Linda Chapman - Enterprise Architect

I have been in technology for 30 years. I have been an Enterprise Architect and Infrastructure Architect for the last 15 years. My background is infrastructure architecture, complex migrations, and enterprise strategy. My product expertise focus' are; Azure, Office 365, SharePoint, Active Directory, Exchange, and System Center Suite. I am an Enterprise Architect at Microsoft. I also have a blog on TechNet. Feel free to connect to me on LinkedIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindachapman/ .

Sunday, June 21, 2015

How to format a SharePoint Survey

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I needed to format a SharePoint survey for a customer a few years ago, with every other line shaded, and spacing. I found these two existin...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

SharePoint 2010 – How to create vanity URL for sub site

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How to create a short URL or vanity URL for SharePoint Site, can be done, but it is NOT done through SharePoint. You would create it through...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

SSRS Scale-out Deployment–How to remove Instance

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If you need to remove a SSRS SQL Server database instance from Reporting Services Configuration Manager such as due to migrating a RS databa...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

SharePoint 2010 how to clear Config Cache.ini

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There are many times you will need to clear your Configuration Cache ( Cache.ini ) on all your SharePoint servers, such as when a timer serv...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

After SharePoint 2010 upgrade–Excel Services does not work

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After upgrading from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010, I experienced the Excel Web Access web parts were no longer working and were producing th...

SharePoint 2010 User Profile Import–How to filter only Enabled Accounts

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When you create a User Profile Synchronization Connection in SharePoint, by default it will import all accounts in the containers you specif...

Meeting Workspace links do not work after upgrade to SharePoint 2010

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Links in a Meeting Workspace break after upgrading to SharePoint 2010. This is a known issue. This is because Meeting Workspace sites have ...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

How to customize the Access Denied page

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How to I customize the Access Denied page? You would create a new custom page using the existing pages as templates, then copy them to tha...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

SharePoint 2010 FREE training

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Here are some links to free training for SharePoint 2010. Productivity Hub  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4aa...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Enable your SharePoint Mobile short /m/ URL

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By default you have Mobile pages for your SharePoint sites by using /_layouts/mobile/default.aspx at the end of your site URL. If you want t...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

SharePoint 2010 and RBS Remote BLOB Storage

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Well I probably won’t be able to evaluate or use either of these products anytime soon, but I am quite impressed by what I am reading on Rem...
Monday, October 18, 2010

SharePoint - How to change width of rich text columns on forms?

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If you want to change the width of any of the columns on the data entry forms (NewForm.aspx, EditForm.aspx, DispForm.aspx) you need to know ...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

How to add a web part to DispForm.aspx

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I saw a post today of someone explaining how you have to use SharePoint Designer to edit a DispForm.aspx page just to add a web part to the ...
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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Shane Young presenting at U-SPUG.com

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A big thank you to Shane Young, SharePoint MVP for a great presentation on SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Process! It was an excellent presentation...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

U-SPUG meeting 9/9/10 3-5pm MT at ExecuTrain of Utah. Speaker is Shane Young, MVP

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Join us Thursday September 9, 2010 from 3-5pm MT for our U-SPUG meeting at ExecuTrain of Utah. Location:  ExecuTrain of Utah - 1455 West 220...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

How to create a Gantt chart in SharePoint

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Misleading title, as there isn’t a way to create a Gantt chart in SharePoint out of the box. Not a true Gantt chart. Could you create one us...
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Chris O'Brien: Using the SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard

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I was about to write a long article on how to use SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard found in Central Administration, for someone I am wor...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Scrolling News Line – Just one of MANY ways to do

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There are many ways you can implement a scrolling news line on your site. This is just an example of one, but not the only way to do it. Th...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

SusQtech has new virtual seminars for only $99

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Check out the new virtual seminars SusQtech has started for only about $99 per seminar.  http://www.susqtech.com/training/Pages/sharepoint...

SharePoint Designer Data View with scrolling area

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I have a fairly complex SharePoint Designer 2007 Data View that I created and the users have added two more requirements. 1. Have the colu...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

Event ID 12317 logged every hour when using FRM

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Problem: When running File Resource Manager you get event ID 12317 logged every hour. Cause: Refer to article: http://blogs.tec...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Chrome Type equals none , changes not saved

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Say you modify your web part to have the Chrome Type include the Title or Title and Border…you click OK and save. However you changes are no...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

SharePoint how to redirect one page

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There are many ways to redirect a page in SharePoint. If you have a Publishing Site then you have a built in feature using Create Page – Red...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Looking for a SharePoint MVP or Microsoft employee to speak at user group 6/24

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We are in need of a SharePoint MVP or Microsoft employee to speak at our Utah SharePoint Users Group (www.U-SPUG.com) this Thursday 6/24 fro...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Need a technical speaker for U-SPUG.com June meeting

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We need a technical SharePoint speaker for our Utah SharePoint Users Group meeting local or remote speaker on Thursday June 24 3-5pm. Please...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

SharePoint Designer – how to redirect the OK button on NewForm.aspx

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If you have created your own custom Item New form or NewForm.aspx page and want to redirect the page you go to after clicking the OK butto...
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SharePoint how to hide view all site content and other page elements

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This is one example of hiding several page elements by using the following style code in the Source Code of the CEWP .  This is goo...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

SharePoint File Not Found error after creating new site

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Occasionally I will create a new site based off a custom site template and when it is completed I get the following error.           ...
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SharePoint Server STSadm.exe error

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Sometimes I get the following error when trying to run different STSadm.exe commands on SharePoint Server 2007. The server administra...

How to add a Link to a Document external to SharePoint

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You can add links to external file shares or/and file server documents to your document library very easily. Why would you want to do this? ...
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Saturday, May 8, 2010

TechNet vs. MSDN

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Stumbled across this Microsoft link that has a nice table explaining the differences of when you can use TechNet subscriptions vs. when you ...

HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. after deploying a SharePoint solution

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Well this one threw me off, for a few minutes. I deployed a custom .wsp solution. Normal…local deployment, not a GAC deployment… stsa...
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SharePoint in the Cloud?

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For a SharePoint Cloud solution, a requirement is the ability to host multiple clients and departments in an isolated way, providing isola...

Embed a video in a SharePoint Blog Post

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So we all know we can embed Widgets, Gadgets, Videos, and other content by adding our HTML code into a Content Editor Web Part’s Source Co...

How to create a custom Folder Content Type

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Why would you want to create a custom Folder Content Type? If you need to have the same data entry fields (columns) that you have for your...

What is the admin page for Save Site As Template

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If you are trying to save your site as a template but you are not seeing the option under Look and Feel, and you are sure permissions is n...

Cannot see saved Site Template that is in the Gallery

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Problem: You save a site as a Site Template, and you see it listed in the Site Collection Gallery but you cannot see it as an option ...

Export List Data To Excel and keep it in sync with List changes

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There is built-in functionality in SharePoint that allows you to export your Site List data into an Excel Spreadsheet.  There is also a bu...

How to earn Medals on Microsoft Forums

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I just pointed someone at my work to the Microsoft Forums and told them they should start reading through those for their answer to their ...

How to remove the comma from a Number column field ?

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Gee, you sure think it wouldn’t be too much for Microsoft SharePoint developers to add an option in the Column settings for the Number fie...
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How to add a linked List to your DispForm.aspx

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Today I was modifying the DispForm.aspx (view page) to one of my Lists to link a second list below the first. This is so easy to do, and I...
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How to add a copyright notice to bottom of pages

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You can add a copyright notice or other text to the bottom of all pages by modifying the Default.Master, MWSdefault.master, and any other ...
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Linda Lee Chapman
Utah, United States
I am a Certified Cloud Architect specializing in Azure and Office 365. I am also a Senior Enterprise Architect specializing in large enterprise architecture, capacity planning, performance fine-tuning, best practices, beta deployments. Products I specialize in are; Azure, Office 365, SharePoint, MIM, AIP, RMS, ISA 2006, SQL, SCOM, Active Directory, Exchange, and System Center, Hyper-V and VMware. I have been a consultant or employee for the following companies; AT&T Labs, Home Depot, Dell Computer Corp, Continental Airlines, AMD, Levi-Strauss, MCI. I am a fulltime employee at Microsoft as an Enterprise Architect.. I have lived in; Utah, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oregon, California, Arkansas and Georgia! So if you think you know me...you probably do :)
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