Ulysses Ludwig's SharePoint blog

Installing Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) on Windows Server 2008

Below are the screenshots that demonstrate the steps I followed when installing Identity Lifecycle Manager in my lab. Cloned 2008 Server 32 Bit for ILM (Note that I cloned my SharePoint dev server) DCPromo and activate AD role Create ILMService Account Add to domain admins Installed new database server Install ILM Now install metadata services and user provisioning ========================================================================================...

Excel Services Dashboard Screenshots

I often have clients ask for examples of Excel Services dashboards.  Below are two screenshots of demo dashboards I developed back in 2008.  The  data is pulled from the Microsoft Dynamics Two Inc. sample database using SQL queries that I authored specifically for these demos. Vendor Dashboard with KPI’s (Click to view full size) Customer Dashboard (Click to view full size)

OWSTimer Pegging CPU and Filling Logs

This is the second posting I’ve put together regarding OWSTimer.  In a previous post I had a client who simply pegged the timer by running a batch update against thousands of list items subsequently kicking off thousands of workflows.  In a more recent encounter, one of my clients called me with the OWSTimer again going mad, but for a completely different reason.  Problem OWSTimer.exe taking 100% CPU and/or creating Gigabyte sized log files. Solution Below  are the steps...

How to change the name of a Complex InfoPath Data Source

Sometimes InfoPath doesn’t allow you to rename your main data source so you are stuck with a name that doesn't necessarily match with the function of the form.  This is very common for those of us that like to use Microsoft’s InfoPath templates as a head start.  For example, a form designed based upon an InfoPath sample may include the "expenseReport" name. This is quite annoying especially when you need to compile the datasource with the "xsd /c" command and the ou...

Serialization Issue with Windows Workflow Foundation and Sharepoint Workflow

Problem You are receiving the error similar to the one below when attempting to execute a SharePoint WWF workflow.  ====================================================================================== 11/19/2009 10:52:19.18     w3wp.exe (0x17FC)                          0x157C    Windows SharePoint Services   
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