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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Sharing phone's internet connection with laptop

This one is probably easy but it was tricky for me since I had to connect to the internet using my phone's GPRS connection as my broadband modem had gone bust. I say tricky because I had no access to the internet and hence no search engines and the browser on the phone is not friendly. This explanation is for a Windows 6.1 Mobile and Windows 7 Pro combination
So, here we go
Pair the phone with the laptop / desktop
On the phone click on start --> programs --> Internet Sharing.
Then choose Bluetooth Pan for the PC Connection. Choose the network connection which connects your phone to the Internet and click Connect
Now click on the bluetooth icon on the status bar and choose Join a Personal Area Network. 
Highlight the Phone on the bluetooth devices list. From the top menu choose "Connect Using --> Access Point".

Happy Browsing!

Audience targeting vs Permissions in SharePoint

Can audience targeting be used for permissions i.e., control what the users sees? I have seen most folks get this wrong. Audience targeting cannot be used for permissions and here is the reason.
Audience target is used to target content to a particular audience but it does not prevent the user from navigating to the content.
Audience target can be used to customize the content on the page based on the audience profile but if the user knows the path to the content they can still navigate to it and view it unless it is controlled with permissions