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Scot Hillier is an independent consultant and Microsoft SharePoint Most Valuable Professional focused on creating solutions for Information Workers with SharePoint, Office, and related .NET technologies. A frequent speaker at TechEd and SharePoint Connections, he is also the author many books on Microsoft technologies including 5 for SharePoint 2010. Scot splits his time between consulting on SharePoint projects and training for Critical Path Training. Scot is a former U. S. Navy submarine officer and graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Scot can be reached at scot@shillier.com

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Sep22

ASP.NET Security Advisory impacts SHarePoint 2007 and 2010

Check out the information for the security advisory and the workarounds.   http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2010/09/21/security-advisory-2416728-vulnerability-in-asp-net-and-sharepoint.aspx     ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-22-10 | 0 Comments | #ERR Links to this post

Sep21

Top 50 SharePoint Influencers

The SharePoint 50 Project is an effort by Global 360 and KnowledgeLake to identify the top 50 influencers in the SharePoint community. I'm honored to be included in the group along with some very fine company.   ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-21-10 | 0 Comments | #ERR Links to this post

Sep20

Change the Presentation of Fields in SharePoint 2010 External Lists

As Business Connectivity Solutions gain more traction, I increasingly see people trying to change the way fields are displayed in External Lists. Common complaints include the fact that Date fields always include time, or that fields presented as ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-20-10 | 0 Comments | #ERR Links to this post

Sep18

My Upcoming Conferences and Training

  Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9/25/2010-9/29/2010, SharePoint Connections http://www.devconnections.com/speurope/ Presenting on Business Connectivity Services, Sandboxed Solutions, and Enterprise Search   Lisbon, Portugal, 9/29/2010 – 10/3/2010, ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-18-10 | 0 Comments | #ERR Links to this post

Sep10

Search Central Administration by Function

The Control Panel applet in Windows 2008 has a neat capability that allows you to search for functions using keywords. So, if you wanted to add a new user account, but weren't sure how, you can search and get back links to the functions as shown: ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-10-10 | 0 Comments | #ERR Links to this post

Sep01

Why are my date fields wrong in Business Connectivity Services?

When you create an External Content Type and External List using the SharePoint Designer, DateTime fields are normalized to UTC using the following XML associated with the TypeDescriptor for the DateTime field. <TypeDescriptor TypeName=" ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-01-10 | 0 Comments | #ERR Links to this post