Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server "How Do I?" Videos

SharePoint Products and Technologies "How Do I?" Videos

Learn more about Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with these short “How Do I?” videos that focus on specific tasks and how to accomplish them. Tasks include how to configure Forefront Security for SharePoint, how to install and configure SharePoint Server, and how to enable and configure e-mail with Windows SharePoint Services.

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Windows SharePoint Services How-to Videos

How Do I: Use the SPDiag Tool to Analyze my SharePoint Farm?
Part of the latest SharePoint Administration Toolkit from Microsoft, the SharePoint Diagnostic (SPDiag) tool provides a wealth of information of all kinds across the entire server farm, offering both static and trend analysis and reporting as well as real-time details to assist in analysis, planning and problem avoidance and resolution. In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through downloading, installing and setting configuring the tool, and looks at how to use some of its features.
Tuesday, Jul 7

How Do I: Work with Document Templates?
Rather than work with a standard, blank Word, Excel or PowerPoint template off the “New” button in a document library in Windows SharePoint Services,wouldn’t you rather offer your users the ability to create new documents using a more customized company template? Better yet, why not offer multiple predefined templates in the same library, perhaps with a specific set of metadata fields? Join Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he explores various ways to customize the templates used in a document library, within a site, or across an entire site collection.
Wednesday, Jun 24

How Do I: Integrate My SharePoint Lists with the Microsoft Office Outlook Client?
Windows SharePoint Services provides for very powerful integration between the Microsoft Office Outlook client and Windows SharePoint Services, enabling users to reuse their existing skills within Outlook, providing offline storage and synchronisation, and adding additional business value. In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) explores how to configure this integration, use the additional features, and resolve synchronisation conflicts.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Migrate the Configuration Database ?
In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us step by step through the process of migrating a configuration database from one SQL Server (or SQL instance) to another.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Install Windows SharePoint Services on Windows Vista?
In this video Mark Wilson shows you how to install Windows SharePoint Services on Windows Vista. Whilst this is not a supported configuration, it is something that can be very useful to SharePoint developers, perhaps working offline, and can be a useful trick to have up your sleeve.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Migrate a Content Database?
In this video Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us step by step through the process of migrating a content database from one SQL Server (or instance) to another.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Use Master Pages to Customize the Look and Feel of my Site?
Master Page files allow you to customize the look and feel of a Windows SharePoint Services site in a standardized, centralized way. In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) has a look at how to customize the existing Master Pages in a site, use both Default and Custom master page options, and import an external Master Page and related graphics and style for use in your site.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Work With Solutions Packages?
Solution Packages are SharePoint preferred mode of deploying functionality and components, including, for instance, Web Parts, Features, and Web Services. There are a few steps required to install and deploy these packages though, and that’s just part of the story. In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes a look at how to deploy, amend and upgrade solution packages, including upgrading functionality and adding language packs.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Administer My SharePoint Farm Using Windows PowerShell?
PowerShell is Microsoft’s next generation, administrator-focused command-line scripting environment. Providing for full access to the SharePoint API, PowerShell unlocks the potential to interact directly with SharePoint to manipulate web applications, site collections, sites, lists and more. In addition, the ability to script these commands and compile a toolbox of these scripts makes for an improved experience in administering Windows SharePoint Server. In this video, Hilton Giesenow (http://hilton.giesenow.com/) looks at how to get started with PowerShell and SharePoint, and takes us through a few sample site collection, list and web application commands. My site: http://www.TheMossShow.com/
Thursday, May 21

How Do I: Add Forms-Based to an existing Windows Authentication Site?
Windows SharePoint Services allows you to combine multiple authentication and user management systems in the same web application, each with their own unique URL. This allows you, for instance, to have an internal- and external-facing Intranet , or even an Extranet running within the same site collection. In this video, Hilton Giesenow (http://hilton.giesenow.com) takes you through adding Forms-Based Authentication (FBA) to an existing Windows-based authentication WSS site. My site: http://www.TheMossShow.com/
Wednesday, May 20

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SharePoint Server How-to Videos

How Do I: Create a KPI List and KPI Dashboard?
Join, Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he explores how to create a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) list in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. In the video, we explore how to create various types of KPIs (manual, based on SharePoint lists, and based on an Excel workbook in an Excel Services Trusted Location) and how to create a KPI dashboard based on the list of KPIs.
Wednesday, Jun 24

How Do I: Create and Configure a Business Data Catalog?
This video shows how to integrate data external to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by building a Business Data Catalog.
Wednesday, Jun 24

Using Search Scopes
Enterprise Search - the ability to search content from several sources across your enterprise- is one of the most valuable tools included in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. However, as you increase the amount of information indexed by the search engine, you increase the number of potential results from a search query. When search starts to return hundreds or thousands of results, the ability to find information quickly and easily is diminished. To address this issue, SharePoint Server allows you to narrow the search results returned to users executing a search via Search Scopes. In this video, Rob Windsor will demonstrate how to use the built-in search scopes and how to create and configure custom search scopes at the Web Application or Site Collection level.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Configure the Active Directory Profile Import Service?
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows you, through the Shared Services Provider, to configure the importing of Active Directory user profiles into SharePoint Server. This allows for a far richer experience of displaying and updating user profiles including features like the ability to track colleagues and display the user’s relative position in the organisational hierarchy. Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) takes us through how to set up and configure this AD profile import service to bring this data in from Active Directory.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Install and Configure the Faceted Search Add-in?
Faceted Search is a freely-available community add-in for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, developed in conjunction with Microsoft employees and members of the community. Available at http://facetedsearch.codeplex.com/, Faceted Search is a freely-available community add-in for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search user experience with richer abilities to refine search results. Join Hilton Giesenow (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) as he looks into installing and setting up this set of tools.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Configure Single Sign On (SSO)?
In this video, Hilton Giesenow, host of The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) demonstrates how to configure Microsoft Single Sign On for use within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in order to connect to a SQL Server database over a BDC connection using SQL Server credentials.
Tuesday, Jun 23

How Do I: Use the Business Data Catalog?
The Business Data Catalog (BDC) functionality in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables you to present line-of-business data within MOSS. In this video, Rob Windsor will demonstrate how to configure a BDC Application and how to use external data with Web Parts, Lists and Enterprise Search.
Monday, May 18

How Do I: How Do I: Configure Keywords and Best Bets?
In this video, Hilton Giesenow from The Moss Show (http://www.TheMossShow.com/) examines how to enhance the standard Microsoft Office SharePoint Server search results to include additional rich contextual information related to the search. The video covers both the Keywords functionality, which includes descriptions and additional information related to the search term, as well as "Best Bets" - a suggested list of relevant links.
Friday, May 15

How Do I: Configure Records Center?
Join Hilton Giesenow as he explores how to create a Records Center site within your site collection and how to configure the records management types and record routing for your SharePoint farm.
Tuesday, Mar 10

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