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How to terminate all faulting SharePoint workflows

Business Challenge This topic shows how to terminate all faulting workflows in the current list. If an error occurs or a workflow stops responding , you should open the workflow status page and select “Terminate this workflow now” link. This...

Posted to Virto SharePoint Blog by Oleg [Virtosoftware] on 11 Mar 2010

Filed under: worfklow, terminating fauting workflow

SharePoint Saturday Jordan 2010 and Session Download

When I mentioned to my boss that I was invited to be keynote at the Jordan SharePoint Saturday event, I don’t think he was too sure the value we’d get out of sending me. We do have these conversations on occasion. I was convinced by Muhanad (Mo), SharePoint...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 10 Mar 2010

E-mail Routing in SharePoint with VirtoSoftware (HelpDesk with e-mail submissions)

Introduction Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is a Windows Server technology that provides integrated services for work sharing and messaging, and represents a platform for Internet business applications design. The platform is highly flexible...

Posted to Virto SharePoint Blog by Oleg [Virtosoftware] on 3 Mar 2010

Filed under: e-mail, issue, routing, incoming email, help desk, pop3

SharePoint 2010 Site Definition Upgrade Discussion with Microsoft’s Sean Livingston

In a recent discussion over email, Alexander Kirillov, Sean Livingston and myself had a great discussion about SharePoint 2010 Site Definition Upgrade Strategies and trying to understand the nuts and bolts. I was impressed with the dialogue and wanted...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 1 Mar 2010

Upgrade SharePoint 2003 to 2010 - Free Tech Preview

So excited to see Quest making migration possible directly from SPS 2003 to 2010. I know Microsoft was relying on third parties for this. Alex Kirilov and team now have a pre release Technical Preview version. We’ve chatted about this and actually was...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 23 Feb 2010

TEC2010 SharePoint Conference Updates, New Interactive Whiteboarding Track, Contest, Discount and Free Pass

I happy to announce an incredible speaker line up for the SharePoint Conference at The Experts Conference TEC 2010 . Dates: April 25-28 Location: JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. Live Details: SharePoint The Experts Conference Keynotes: Bill Baer...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 22 Feb 2010

SharePoint Upgrade Simplified Q & A

Incredible webcast. One of my favorites from an energy level. We had nearly 1000 register. (Still waiting for the numbers.) With nearly 400 concurrent users on for most of the webcast! You can register for Simplify your SharePoint 2010 Upgrade the recorded...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 18 Feb 2010

Using and converting date, time and timezone in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

This topic includes many of the "how-to" and walk-through topics for time using and time zone functions in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Change the regional settings for a site Get current time in SharePoint Designer workflow Get...

Posted to Virto SharePoint Blog by Oleg [Virtosoftware] on 17 Feb 2010

Filed under: worfklow, time, date, time zone, utc

SharePoint 2010 Mobile Experience Drill Down

Body: With all the excitement of Windows Phone 7 series, many are asking the questions… Should I have waited? (Release planned for the Holidays - Nov/Dec 2010) Does SharePoint 2010 have a mobile story? Is that story any better than 2007? Is anyone really...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 15 Feb 2010

Creating HTML Reports with Virto Workflow Activities Kit for SharePoint

Introduction The necessity of data receiving from a certain list and generating a report often appears when sending e-mail alerts or creating a document . For instance, a user needs to display the list of his active tasks, administrator needs information...

Posted to Virto SharePoint Blog by Oleg [Virtosoftware] on 15 Feb 2010

Filed under: activities, reporting. reports, worfklow

SPTECHCON – Upgrade & Admin Session Decks and Details

SpTech conference has been a great crowd. Lots of strong community speakers across both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. BZMedia has done a good job of pulling things together. Despite the hotel being a ways from the city, a number of us have been...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 12 Feb 2010

Simplify SharePoint 2010 Upgrade

I’ve got an upcoming webcast on SharePoint 2010 Upgrade. In the webcast I’ll demonstrate a test-spcontentdatabase from a SharePoint 2007 database doing a database attach and showing the 2010 upgrade UI. We’ll drill into the various methods. I also drill...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 12 Feb 2010

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? SharePoint 2010

Body: Another great debate happening in enterprises and corporations of all sizes. I’ve heard this question way too many times today and the dynamics of what’s going on at SPTECHCON continues to bring up this with half the rooms on 2007 and half on SharePoint...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 11 Feb 2010

10 Steps to Optimizing SharePoint Performance for IT Administrators

Default SharePoint configuration is not tuned for your deployment. Did you know by simply planning for it you can easily double the performance of your deployment? This session will focus on tips and tricks as well as best practices around optimizing...

Posted to Partners' Blog by SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land on 10 Feb 2010

Is SharePoint 2010 Ready for Enterprise Content Management?

I wanted to help out Colligo on this upcoming Webinar. I know I’ve been anxious to hear the Microsoft story on if SharePoint is really ready to take on the ECM big boys. Passing on the info… -----------------------------------------------------------...