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Upgrading WSS 2.0 to 3.0 – Short and Sweet

Who wants to read a giant and so far (painfully normal for Sharepoint info) innacurate and deplete of information, manual. So, here is my short list of steps to upgrade WSS from 2.0 to 3.0. 1. Set your WSS 2.0 database to read only (note: only if you are migrating to a different system as …

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Managing WSS (Sharepoint) Permissions

These brief documents were worth a review as WSS 3.0 permissions are quite a bit different than in previous versions. Microsoft Permissions briefs Permission Management Utility (haven’t tried it yet though) Ps. thanks Avi.

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Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 Templates

They are here!: New Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sadly, at this writing, this page is empty but I’m bookmarking it as I’ll be checking again in a week… Update: See some of them in action here…http://www.wssdemo.com/application/default.aspx

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WSS Web Parts Listing (Sharepoint)

Don’t mind me, just compiling a list of webparts for myself 🙂 https://www.sharepointcustomization.com/resources/webparts.htm Google Search Part:http://blogs.crsw.com/mark/articles/1009.aspx Powered by itgroove

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WSS Backups

One of those things a blog is good for. Storing information that I can never find when I need it. Backing up WSS is easy and can be done with confidence after a quick read of this. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all/adminguide/en-us/stsf20.mspx?mfr=true

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Is Sharepoint Remembering a user you deleted in Active Directory?

Windows SharePoint Services FAQ – I get “Can not add the user because a user… Ran into this today. User deleted from Active Directory but Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) just kept holding onto the users account info – couldn’t add the person again or when I tried, it was remembering items about the user (in …

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