David Weinstein's Blog
Connecting Data Explorer to Cosmos DB: where and what is my connection string?
Azure's CosmosDB is changing so fast, keeping up with the process for even simple tasks can be a...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 09/12/2017
SharePoint Hybrid WhitePaper
Working on updating the Designing Hybrid SharePoint Environments whitepaper detailing how to use out...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 03/05/2012
SharePoint 2010 MySite My Profile Error
Saw an interesting situation today… in one of my test environments, I set up a User Profile Service,...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 06/23/2011
Formatting a date in a SharePoint DataFormWebPart DropDownList
Here’s a trip down memory lane for those of you still working with SharePoint 2007 going down...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 03/08/2011
InfoPath 2010 Custom Code–Altering a Field
Here’s a simple task – alter a field in the code behind for an InfoPath 2010 Form. Not as...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 01/26/2011
InfoPath 2010 Form with Sandboxed code will not publish to a SharePoint that is also a Domain Controller
Receiving the following error: “The form template has been published to the server but it can...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 01/26/2011
Kindle for Windows Phone 7 Released!
Yay! Mobile reading is back! It didn’t show up in the Marketplace Search, but I found it as the...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 01/05/2011
Autogeneration of a WPF data grid fails
Brushing off my coding skills & got stuck for a bit on a failure to autogenerate a Data Grid’s...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 11/18/2010
Using claims in security for SharePoint 2010
Been thinking about this, and as usual, Steve is out in front. Turns out you can use extended claims...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 11/16/2010
What’s in SharePoint BPOS-D?
I’m frequently asked about what is supported (or more accurately, what’s not supported) in...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 11/10/2010
DPM + SharePoint 2010 Storage Calculator
There’s a great calculator posted at...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 11/09/2010
Some interesting details from the InfoPath 2010 Capacity Planning White Paper
If a scenario involves saving a form to a document library, it is better to submit the form...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 10/18/2010
Very cool solution accelerator: SCOM–Business Intelligence Integration
Looking to roll your System Center Operations Manager data into your BI stack? Check out...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 08/12/2010
SharePoint Workflow not starting
This was a silly mistake on my part, but it drove me crazy… I was debugging a simple workflow that...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 08/04/2010
Great SQL Server book
SQL Server Deep Dives: fantastic collection of articles by those who know best. I just wish it was...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 07/26/2010
Yet another wacky SharePoint error message: Port Collision
When trying to access a SharePoint 2007 site, I was unable to access it. As part of my...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 07/23/2010
SharePoint Error Message: Operation aborted
Here's a new SharePoint 2007 error message. I tried to browse to a site and got the following error:...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 07/15/2010
Database Mirroring fighting with DocAve
Here's a weird one… while trying to set up DB mirroring of a content database colocated with a...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 07/09/2010
Sybase ODBC Linked Server from SQL Server 2005 doesn’t like underscores in table names
I hit an interesting issue this week trying to integrate with a Sybase ASE 15.x database via a...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 08/14/2009
Avoiding Project Corruption in Project Server
Although the symptoms vary, one of the main culprits is a mismatch between the version of Project...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 08/12/2009
Reattaching a Content Database Containing Project Server Project Workspaces
There’s occasions where you’ll find it necessary to reattach a content database containing a PWA...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 08/06/2009
Interesting extension of social networking
The London Bridge has it’s own twitter feed… https://twitter.com/towerbridge Technorati Tags: Social...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 07/08/2009
MOSS 2007 built-in workflows don’t like it if you change their groups
Using a MOSS built in workflow, like the Approval workflow, and are surprised when it stops sending...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 06/22/2009
Artificial Keys
How big? I’ve started noticing a lot of DBs (sometimes turning up in embarrassing places) that...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 06/17/2009
My second favorite SQL tip
Create an audit log table (or even better yet, an audit database). It can have a pretty simple...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 06/15/2009
My favorite SQL tip
Get SQL Server to do the hard work for you, and learn a lot of useful T-SQL while you’re at it....
Author: David Weinstein Date: 06/11/2009
One line advice for how to survive in an office #1
If there are rodents in your work area, look under your desk before you sit down. Glue traps are a...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 06/09/2009
Project Server 2007 Archive DB too large?
Is your PWA Archive database too large? You may have a problem if your archive DB is significantly...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 06/05/2009
Setting up the built in OLAP cube for Project Server 2007
Technorati Tags: Project Server 2007 Reporting,Project Server 2007,OLAP,SQL Server Analysis...
Author: David Weinstein Date: 05/26/2009