November 26, 2009 9:41 pm

SharePoint 2010 Beta Trail License Key

SharePoint 2010 Beta Trail License Key

/ October 26, 2009 11:37 am

I’m now a Microsoft Certified Trainer

So I got my Microsoft Certified Trainer’s certificate now which means that I can officially teach Microsoft courses to the masses which is great. We are hoping to start rolling out some SharePoint courses early in the new year which will be great but until then we are busy working on developing some  workshops for the upcoming SharePoint 2010 course.