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Computer Technologies Fundamentals Offered for Fall Term

After two successful classes, we will be offering our Computer Technologies Fundamentals Course again this fall. New This Term – Expanded UX Design Section After some great feedback from our first graduates, we have expanded our wildly popular UX Design Section. … Continue reading

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Computer Technologies Course Offered for Spring term

After a successful class this fall, we will be offering our Computer Technologies Fundamentals Course again this spring. New This Term – DreamSpark Through a strategic partnership with Microsoft, we are able to offer our students a  membership in the … Continue reading

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Computer Technologies Fundamentals Course

Since coming to Detroit, I’ve had it in my heart to offer a tutoring class in computer technologies. I currently work as a programmer specializing in Microsoft SharePoint. There are many good paying jobs in my field, right here in … Continue reading

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Automating New SharePoint Sites with Domain Names for Development using PowerShell

One of the greatest capabilities of SharePoint 2010 is the ability to install on a client operating system like Windows 7 64-bit. This is a real plus for developers as we previously had to stand up a virtual machine running … Continue reading

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SharePoint Project Without Assembly

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have the need to produce a SharePoint 2010 Project using Visual Studio 2010 that contains only Modules, Element, List definitions and the like. These can all be activated by a feature and deployed using … Continue reading

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Adventures With Office Web Apps

Cialis online The company for which I am consulting recently had the need to install Microsoft Office Web Apps into their existing SharePoint 2010 farm. in the process of deploying this, I learned quite a few things that I will … Continue reading

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Running PowerShell Script from Task Scheduler

There are numerous posts out there about how to execute a PowerShell script from the Task Scheduler in Server 2008. I was unable to get them to work for me, so I wrote a BAT file that kicked off the … Continue reading

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Applying WSS 3.0 SP2 After MOSS 2007 SP2

I know you are thinking that is a crazy title because MOSS 2007 SP2 cannot be applied before WSS 3.0 SP2. Well it can be done! With the original version of MOSS 2007, one was unable to install on the … Continue reading

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Linking to SharePoint 2010 List Forms

The Dilemma We recently upgraded from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010. All in all it was a very smooth transition. But as in many things in life, we are discovering day by day – week by … Continue reading

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Application Was Unable To Start Correctly Error

The Problem I recently ran across this error when trying to open a PowerPoint deck that I had downloaded from a SharePoint site. My Platform is Windows Server 2008 R2 with Office 2010 installed. When I tried to open the … Continue reading

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