Recently, while trying to use New-WebServiceProxy to automate some SharePoint form entries, I ran into a lookup issue.

First, I got this rather generic error: Exception calling "GetListItems" with "7" argument(s): "Exception of type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.SoapServer.SoapServerException' was …

Recently, I was asked to help automate a friend's super boring daily duty of logging repetitive activities to a SharePoint Task list. Even though I'm no longer regularly working with SharePoint (yay!), I accepted the challenge.

Below is the script I created, which can be scheduled (and mixed up, even using $a = …

Recently, a colleague requested that I perform a backup of a development site collection at https://sp.ad.local and restore it to the test site collection https://test.ad.local/sites/sp.

The test site collection was one of two site collections on the test.ad.local web app. It's been a while since I've done anything in …

Google is kind of hiding this French guy's webpage (at least in America) so I thought I'd point it out. You can install Project Server 2010 and few other Office App Servers on Windowes 7 by making two changes: modify the setup\config.xml and adding a faux ServerManagerCMD.exe to your System32 directory.

To compile your …

So far as I can tell, Excel Services is not capable of automatic data refreshes when using SharePoint Lists as a data source. If you're looking for this functionality, you have two choices: PowerPivot (best) or scheduled client-side data refreshing (ghetto).

In order for Excel Services to communicate with other data …