SharePoint Conference 2012 – Session highlights!

The SharePoint Conference 2012 session list is the most comprehensive we've ever put together.  Register now to hear from top Microsoft, Community and Industry speakers in over 270 sessions designed to give IT Pros, Developers and Business Decision Makers everything they need know about SharePoint 2013.

Check out the session highlights below and click here to see the complete list.

You won't find a greater concentration of SharePoint knowledge anywhere else on the planet.

IT Professional Track

SharePoint Server 2013: What's new for IT Professionals
Bill Baer, Microsoft Corp

SharePoint 2013 Upgrade Deep Dive
Sean Livingston, Microsoft Corp

User Profile Synchronization Best Practices in SharePoint Server 2013
Spencer Harbar, Microsoft SharePoint MVP

Developer Track

Building end-to-end apps for SharePoint with Windows Azure and Windows 8
Todd Baginski, Microsoft SharePoint MVP & Donovan Follette, Microsoft Corp

Developing apps for SharePoint 2013 with Visual Studio 2012
Mike Morton & Sean Laberee, Microsoft Corp

Zero to Live in 60mins using SharePoint 2013 Publishing
Andrew Connell, Microsoft SharePoint MVP & Daniel Kogan, Microsoft Corp

Business Decision Maker Track

Becoming a next-gen organization with SharePoint and Yammer
Mark Fidelman, Evolve! Inc

The Value of Engaging with Cross Functional Business and Stakeholders
Rob Foster, Microsoft SharePoint MVP

Lead the Enterprise Social Revolution: 5 Steps to Drive Culture Change
Dux Raymond Sy, Microsoft SharePoint MVP

Featured Customer Sessions

How Nationwide will use the New Corporate App Marketplace to Develop a Community
Chris Plescia & Jeff Schumann, Nationwide

How NASDAQ makes corporate governance easy with SharePoint
Bret Beresford & Michael MacDonald, NASDAQ

How Jones Lang LaSalle Leveraged SharePoint 2013 to Power its Next Generation Public Site
Gregory Adams & Tom Lombardo, Jones Lang LaSalle

Registered attendees will get access to MySPC next week to start planning their agenda, so don't be left wondering what you could have done at SharePoint Conference 2012.  Register now and join MS in Las Vegas!

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Some options are hidden when publishing to SharePoint Portal Server 2003: Infopath 2010

Issue:

In InfoPath 2010, when adding a form field to be available as a column on the SharePoint form library (File >> Advanced Form Options >> Property Promotion >> Add), the option to make the field editable from the library is missing.

Instead of a checkbox with the message “Allow users to edit data in this field by using a datasheet or properties page”, there is a message “Some options are hidden when publishing to SharePoint Portal Server 2003.”

 

Resolution:

The solution is pretty simple. Re-publish the form (File >> Publish >> SharePoint Server (Publish form to a SharePoint library). Do not use Quick Publish!).  As you go through the Publishing wizard, keep the selections the same to update your published file. The fourth screen will look identical to the Property Promotion dialog, but when you click Add (or Modify), the option to “Allow users to edit data in this field by using a datasheet or properties page” will be there.

SharePoint Pro Resources: eBooks

Download the latest SharePoint administration and development resources from SharePoint Pro. Keep up to date with the latest technology and IT trends, tips, and research.

eBooks

Windows Server 12 Jump Start By EMC

The CIO’s Guide to Data Protection in the Virtual and Physical Data Center By AppAssure Software

6 Ways to Protect Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Hyper-V By AppAssure Software

Hyper-V Data Protection Trends By AppAssure Software

The Shortcut Guide to Smart Network Management for the SMB By Ipswitch

Using SCCM to Migrate to Windows 7 By BDNA

Running Microsoft Enterprise Applications on VMware vSphere, NetApp Unified Storage, and Cisco Unified Fabric By NetApp/VMware

Adopting Server Virtualization – Managing, Protecting, and Optimizing By CA ARCserve

Converged Infrastructure (CI) for Dummies By HP and Intel

Strategies for Cloud Storage, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery By i365

Essential Guides

The Essential Guide to Achieving High Availability for SharePoint Data By Metalogix

Business Analytics: Where Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Intersect By Oraylis

Special Report: Building for Touch, Begin Today By DevExpress

The Essential Guide to Optimizing, Scaling and Securing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 By Citrix

Architecting the Best Service Desk Solution for Your Organization By ScriptLogic

The Essential Guide to Optimizing Windows Server Workloads By Cisco

The Essential Guide to Least Privilege: A Use Case-Based Approach By Viewfinity

Gaining Control of Your SharePoint Environment with Information Governance By AvePoint

The Essential Guide to Desktop Virtualization - 18 Aug 2011 By Citrix

The Essential Guide to Lossless iSCSI By Brocade, Hitachi Data Systems

Podcasts

Developing Multi-Channel Applications By DevExpress

Migration to Windows 8: Design & Tooling Considerations for Metro Applications By DevExpress

Extending SharePoint Across Your Information Architecture - 19 Mar 2012 By Open Text

Developing Mapping Applications Using ERSI Shapefiles By Syncfusion

Today’s ASP.NET Applications and the HTML5 Challenge By Syncfusion

Implementing Sound Information Governance Policies in SharePoint 2010 By Open Text

Windows Phone 7 Mango: Are Dramatic Improvements Enough to Compete Against Android, IOS and Blackberry? By Syncfusion

Extra Baggage: Migrating Your Legacy Data with Exchange 2010 By Sherpa Software

Planning for Exchange 2010 Site Resiliency By Vision Solutions

Working with PSTs in Exchange 2010 By Sherpa Software

Trials & Downloads

Easy and Affordable Server Management with SpectorSoft Server Manager By SpectorSoft

SharePoint admin toolset v3.0 By Idera

Secure Copy By Dell|Scriptlogic

Security Explorer - 12 Jul 2012 By Dell|Scriptlogic

Active Administrator - 12 Jul 2012 By Dell|Scriptlogic

LiteSpeed for SQL Server Enterprise - 09 Jul 2012 By Quest Software

Protect Your Critical Oracle Data – for Free! By Quest Software

Path to the Private Cloud Resource and Trial Center By Microsoft

User Activity Monitoring and Beyond By Spectorsoft

Build complete business application in XAML. Get Cocktail. By IdeaBlade

Tip Guides

The Top 10 Guiding Principles for Successful BI By Dell

Quick Tips For Backing Up Your Windows Server in VM or Physical Environments By AppAssure Software

The Top 10 Best Practices to Leverage the Public Cloud for Backup and Disaster Recovery By CA ARCserve

Top 10 Tips for Optimizing SQL Server Performance By Quest Software

The Top 10 Technical Tips for Virtualizing Tier 1 Business-Critical Applications By VMware

Top 10 Tips for Creating Solid Data Warehouses By EMC

Top 10 Desktop Virtualization Tips By Citrix

The Top 10 Best Practices for Locking Down Corporate PCs By Viewfinity

Top 10 Things to Know About Protecting Microsoft Applications in the Cloud By Iron Mountain

Top 10 Steps to Ensuring Data Quality By Melissa Data

On-Demand Web Seminars

SQL Server Foundations 2012 By Dell

Insights from Microsoft Exchange Data By Splunk

Discover the Power of Machine Data By Splunk

New Features and Functionality in the World of Messaging By Instant InfoSystems

Keep Your Network Secure—Automatically By GFI

Top 5 Techniques and Technologies for Combating Email Threats and Spam By GFI

Deliver a Safe and Productive Web Environment for Your Organization - 23 Aug 2012 By GFI

Deliver a Safe and Productive Web Environment for Your Organization - 23 Aug 2012 By GFI

A Day in The Life of IT:
Solving Challenges in a Desktop Community By Citrix

An Overview of the Vital Role of Fax By Instant InfoSystems

White Papers

10 Steps to Optimize SharePoint Performance By Idera

SharePoint and Compliance By CipherPoint

Securing Sensitive Information in SharePoint By CipherPoint

10 Easy (and Free) Tricks to Get More Out of SharePoint’s Data Protection Toolset By Idera

Five Ways to Prepare for SharePoint 2013 By Quest Software

Best Practices for SP Development and Customization By Quest Software

Avoiding the Top Three Challenges of Custom Coded SharePoint Applications - 04 May 2012 By Quest Software

Avoiding the Top Three Challenges of Custom Coded SharePoint Applications - 26 Apr 2012 By Quest Software

A Governance Guide for Hybrid SharePoint Migrations By Quest Software

The Five Pillars of SharePoint Governance By Quest Software

Utility Resources

High Availability & Disaster Recovery Readiness Assessment By CA ARCserve

Planning for the Private Cloud By Geotrust

Incorporating Multiple Virtualization Platforms into a Single Private Cloud By Geotrust

 

Voting buttons are not visible in Outlook when you open a SharePoint alert notification that is forwarded

Problem Description:

In Microsoft Outlook, when you double-click to open a Microsoft SharePoint alert notification that is forwarded to you, voting buttons that the sender added may not be visible.

Error Message:

Vote by clicking in the Respond group above. However, no Respond group is available.

Probable Cause:

The Share Ribbon tab on the message that is opened contains custom SharePoint buttons, such as the Connect to this Document Library button and the Preview this Document Library button. The original Message tab, where the Vote drop-down button typically appears, is not available.

Resolution:

Use the Reading Pane to access the voting options. To enable the Reading Pane, follow these steps:

·         In the main Outlook window, click the View Ribbon tab. 

·         Click the Reading Pane button, and then click either Right or Bottom . 

·         Click one time on the message that was forwarded to display the message in the Reading Pane. In the message header area of the Reading Pane, click Click here to vote to make a voting selection.

How exactly I reproduced the issue?

1.    Open a SharePoint document library in Windows Internet Explorer on a SharePoint site that is configured to send email messages. 

2.    On the SharePoint ribbon, click Library Tools, click Documents, click Alert Me, and then click Manage My Alerts. 

3.    Click Add Alert. 

4.    Select the document library that you opened in step 1, and then click Next . 

5.    Confirm that Send Alerts To is set to an email account that can be checked by using Outlook 2010, Delivery Method is set to email , Change Type is set to All Changes , Send Alerts for These Changes is set to Anything changes , and When to Send Alerts is set to Send notification immediately . Then, click OK . 

6.    Browse to the document library that you opened in step 1. 

7.    Make a change to the document library, such as deleting a document or uploading a document. 

8.    In Outlook 2010, select the message that explains the change that you made in step 7.

9.    Click Forward. 

10. In the forward message window, click Options, click Use Voting Buttons , and then click Approve; Reject . 

11. Specify a recipient, and then click Send. 

12. On the recipient's computer where Outlook is installed, double-click the message that you sent in step 11 to open the message in message view.

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

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

Personal views in site migration using Import-Export commads

Personal Views does not get imported/migrated when we do a site import-export on the sub-site or site collection level.

This is a known issue with the product, however, Microsoft doesn’t have any technical reference for this other then the discussion on the Technical Forum.

Other problem occurred with import exports are:

•           All personalization’s are completely lost (personal views, workflows and alerts) 

•           Various customizations are also lost

•           Sites based off old site templates are not handled

•           During import, some files are dropped off due to the blocked items list.

•           There are some versioning and security issues as well.

We have tested the above specification in our environment and results are same.