connect to outlook is missing on sharepoint

I am using MOSS 2007 with sp2 and outlook 2007. I want to connect outlook express through Lists>option>connect to outlook but I am missing link connect to outlook option. The lists are tasks, survey, calendar. I can see the link connect to outlook on other option like documents. As far as I can see this is not an issue with the MOSS server but a client problem.

Must require:
1) Microsoft Office 2003/2007 should be installed on the machine
2) SharePoint Services Support feature should be installed in the clients Office
3) Web application should be windows based and not a form based authentication because Client integration is disabled by default when you use FBA

Additional Data/Reference:
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The survey list doesn’t have “Connect to Outlook” option by design. The option is present only in the following:

 1. Calendar: Schedule projects, appointments, and milestones. View the SharePoint Server 2007 calendar next to your Outlook 2007 calendar, or overlay both calendars to see all items at once.

2. Task List Assign: project duties and track them to conclusion. Team members can see all tasks in the Outlook 2007 Tasks window, or can view tasks assigned only to them in the To-Do Bar. 

3. Document Library: Use document libraries to preview, search, and open team documents. Team members can edit documents online or offline.

4. Discussion Board: Discuss topics with team members. E-mail discussions require participants to find and sort messages, but Discussion Boards isolate messages for easy tracking.
 5. Contact List: Stay in touch with team members and important people outside the team. As one member adds contacts or edits them, the entire team gets the new information.

Troubleshooting Done:
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1. Office Repair: If are any office issues then we can run the office diagnostics and check any corruptions are there or not.

2. Manually unregister and register the owssupp.dll with regsvr32 (FYI: Path:-Office 12 folder)

3. We need to track that this issue is machine specific/user specific.

4. Which kind of browser is used by that machine where the problem resides? Troubleshooting purpose: we can check the behavior in chrome/Firefox.

5. If its a problem with all the users then Central Administration is the only option by which we can fixed this issue.

6. SharePoint STSSYNCHANDLER:Connect to Outlook to synchronize lists

Reff: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms456225.aspx / http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2007/03/26/searching-the-visible-moss-2007-code-for-activex-references.aspx

Multiple Resolutions:
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1. Try to enable the add-on called “SharePoint Stssync Handler” in Internet Explorer go to Tools, Manage Add-Ons and look for add-ons called “SharePoint Stssync Handler” if disabled,Enable it. If enabled, disable it restart IE and re-enable it.

2. If you are using multiple office versions on the same machine then as per Microsoft recommendations-Please keep the core version only.

what is mean by core version? If you are using Office 2003 and some components of Office 2007 then office 2003 is the core version.

Remove the additional components and reair the office installation completely and restart the computer.

3. SharePoint Services Support feature should be installed on the machine. Control Panel-->Microsoft Office-->Change-->add the components

4. Enable Client Integration Option: Central Administration -> Application Management -> Authentication Providers (Under Application and Security)

In the Authentication Provider’s section, go to the particular web application and select the Membership Provider's Zone, and check that you have enabled the Enable Client Integration Option. Once this option is enabled, you will see those options for integrating with client application options on SharePoint lists.

My Resolution:
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-My customer was using a custom list and he has converted a custom list into calendar view. "connect to Outlook" will never be present in the custom list.

-Created a out-of-box calendar view and transferred the items by using content & structure to the newely created calendar list.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know..

I would be more than HAPPY to HELP U as well as RESOLVES UR ISSUES...

The server block is not well formed

Recently we had resolves one good issue. Our team was transferring the documents from one library to another by means of explorer view/webfldr view. All of sudden when we switched the view from explorer to All documents, we received the following error message:

An error occurred during the processing of /Governance/KateDocuments/Forms/AllItems.aspx. The server block is not well formed.
Troubleshoot issues with windows SharePoint services.

Resolution:Issue has been resolved with the help of http://blog.brainlitter.com/archive/2010/11/09/fixing-%E2%80%93-the-server-block-is-not-well-formed.aspx

Sean Wallbridge has mentioned a very detailed description regarding the causes, root cause and perfct resolution which works in our issue too and issue has been resolved..
Three cheers to Sean for posting the valuable information with all of us, Thanks again..

If you have any issues/queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, Thanks

This page is accessing information that is not under its control. This poses a security risk. Do you want to continue?

One of my user raised a issue with us that he is getting some pop-ups while accessing sharepoint sites. its actually a warning message in the internet explorer as mentioned below: "This page is accessing information that is not under its control. This poses a security risk. Do you want to continue?"

One thing will be sure that this is a machine specific issue and some settings will be wrong in the IE. its takes some time to replicate the same issue on my test machine and resolved it too. Please refer the following steps regarding the same:

Resolution:
1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3. On the Security tab, click Internet, and then click Custom Level.
4. In the Security Settings list, change Access data sources across domains (under Miscellaneous) to Enable.
5. Click OK to close the Security Settings dialog box.
6. Click Yes when you receive the following message:
Are you sure you want to change the security settings for this zone?
7. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.
I would be more than HAPPY 2 Help you as well as resolves your issues, Thanks

The file may not exist, may be in use, or the Web server is temporarily busy.

Yesterday, we received another ticket which is based on Office issue in collaboration with SharePoint.

Excel Version: Office 2003
SP Version: SharePoint 2007

Some users are receiving the following error message when they are trying to save and check-in a document
[File name and path] cannot be accessed. The file may not exist, may be in use, or the Web server is temporarily busy.

This is a very strange issue becuase it has multiple resolutions so its very difficult to conclude regarding the one perfect solution.

Some Observation:
This behavior occurs because only one user at a time can make changes to a document that is stored in a document library in SharePoint. A user must check out a document from the document library before that user can make changes tothat document. If a document is checked out by one user, other users have read-only access to that document. Other users cannot change thatdocument or see the changes that are made to the document until that document is checked in. After the document is checked in, another user can check out the document and make changes to it.

By design, This behavior occurs for documents that are stored in document libraries, including shared Excel 2003 workbooks and other document types that support an option where multiple users canmake changes to the document at the same time.

Resolution that i had applied for my ticket:
1. Start
2. Programs
3. Microsoft Office
4. Open any blank office excel 2003
5. Help
6. Expand the double arrow/options
7. Detect and Repair
8. Excel will run for few moments and repaired if corruptions are there
9.  Once it gets complete then please close the excel and open the sharepoint site in a new explorer

Some more resolutions that you may try:

Resolution#1:If its Office 2007 then please try this:
1. Start
2. Programs
3. Microsoft Office
4. Open any blank office word document
5. Office ribbon (on the top)
6. Word options
7. Resources
8. Run Microsoft Office Diagnostics

Resolution#2:A fix was release in September (August updates)http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956064
or cumulativehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/957022

Resolution#3: It seems to 'always' happen when it is a document library that requires check out to edit. Try to uncheck this option and check the results

Resolution#4:
Check if the user has multiple domain accounts. If he is using one domain account for the machine/Desktop and second domain account for the sharepoint site then also you will face this problem. Make sure, the logged in domain account is already added on the sharepoint site.

Resolution#5:If somebody is using a inbuilt SQL version of SharePoint then make sure that you have enough storage available so that you can do the check outs and remaining procedures, Thanks

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know...
I would be more than HAPPY 2 HELP YOU as well as RESOLVES your ISSUES :-)

MVP Award Renewal for 2011-2012:SharePoint Server

Today I was honored for the second time with the Microsoft MVP award. It’s great to be recognized for my efforts in the SharePoint community over the past year.

Microsoft does the awards on a quarterly basis now to spread out the workload of reviewing people but the end of the year seems a good time to reflect on things especially since the award is given for the community work done in the "previous year.

Many thanks to my lead "Abhishek Kant" and everyone at the MVP Award program who keeps this all together and moving.
if your interested in learning more about the Microsoft MVP Program check out these official program links: Becoming an MVP

Thanks to everyone who – directly or indirectly – contributed to this renewal.
Thank you Microsoft, and thank you the Microsoft MVP program and foremost – thank you, the SharePoint community!