WSS v3 has very powerful item level security features that were completely non-existent in previous versions of SharePoint.  This wiki discusses how to take advantage of those features for custom lists.   There are several ways to implement ...[Read More]

SharePoint Designer workflows are have some great benefits: they are relatively easy to create, don't require any code, and can be created and maintained by power users, not just developers.  However, there are several limitations to SharePoint Desi ...[Read More]

Here is a VBScript I put together to make a full backup of a MOSS 2007 or WSS v3 Server.  The thing I like about this script is that it creates a rolling 7 day backup of your SharePoint Server.  The problem with the built in solution is that it just ...[Read More]

SharePoint Designer workflows allow several conditions to be specified for a set of actions.  Each condition results in a logical value (true/false) and can be ANDed or ORed with other logical conditions.   Here is an example set of 4 condit ...[Read More]

This post describes how to start workflows from SharePoint events.  The details here are known to apply to SharePoint Designer workflows, but may also apply to Visual Studio 2005 workflows.   Purpose   Why would you want to do start a Shar ...[Read More]