From some time back, I have been very keen to look into the effort Microsoft provide in doing the post product launch fixes. As a SharePoint Architect, i remain eager to dive deep into these CUs and SPs. If i give you some example from recent Decemeber  2011 CUs, and the minute fixes provided by the Microsoft is quite fascinating. That’s why this product beats … Continue reading SPs and CUs,

To add the user in the local administrators group, Go to Command prompt. and run the following command net localgroup “Administrators” “<domain>\<username>” /ADD   Regards, Shakir Majeed Khan     Continue reading Add user to local Administrator group

while Running PSConfig after installing SP1 and hotfix (2597014), i have faced this error, Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it. Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The object LDAP://CN=Microsoft SharePoint Products,CN=System,DC=<Domain>,DC=com doesn’t exist in the directory. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServiceConnectionPoint.Ensure(String serviceBindingInformation) at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.UpgradeTask.Run() While following this … Continue reading Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain (PSConfig upgrade).

Well to this year end, let me sum up what i have done in this year 1. Organized as many as 10 User Group session for STUG(SharePoint Techies User Group) . 2. Spoke at 2 SharePoint Saturday Events. (SharePoint Saturday Srilanka, SharePoint Saturday Dubai) 3. Spend my majority of 2011 with Twin Tech (Maventor), both of the company names wont sound familiar, as they are … Continue reading Summing up year 2011

Hello all, As per the commitment i have made earlier  in my earlier blog CodePlex- Managed Metadata focused solutions-Part 1, this is the part 2 of this series of write ups, CodePlex- Managed Metadata focused solutions. In this blog i will elaborate the SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata Importer. It is the simple yet upto the mark kinda command line utility. The problem statement is simple: Need … Continue reading CodePlex- Managed Metadata focused solutions-Part 2

Whats wrong with me, now we are close to New Year eve of 2012, and Yeah SharePoint 2010 is out in the market since 1 year and half. And today i faced a scenario, which i had gone through repeatedly during 2007-2009. I have written a event receivers for my list items in SharePoint 2007 ( Item added, Item adding,etc) for one reason or the … Continue reading Unable to attach List with ListItem event recievers in SharePoint 2007

I have been off for a while from my blog, due to my job switch from Twin Technologies (Maventor) to Kalsoft as Senior SharePoint Consultant. The last month (mid Oct-Mid Nov) was very hectic for me. If i just stand up and look down behind the road for my time in maventor, here are some top gains. My time with Maventor went very well. Got … Continue reading Bye Bye to Twin Technologies(Maventor), Welcome by KalSoft