Tag Archives: SharePoint Short

SP 2013 – SQL Native Client

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #11 If you’re trying to install SharePoint 2013 and during the installation of the prerequisites it fails with the message “Error: The tool was unable to install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client” and the error … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Best Practices

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #10 Excellent resource listing the best practices for SharePoint 2010: SharePoint 2010 Best Practices Details things from planning, deployment, development and lots more. Definitely worth bookmarking for future reference.

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Clear Designer Cache

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #9 When using SharePoint Designer, especially in a development environment where content and assemblies can frequently change, SPD can start to behave erratically, sometimes loading content that has been removed from the web site, or using an older … Continue reading →

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Update WSP File

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #8 It’s easy to extract and make changes to a WSP file – use any compression program (WinZip, WinRAR, etc.) to extract it to your machine and you’re good to go. Once you’ve made your changes to the … Continue reading →

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Service Application Proxy Classes

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Stu

SharePoint Short #7 Looking for a list of the currently available service application proxy classes? Run the following in a console app and et voilà: var proxies = from serviceProxies in SPFarm.Local.ServiceProxies from SPServiceApplicationProxy serviceProxy in serviceProxies.ApplicationProxies select serviceProxies;   … Continue reading →

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