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Scaling Limitations for SharePoint and Project Server 2007 / 2010 #SP2010 #ProjectServer #EPM #WSS #MOSS
Just a useful link about SharePoint and Project Server scaling limitations that I keep losing.
SharePoint Foundation 2010 / SharePoint Server 2010 / Project Server 2010
SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: Software boundaries and limits: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 / Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Plan for software boundaries (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787(office.12).aspx
Project Server 2007
Plan for software boundaries (Project Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197693(office.12).aspx
October CU #SP2010 #PS2010 Updated information… #in
The SharePoint Team have updated the information about the October Cumulative Update.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2010/11/06/details-and-workaround.aspx
Details Below:
Below are further details and a workaround for the SharePoint 2010 October Cumulative Update issue discovered yesterday.
Packages Impacted
The Cumulative Update packages affected are the Server Packages for SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Server and Project Server 2010, specifically;
- SharePoint Server Package 2394320
- Project Server Package 2394322
The downloads for both of these packages have been removed from our servers. If you have already downloaded them you SHOULD NOT install them. They will be republished.
Issue Details
The October Cumulative Update for the packages listed above makes some changes and updates to the user profile database. Unfortunately there are certain situations where this update does not complete as expected and leaves the update in an inconsistent state. This causes issues with several SharePoint features that use the User Profile Application such as MySites, People and Expertise Search & Ratings.
Workaround
If you have already applied the October Cumulative Updates mentioned above, you should perform the following steps;
If you encounter any issues following these steps or have questions specific to your environment/deployment please call Microsoft Product Support for assistance.
Check the following locations for the Microsoft.Office.Server.dll to determine the version. If the version is 14.0.5128.5000 or greater, the October CU is applied.
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\ISAPI\Microsoft.Office.Server.dll
- C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Office.Server
\14.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c\Microsoft.Office.Server.dll
Using Central Administration perform the following steps
- Click on Manage Service Applications
- Select User Profile Service Application by clicking on it
- At the top of the screen on the Service Applications tab, click on Manage
- On the Manage Profile Service: User Profile Service Application page, click Manage User Permissions
- On the Permissions for User Profile Service Application dialog, you will need to
- Specify the desired user accounts and click the Add button to add them to the list
- By default SharePoint 2010 RTM has these accounts
- NT Authority\authenticated users
- All Authenticated Users
- Once the user accounts are in the list, you will need to set the permissions appropriately for your environment and click OK.
Packages NOT Impacted
The following Cumulate Update packages are NOT affected by this issue and are safe to install;
- SharePoint Foundation Server “Uber” Package 2394323
- SharePoint Foundation Server Package 2405789
- SharePoint Foundation Server Package 2427410
- SharePoint Foundation Server Package 2436034
This issue does not impact the 2007 versions of these products.
Important info about CU Oct 2010
More information as it comes – until further notice – don’t install the CU Oct 2010 update for SP2010 or PS2010.
Video Showcase – Media Player #in #SP2010
SharePoint Media Player 1.1
A web part which places a Windows Media Player object on the page to play audio / video. The web part takes into account the problem of menu’s going behind the Media Player window.
Compatibility:
- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- SharePoint Foundation 2010
- SharePoint Server 2010
Updating User Profile Properties via PowerShell (PictureURL)–SharePoint 2010 #in #SP2010
I have recently had reason to update the PictureURL property value via PowerShell in SharePoint 2010 for all users in the system.
As a result, I wrote the following PowerShell script to update the property value using string replace.
Although not generic code, I shall be using this again as a starting base to update any property in future.
You will ideally need to run this on the server with an account with the appropriate permissions to update all user profiles.
PerformancePoint 2010 Migration Steps #in #SP2010
Just completing my research into PerformancePoint 2010 and how it can be useful in SharePoint and Project Server environments.
Part of the research of course includes how to migrate the content. Typical life-cycle being DEV, TEST, LIVE + maybe others etc.
Link to MSDN article discussing the options: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff735567.aspx
PerformancePoint 2010 error resolved “Code blocks are not allowed in this file” #in #sp2010
I’ve been playing with PerformancePoint 2010 today and one of the first hurdles I came across in our MOSS 2007 upgraded environment was the following error:
An error occurred during the processing of /PerformancePoint/Pages/ppssample.aspx. Code blocks are not allowed in this file.
This seemed to be an issue with the following reference not being in the web.config on the site.
<PageParserPath VirtualPath="/PerformancePoint/Pages /ppssample.aspx" CompilationMode="Always" AllowServerSideScript="true" />
Once this was in, the error was resolved and I could install the Dashboard Designer as standard.
Video Showcase – Internet Search #in #SP2010
SharePoint Internet Search 1.6
A Web Part to place an Internet Search area on the page.
Extended from the original Google Search to include Windows Live (default), Google and Yahoo. Logo’s are provided as standard with configuration of your own logo’s if required.
Compatibility:
- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- SharePoint Foundation 2010
- SharePoint Server2010
Registering Managed Accounts in SharePoint 2010 #in
Today a colleague of mine had an issue at a client about Registering Managed Accounts in SharePoint 2010.
This is a new feature of 2010 to allow for the maintenance of service accounts and even includes password refresh cycles etc.…
If you come across the error:
“The given key was not present in the dictionary”
It is likely that you need to setup some permissions on Active Directory as found in the following post:
The answer mentions using All Authenticated Users – but I suspect you just need to add the permissions to the appropriate service accounts instead.
October Cumulative Updates for MOSS 2007 / SPS 2010 available #in
All download links are here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/10/27/october-2010-cu-for-sharepoint-2007-and-2010-has-been-released-last-yesterday.aspx
As always only update if you have a problem that requires solving that is fixed by this update.
Also, test it on a non-production system first – preferably with the same content database.
Cheers
Giles
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