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Prerequisites: Installed and generally configured SharePoint 2010 Enterprise edition. SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with reporting services installed and configured either locally on the SharePoint Server or on a separate server. Install the Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint® on your SharePoint server Download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b3bebf9d-d86d-48cd-94e2-0639a846be80 Once you servers are prepared with the prerequisites above, you can now start setting up reporting. First begin with SQL Server Create a new group called WSS_WPG under … Continue reading
Here are the steps to create a stand-alone eProductivity Database, with Phase 2 Lotus Notes: Download the latest eProductivity templates to your local Notes Data Directory (typically C:\Notes\Data or C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\Data). Now, we will create the new database. Navigate to your Lotus Notes workspace and select: File >> Application >> New or press CTRL+N. Enter in the following information: Server: Local Title: Type in whatever name you wish to call your new database File Name: We recommend MAIL\(your file name) … Continue reading
Here are the steps to install the eProductivity Mail template to your mail file. IMPORTANT: Switch to the Notes Workspace and close all other tabs. This specifically applies to the “Welcome Page” tab (if it is open). In order to self-install eProductivity, you must have at least Designer or Manager Rights to apply changes to your mail file.Here’s how to verify that you have the correct access rights to your mail file:Open the Workspace and close all databases.Select your … Continue reading
With Phase 2′s GSA contract, we have been asked to see if it was possible to integrate our services into the government Smart Card infrastructure.(article continues below the video) One of the most widely recognized flagship government smart card programs to date is the United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC). For additional security to all government systems, a two-factor methodology has been adopted. This requires the user to enter two separate [unique] sets of credentials … Continue reading
Scenario: You need to display a message that will alert the user that just logged in that s/he is about to access a restricted site OR you need to display a Usage Agreement without the use of a pop-up window. Problem: In SharePoint or Project Server there is no option to force a message to appear. SharePoint and Project Server rely on Windows authentication and calls a local built-in login API to display the login screen. Unless you are using … Continue reading
Say you have a SharePoint site that pulls information from your Active Directory that has multiple OUs in its structure. Your AD could look like this for example: Domain: Company.com OU1: Accounting subOU: Users Usernames OU2: Executives subOU: Users Usernames You have created this site for your Accounting department but when they try to add people to certain sites within the SharePoint site you find that when a search is made for others in the Accounting department, you are able to see … Continue reading
Clients can monitor site-level Lotus Connections 2.5 metrics including user logins, posts, files, activity, and usage information with the following links: Blogs – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/blogs/roller-ui/servermetrics.do?lang=en_us Activities – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/activities/service/html/servermetrics Bookmarks – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/dogear/toolbox/servermetrics?lang=en Communities – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/communities/service/html/servermetrics Files – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/files/app/statistics?lang=en_US Homepage – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/homepage/web/servermetrics Profiles – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/profiles/html/servermetrics.do?lang=en Wikis – http://<sitename>.phase2.com/wikis/home/statistics?lang=en_US
You are using MS CRM 4.0 and receiving error “A Microsoft Dynamics CRM window was unable to open, and may have been blocked by a pop-up blocker”, when opening the site. Client is running Internet Explorer 8 SOLUTIONS: The solutions to this issue seem to vary wide and far from computer to computer. There is much written about it on tech blogs adding to the frustration. You may have to try one, some or all of the fixes to get … Continue reading
lifted from Louis Benitez BLOG: Very cool way of directly accessing your Lotus Connections files! Louis describes how to configure Google Chrome to search your Lotus Connections site directly from the search bar. Open Chrome Go to Preferences… Under Basics, you’ll see Default Search set to Google. Click on Manage Click on the + sign to add a new search engine Set the Name to Lotus Connections, the Keyword to lc and the URL to https://<hostname>/search/web/search?query=%s (for example: https://w3.ibm.com/connections/search/web/search?query=%s). It … Continue reading
This guide will show you how to get rid of one of the most annoying and hard to eliminate Malware on your PC. This will take anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours depending on how fast and large your computer is. Make sure you have plenty of time to tackle this. Continue reading