WSU-OAI Tech Topics

"To extend the possibilities of calculated columns, my idea is to use them to write HTML instead of just text, thus allowing some additional formatting. In this post I am going to show how to achieve this result through a generic method, combining calculated columns and the Content Editor Web Part."

"complete PPT of Dux Raymond Sy's "7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success," as presented at the PMI Global Congress on 10/19/08."

"When released, Office Web Apps will be free to consumers, but organizations wanting to use them may need to consider beefing up their infrastructure to support SharePoint 2010." Apparently, Microsoft's answer to Google Apps will be front-ended by SharePoint 2010 for "Active Directory integration, auditing, compliance, etc." [Consumer-level access will be via Windows Live on the Web.]

"This article looks at the basics of locking features in SQL Server 2008, and peeks into the inner workings to learn how SQL Server implements locking."

GUID's, anyone?

Gary LaPointe code for moving webs -- other similar programs at this site.

"I contacted Microsoft support to obtain an executable (not publically available) that would fix the existing sites"

code examples

"a running configuration of things I have learned over the years in performing physical-to-virtual (P2V) as well as virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversions. The Visio diagram in Fig. 1 shows what can be a wonderful springboard for you to customize in your organization to collect lessons learned, avoid pitfalls with conversions and implement your own procedures, such as change controls and support contacts. "

"When provisioning virtual machines, either from a new build or during a physical-to-virtual conversion, questions will always come up on how many virtual processors to assign to the host. "