Example for Internet facing MOSS site

Hi folks,
Here is a best example for internet facing MOSS site.
Its http://Sharepoint.Microsoft.com :)
Yup It has been recently developed with MOSS technologies by a consulting company Advaiya.
Envy those people who got the chance to work for the official site of Sharepoint ;) Lucky you...!

Resource : Nice article, it explains implementation of new features. Really inspiring.... Great job.

Regards
Fauzi

SQL Server Schedule Job : Unable to cast object of type

Hi Folks...

One of my pal, when he was trying to create SQL Server Job to call a SSIS he got the following error;

Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SimpleObjectKey' to type 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.JobObjectKey'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

When we googled for the same it was mentioned in lot of forums that the it worked fine once we install SQL Server 2005 service pack 2 (SP 2)

Reference: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqltools/thread/e7c0e73e-8d4b-4624-a19e-352a69995f9e

Download: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Regards
Fauzi ~ 4Z

How can I Develop a Webpart for MOSS from my XP machine

Hi,

Hope every one will not be getting a chance to work in MOSS server (a windows 2003/2008 Server) simultaniously when working as a team. So when you develop a webpart for a MOSS site from your XP machine, you will not find the assemblies like Microsoft.SharePoint that sharepoint 2007 uses. The solution is you can just add the reference for the following location.

\\MYMOSSSERVER\C$\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\ISAPI

Hope it helps

Regards
Fauzi

How to setup Database from MDF file

Dear Reader,

I was writing a user manual for a client, A part of it is about setting up a database in SQL Server 2008 from .MDF file. Thought let me blog this simultaneously so that it could be useful for surfer who look for a way to setup a database in SQL Server.Necessary measures are taken to protect sensitive information :)

Following are the steps to be done to setup database in SQL Server 2008.

Step #1: Right click on Database, Select Attach…

Step #2: A window with title Attach Databases will be shown to add the database files. Click on Add button.

Step #3: A window with title Local Database files – Computer Name, will be displayed. Browse and select the respective .mdf file for which you need to add the Database.

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Step #4: The select database file with the .mdf life & the .ldf file will be loaded. Please refer Screen #48. There are two options either we can click OK to finish adding the Database or If you want to reset log file .ldf file, select and remove the second file as shown in screen #48 and click OK to add file Database with log file. When this activity is done the SQL Server automatically creates a .ldf file.

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Hope it helps...

Cheers :)
Fauzi

The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion

Hi,

I think i should blog this today. I use Windows Server 2003 Standard edition as development cum test server.
I was supposed to setup Sharepoint instance & CMS site. When i tried to run IIS 6.0, the website was stopped & when i tried to start it showed the following error :

"The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion"

So I googled for the issues and tried the following are the solutions:

1. Disabled firewall

2. Disabled Antivirus for a while & checked.

3. Thought framework might not be installed properly so ran aspnet_regiis -i from C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727

4. Tried update to registry through regedit.exe as suggested by Microsoft support team

5. There was apache server running on the same server. As it was running on port 80, I changed the port for IIS to 82.

6. People in forum adviced to explore events logs, when i tried so i found that there was an error message registered saying "The World Wide Web Publishing Service service terminated with the following error: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done."
I suspected that there might be permission related issue. so gave permission for adminstrator account to default application pool and removed users marked as "Unknow".

7. Then googled further... found SP2(Service pack) for Asp.Net framework 2.0... downloaded & installed that as well...

restarted when ever it was necessary... thought let me take a break or else lets give Server a break (Lol), called it a day.

Next day at work when i was telling my attempts to my collegue, when he tried connecting to the server OMG It worked fine (Lol) I believe installing Framework 2.0 could have helped...

If you have faced a similar scenario please share us your solutions :)

Regards
Fauzi ~4Z

microsoft IE7 security patch

Hi...

Hope you are aware of the security flaw found in IE7 last week on December 16th.

BBC Link

Microsoft has released a security patch which could be downloaded and installed on the following link.

Security patch

This update addresses the vulnerability discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 which was regarding the Security issues that has been identified which could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7 and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, please restart your computer.

Hope it helps

Regards
Fauzi ~ 4Z

Wish you Happy New Year 2009