I was looking into a problem with a calculated column in a SharePoint 2007 site. On one environment the formula worked fine. On another, it kept throwing “The formula contains a syntax error or is not supported” errors. The formula does something like: =IF([Status]="Done",[Date Done]-[Due Date],"") Because I got this great error that told me exactly what was wrong I started troubleshooting by stripping the formula to eliminate possible causes till the formula looked like: =IF([Status]="Done",1,2) This still generated the same...

Today at the PDC in Los Angeles Kurt DelBene has announced the release of the public betas of SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010. The betas can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/ZC2010 and include: SharePoint Server 2010 Office 2010 Visio 2010 Project 2010 Office Mobile 2010 Office Web Applications There are two things that are new to these releases (apart from a s**t-load of fixes compared to Technical Preview versions). The Outlook Social Connector feeds information about people directly into Outlook. Integration with...

SQL Server is an essential part of every SharePoint environment. Since the vast majority of SharePoint data is stored in a SQL Server database your SharePoint environment can never be faster than the speed at which SQL Server can handle the requests. Unfortunately most people installing and maintaining SharePoint databases aren’t trained SQL administrators. They usually are SharePoint administrators, or even SharePoint developers (like me). This means that on a lot of SharePoint environments performance isn’t what it could be, due to poor or nonexistent SQL Server management. In this series I will list a few simple...

  Op 14 december is er weer een SDN event in Houten en we hebben vier hele interessante presentaties over SharePoint 2010!   Spreker Titel Omschrijving Ton Stegeman Aan de slag met de SharePoint 2010 Client object modellen De komst...