Resolve Problems During Installation of VSeWSS 1.3 CTP

I had the following screen error when I tried to install Visual Studio extensions for Windows Sharepoint Services v1.3 CTP (March 2009)

Please wait while installer finishes determining your disk space requirements

The system was Windows Server 2008. I made preliminary configuration, according requirements, namely I created a local user account “vsewss”, with local administrator privileges as well as new application pool “VSeWSS” with Managed Pipeline Mode “Classic” and with service account “vsewss”.

After installation failure, I removed my application pool and created new one - “vsdev” with the same settings and started the setup again

The result was better

Obviously, the problem was in the name of my application pool. I left the default and finished the installation. After that, I changed the application pool for new created site “VSeWSS” with “spdev”.

Finally, I tried to deploy a solution with Visual studio and the result was:

The last thing, which was necessary here, was to add the user “vsewss” to Site Collection Administrators of the site, where I wanted to deploy my solution!

Microsoft Online Services Availability

This morning, I found this post about free Sharepoint master pages, and there are links to instructions how to install them to Microsoft Online Services! I never visited it before, therefore I decided to explore MOS portal and get a trial of Sharepoint online! … but… after short registration I found, that the only available services for Bulgaria is Live Meeting Pro… :)

Obviously, it is only for our region, because when I changed my location to United States, the picture was change

I’m not sure, when “Business Productivity Online” suite would be available for our region, but I’ll investigate this situation and share the result online!

:-)

Try to open SampleWorkbook.xlsx

I tried to open “SampleWorkbook.xlsx”, which is a part of OOB Reports center site with my Office 2010

And… here is the result

WTF…. :)

MOSS 2007: Broken Approval Workflow

The server is currently being taken down for maintenance. Check with your system administrator to see when this server is scheduled to come back online.

The problem:

The server farm has been Quiesced

The solution:

Go to Central Administrator->Operations->Global Configuration-> Quiesce Farm and Click ‘Reset farm’

MOSS 2007 Event ID 6102

I had received the following message in the Event Log of my server on every 30-50 seconds:

Here are the details:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Office SharePoint Server
Date:          6/11/2009 11:50:27 AM
Event ID:      6102
Task Category: Launcher Service
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      VM-MOSS-01
Description:
LoadBalancer.RegisterLauncher failed:  Unable to connect to the remote server

The solution:

Open Central Administration-> Operations –> Service Accounts

For service “Document Conversions Load Balancer Service” change the account to “Network Service”

Silverlight Stsadm reference for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007

The Silverlight application which displays available stsadm commands is now live. There are great functionalities for search, filtering and zooming as well as predefined views for “Not in UI”, “New in SP1”, “New in SP2” and “View All”

Try it now for

MOSS 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/cc948709.aspx

WSS 3.0: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/dd418924.aspx

Develop ASP.NET Page for SharePoint 2007 with VSeWSS 1.3

Jamil Haddadin posted a tutorial about how to develop a custom ASP.NET page with VSeWSS 1.3 CTP, capsulate and deploy it as a feature.

http://geeksconnected.com/jamil/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=19

Citizen Service Platform in Bulgaria

Municipality of Kavarna just launched the first Citizens Service Platform (CSP) portal in Bulgaria. It offers four e-Services, integrated with digital signing functionality. The solution is based on Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007, Dynamics CRM, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 and Cisco based call center.

We (MCS) developed the platform together with our Gold Partners with CAD R&D Progress and Paraflow

Read more (in Bulgarian):

http://computerworld.bg/25779_obshtina_kavarna_veche_predostavia_elektronni_uslugi_na_grajdanite_i_biznesa

http://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2009/06/01/728194_kavarna_predostavia_elektronni_uslugi_do_vsiaka_tochka/?ref=rss

http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=361494