Proxy Settings in Machine.Config

With the our migrations to SharePoint 2010, decided to move our proxy settings to the machine.config files as opposed to web.configs. The infrastucture guys change the URL too often (they alse haven't provided us with a DNS entry) which means we have to edit the config files of multiple web applications and extensions.

Steps required:

1. Add the following to the machine.config:

  <system.net>

    <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true">

      <proxy usesystemdefault="False" proxyaddress="http://proxy.address" bypassonlocal="True" />

    </defaultProxy>

  </system.net>

2. Remove the defaultProxy from section from your web.config files.


PS. The machine.config to edit can be found at: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\CONFIG.

Add New Web Part to Web Part Gallery Broken?

I have a site in SharePoint 2010 running in 2007 mode (don't ask me why? ask the business users). It seems there may be a bug when in the web part gallery that does not allow you to add new web parts (in 2007 mode only). I had a look through the page source and there is definitely some issues with the javascript on the "New" button.

Hopefully, we won't be in 2007 mode for too long, so we are just gonna roll with a workaround. Go to following page and you can add web parts to the web part gallery:

http://{siteurl}/_layouts/NewDwp.aspx