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Entries for December, 2008

Changing values of User Profile properties trough code

In SharePoint users have a User Profile where information about a user can be stored and can be imported from Active Directory. Much information can be changed by the user, but there is also information that can’t be changed by the user. For a current project we had a Picture Library with Pictures of users. [...]

Integration Reporting Services with SharePoint 2007 in Native Mode

It is possible to integrate SQL Reporting Services with SharePoint 2007, but know the question is how you integrate it with SharePoint. The easiest why is to install the SharePoint Reporting Web Parts on your server. This is also called the Integration in Native Mode. It isn’t more than installing the webpart and connect those [...]

SharePoint prompts to login multiple time when opening a document

One of our most annoying issues we came across in one of our projects was the problem that SharePoint kept prompting us to login when we were opening a document. This problem ruined the user experience, so we began a search for possible solutions. In our environment the user could access the portal trough two [...]

Scheduling SharePoint Backup

Update:Version 2.0 available of the script here For one of our clients we had to schedule the SharePoint Backup what isn’t possible trough the interface, so we went looking for some possible solutions. The solutions we came across are: Performing the backup every time by hand (isn’t scheduling after all). Creating a batch file to [...]

Disabling the MySite link for all your users

Did you ever have a problem with your mysite? Well we did! The customer wanted a Citrix webpart on their mysite. I did not recommend it but still they wanted it. The performance off the mysite fell down the roof and we had to disable the mysite so we could do a proper investigation what [...]