March 2010 « The UC Corner

OCS 2007 R2 now supports Server 2008 R2

Previously, installing OCS 2007 R2 roles on a server with Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system was not supported. Microsoft has now announced that OCS 2007 R2 finally supports 2008 R2 OS. It’s worth to note that the Group Chat Server role still does not support 2008 R2. Upgrading an existing installation to Server 2008 R2 is not supported either, so it looks like this support only applies to new OCS 2007 R2 installations.

More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/982021?p=1

It’s also also worth to note that Server 2008 R2 domain also is supported. If you introduce 2008 R2 domain controllers to an existing domain, you’ll have to run forest prep again.

More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982020

Sharepoint filter with URL values

Did you know that you easily can filter your Sharepoint list or library with values in your URL? This means that you can create a “view” without really creating a view. To spice up your GUI you can for instance insert some graphical boxes above your document library view that filters with URL values. Last, but not least, you can use this method to filter the content of all web parts on a page, you are not limited to filter a view in a document library (after all, a view is just a web part on a .aspx page). You can filter on a built-in column, or a column you have created yourself.

Example:

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Sharepoint naming best practise

When naming your files, folders (but you usually don’t want folders anyway) and sites, avoid these characters:

& ~ # % * ? / + | ” . _ { } \ : < >

Underscore is to be avoided as the first character in the name, and multiple consecutive periods should be avoided. In columns and document library names I also prefer to avoid Norwegian letters like æ,ø and å, and spaces. I rather rename the column or document library afterwards, getting a nice looking name combined with a coder-friendly URL (I get no sleep when I see URL’s like bad%20url.)

Opera Mini 5 review

Yesterday I got my hands on Opera Mini 5, which was launched today. Opera Mini 5 has the same advantages as the previous version, like fast rendering and less data traffic, but now also has a new, elegant graphical user interface and lots of new functions. If you are using Opera Mini 4.2 today, or worse is using your phone’s integrated browser, upgrade today.

You can read my short review (in Nnorwegian) at Amobil here: http://www.amobil.no/artikler/opera_mini_5/75473, or at VG here: http://www.vg.no/teknologi/artikkel.php?artid=587390

Review of Sony Ericsson Vivaz

I have reviewed the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. This is a touchscreen phone with Symbian S60 menus. It also sports an excellent 8 MP camera, that also shoots HD video at 24fps with continous autofocus. Quite a nice phone, though without the wow-factor Samsung Omnia HD had when it was launched.

Read the full review (in Norwegian) at Amobil here: http://www.amobil.no/artikler/sony_ericsson_vivaz/75350

Activate Sharepoint 2010 Developer Dashboard the easy way

Sharepoint 2010 has a very useful function called the Developer Dashboard. When you enable this, you see what kind of resources the different requests on the page uses, the different queries etc.

The dashboard can be always on, off or on demand. The latest option is the most useful for most scenarios, and gives you a button on the page that you can click on each page individually to view the dashboard. This way, you can even use it in a production environment (of course not for testing new functions, you have a development, testing and staging platforms for that, right?). To enable the dashboard all you have to do is run this simple stsadm command. You can also use Powershell if you prefer that.

stsadm -o setproperty -pn developer-dashboard -pv ondemand

Review of Sony Ericsson Xpreia X2

I have written a review of Sony Ericsson Xpreia X2. This is a full-fledged business phone running Windows Mobile 6.5. Unfortunately, it is also incredibly slow, full of bugs and cumbersome to use. Stay away!

Read the full review (in Norwegian) on Amobil.no: http://www.amobil.no/artikler/sony_ericsson_xperia_x2/75064

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