by Eugene Rosenfeld | May 18, 2010 | Cloud computing, Document Management, Documentum, MOSS, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, WSS
I often help prospective customers decide whether or not they should implement SharePoint or an alternate product. Not long ago the choice was fairly simple, but now there are many options: Drupal, DotNetNuke, Oracle Web Center, Web Logic, Alfresco, and Documentum...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Apr 13, 2010 | MOSS, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Speaking, Workflow
Since I initially posted that I would be speaking at the SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference in London this April, I’ve picked up an additional session. Not only am I delivering my, “Things that Should be Easy in SharePoint Development” session, but also am...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Mar 15, 2010 | MOSS, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Speaking, Workflow, WSS
I’m very excited to be speaking at the SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference in London this April. I was supposed to speak there last year as well but had a last-minute scheduling conflict. It was definitely my loss. I heard from speakers and attendees alike how good...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Oct 13, 2009 | C#, MOSS, SharePoint, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, WSS
When creating web parts, event receivers, timer jobs and other SharePoint code, I often find that I need to temporarily grant the code more permissions than the current user has. I’ve found that many developers either don’t know what options they have for user...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Aug 1, 2008 | MOSS, SharePoint, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, WSS
Presence in the SharePoint UI is rendered very simply, as an image tag (WSS V2) or anchor tag (WSS V3) tag that calls into JavaScript functions that actually render the presence info SmartTag (ActiveX object) on the page. In each case, the user’s email address...
by Eugene Rosenfeld | Jun 27, 2007 | SharePoint, SharePoint Portal Server 2003
I wanted to re-link to an article I published on MSD2D a couple of years ago that many people found helpful. The article described steps to add searching capability to the help system in SharePoint Portal Server 2003. I was on the fence about re-linking to the article...