SharePoint 2007 global document policy
I want to set a global policy where every time someone uploads or creates a document in the share point he will need to enter some basic meta data about the document (like it’s security level and type) not just on a site level but the entire portal. we had a policy like that at [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2009  9:29 AM
Document type definitions, Metadata, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, MOSS, MOSS 2007, SharePoint 2007

MS Project Server errors
I have Ms Project server 2007(S1), project pro(2007), SharePoint Server 2007(language pack [Turkish]installed on Server 2003 with MS SQL server 2005. I have only one farm. I can see when I create a project on server and client side. however whenever I want to see preview of a task, it gives an error with “Invalid [...]

Answer Question   |  October 16, 2011  1:52 PM
invalid currency, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project 2007, Microsoft Project Errors, SharePoint 2007, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2007

Categorize and sort Outlook email based on custom fields
categorize email based on custom field and automatically move email to public folders based on custom field

Answer Question   |  December 24, 2008  12:13 AM
Exchange 2007, Outlook, Outlook custom fields, Outlook rules, Outlook Rules Wizard, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

Sharepoint Moss 2007 and Document Control
Is there a way to restrict file types for upload into a document library? This is different from Content Type

Answer Question   |  March 30, 2009  7:23 PM
MOSS 2007, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint Document Control

Add Holidays To OWA and Outlook Calendars
We are running Exchange 2007. We have Outlook 2007 users, and OWA 2007 users who do not use Outlook at all. We want to add events/holidays to all personal calendars, not just those of Outlook users. Is there a way to add holidays (or any events) to all personal calendars on Exchange, so that they [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2008  4:10 PM
Calendar, Exchange 2007, Outlook, Outlook 2007, Outlook calendar, Outlook Web Access, OWA, SharePoint 2007

IIS Authentication Blues
I recently installed SharePoint Server 2007. My first time. Initially I had no problems using the full SharePoint Central Administration site. The problems began when I set up the portal page; the initial collection site. I couldn’t get access to the portal page. I remote desktop into the Server 2003 machine hosting SharePoint. Then to: [...]

Answer Question   |  October 19, 2008  1:25 PM
IIS, IIS authentication, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint Central Administration, SharePoint Server 2007, Windows Server 2003

SharePoint 2007- Site Usage Reports
I’m fairly new to SharePoint. Is there a way that we can view which users have accessed a particular document in a library. For example: We place a notice of a new event on a page. When the user opens/reads/views, can we find out who has accessed that particular document?? Thanks, Mary

Answer Question   |  October 27, 2008  8:16 PM
SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

Editing display names in Office SharePoint 2007
I need to edit my display names in office sharepoint 2007.After removing the users from sharepoint and adding them again,i thought the display names would change but they never did.I had made a mistake in one of the users names in active directory though the user logon names still remain thesame.

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  7:14 AM
Active Directory, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

SharePoint How can I use a GAL to create a contact list in Microsoft SharePoint 2007
How can I use a GAL to create a contact list in Microsoft SharePoint 2007? I tried exporting the list to Access first, which worked except for the email addresses. In the email address column there was some sort of exchange directory structure. Is there a way to connect SharePoint directly to a GAL? If [...]

Answer Question   |  August 19, 2008  3:23 PM
GAL, Global Address Lists, SharePoint 2007

is there anything in SharePoint that we could use to exchange data or hook into Visual Source Safe 6.0?
VSS and SharePoint 2007: From what I understand, Team Server 2008 uses the SharePoint platform. Our team has already committed to making a WSS 3.0 SharePoint website and will not be investing in Team Server. I am wondering – is there anything in SharePoint that we could use to exchange data or hook into Visual [...]

Answer Question   |  August 19, 2008  2:45 PM
SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, Visual Source Safe, VSS, Windows Server 2003

Sharepint 2007 with RSA secureId authentication
We are implementing sharepoint 2007 and we have a problem because RSA does not support moss 2007. Please! there is any way or work around about this issue?best regards diego.maira@gmail.com

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2008  7:11 PM
MOSS 2007, RSA Security, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

Sharepoint 2007 – creating links to a document in the document library
I want to be able to create a document in one place in the document library and then link to that document from multiple places in the document hierarchy. That way I can maintain one version of the document but reference it in a variety of places. I can seem to find the way to [...]

Answer Question   |  August 6, 2008  8:12 PM
SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

Sharepoint 2007 – Use of collums to describe folders as well as documents
Sharepoint 2007 allows a used to create collumns that decribe documents. These collumns don’t seem to be able to be used to describe folders. How can collumns be used to describe folder. If not by using collumns – is there another way? Bill

Answer Question   |  September 5, 2008  7:35 PM
SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

moss config.wizard don’t stp
i’ve just repaired my installaion of sharepoint2007(inorder to install server language pack), now when i want to run congig.wizard i face a error which prevent running config.wizard system.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.OpenWeb(String bstrUrl, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, String& pbstrTitle, String& pbstrDescription, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, Guid& [...]

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2008  3:46 AM
Error 0x80070005, MOSS, MOSS 2007, MOSS Configuration Wizard, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

SharePoint/Collaboration Topic
Given the incredible popularity with all of the collaboration tools out there, especially with Microsoft’s SharePoint, why is it that the IT Knowledge Exchange has not set up a topic especially for these types of questions? I am sure that there would be a very large number of questions/users in that topic area.

Answer Question   |  July 17, 2008  4:23 PM
Collaboration, ITKE, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

SharePoint Check In comments
Is it possible to edit a Check In comment in SharePoint 2007?

Answer Question   |  June 23, 2008  2:12 PM
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint configuration

SharePoint Accessing through Internet
for a pet project i am setting up a windows 2003 web server. i want to be able to use sharepoint as a website that i can access over the internet. i did some research an discovered i should use ISA to secure sharepoint. if i dont however, my question is if i setup sharepoint [...]

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2008  9:02 PM
Active Directory, ISA, ISA Server, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, Windows Server

Why does install fails on step 2 of 9 MOSS 2007
Why does install fails on step 2 of 9 MOSS 2007- can not connect to configuration database. The installation create teh db’s in the default SQL Server 2005 location yet during the install the wizard error message states that a connection can’t be made

Answer Question   |  May 31, 2008  8:05 PM
MOSS 2007, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2007 installtion fails

A Sharepoint farm with a Shared Service Provider name containing a space will cause backup failure with meta data errors
I have Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 installed in our office. Recently I have deployed Symantec Backup Exec 11d with Microsoft SharePoint agent option. I have configured the backup job and got the error “A Sharepoint farm with a Shared Service Provider name containing a space will cause backup failure with meta data errors” the Symantec [...]

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2009  5:32 AM
Backup Exec, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint agents, SharePoint errors

Accessing MOSS 2007 subwebs via subdomains.
I have 26 sharepoints sites that need to be accessed via subdomains i.e. site1.domain.com, site2.domain.com,siteN.domain.com etc. The obvious way to set these up are as separate Web Apps. For Administrative purposes I would prefer to set these up as subwebs and was curious if there was any easy way to access a sharepoint subweb (domain.com/site1) [...]

Answer Question   |  August 29, 2008  2:19 PM
Domain management, MOSS, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, Subdomain, Subweb