Paul Liebrand's Weblog

Using Windows Explorer view to copy and/or move files around is one of the most preferred methods for end-users when they are using SharePoint. It is a very familiar process because they have used it for years with network shares. I am sure that ever person that has used the Windows Explorer view has attempted [...]

If you have worked with SharePoint 2010 and created a User Profile Service Application (UPA) you may have noticed that your SyncDB is growing larger each and every day. Search around the Internet, you will find posts like this: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010setup/thread/70df46de-6dc3-4b2c-8cc6-70b3ff3eb3f4 Other people are definitely having this problem and there are no solutions on how to [...]

We discovered a bug in SharePoint 2010 and the usage of the markup styles when you are editing a page. To reproduce this issue, follow these instructions: Create a new page Click Markup Styles and select Heading 1 Type “Test 1” and press enter Click Markup Styles and select Heading 2 Type “Test 2” and [...]

Microsoft introduced the notion of Message Classification (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998599(EXCHG.80).aspx) in Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007. This allowed an organization to classify email and then generate transport rules that routed or manipulated those messages based on that classification. Out of the box, Microsoft provides a list of actions (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998315(EXCHG.80).aspx) that can be performed in a transport rule. [...]

If you have ever done any threaded programming in .NET WinForms you have more than likely run into the following error message at some point:   InvalidOperationException was unhandled Cross-thread operation not valid: Control ‘’ accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on. This exception is normally displayed while running in [...]

We recently received the following error message when we attempted to build the cube within Project Server 2007: Failed to build the OLAP cubes. Error: Analysis Services session failed with the following error: Failed to connect to the Analysis Services server <server>. Error: ActiveX component can’t create object TechNet has an article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197608(office.12).aspx) on this [...]

In 2008 I made a post about the infamous “locked for editing” message many people experience while using Office with documents stored in SharePoint. This post addressed the issue that can occur outside the normal “locking” mechanism Office and SharePoint. I recently had a problem where I attempted to edit an Excel spreadsheet and I [...]

I ran into an issue attempting to get Project Sever 2007 working with SQL Sever 2008 Analysis Services and thought I would create a post about it in case other people are experiencing the same issue. The first thing to note is the article on TechNet are written as if everything is installed on the [...]

Nothing like receiving an email from an end-user that reads: Why do I receive a message from Outlook that says “The owner deleted the document on the server. Please contact your administrator.” on most of my emails that have been archived? Let me take a step back for a moment. About two months ago, we [...]

I have decided to shutdown http://www.wsswiki.com and all traffic will now be directed to SharePoint Dev Wiki (http://www.sharepointdevwiki.com) – a site maintained by Jeremy Thake (@jthake). This weekend, I plan on publishing some of my articles from WSSWiki on SharePoint Dev Wiki. I believe the SharePoint Dev Wiki has good content that all SharePoint developers [...]