You may or may not know is that the Site Template (STP) is gone however there are some new activation procedures you should know about when implementing the new WSP Site Templates.   Real-Time Use – This allow you to upload and select a templat...[Read More]

Our Department Dashboard app using our One Touch design with Central Configuration has been extensively adopted in our customer base on SharePoint 2007.  In this article, we’ll talk about the new Department Solution Set v1.0 which is the next gener...[Read More]

With our new release today of Workplace Suite (v10.3.1) and the Toolset (v1.6.1), we begin the process of transitioning into the SharePoint 2010 period.  Today’s release provides customers with the platform to bridge their SP2007 application enviro...[Read More]

While initiating an upgrade keep these items in mind.   1) Make sure that you have latest software installed. This includes, ISV technology, Service Packs, and Hot fixes.   2) Restarts suck! Why? Because inevitably a SharePoint service won’t res...[Read More]

I just finished the first webcast for PPM v1.2. It was a fast-paced hour that scratched the surface of the functionality. The recording will be made available and I will post the link when it’s ready.   The next PPM webcast is 2/11/2010 at 2:00 P...[Read More]

After installing SharePoint 2010 and implementing the Toolset, there are two items to keep in mind when implementing your new Web Applications.   1) The server has no clue where your web application is. In my case, I implemented 2010sandbox.coraswo...[Read More]

I ran into this error when I was creating new upgraded solutions from 2007 templates and needed to get around it. Normally I would have used “stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname max-template-document-size -propertyvalue 50000000” to do so but sadly I...[Read More]

I created a PowerShell script which will traverse a directory and install all WSPs it finds into SharePoint. You can either run the script at the same location where the WSPs are or you can just execute the script adding a parameter “SolutionInstallP...[Read More]

This is a small note, but important, ohhh SO Important.   Any file inside of your site whether it be in a document library, list, or root folder, must not contain any special of the following special characters. If they do then when you attempt to ...[Read More]

In my previous post, I did an overview of the new CorasWorks-Fpweb.net service offerings for the Cloud.  In this article, I’ll take a look at three core scenarios for the Cloud offering that are ready to go.   Community Extranet in the Cloud (Ext...[Read More]

It is time for some apps in the Cloud…  Through a partnership with Fpweb.net, the CorasWorks app platform on SharePoint is now available as a service in the Cloud. It is a powerful offering bringing all of the pieces together.  In this article, I’l...[Read More]