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Digital Signatures

dbartz — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:38:10 GMT

I am investigating solutions whereby digital signatures can be attached to lists within SharePoint and also to specific documents in document libraries. I would also be interested in how workflows can be designed in which multiple signatures are required and how modifications from each reviewer impacts the required signature chain.

Looking for SharePoint Training in DFW

egrama — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:32:57 GMT

Hi,

I am looking for some SharePoint training in the DFW area before the end of the year. I am interested in basic SharePoint skills, governance, and other topics that end users and site collection administrators should know.

Anyone can recommend some good training companies?

Thank you.

SharePoint's mobile site, Useful/useless

Dameon Roman — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:11:23 GMT

Are there any applicable uses of the mobile site in the corporate envirnment today?
Moreover, has anyone been ask to setup a mobile site in MOSS or 2010.
Has anyone everseen a mobile site?

InfoPath Form w/MOSS 07

abbiewatters — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:10:27 GMT

I am looking for some guidance on InfoPath forms and MOSS07. Are there any resources any of the members here might suggest. We are specifically looking to create some InfoPath forms around LOB workflows that are in some way related to current business apps, but are not already integrated in business applications.

Specifically I am looking to develop forms that draw data out of apps and then return that form data back to a variety of places, including SharePoint but also perhaps directly into a LOB Application when necissary. Any pointers to resources for this type of thing would be greatly appreciated.

-bill watters

DFW SharePoint Twitter?

cquick — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:18:19 GMT

Does the user group use Twitter or any other social networking site?

New to the community

josephreeves — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:36:41 GMT

Hello to everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself. I am new to sharepoint 2007 and to the dfwsharepoint website. I have been in the IT world for just about 10 Years now. Sharepoint is something new to me and quite the challenge. I am looking forward to getting to more people in the DFW area that share the same interests. Thanks

Joseph Reeves

Healthcare organizations using SharePoint

wtrc1234 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:27:24 GMT

I am interested in contacting anyone in a healthcare setting using SharePoint. We are multi-location outpatient physical/occupational/speech therapy practice. We are starting a demo project to use SharePoint(MOSS) to store/retrieve patient business documents (insurance cards, referrals, etc.), most of which will be scanned paper documents stored as pdf files (not searchable).

Template of this Forum

happysea — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:48:27 GMT

I am a new administrator of MOSS. I am search for a good idea share software on the SharePoint Server platform.

I think that this forum is a start for me. Can I get the template of this forum ?

DFW Sharepoint Meeting on the 19th

josephreeves — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:31:28 GMT

I am new to Sharepoint and the DFW Sharepoint Meetings. I am very excited to be joining everyone on the 19th of May and I am looking forward to meeting everyone.

I would definetly like to get to know the community and other users out there.

Just wondering how many other people are planning on attending this meeting? how many people usually do attend? Thanks!

Why is .mdb a blocked extension?

pkensler — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:52:39 GMT

I understand that blocked extensions are configurable within the central admin console, and that the default block on .mdb extensions can be removed... my question is, what is the rationale behind blocking .mdb files from being uploaded to a SharePoint site? What is the risk from allowing them?

Approval Workflow does not send Start Email to approvers

Csmith — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:11:34 GMT

We've a SharePoint Server 2007 (which is SharePoint 2007 X64 Portal Server + SP3 ).

There is a strange problem working with Workflows.

When a standard Workflow is started for a document in an Existing Document Library, The Document's WorkFlow status changes to "In progress" and an Email is sent to the initiator; In the site Task List, also, the tasks are assigned correctly to approvers. but no emails are sent to approvers!!!

I should add that approvers WILL receive a due date warning email on the Task Due Date.

The only missing part is "Task Started/Assigned" Emails.

Here's what I've tried so far...

1) From the workflow settings page, I selected "New Task List" for the Tasks and History options. This created new the new Task and History list and associated them with the workflow. I then opened the new task list and then verified that the "Send Email" option was enabled on the new Task List. Settings -> List Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Email Notification.

Email notification on the new task list was now set to "No", so I set it to "Yes", ran my tests, and it failed.

2) In Site Collection Administration -> Site Collection Features, I activated features for Office SharePoint Server Enterpriser and Office SharePoint Server Standard.

I also activated the Three State Workflow feature.

Next in Site Administration -> Site Features I activated Office SharePoint Server Enterpriser and Office SharePoint Server Standard too.

I also activated something called Library for translation and ran my test, it failed.

3) In Central Administration> Operations> Outging E-Mail Settings, verified that the Outbound SMTP server address is set correctly.

4) In Central Administration> Application Management> Workflow Settings, verified in User-Defined Workflows option that the "Enable user-defined workflows for the this site?" is set to YES. Also verified that the Workflow Task Notifications option; "Alert internal users who do not have site access when they are assigned a workflow task?" is set to YES.

Any ideals?

SharePoint for Social Network Application

npappio — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:56:34 GMT

I am interested in anyone's knowledge of SP being used in the Social Network realm.

Well known deployments, what level of the platform is being used, limitations from an industry requirements perspective.

And anyone's comments about the use of SP in this application area.

Thank You,

moved site and it disappeared

ed@dfw — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:29:30 GMT

Moved a site from a lower level to under main site using Manage Content and Structure. Site appeared to move and shows in explorer view; however when I try to access I get site not found. I can check all properties in Manage content view and can even open sub-sites attached to the primary site but cannot open the primary site. Also, this site was a sub-site in another site and the tab still shows on this site but the tab is also invalid. it appears that the data is there but the link has become corrupted. I also have a master page error but not sure if that is part of the problem or not.

moving files between libraries / folders

yodon — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:50:39 GMT

*Extreme* newbie ... just getting started. I have been given the honor to set up a somewhat temporary document control site under sharepoint (server in CA, users in TX). I have the basic structure set up like I want (I think). My plan was to create a public space where any user could upload a document. If it was accepted by the team, then I would move the document to an access-controlled area.

My problem is the part where I need to move a file (or set of files) from one library / folder to a different library / folder. In browsing some other user groups, there were suggestions about doing this through an Explorer view. This does not seem to offer me any benefits. I certainly can't drag and drop between folders and when I click on the move or copy links, it wants to put a copy on my computer. I suppose this intermediate step would work but it seems like it should be easier.

Suggestions greatly appreciated (but please keep in mind my newbie status!). Thanks.

Usage Stat Reports

Admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:18:39 GMT

Asked at meeting on 6/19 by james.scott@mkcorp.com

Has anyone seen any default reports for SP2007 to display usage stats? There was a report pack for SQL Server in 2003.

SharePoint 2003 to 2007 Migration Tools

eshupps — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:46:14 GMT

[Question posed by member at July 2007 User Group meeting]

Is anyone aware of migration tools for moving sites, lists and content from SharePoint 2003 (SPS and WSS) to SharePoint 2007?

Change Management Web Part for MOSS 2007?

caudleb — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:54:39 GMT

Has anyone come across a change management web part for MOSS 2007?

Open up MOSS 2007 to the Internet

snewsome — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:38:31 GMT

I am looking to pick someone's brain who has went through the process of opening up MOSS 2007 to the internet. I will cover lunch if someone who has gone through this process would sit down with me for around an hour. Cell # 972-415-6711. Thank you.

PDF conversion through Sharepoint Designer

Admin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:52:49 GMT

Shirley Griffin would like recommendations for doing PDF conversion through Sharepoint Designer (OTB) workflows. Post answers on forums or contact her at sgriffin@lbrealty.com

Large Lists in MOSS 2007

jmgscott — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:36:53 GMT

My question is, how large of a list have you successfully been able to maintain in your environment? I have something that I would like to consider building in SharePoint that could potentially grow a list up to 20-30K items. I would not use the standard browser navigation to view this data, rather, a customized page in SP Designer would display a filtered view of the list (returning at max 10 items).

Good or bad idea?

Here's some supporting information from MS that has caused me to second guess this approach:

There's a white paper (as mentioned here) that talks about using extremely large lists and the associated performance issues. In a nutshell, it says the "recommended" limit for lists is 2000 items per list container. A folder is considered a container, so you could have 1990 list items and 10 folders, each folder containing another 2000 list items - which would fall within the "recommendation".

It goes on to mention that SharePoint can theoretically handle very large lists (100K+), but that the performance when viewing through the standard SharePoint browser view would be a big issue, as well as inserts & deletes. Accessing this data through means other than the standard browser (i.e., APIs, web services, etc) will improve performance, however, if it is a requirement that you go over the suggested 2000 item limit.

Sharepoint Designer 2007

Admin — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:55:27 GMT

Asked at the meeting last night:

What resources are available for Sharepoint Designer 2007?

Reports in Project Web Access

Admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:58:58 GMT

I have had some major challenges since installing our system. (details below)

- MS Project Professional 2003

- Windows 2003 Server running IIS and Sharepoint Services

- SQL 2000 Server

The reports in Project Web Access aren’t matching up to each other for Actual Work reported. It’s causing some major headaches. We were working with the consultants that helped us to configure the program but they haven’t been able to pinpoint the cause. Their solution is to reconfigure the system and start over, which is double the investment of what we already spent, and totally out of the question.

Any suggestions, please contact dawnm@davidandgoliath.com.

Sharepoint Record Center Template

Admin — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:08:18 GMT

Julie Torres asked at the meeting last night:

1. Has anyone implemented the Sharepoint record Center Template?

2. Has anyone implemented K2's workflow in Sharepoint?

Site Description appears on all pages, not just the front default.aspx page [2007]

jmgscott — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:20:13 GMT

[<SP 2007]

All web-part pages have the Site Description at the top displayed as HTML. We thought maybe it was some webpart we might be able to disable, but it seems built into the actual HTML of the page.

In the Site Settings, it says the following about the 'Title and Description' of a site (the description that is given in the "Look and Feel" --> "Title, description, and icon"):

"Type a title and description for your Web site. The title is displayed on each page in the site. The description is displayed on the home page."

This seemed to be the behavior in 2003, but in our 2007 implementation, the description appears on every single page. This is incredibly annoying when the description tends to be rather lengthy. Has anyone else seen this behavior on 2007? Is there some setting that we are not seeing to cause this to happen?

TIA

Sharepoint Designer vs. Expression Web

smanning — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:03:33 GMT

If I already have Sharepoint Designer 2007 to work on Sharepoint sites, is it advisable to also get Expression Web for work on non-Sharepoint sites? I have heard that Sharepoint Designer can do everything that Expression Web can, but it doesn't necessarily follow that it's the right tool for non-Sharepoint sites. Thoughts?

Thanks,

Steve Manning

Admin Training on Sharepoint 2007

lcopeland — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:21:28 GMT

I'm looking for some good hands on admin training for Sharepoint 2007 in the DFW area.

TIA

Law Firms using SharePoint

toreykirby — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:05:01 GMT

Are there other users in the support group working with law firms and SharePoint Portal 2003 / 2007?

Sharepoint farm across a WAN

Admin — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:59:27 GMT

Asked at the meeting last night:

Can you create a Sharepoint farm across a WAN connection? (ie: WFE, Apps server, SQL cluster servers in a primary site and a business resumption site?)

Slides from the 11/15/06 User Group meeting?

aharrington — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:01:53 GMT

Can someone post the slides from the 11/15/06 meeting?