SharePoint Configuration/Troubleshooting

Remote Desktop is a cool feature of Windows Server 2003 that lets you remotely log on to and work at a machine as if you were seated at the local console (in Windows 2000 Advanced Server, this feature was called Terminal Services in Remote Administration Mode). Remote Desktop can be a lifesaver for fixing problems on servers at remote sites, but what if you forgot to enable the feature before you shipped the server out to Kalamazoo? Enabling Remote Desktop is easy if the server is in front of you: just log on as an administrator, open System in Control Panel, select the Remote tab, and under Remote Desktop select the checkbox labeled "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer." Unfortunately, you can't use the System utility to enable Remote Desktop on a remote machine, though you can access some properties pages of System using Computer Management by first connecting the console to a remote computer, then right-clicking on the root node and selecting ...

Using a SQL provider with forms based authentication means that users will use usernames and passwords that are stored in SQL Server Database. They will use a sign-in page to fill in their credentials and log in. You can of course create your own database for storing credentials, but if you want one to be set up for you very quickly you can create the ASPNETDB by performing these steps: Go to the SQL Server database server On the database server, open Windows Explorer. Navigate to the path %System Drive%\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727. To start the ASP.NET SQL Server Setup Wizard, double-click aspnet_regsql.exe. Complete the wizard Make sure the Application Pool accounts of the web application(s) and the Central Administration web site have access to the database In order to load up your database with test data you can use the membership seeder tool from CodePlex Download the MembershipSeeder tool from http://www.codeplex.com/CKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx...

The following are the different templates that are available for SharePoint: Template Name Description GLOBAL#0   Global template (1033) STS#0   Team Site (1033) STS#1   Blank Site (1033) STS#2   Document Workspace (1033) MPS#0   Basic Meeting Workspace (1033) MPS#1   Blank Meeting Workspace (1033) MPS#2   Decision Meeting Workspace (1033) MPS#3   Social Meeting Workspace (1033) MPS#4   Multipage Meeting Workspace (1033) CENTRALADMIN#0   Central Admin Site (1033) WIKI#0   Wiki Site (1033) BLOG#0   Blog (1033) BDR#0   Document Center (1033) OFFILE#0   Records Center (1033) OFFILE#1   Records Center (1033) OSRV#0   Shared Services Administration Site (1033) SPS#0   SharePoint Portal Server Site (1033) SPSPERS#0   SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space (1033) SPSMSITE#0   Personalization Site (1...