I have been playing around with SharePoint 2010 Search this morning. I love the new UI. The search refinements panel is just begging to be messed with. In my case I wanted to add the file extension JPG as an Image Type refiner. Simple Refiner Tweak Here is how you add a file extension refinement.…
Another one of the common questions asked is what are the thresholds which OpsMgr users to alert from a processor usage perspective? Similarly to the thresholds for a disk (https://www.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2009/10/09/quicktricks-–-determining-what-thresholds-exist-for-a-specific-drive-in-opsmgr.aspx) the are two different values which are used to determine when a processor is bottlenecked. So, first question. Question: How do I determine what the…
I saw someone at Microsoft do this trick and wanted to make a note of it because it’s pretty useful especially if you are working deep into a path on a drive. If you are on the commandline and you want to open explorer in the same folder just type “start .” This is shown…
Using the default behavior of forms services to save to a document library, the user who is filling out the form would need to click the Save or Save As… button on the InfoPath toolbar and give the file a name. I’m going to show how to auto generate a file name and provide a…
In order to support my SharePoint 2010 demo environment I have become quite a fan on Microsoft Hyper-V. I admit that I did not enjoy the learning curve and that there are a few “features” missing that would make it significantly easier to use as a portable demo environment, features that I have grown quite…
My stepbrother is a realtor – a good realtor at that. He bought and sold our last house, and in this economy, kudos to him. I remember when we were shopping for that house that in one day he must’ve taken my wife and I to at least 20-30 different houses. After a while, they…
I know, I know – Love is a strong word, but I can’t stop smiling when using the new version of Outlook – it is just so well designed that it makes me smile. This is just a list of the first ten things I like in no particular order (this list will grow). 1.…
I see a lot of discussion within my client organizations about the proper role of EPM software to support Agile and other project management methodologies. It just so happens that Glen Alleman hit upon that very topic over the weekend on his Herding Cats blog. Almost all of his posts are a must read for…
I was asked recently how to add a new server to the same groups which another server was already of member of in OpsMgr (add Server 5 to the same groups that Server 1 is a member of). At first glance this looks like a simple request – look at each group and see if…
Here’s what’s evolved into my own personal method of documenting security for a MOPS implementation. Figured that I would throw this out and welcome any and all suggestions on how to improve this. MOPS 2007 security can be broken out into two major chunks: functional requirements and configuration specifications: Functional Security Requirements Functional…
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