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Articles by Syed Adnan Ahmed (6 articles found)

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Web Security

Encrypt Password Field in SQL Server, Registry Information & Query String
Last Updated: 13 Jan 2003   Page Views: 252,629   Rating: 3.74/5    Votes: 32   Popularity: 5.63   Bookmark Count: 92
How to encrypt the database password field, registry information and query string.

SharePoint Server

Extending SharePoint Server 2007 by using Features
Last Updated: 18 Nov 2007   Page Views: 139,757   Rating: 4.70/5    Votes: 30   Popularity: 6.94   Bookmark Count: 100
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
Creating and deploying an Event Handler Feature, which can be activated on Web or Site, Site Collection, Web Application or Farm Level

.NET Framework

Useful SQL Queries to Analyze and Monitor SharePoint Portal Solutions Usage
Last Updated: 25 May 2006   Page Views: 55,348   Rating: 4.70/5    Votes: 14   Popularity: 5.39   Bookmark Count: 33
Some useful SQL queries to analyze and monitor SharePoint Portal solutions usage.
How to configure SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to search contents of list attachments
Last Updated: 9 Jun 2006   Page Views: 27,058   Rating: 2.63/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 1.58   Bookmark Count: 7
This article describes the process of configuring SharePoint Portal Server search to search the contents of list attachments.
Dynamic HTML Page creation & Search through Free Text and Meta Tags of HTML by Using Index Server
Last Updated: 1 Aug 2003   Page Views: 69,748   Rating: 3.70/5    Votes: 6   Popularity: 2.88   Bookmark Count: 18
The article mainly focuses on the problem faced in jobs portal to provide the mechanism to employers/recruiters to search job seeker’s uploaded and created resumes on the basis of given template, and vice versa for the job seekers to search the jobs on the basis of the specified criteria.

Hardware & System

Wrapper API for using Microsoft Active Directory Services
Last Updated: 5 May 2005   Page Views: 199,832   Rating: 4.14/5    Votes: 43   Popularity: 6.76   Bookmark Count: 129
If you develop web applications with Microsoft® ASP.NET and have the need to secure your site from unauthorized access, you have surely investigated the various authentication and authorization techniques that ASP.NET 1.x enables. This article discusses how to use Microsoft Active Directory Services

SharePoint Server

Comprehensive list of development tools for SharePoint Server 2007 [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 5 May 2009   Page Views: 6,460   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51   Bookmark Count: 19
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
I have tried to summarise the list of development tools that you require on your day to day development. Please post your comment, if I miss anything here.App Pool Manager (http://www.harbar.net/apm/apm2.zip)U2U CAML Query Builder (http://www.u2u.info/SharePoint/U2U%20Community%20Tools/U2U
Summary of sessions of European Best Practices SharePoint Conference 2009 [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 5 May 2009   Page Views: 3,449   Rating: 4.43/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.11   Bookmark Count: 4
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
Last month, I have attended European SharePoint Conference held in London. Overall the conference was a success and everybody learnt a lot from SharePoint MVPs, who are best in delivering of what they know.  I have written down my notes during the conference and decided to share best practic
SharePoint Search crawl error on Windows Server 2008 Operating System [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 5 May 2009   Page Views: 2,581   Rating: 3.67/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.10   Bookmark Count: 1
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
You get following error message, when you try to create a web application using host header name e.g. http://portal.litwareinc.com or http://portal/  See screen shot here  This issue occurs when the Web site uses Integrated Authentication and has a name that is mapped to the local loopba
How to setup Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller on a VPC (Server) [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 5 May 2009   Page Views: 7,143   Rating: 3.29/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 1.57   Bookmark Count: 4
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
This article will explain how to setup Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller on a VPC. Steps remain the same for physical machine. Follow the steps below to setup domain controller:1.    Logged into machine as local administrator 2.    Run dcpromo command on windows command prompt. System
How to Configure PDF iFilter 9.0 for 64-bit operating system on MOSS 2007 Server Farm [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 5 May 2009   Page Views: 3,477   Rating: 4.80/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.44   Bookmark Count: 4
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
Before the release of PDF iFilter 9.0, you have to install windows desktop search, PDF reader and iFilter 8.0 to configure PDF iFilter on MOSS 2007 environment. Now, Adobe has released PDF iFilter 9.0 for 64bit operating system, so configure of PDF iFilter is lot easier than before.Steps re
How to Configure SharePoint Treasure (Synonym) In MOSS 2007 [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 13 May 2009   Page Views: 4,993   Rating: 4.33/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.30   Bookmark Count: 4
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
The concept of treasures in SharePoint world is not new. It was also used in SharePoint 2003. Treasures are like synonym or similar words that you specify in SharePoint for keywords search.
Steps required to install Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2 on existing SharePoint Farm [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 13 May 2009   Page Views: 7,010   Rating: 2.82/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 1.70   Bookmark Count: 5
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
Finally Microsoft has released long waiting MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 SP2. You can download MOSS 2007 SP2 and WSS SP2. For new installations of Windows SharePoint Services, you can also download WSS 3.0 with SP2. If you want to see a list of all SP2 released on 28th April, then follow this KB A
Best Practices for Project Server 2007 Deployment in a Large Server Farm with Office SharePoint Server 2007 [Technical Blog]
Last Updated: 13 May 2009   Page Views: 6,885   Rating: 0.0 / 5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.0   Bookmark Count: 2
Licence: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)   
In this post, I will try to explain the key steps and points to remember in line with MS best practices published at:

Syed Adnan Ahmed


Member 		Adnan Ahmed is a Senior MS Solutions Consultant in PM Centrix (http://www.pmcentrix.com), the IT Consulting Company in Ireland and has involved with many large enterprises to help them realise real benefits of MOSS 2007. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) for SharePoint 2003 & 2007, Project Server 2007, MCSD.NET

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