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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 of 10 books on Microsoft technologies including Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005. 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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Jan18

Where is My Timer Job?

SharePoint Timer Jobs are great for accomplishing tasks asynchronously throughout the farm. You can create your own custom Timer Job by inheriting from SPJobDefinition. Recently a question arose regarding the exact nature of custom Timer Job exe ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 2265 Links to this post

Jan18

Versioning and Approval Scenarios in SharePoint 2007

When it comes to versioning and approval options in SharePoint 2007, there are several configuration settings that lead to multiple scenarios. These scenarios can be confusing for administrators and end users. To get to these options for any Docum ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 2187 Links to this post

Jan18

Using SoftArtisans OfficeWriter with the Business Data Catalog

The following is a reprint of my article found here OfficeWriter is a set of .NET libraries that can create, edit, and read Excel and Word binary file formats. This makes OfficeWriter an elegantly-simple solution for integrating Excel and Word d ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 1 Link to this post

Jan18

SPDisposeCheck Released

SPDisposeCheck is a tool that checks your SharePoint code for undisposed SPWeb and SPSite objects. It is not completely foolproof (false positives are possible), but it is an excellent tool that should be run on all production code before release. ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 46 Links to this post

Jan18

Creating a Scope and Tab for MOSS Search Center

I am occasionally asked how to create a tab in the MOSS Search Center to search a given scope. This process is often confusing to administrators because it involves the creation of a scope, making the scope available, and then the creation of not ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 101 Links to this post

Jan18

Making Excel Services and Excel Work Better Together

I just completed an MSDN article that focuses on making the Excel Services experience more like the Excel client experience when importing two-dimensional data for analysis. The idea was to provide similar capabilities in Excel Services for import ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 87 Links to this post

Jan18

10 Solutions Every SharePoint Developer Should Know How to Create

After working on the CodePlex Features project, it became clear to me how SharePoint developers need solid solution examples they can draw on. This became the kernel of an idea to create a set of "Top 10" features that are used across a ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan18

Disposing SPWeb and SPSite

Read this great article by Roger Lamb and become a better SharePoint developer. ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 103 Links to this post

Jan18

Building a MOSS Workflow with Visual Studio 2008 and InfoPath

Visual Studio 2008 offers a somewhat better environment for creating SharePoint workflows. Creating, debugging, and deployment are all simpler, but not yet where we would like them to be. In this article, I'll show you how to create a complete wor ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 2210 Links to this post

Jan18

Upgrading to SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 1

I recently undertook my first SP1 installation. To keep it safe, I started by upgrading one of my Virtual PC development environments. In this case, I had a single server with MOSS, Visual Studio, and Office. The environment was a very clean insta ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-18-10 | 0 Comments | 176 Links to this post

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