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Bamboo Solutions is the leading provider of Web Parts and Solution Accelerators for Microsoft SharePoint. The mission of this blog is to connect us with customers and colleagues and foster discussion around the news and issues that affect us all.

License problem after successful activation?Yesterday

For current versions of Bamboo products, Bamboo License Manager v2.7 is best installed from the Setup.bat file. One installer for 32-bit systems and another installer for 64-bit are included in the zip file; Setup.bat determines the correct type for that server. In Add or Remove Programs, the 32-bit type is named “Bamboo License Manager v2.7” and the 64-bit version appends “(x64)” to the end. When activating a license, a file is created in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\BambooShared\License folder. The activation file (.lic) contains the name of the assembly (DLL) selected in Bamboo License Manager.

 

Licensing is per physical server. In a farm with more than one Web Front End server, 'Bamboo License Manager v2.7' must be installed on each WFE and the license activated with a unique key.

 

Possible causes of licensing problems after successful activation:

 

1.      The wrong type (32 or 64-bit) of Bamboo License Manager v2.7 was used. Add or Remove Programs appends "(64)" after its name for 64-bit; for 32-bit nothing is appended to the name. Please confirm the server’s bit type in System Properties of the server.

 

2.      R

Bamboo Welcomes PM Centrix to the Partner Advantage ProgramYesterday

PM Centrix is located in Ireland and is the IT services company of the Project Management Group. PM Centrix is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in three competencies including Information Worker, Custom Solutions and Data Management. The company offers a range of Systems Integration, consulting and software services - specializing in Microsoft and related platform technologies. We are looking forward to working with them and would like to welcome them to the Partner Advantage Program.

Control when a document is displayed: Managing Item SchedulingYesterday

You may not know this already but SharePoint has this cool feature called Managing Item Scheduling.  Have you ever wanted to upload a file to a library but only have it display between certain dates even times to all users?  Well SharePoint has the answer for your dilemma.

First, here are prerequisites to use this functionality:

1. Content Approval needs to be enabled on the library.
2. Versioning needs to be enabled both for Major and Minor versions.
3. And the real kicker, must use a library within a Publishing site, which means you need MOSS 2007 to utilize this functionality.

 So what exactly does Managing Item Scheduling do?  Let say you have this feature enabled.  When you upload a file to the document library, when entering the properties in the EditForm.aspx page, you will notice 2 new columns: Scheduling Start Date and Scheduling End Date.

When you define the Scheduling Start Date this says when the Published major version of the document will be displayed to the end user in the List View.  The options are fairly sel

SharePoint, Pushups, and Breast Cancer AwarenessYesterday

As a man, I have noticed that men tend to be less likely than women to get involved in raising funds or participating in Breast Cancer awareness. In an effort to combat this tendency, the men in our office recently decided to see if we could help change the behavior, raising money for the cause in a unique and fun way, and to get the entire company involved as well.  Being typical men, however, we were late by one month for the actual Breast Cancer Awareness month.

What does any of this have to do with SharePoint? Read on...

So as to get the entire office involved, a group of 9 men organized and ran a pushup pledge drive. Yes, you read that correctly: Pushups. Recall that "unique and fun" were among our goals at the outset.

Each man solicited donations from his colleagues on a per-pushup basis, pledging in return to participate in an office pushup contest. Our original goal was $300, but when the final pushup was completed, we had raised over $1,700! The excitement for the contest, including online polls and spirited boasting, really brought the office together in a fun w

IT Administrators with Active Directory Experience Wanted for Microsoft User Research StudyYesterday

Microsoft is conducting a usability study to gain insight into what you would like to see in the next version of Active Directory Users and Computers and how this tool impacts your job function. We want to learn from you, the experts, to determine what needs to be improved in our software. This is a great opportunity for you to provide feedback and help ensure the features you want, make it into ADUC’s next version.

If you have experience working with Active Directory Users and Computers, we want to talk to you.

We highly value your feedback and will be offering you a gratuity option in appreciation of your time and participation.

If you are interested or know someone who might be interested in participating, please email us at itusable@microsoft.com with ADUC in the subject line.