SharePoint Dragons

We enjoyed this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff181518.aspx which explains how to convert Word documents to PDF using Word Services.

This Wiki page describes how to remove SharePoint: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11177.sharepoint-2010-best-practices-removing-sharepoint-from-servers.aspx

The steps are as follows:

1. Log in to each of the SharePoint servers in the farm

2. Run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard on each of the Web Front End servers and unjoin them from the farm. Provided no Web Apps were built outside of SharePoint’s control, they should be automatically deprovisioned along with the web sites.

3. Run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard on the App server, and choose to remove it as the last server in the farm.

4. Go into SQL Management Studio and remove the Configuration, Content, and Service Application Databases.

5. Rejoin servers and recreate the farm to your new specifications.

What’s the matter when the datasheet view of a list is greyed out? And what’s up with the missing Explorer button? This is totally unrelated to the fact whether Office was installed or not and which version. It is related to two things:

• The currently used browser needs to be MSIE.
• It needs to be the 64 bit version.

SharePoint uses JavaScript to check this, and if you don’t meet these prerequisites, you won’t see the datasheet view or Open with Explorer button.

The SharePoint 2010 Best Practice Overview page just underwent a major overhaul and here’s the result: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/8666.sharepoint-2010-best-practices-en-us.aspx

The SPUtility.SendEmail() method has a limit of the max number of characters on a single line: 2048. However, you can divide the message body in chunks of several lines, thereby circumventing the maximum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepointdevelopment/thread/a0292b6b-e412-4ccb-910d-1df90f90d5d9. Alternatively, you can send emails directly, using code like this:

System.Net.Mail.MailMessage message = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
message.From = new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(objWeb.Site.WebApplication.OutboundMailSenderAddress);
message.To.Add(new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(objTcnlSite.AcmaEmail));
message.Subject = Subject;
message.Body = Body;
message.IsBodyHtml = true;
System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient smtpClient = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient(objWeb.Site.WebApplication.OutboundMailServiceInstance.Server.Address);
smtpClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtpClient.Send(message);
smtpClient = null;
message.Dispose();

The Asset vs Picture library TechNet Wiki article has been revised. You can find the latest version here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/8110.sharepoint-2010-best-practices-asset-vs-picture-library-en-us.aspx

You can use the logging database to store ULS logs, check http://www.oriolardevol.com/Article/Details/36. See http://www.oriolardevol.com/Article/Details/Sharepoint%20Logging%20database%20-%20ULS%20Trace%20tables,%20how%20they%20work for info on how it is stored. Consolidated storage and access to the ULS is a huge benefit, and also makes querying it a lot easier. In addition, the logging db also contains other useful info such as DMVs and performance counters:http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/fromthefield/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=124