SharePoint 2010 has changed a few things regarding search. One of which is the use of a different master page to control the navigation, providing a minimal global navigation (aka top link bar) and removing the left sidebar (aka current navigation or the quick launch bar). The left sidebar needs to be removed to make [...]
Read more »Here are a few tips and tricks to use when working with user profiles in SharePoint 2010. Note: Most also apply to SharePoint 2007. 1. Displaying all profiles in the service application When you go to edit user profiles in the User Profile service application, you will see a blank screen with a search box [...]
Read more »[Update] Please note that this solution does not quite get to a full address book search. When Microsoft says ‘Sort by name’, they actually only sort by first name. Daft I know but go complain to them. The best approach is to add a note for people – add at least the first letter of [...]
Read more »Note: This post is relevant to both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. One of the features that SharePoint has had for a while now is the Meeting Workspace site template. It’s a template to help co-ordinate content and activities relating to meetings. Used well, it can be a great time-saver and/or help improve the management [...]
Read more »In February 2011 I did a presentation at a Records Management (RM) seminar on SharePoint 2010. Specifically, exploring what SharePoint 2010 has to offer in the field of EDRMS – Electronic Document and Records Management. The presentation is embedded below and a brief summary of the talk follows: SharePoint 2010 for Records Management First things [...]
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[Update] Following comments to this post, please note that this refers to using the Enterprise Wiki template when creating a site collection. The Enterprise Wiki template is the only one that will create a root site with all features available. All other templates limit the features for the site collection and the Publishing Portal template [...]
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