May 2009 Entries

Changing a SharePoint Document Library URL

At some point or another you may need to change the name of a SharePoint document library.  This is a pretty straightforward change that can be done quickly using SharePoint's web user interface (UI).  But what if you need to change a document library's URL?  Although you can change the URL of a site within a site collection using the SharePoint web UI, there isn't an interface to peform a similar action on a document library or list.  So how do you accomplish this type of change? One way is to create a new document library with the URL you want...

Inaccessible SSP Administration Site

A couple of weeks ago, we received a request for help from one of our clients. Our client could no longer access the SSP (Shared Service Provider) Administration Site on their MOSS 2007 installation.  Attempts to access the SSP resulted in 401.1 errors in the web browser.  This issue was vaguely familar but I could not recall the fix for the problem.  After some troubleshooting it became clear that the problem was access to the SSP Admin site on the server itself and that the SSP host web application was configured with a custom host header.  The SSP Admin site could be accessed remotely from another...