I recently upgraded a client from SharePoint v2.0 to v2010. The upgrade was successful, and the Business Portal implementation on SharePoint Server 2010 was also successful. Then, we installed Project Server on the same web application that Business Portal was installed on. After the Project installation, SharePoint stopped working and threw up the generic error …
Tag Archive: SharePoint
Oct
01
SharePoint Conference 2011 starts Sunday!
This Sunday, October 2, kicks off the biggest SharePoint event of the year! The SharePoint Conference 2011 gets underway this week in Anaheim, CA. This year’s conference promises to be full of great information and exciting keynote speakers. I will be there all week, and for those who will not be in attendance this year, …
Sep
13
Failed to start service SPSearchServiceInstance on this server after completing upgrade. Please start it manually.
Came across an interesting one yesterday. We had a client getting ready to upgrade from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. The only problem with doing the straight database detach and attach upgrade was that WSS 3.0 was still on SP1. So I downloaded SP2 to the WSS server and went through …
Aug
02
HRM Self-Service Workflows Not Submitting
Recently, I’ve had some issues with Microsoft Dynamics GP – HRM (Human Resource Management) workflows. Specifically, whenever users submit timecards, they say they’re submitted, but they don’t flow through to the user’s manager. And it’s not just one user, it’s everyone in the system. What’s happening? Well, the first thing you want to check is …
Aug
02
Helpful tips when upgrading Business Portal 4.0 (for GP 10) to Business Portal 5.1 (for GP 2010 and SharePoint 2010)
Are you preparing to upgrade your Business Portal (BP) implementation from v4.0 to v5.1 with the new release of SharePoint 2010 and 64-bit compatibility? There are a couple of things that you should take into account before attempting the upgrade. A lot of planning should go into your upgrade considering you are going to be …
Jun
30
BPOS to Office 365 Transition
Summit Group Software is officially participating in the BPOS to Office 365 TAP migration program. I plan to share as many details as possible about the migration process as we proceed in order to make it as easy as possible for other organizations. Yesterday, we had an introduction call and here were the most important …