SharePoint: How does MOSS know the user has InfoPath installed?

Your browser tells a web server a lot of stuff about you each time you visit a web site. These include the browser version, Windows version, screen resolution and colors, .Net version installed and if you have InfoPath.

Here's a sample of what is sent as part of the User-Agent string:

• User-Agent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)

What can we tell from this example:

• Internet Explorer 6.0 (MSIE 6.0)
• Windows XP Service Pack 1 (Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
• InfoPath 2007 (InfoPath.2)
• 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 .Net runtimes installed (.NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)

Here's another user:

• User-Agent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.2)

Very similar, but is using Internet Explorer 7.0 and only has .Net 1.1 and 2.0 installed.


This one is interesting in that it is coming from a server (maybe):

• User-Agent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.2; WOW64; SV1)

Windows NT 5.2 is either Windows Server 2003, XP Professional 64 Bit, or Windows Home Server. (Interesting reuse of a version number!) One other note, the user in this example is running a 32 bit version of IE 6.0 on a 64 bit machine. WOW64 = Windows-on-Windows 64-bit.

And this one is from a FireFox 2.0 user:

• User-Agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1

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SharePoint 2007 Links - Features, Migration, Management Tools

MOSS Service Accounts

The Microsoft article: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/f07768d4-ca37-447a-a056-1a67d93ef5401033.mspx?mfr=true

A short and easy article on accounts: http://cregan.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/moss-setup-service-accounts/

Sample Features

Two simple and cool features: Print Page Feature - adds a new item to the Actions menu to display and print a clean view of a list. Windows List Feature - adds a new links list template with options to open in a new window and to control sizing and menu options. And a bunch more... https://mail.maxtrain.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.codeplex.com/features/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2502

Alternate Access Mappings

What every SharePoint administrator needs to know about Alternate Access Mappings (Part 1 of 3) https://mail.maxtrain.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/03/06/what-every-sharepoint-administrator-needs-to-know-about-alternate-access-mappings-part-1.aspx

2003 to 2007 Migrations Cornelius J. van Dyk's SharePoint Brain Dump: Step-by-Step – A REAL world upgrade of a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS) farm to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)http://www.cjvandyk.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=744536f4%2D127e%2D4c4a%2Dbcff%2Db85408e7e7e5&ID=107

MOSS Planning:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Deployment Plan Sample (MS Project)http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101328&clcid=0x409 HP ProLiant Sizer for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/548230-0-0-0-121.html

Migration Tools:

Migration tools, both 2003 to 2007 and 2007 to 2007 (for staging to production deployments)

metaLogic SharePoint Site Migration Manager http://www.metalogix.net/products/migrationmanagersp/index.htm

AvePoint DocAve 4.1 Migrator for SharePoint (also supports Exchange public folders to 2003 or 2007) http://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-migration

ecKnowledge (also has tools to migration to/from Notes and other products)http://www.casahl.com/Solutions/SharePointSolutions.html

Microsoft Transporter for Lotus DominoResources for Interoperability and Migration from Lotus Domino http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb403105.aspx Proposion Software Notes/Domino to SharePointhttp://www.proposion.com/site/proposion.nsf/pages/SharePoint

SharePoint Management Tools

COOL free TOOL! Discovery Wizard for Sharepoint Freewarehttp://www.quest.com/2_0/registration.aspx?requestdefid=8286

Quest - Microsoft SharePoint Tools for the Enterprise http://www.quest.com/sharepoint/

AvePoint - DocAve 4.1 Content Manager for SharePoint http://www.avepoint.com/products/sharepoint-content-management

Universal SharePoint Manager 2007Environment (Farm) Reporting, User Site Security Analyzer, User List/Item Security Analyzer, Add User http://www.idevfactory.com/products/uspm2007/

Site Security, Remove User Site Security, Clone User Site Security http://www.idevfactory.com/products/uspm2007/default.aspx

ScriptLogic Security Explorer for SharePoint
http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/security-explorer/sharepoint/

New SharePoint Links - Install, Upgrade, Tools

Must have links: Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog The official blog of the SharePoint Product Group http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/default.aspx

MSDN Forums » SharePoint Products and Technologies http://mssharepointforums.com/

Service Accounts:

The base accounts needed for SharePoint MOSS http://blogs.msdn.com/martinkearn/archive/2007/04/23/configuring-kerberos-for-sharepoint-2007-part-1-base-configuration-for-sharepoint.aspx

The Microsoft article: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/f07768d4-ca37-447a-a056-1a67d93ef5401033.mspx?mfr=true

A short and easy article on accounts: http://cregan.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/moss-setup-service-accounts/

Version comparisions...

Web page: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx Excel file: http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/d/c/1dc632e8-71e1-466f-8a2f-c940f1438e0a/SharePointProductsComparison.xls

Install and Upgrade links Upgrading to Office SharePoint Server 2007 http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/94c49b6d-527e-4387-9557-8cfe8b55ede91033.mspx?mfr=true

Setting up Forms Based Authentication http://devcow.com/blogs/jdattis/archive/2007/02/23/Office_SharePoint_Server_2007_Forms_Based_Authentication_FBA_Walkthrough_Part_1.aspx

Configuring Kerberos for SharePoint 2007: Part 1 - Base Configuration for SharePoint http://blogs.msdn.com/martinkearn/archive/2007/04/23/configuring-kerberos-for-sharepoint-2007-part-1-base-configuration-for-sharepoint.aspx

Which server should host Central Administration (and how to move it) http://www.sharepointblogs.com/johnwpowell/archive/2007/07/10/which-server-the-sharepoint-central-administration-web-site-should-be-installed-on-and-how-to-move-it-there.aspx

Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Windows SharePoint Services collaboration environments (Office SharePoint Server) http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/0a7b2b45-f633-46d2-a4fd-78691d4b8f631033.mspx?mfr=true

Plan for software boundaries (Office SharePoint Server) http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/6a13cd9f-4b44-40d6-85aa-c70a8e5c34fe1033.mspx?mfr=true

Internet/Extranet/Intranet, etc. Logical architecture model: Corporate deployment http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/1cffb278-6497-46fc-abd0-3dd652064c891033.mspx?mfr=true

More links here: Scale, Performance, and Capacity Planning http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/03/08/scale-performance-and-capacity-planning.aspx

Tool and Features

Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/04/30/microsoft-it-site-delete-capture-1-0.aspx

SharePoint Tools: SharePoint 2007 Tools Collection v2 (very insteresting list of tools here) http://blogs.msdn.com/walterst/archive/2007/06/20/sharepoint-2007-tools-collection-v2.aspx

Other links

Using Grove with SharePoint http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/2/2/822feaaa-5b56-48aa-9444-e85d49c99756/Microsoft%20Office%20Groove%20and%20SharePoint%20Integration.doc

Using OneNote with SharePoint http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa/archive/2007/02/02/onenote-and-sharepoint.aspx

SharePoint books http://workerthread.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/sharepoint-books-my-recommendations/

Real world Examples

Dell MOSS White paper http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/casestudies/2007_DellOnSharepoint.pdf

SharePoint Backup links

SharePoint Backup Links Backup and Restore Strategies in MOSS 2007 http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-10-Backup_and_Restore_Strategies_in_MOSS_2007.aspx

SharePoint Designer Links

MSDN Documentation for Designer http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb291001.aspx Team-Based Development in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb428899.aspx Sharepoint 2007 - Development and Engineering Practices http://teamfoundationserver.org/Web/blogs/sharepoint_2007/archive/2007/08/20/523.aspx SharePoint Designer vs. Visual Studio http://markegilbert.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/sharepoint-designer-vs-visual-studio/

SharePoint developers links

SDKs - Software Development Kits WSS https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936-A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en MOSS https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en

How to: Create a Minimal Master Page

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa660698.aspx

Using the Delegate Control

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mrbill/archive/2007/05/24/using-delegate-controls-in-sharepoint.aspx

http://sharepointnutsandbolts.blogspot.com/2007/06/using-delegate-control.html

MOSS 2007 Design Component Relationships and Diagrams

http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/MOSS07DesignComponents.aspx

SharePoint: Resources for customizing 3.0

List of Place Holders: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms467402.aspx This page lists the content placeholders contained in the Windows SharePoint Services default master page and what each of the placeholders represents on the page. List of Styles: http://www.heathersolomon.com/content/sp07cssreference.htm How to Customize the Display of Quick Launch http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms466994.aspx

SharePoint 2007 Links

Misc. SharePoint links from my favorites list... SharePoint Services home: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/sharepoint/default.mspx Home Page http://www.microsoft.com/office/sharepoint SP FAQ http://www.microsoft.com/office/sharepoint/prodinfo/faq.mspx WSS Hardware Requirements http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb684454.aspx MOSS Hardware Requirements http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/4d88c402-24f2-449b-86a6-6e7afcfec0cd1033.mspx?mfr=true Microsoft TechNet: Administrator's Guide for Windows SharePoint Services http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library here's WSS 2.0: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all/adminguide/en-us/default.mspx MOSS - Office SharePoint Server Technical Library http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/bb410856.aspx Free downloadable book for WSS 3.0 from Microsoft: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/c2b1315b-80fb-4b9a-a83b-de9ce8337e991033.mspx Tutorials SharePoint Team Services Tutorial http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/teamservices/techinfo/training/tutorial/default.asp SharePoint sites: http://www.msd2d.com/default_section.aspx?section=sharepoint http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/sharepoint/ http://www.sharepointcustomization.com/default.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/server/sps/default.aspx http://wss.collutions.com/default.aspx http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ Creating a custom theme: http://www.graphicalwonder.com/2005/11/sharepoint_site_creation_stepb_6.html Web parts and enhancements for SharePoint Web Parts SharePoint Products and Technologies Web Component Directory http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/downloads/components/default.asp http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sharepoint+web+parts http://www.corasworks.com/ Work Flow http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sharepoint+workflow Microsoft Antigen for SharePoint (and Exchange) http://www.microsoft.com/antigen/default.mspx SharePoint Portal Pricing: http://www.microsoft.com/office/sharepoint/howtobuy/default.mspx SharePoint Scenarios (templates) Available for Download from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sppt/wssapps/default.mspx Absence and Vacation Schedule Board of Directors Case Work Management Change Management Classroom Management Competitive Intelligence Discussion Database Document Library Employee Activities Site Employee Timesheet and Scheduling Employee Training Event Coordination Expense Reimbursement Help Desk HR Programs and Services IT Developer Team Site Legal Document Review Workflow Loan Initiation Management Marketing Campaigns Meeting Management New Product Development Performance Review Professional Svcs Contracts Professional Svcs Site Project Team Site Public Official Activity Public Relations Work Site Publication Editorial Review Recruiting Resource Center Request for Proposal Management Room and Equipment Reservation NEW: Team Work Site Travel Request

SharePoint Search Resources

Several links for MOSS Search Customizing and Extending the Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Search http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb608302.aspx Long awaited 64-bit PDF IFilter finally available (but not from Adobe) http://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/05/10/long-awaited-64-bit-pdf-ifilter-finally-available.aspx How Microsoft implemented SharePoint search for their sites... Deploying and Supporting Enterprise Search Technical White Paper http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itshowcase/content/deployingsearchtwp.mspx A sumary of the above: http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/08/16/new-search-indexing-whitepaper-from-ms-it-includes-best-practices-and-optimization.aspx On-Demand Webcast -- TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages Enterprise Search with SharePoint Server 2007 (audio also available as a podcast) http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032334379&CountryCode=US Microsoft's lab results from testing various search hardware configurations: Estimate performance and capacity requirements for search environments http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/5465aa2b-aec3-4b87-bce0-8601ff20615e1033.mspx?mfr=true Configure a dedicated front-end Web server for crawling (Office SharePoint Server 2007) http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/0cf7b3cd-090a-4c5e-b2c1-6272584ba2b21033.mspx?mfr=true