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SharePoint 2010: Managed Service Accounts

SharePoint 2010 allows administrators to pre-configure service accounts to be used when configuring SharePoint components. This way administrators don't have to remember or lookup usernames and passwords for service accounts every time they configure Read More...

Using ADFS with SharePoint

To configure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to work with SharePoint follow these instructions: Get your certificates ready ( http://blogs.technet.com/adfs/archive/2007/02/26/setting-up-an-adfs-lab-environment-part-1.aspx ) Configure ADFS Read More...

Creating custom list from hidden Event content type

For some reason, Microsoft has decided to hide Event content type in SharePoint (MOSS/WSS) and prevent users from creating a custom list based on that content type. To unhide Event content type: Open your existing calendar on the site and go to List Settings Read More...

How to change the port number for SharePoint Central Administration site

To change a port number that SharePoint Central Administration site is running on: Open Command Prompt Go to BIN folder in SharePoint install directory (by default, it would be "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN") Read More...

SharePoint: No easy way to deny access

For a sophisticated web application, SharePoint (WSS or MOSS) is missing a feature as simple as Deny access (Deny Read, Deny Write, Deny All). To deny access to the SharePoint for single user or a group of users, you modify Policy for Web Application Read More...

SharePoint public-facing website and Microsoft Office documents

When you have a public-facing site built using SharePoint technologies, opening Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.) stored on this website requires user to login. You can hit Cancel at the login prompt and still be able to Read More...

Enabling anonymous access on MOSS 2007 / WSS 3.0 web applications

To enable anonymous access for a web application within SharePoint: 1. Go to Central Administration >> Application Management >> Authentication Providers. make sure to pick correct web application from the drop-down list at the top-right corner Read More...

SharePoint search and anonymous users

If you have a public Sharepoint site (MOSS 2007 or WSS 3.0) that is accessible to anonymous users and you’re not using custom scopes, you probably already noticed that every time users try to search they get a user prompt. To get pass this prompt you Read More...