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Real world Sandboxed Solutions Slide deck from BPC10

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

Abstract: In this session we will take a look at Sandbox solutions, understanding what they are, why they were introduced and why you would want to build one. Based on a real world project at 21apps we will look at … Continue reading →

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Slide deck from Automated UI Testing at BPC10

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

Slide deck from my Automated UI Testing of SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2010 presented at the Best Practices Conferences in Washington DC in August 2010.  

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SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 Tip

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

There are some great articles out about setting up SharePoint 2010 to work on Windows 7. Spence has a few great tips as always. MSDN has a good post which actually gets you up and running. One things that I … Continue reading →

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My Sessions at BPC2010

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

I have the pleasure of being a speaker at Best Practices conference in Washington DC in August, 2010. Being a ‘best practices’ conference; speakers are given guidelines to work against to ensure their sessions fit in with the overall theme … Continue reading →

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SharePoint 2010 Edition Comparisons

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

One thing I always get asked is what features exist in what version,  or more specifically are we licensed to do this? Microsoft have produced a neat feature comparison chart. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/pages/editions-comparison.aspx This small blog post is really for my own … Continue reading →

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Firefox: Not SharePoint Foundation compatible.. or is it?

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

Many people use Firefox as the browser of choice.  I myself make use of it for the excellent FireBug add-in.  If you do use Firefox against your SharePoint sites you will have see the, how would you say, different experience … Continue reading →

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SharePoint: Why do alert emails work but others don’t?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

Problem We have set up the correct email SMTP server in Central Administration and everyone is receiving their email alerts correctly.  When we add new users to the site it always fails to send the email reporting an error has … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Retreat– Competition winner

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

To help promote the community aspect of SharePoint Retreat and share the knowledge and lessons learned beyond those that were lucky enough to attend we offer a prize for the best sharing of knowledge. This sharing could be in the … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Retreat London (part 3 of 3)

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

Part 1 – SharePoint Retreat Part 2 – What a day! Part 3 – Going forward Retrospective For any activity I find the best way to improve is to review the positives and the negatives and then action the most … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Retreat London (part 2 of 3)

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Andrew Woodward

Part 1 – SharePoint Retreat Part 2 – What a day! Part 3 – Going forward The Problem Cross sell component ============================ Requirements: A client wants to be able to have a component on a page which can be used … Continue reading →

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