So here's an error that, at the time I encountered it, did not have a great deal of information about it on the web: The system definition with the same name as this data source already exists in the Business Data Connectivity Metadata Store and it refers to a different data source. Cannot complete operation …

Disclaimer: This method works well, but I have not researched all of the details of an export -- primarily what's exported, what's not and what are the consequences of using - versions. These are mostly my notes, quick and dirty style. A task as basic as moving a whole site from one site collection to another should be …

SharePoint Geoff has a SharePoint 2010 Deployment Microsoft Project file (MPP) available for download that lists nearly every step imaginable for deploying SharePoint 2010. From identifying team leaders to installing software to monitoring web performance, it's got a ton of things covered. It's not a tailored solution, …

Recently I experienced an issue where one of my WSS 3.0 sites stopped returning search results after having worked perfectly for a long period of time. I found that the Event Log had entries stating that the Search Gatherer service was failing. Event Type: Warning Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 Search …

Recently, I triumphantly setup an asynchronous content mirror between two separate SharePoint farms. My SharePoint architecture consists of two separate farms in two different cities (San Diego and Las Vegas), both accessible over a corporate intranet. Each farm is unique and the configuration and administration …

Recently, we migrated a web application to a SharePoint server. The web application is a custom built ASP/ASPX app that supports Integrated Windows Authentication. We were able to run the application successfully using Anonymous Access but we were unable to authenticate from remote computers when Anonymous Access was …

I wish I had access to this resource when I was first working with SharePoint. If you get as confused as I do when trying to decide between making a site a Site Collection or Sub-site, check out this fantastic article on Steve Goodyear's Blog called Determining Between SharePoint Site Collections and Sub-sites. It even …

So if this happens Error The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services on Server page in SharePoint Central Administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress. Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services. This is probably the reason: …

While attempting to add a new Indexing Server to my firm's SharePoint farm using the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard, I ran into the following error when clicking Retrieve Database Names: ************** Exception Text ************** System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Line 1: Incorrect syntax …

This has come up a few times for me, so I'm documenting this mostly for myself. Sometimes, clicking on the SharedServices1 link results in: Error: Access Denied Current User You are currently signed in as: MOSSERVER\AdminLogin Surprisingly, I was using a domain admin account and still ran into this error. According to …