Ulysses Ludwig's SharePoint blog

Designing a Published InfoPath Form

Very often you need to retrieve a published InfoPath form, unfortunately, in SharePoint 2010 this is quite an ordeal.  In SharePoint 2007 you could simply open the InfoPath forms library in explorer view then open the forms directory and the template.xsn file would be readily visible.  In SharePoint 2010 the template.xsn file is now much better hidden/protected by SharePoint 2010.  In order to retrieve the document follow one of the two steps below. Method 1 The easiest method i...

SharePointAssist Bulk Edit Tool for Libraries

I am pleased to announce the release of the SharePointAssist Bulk Edit Tool for Libraries. This unique tool allows SharePoint users to complete bulk operations against a group of selected documents to update one or more fields at a time. Purchase and Trial Information The SharePointAssist Bulk Edit Tool for Libraries is available for trial and purchase.. Purchase Trial Installation Guide User Guide Why Use the SharePointAssist Bulk Edit Tool? The true power of the software is ev...

Configuring SharePoint 2010 with Kerberos Authentication

  Determine the application pool account that will be responsible for authenticating users.  Follow the steps below to be absolutely sure of the account responsible for running the site that will support kerberos authentication.  If SharePoint has already been configured verify your application pool account is, in fact, running the IIS application pool that supports the website where Kerberos is enabled Open the web application that will support Kerberos and make a note of...

Creating one Content Database Per Site Collection In SharePoint 2010 using Windows PowerShell

One of the most common problems I see in a client built SharePoint environment is multiple site collections comingled in the same content database.  While this isn’t the end of the world, it’s a problem because SLAs, security, and even back strategies are often assigned to specific databases based upon the needs of the users that will be using the site collections hosted in each database.  If a site collection is not hosted in the database that the admin intended because SharePoint sim...

Bulk edit Tool

THE SHAREPOINTASSIST BULK EDIT TOOL FOR LIBRARIES HAS BEEN RELEASED, PLEASE SEE THE LATEST POST: http://www.sharepointassist.com/2011/04/27/sharepointassist-bulk-edit-tool-for-libraries/ TO PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD A TRIAL COPY. This tool allows users to check a list of items perform a bulk edit operation of metadata including field types that are not editable in a datasheet view such Managed Metadata and custom fields. If you searcedh for “Can’t update managed metadata fields in datasheet vie...