It is possible to restrict the search in the peoplepicker, so it only contains users that are registered on the site collection instead of the entire domain.
Stsadm.exe -o setproperty –url http://sharepoint –pn peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection –pv yes
If you’re developing for SharePoint, this is a must have tool – and it’s free:-)
Stramit SharePoint Caml Viewer lets you create a view via the SharePoint GUI, and then you can go behind the scenes with Stramit SharePoint Caml Viewer, and see the xml markup query.
Check it out: http://www.codeplex.com/SPCamlViewer
If youre looking for an easy way to make Reporting Services reports on SharePoint data, RS Data Extension from the company Enesys is worth taking a look at.
I downloaded the trial, and spend about 10 minutes installing it, and it worked right away.
Very easy, and really powerfull tool…
http://www.enesyssoftware.com
I’m currently working on a SharePoint project, where we have to run some Reporting Services reports on the SharePoint data as well as data from a DB2 database.
The tricky thing is that SharePoint site is public available to known users, but how to handle authentication with Reporting Services??
Well – Microsoft fixed that for you in SP2 for SQL Server 2005, where they introduced a feature called Reporting Services in SharePoint Integration Mode
I’m still in the early adoption fase, but it looks pretty promising to me – decide for your self…
