In previous post(s) I described deploying your solutions with PowerShell. Lately I encountered the situation I had to deploy a solution language pack. This is a regular WSP file with the same Solution ID as the original solution, but containing localization resources for specific languages. The purpose of solution language...
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QueryFeatures issue when performing a feature upgrade
Awhile ago I had to upgrade a SharePoint solution for a customer. Everything was tested thoroughly and it all worked on my machine. Full of confidence I went to the customer and we executed my PowerShell script to update the solution. And guess what? An error occurred. In this article...
Continue reading...Creating Additional SharePoint 2010 Farm Administrators
Lately, I have noticed that people are struggling with user accounts that need to be a SharePoint 2010 Farm Administrator. When you install SharePoint 2010 the active account will become a Farm Administrator (since it’s a member of Local Administrators in order to install software on the server) as well...
Continue reading...SharePoint Conference 2011 – Day 2
Second day. Gonna be a long day with great sessions. This morning I already attended 2 sessions: Hit The Ground Running Claims Authentication with SharePoint 2010 by Steve Peschka and after that Best Practices Around SharePoint 2010 User Profiles by Scott Jamison. The Claims session was tough. I was out...
Continue reading...SharePoint Conference 2011 – Day 1 (continued)
What a first day! After my post yesterday I have attended Planning and Managing Sandbox Solutions and Services by Maurice Prather. Man, what a deep dive session it was. I had troubles making notes and at the same understand what he was saying. I needed to pay attention really closely....
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