Q: How do I make an account a SharePoint site collection administrator?

By John Savill, 05/09/2012

Make an account a SharePoint site collection administrator.

Q: How do I add a SharePoint announcement Web Part to my System Center Service Manager 2012 portal?

By John Savill, 05/03/2012

Add a SharePoint Web Part to System Center.

Q: How do I show the System Center Service Manager 2012 announcements in the portal?

By John Savill, 04/30/2012

How to post announcements to System Center 2012.

Q: I am unable to see site collection administration items on my SharePoint site under Site Settings.

By John Savill, 04/27/2012

Why you can't see SharePoint site collection administration items.

Q: How can I change the default URL used by SharePoint?

By John Savill, 04/20/2012

How to modify SharePoint's URL.

Q: How can I change the System Center Service Manager 2012 Portal name from SMPortal to something else?

By John Savill, 04/18/2012

How to change the SharePoint site name.

Q: I am trying to access the Site Settings of my SharePoint site, but I get a File Not Found error, although the rest of SharePoint works great. What should I do?

By John Savill, 04/04/2012

How to change the SharePoint Foundation default site name.

Deploying a Visual Studio Business Data Connectivity Model Solution in SharePoint

By Stefan Kowalewski, 03/12/2012

What to do in SharePoint after you try to deploy a VS BDCM model solution and get an error message that begins: Error1 Error occurred in deployment step 'Add Solution'.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Data Source Error

By Ethan Wilansky, 03/08/2012

When you configure a Reporting Data Source for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services (SSRS) in Microsoft SharePoint integrated mode on a SharePoint 2010 farm, an error ...

Q: How can we neatly manage a complex mix of private and public content on the same SharePoint portal?

By Celina Baginski, 01/12/2012

In this article, Celina Baginski will show you how to manage a mix of private and public content on the same SharePoint portal.

Q: I need to change a property bag value that appears at the SharePoint list level. I understand that the SharePoint list doesn’t contain a Properties collection. How could this have happened, and how can I change the value for an existing list?

By Ethan Wilansky, 12/12/2011

Using Windows PowerShell to assign a different value to a SharePoint list.

Q: Why do I get the error "Required permissions can't be acquired" when trying to connect to my IIS site or SharePoint site?

By John Savill, 12/09/2011