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Netcast 38 – Pray Like You've Never Prayed Before
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's episode I talk about Kerberos, whether I know what I'm talking about or not. I also talk about configuring audiences and moving site collections with the SharePoint Admin Toolkit. I finish by talking about the most horrendous development experiences I've ever had.
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Duration: 38:30
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SharePoint Administration Toolkit
CEWP and absolute links
Kerberos and Windows 2008
Orlando SharePoint UG
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Posted: Tue, Mar 2nd '10 |
Shane and I on The Moss Show
Todd Klindt
Body: The last couple of years have been very good to me. A couple of weeks ago another cool opportunity presented itself. Hilton Giesenow of The Moss Show asked if he could interview Shane and I for his show. I was flattered. Anyway, it went up a couple of days ago. You can get to it from here. Enjoy, and let Hilton know how much you liked it. J
tk
Published: 3/1/2010 3:03 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 1st '10 |
Verizon store requires check in? No way!
Todd Klindt
Body: You don't have to look very hard to see the impact online sales have had on brick and mortar stores. CompUSA is out of business, and even here in Ames the Hollywood Video is closing down, arguably because of competition from services like Netflix. The brick and mortar stores are struggling, no doubt about it. Being an online kind of guy I like to order things online. The selection is nice, the prices are nicer. The fact that I don't have to put my pants on is just icing on the cake. A week [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 25th '10 |
Netcast #37 - Know Your Boundaries
Todd Klindt
Body: In this episode I talk about what to consider to when determining the number application pools or web apps your SharePoint farm should have. I also discuss ways to configure an extranet with multiple domains. I also promote my upcoming book some more. You should preorder a copy. Or two.
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Plan for Software Boundaries
Extranet design topology
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SharePoint Pro Summit
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Posted: Tue, Feb 23rd '10 |
Netcast #36 – Olympic Edition
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I go over some admin foibles I've had over the last couple of weeks and I talk about how cool the SPTechCon was.
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Published: 2/17/2010 12:13 PM [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 17th '10 |
Get the GUID out of SharePoint databases
Todd Klindt
Body: As a SharePoint consultant I get to see a lot of things about SharePoint that bug people. This blog post is dedicated to one of those SharePoint annoyances, a GUID at the end of the Central Admin content database.
If you do a regular, wizard driven configuration of SharePoint Central Admin is created. This is the part after the bits are installed, but before SharePoint is configured. The Configuration Wizard runs and if it's a new farm it sets up the farm. Part of that setup is creating th [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 4th '10 |
Netcast #35 - Your Servers Can Kiss and Make Up
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's episode I talk about SQL aliasas, web front end only installs, and removing GUIDs from the Central Admin. I also beg folks to come see me speak at SPTechCon.
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Running Time: 29:56
Published: 2/2/2010 10:41 PM [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 2nd '10 |
Netcast #34 - Logging, you too can be a SharePoint Lumberjack
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's episode I cover how KB973917 kills SharePoint, how to improve your PowerShell experience, and all the cool monitoring features that SharePoint 2010 brings to the table. Oh, and how SharePoint makes my cat sneeze.
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Running Time: 34:13
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KB973917 kills SharePoint
Skype kills Internet Explorer
Published: 1/28/2010 7:16 PM [read].
Posted: Fri, Jan 29th '10 |
I’ve changed jobs
Todd Klindt
Body: You've heard the rumors, there's been speculation, well, it's happened. Shane Young at SharePoint911 has finally worn me down and I've accepted a position there. My first day was Monday, just in time to announce it at the SharePoint Conference. I don't think it's been decided exactly what my official title will, but I'm guessing something prestigious like "janitor" or "coffee stirrer." Feel free to pop over to their web site and let them know how lucky they are. I'll be taking your condole [read].
Posted: Sat, Oct 24th '09 |
Netcast #27 – The Todd Klindt World Tour
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's episode I talk about how SharePoint uses SQL, a couple of patches you should install and a whole lot about the SharePoint Conference, including some surefire ways to win at slotmachines.
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Running Time: 22:06
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My blog post on the Model database
WSS August 2009 CU
MOSS August 2009 CU
Microsoft SharePoint Conference
SharePoint Saturday
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Posted: Tue, Oct 13th '09 |
SharePoint doesn’t respect the Model db
Todd Klindt
Body: All of SharePoint's success must have gone to its head. It refuses to use SQL's Model database when it creates new databases. To recap, when databases are created in SQL, they are created using the same settings as System database called Model. Microsoft does a better job than I do explaining it here on MSDN.
When I do my SQL and SharePoint sessions I preach the importance of changing the default database growth settings. Unless you change them your Content Databases will be in Full Recov [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 8th '09 |
Netcast #26 – Name that DLL
Todd Klindt
Body: In this episode I answer some viewer mail (okay, blog comments) and I try to build some excitement for the SharePoint Conference by detailing the sessions I'll be doing.
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Running Time: 25:33
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My blog post on Loopbackcheck
Michael Blumenthal's PowerShell script
My blog post on AAMs
Name.DLL KB Article
Randy Drisgill's blog post on it.
SharePoint Conference excitement
As always, bandwidth for my netcast dow [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 6th '09 |
My SharePoint Conference Schedule
Todd Klindt
Body: In two weeks I'll be landing at McCarran airport for the start of the Microsoft SharePoint Conference. I'm very excited. A few folks have asked what my schedule will be. Below are all three of my SPC sessions. I may be helping with another one, but I don't have the detais on it yet. I've also listed a couple of other extra activities I'll be doing. Please feel free to swing by and say "hi." I've included ICS and VCS files in case you want to import these sessions into your Outlook calendar [read].
Posted: Sun, Oct 4th '09 |
Netcast #25 – Name Dropper Extravaganza
Todd Klindt
Body: This week, in an attempt to look more important than I really am, I drop a bunch of names and talk about stuff some SharePoint superstars are doing. I cover branding, vanity URLs, mirroring SQL and beatboxing
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Running Time: 37:19
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Branding Whitepaper
Patching with minimal downtime
Using Host Header Mode
Matt McDermott's blog
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Posted: Tue, Sep 29th '09 |
Netcast #23 – Special Holiday Show
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I talk about the Admin Toolkit that really came out. I also discuss some of the public information about SharePoint 2010. Finally I cover why it always seems one leg of a card table is shorter than the rest.
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Running Time: 37:26
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SharePoint Admin Toolkit
SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peak
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See you next week, whe [read].
Posted: Tue, Sep 22nd '09 |
Netcast #24 - Most Fun You Can Have With Your Pants On
Todd Klindt
Body: In this episode I discuss what patch level your SharePoint farm should be at, and some free SharePoint training for your company. No animals were harmed in the filming of this netcast, honest.
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Running Time: 28:07
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Issues with August 2009 CU
Use the June 2009 CU for now
Free (as in beer) SharePoint Training
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Posted: Tue, Sep 22nd '09 |
Netcast #23 – Special Holiday Show
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I talk about the Admin Toolkit that really came out. I also discuss some of the public information about SharePoint 2010. Finally I cover why it always seems one leg of a card table is shorter than the rest.
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Running Time: 37:26
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SharePoint Admin Toolkit
SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peak
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See you next week, whe [read].
Posted: Tue, Sep 8th '09 |
Netcast #22 - The Admin toolkit that almost was
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I talk about the CU and Admin Toolkit that almost were. I also talk about little C Drives and the admins that hate them, as well as transaction logs the size of a house.
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Running Time: 35:14
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See you next week, where my topic may very well be SharePoint 2010.
tk
Published: 9/1/2009 8:38 PM [read].
Posted: Tue, Sep 1st '09 |
Netcast 21 – Patches and Best Practices
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I extol the virtues of the Best Practices Conference and I walk through the SharePoint patching process with excruciating detail. I also cover why dogs are always so gosh-darned happy.
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Running time: 35:01
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SharePoint Team Blog
SPTechCon
SharePoint Conference
SharePoint Saturday
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See you next wee [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 25th '09 |
Netcast 20 – The Big 2 - 0
Todd Klindt
Body: In tonight's episode I cover a maddening permissions problem with SharePoint as well as how to get free SharePoint stuff from Twitter.
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Running time: 32:48
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See you next week.
tk
Published: 8/19/2009 7:46 AM [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 19th '09 |
Get “Access Denied” When Creating Site Collection
Todd Klindt
Body: I stumbled onto a weird problem this week and I wanted to share it with you all. The problem itself is kind of weird, but that's not really what surprised me about it. What surprised me is that it took so long to find and more people aren't having it. Here is the most succinct way I can describe the it:
"When a default quota template is defined for the web app if a Farm Administrator that is NOT the System Account tries to create a site collection where that Farm Administrator is NOT a sit [read].
Posted: Sat, Aug 15th '09 |
Netcast 19 – Drunk Monkeys
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I talk about file upload issues, Booting Windows 7 a few different ways, and my secret recipe for chicken tartar, without chicken or tartar.
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Running time: 30:49
Next week's netcast should be recorded at the normal time, Monday 8:30 PM CDT. Hope to see you in the chat room on Stickam.
tk
Published: 8/12/2009 9:35 PM [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 12th '09 |
How to troubleshoot file upload problems in SharePoint
Todd Klindt
Body: Time for me to wax nostalgically. I remember the good old days when the only thing that really kept users from uploading files was the "Max Upload Size" setting in Central Administration. But alas, times change and things get more complicated. Now when files won't upload there's a whole laundry list of things to look at. And if you're like me, laundry lists are not your forté. Just ask my wife.
This came up this week as I was trying to upload my netcasts to my shiny new hosted web space. [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 30th '09 |
Netcast 18 – Configuration Wizard
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I cover a few installation issues I've encountered in the last couple of weeks. I also cover some of the rules of the "TK's Netcast Drinking Game." Finally I talk about a sure fire way to avoid poison ivy.
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Not sure what time next week's netcast will be recorded as I'll be on the road. Keep an eye out here and on Twitter for updates.
tk
Published: 7/28/2009 10:19 AM [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 28th '09 |
New Netcast recording time
Todd Klindt
Body: The people have spoken, and it seems like Monday evenings are better for the live recordings of my Netcast. Your wish is my command. My next netcast will be recorded Monday July 27th at 8:30 (or so) Central Time in the US. As always you can join in live via Stickam and you can grab the old recordings here. Thanks to everyone that commented, tweeted and emailed me.
tk
Published: 7/26/2009 10:27 PM [read].
Posted: Sun, Jul 26th '09 |
Netcast 17 – I’m Not Very Smart
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's episode we try, and fail, to solve a viewer's problem. We also discuss the June CU and what to do when planning a SharePoint deployment. Finally we cover why kids say the darnedest things.
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tk
Published: 7/21/2009 7:57 AM [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 21st '09 |
Netcast #16 - Rated XML
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I cover the SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peak that was released by Microsoft. I also cover automation techniques that SharePoint admins can use. It promises to be more entertaining that watching grass grow.
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Category: Sharepoint
Published: 7/14/2009 7:36 AM [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 14th '09 |
Can’t use some site templates with STSADM
Todd Klindt
Body:
I got a tweet this morning from Laura Rogers about STSADM. She wanted to know if a site template had to be added with "stsadm –o addtemplate" before you could use it with "stsadm –o createweb." I have to admit, I didn't know the answer off the top of my head. I could convince myself either way. I ended up having to test it before I came to a conclusion. Before I get to whether it works or not, some background on why it's even a question…
If you've been to any of my SharePoint adm [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 9th '09 |
Netcast #15 – Do Over
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I talk about the June CU and the LSASS loopback checker as well as why I have no business doing Internet video broadcasts.
Next week's netcast won't be recorded on Monday morning. Right now I'm not 100% sure when it will be. Stay tuned her and on Twitter to find out when I decide to record it.
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tk
Published: 7/6/2009 2:55 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, Jul 6th '09 |
How to stop hotlinkers (and other amazing tricks)
Todd Klindt
Body: Last year I did a blog post on how I use Log Parser to peruse the IIS logs from this site to see how many people come here, what they look at, where they come from, etc. Those of you that have seen me at conferences or talked to me in person have no doubt heard the hilarious byproduct of that. Seems a few images on my web site are very popular with the kids at MySpace. They really like that yellow bird image as their background. While I'm flattered by the attention, honest I am, they seem [read].
Posted: Fri, Jul 3rd '09 |
New Video Up
Todd Klindt
Body: While I was out at SPTechCon Laura Rogers and Mark Miller of EndUserSharePoint did a quick interview of me. They were really bored that day. It's a pretty short watch, about 6:30.
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I also got the word today that I was reawarded the MVP award from Microsoft. It's been a great ride and I'm very grateful to have been given the opportunities I've been given. Congratulations to all the other MVPs that have gotten the nod today.
tk
Published: 7/1/2009 2:1 [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st '09 |
Netcast #14 – Not Dead Yet
Todd Klindt
Body: In this episode I talk about the topics that came up at SPTechCon and announce some sessions at the SharePoint conference. I also discuss the physics behind why a watched pot never boils. The video is jerky, it's not just you. (Unless you're listening to the MP3 version, then the video is great and I might be more handsome than ever)
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Published: 6/29/2009 3:14 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 29th '09 |
Post Conference Session at SharePoint Conference
Todd Klindt
Body: In last week's netcast I hinted that I'd be at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference and had something to announce. The story broke earlier this week. Shane and I will be doing a post conference workshop on Friday October 23rd. We will be covering, in excruciating detail, SharePoint 2010 installation and upgrading to SharePoint 2010 from SharePoint 2007. There will be lecture as well as a couple of hands on labs. If we have time we may even cover how to stick Teflon to a pan when nothing sti [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
Free Idera webinar staring ME!
Todd Klindt
Body: It just dawned on me that I have done almost nothing to let you folks know about the webinar I'm doing tomorrow for Idera. They have graciously allowed me to do another webinar on SharePoint and SQL for administrators as part of their Secrets of SharePoint series. It's 100% free. Just sign up and tune in tomorrow at noon Central time. I'll be talking about using SQL and doing stuff like mirroring, log shipping and how to move your SharePoint farm from one SQL instance to another. It should [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 17th '09 |
Netcast #13 – Site Outages
Todd Klindt
Body: Get it while you can, Netcast #13 is up. Get it while you can, who knows when this server is going to tank next. J
In this week's netcast I talk about recent changes to my website that have resulted in downtown. I cover the STSADM operation mergecontentdbs and I cover some community activities. I also explain where that lost sock goes.
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You may have noticed I jumped from #11 right to #13. Many places skip 13, not me, I skip 12. Seriously with the site outages [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 15th '09 |
Another trip, another site outage
Todd Klindt
Body: Once again I left my house and took my web site down. This time it was my old nemesis, the maxAllowedContentLength setting. After last week's meltdown I had to rebuild my farm. That means new web.config files all around. Before I tried to upload Netcast #12 (it really does exist, honest) I changed that setting so I could upload the file. I was in a hurry because I needed to get on the road for SharePoint Saturday Chicago so I didn't get around to uploading the file. Apperently I did have [read].
Posted: Sat, Jun 13th '09 |
I’m baaaaack
Todd Klindt
Body: Some of you may have noticed that my site was down for a few days. I had a hardware failure that started about 30 seconds after I left the house for a trip to Seattle. I had my lovely wife do some troubleshooting for me and it turns out my SQL server blew a drive, the drive my databases are on of course, and it was stuck in Check Disk. I had her shut it down to hopefully reduce any damage that had been done. Practicing what I preach, I was mirroring my Content Databases to another SQL inst [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 11th '09 |
Netcast #11 – The Two Silos
Todd Klindt
Body: In this week's netcast I talk about where different aspects of SharePoint content and configuration are stored. I talk about in the context of disaster recovery and what challenges can come up. I also cover why your keys are always in the last place you look.
As always, I welcome your comments. Next week I'll be recording the netcast at a different time. Stay tuned here for more details.
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Category: Sharepoint
Published: 6/1/2009 2:13 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 1st '09 |
Netcast #10 – The Hyper-V Conspiracy
Todd Klindt
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It this netcast I cover some Hyper-V gotchas that may affect SharePoint. I also cover a dirty little secret of SharePoint 2007 SP2 while extolling the virtues of the April CU.
This is the blog post to comment on for the contest I mention at the end of the Netcast. Good luck
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Category: Sharepoint;Netcast
Published: 5/26/2009 2:28 PM [read].
Posted: Tue, May 26th '09 |
Netcast #10 schedule
Todd Klindt
Body:
Because of the Memorial Day holiday I won't be recording next week's netcast on Monday morning like I usually do. Instead I'll be recording it Tuesday morning instead. Same time, 8:45 AM Central Time. I will be doing some giveaways, so for an unfair advantage, watch the recording live at Stickam.
See you Tuesday, and happy Memorial Day.
tk
Category: Sharepoint;Netcast
Published: 5/23/2009 10:08 PM [read].
Posted: Sat, May 23rd '09 |
Small licensing problem with SP2
Todd Klindt
Body: As you may have read on my blog, SP2 for SharePoint 2007 came out a month ago. The SharePoint Team Blog announced a teensy tiny little problem they've found with SP2. It seems that when you install SP2 on a SharePoint product that is licensed (MOSS, Forms Server, Project Server and Search Server) SP2 resets the license back to a trial license. Now, on the surface this might seem like a big deal, but I don't think it is. First, the trial is 180 days, so you have six months from the time you [read].
Posted: Fri, May 22nd '09 |
Netcast #9 online
Todd Klindt
Body:
I've uploaded netcast #9 "TechEd 09 - We love L.A. (we love it)". In this episode I do a recap of TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles. I cover some of the topics covered. I also spend time talking about how to rescue yourself from a Basic Install, and how to break up Site Collections.
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Category: Sharepoint
Published: 5/18/2009 2:55 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, May 18th '09 |
TechEd 2009 – Day 2
Todd Klindt
Body: Another fun filled day at TechEd. I had my first breakout session on Tuesday. Shane and I did a session on Disaster Recovery called "Saving one SharePoint installation at a time." The crowd was pretty lively and it went well, despite, or maybe because of me not having much voice. J Bribing them with books might have helped. Shane and I's TechEd Online video is now online. It's not too bad. I spent a few hours at the Office TLC and got to meet a lot of great people. If you're at TechEd I'll [read].
Posted: Wed, May 13th '09 |
TechEd 2009 – Day 1
Todd Klindt
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Whew! Today was a big day here in Los Angeles. It started off with the keynote. A lot things were shown and talked about, but I'm not going to cover any of the non SharePoint content. The big news for us was the release of the software and hardware requirements for SharePoint 2010. This was also echoed on the SharePoint Team Blog by Rich Riley. It breaks down to this:
SharePoint 2010 will be 64-bit only.
SharePoint 2010 will require Windows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2
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Posted: Tue, May 12th '09 |
TechEd 2009 - Day 0
Todd Klindt
Body: Today was Shane and I's preconference session on Governance. We had a great crowd and we had a lot of good discussion. Thanks to all of you that put up with us all day. :)
You can download our slides here.
If you're at TechEd this week, swing by the TLC and say hi. I should be around all week.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 5/11/2009 1:27 AM [read].
Posted: Mon, May 11th '09 |
My TechEd 2009 Schedule
Todd Klindt
Body: Tomorrow morning I hop on a plane for sunny Los Angeles California for TechEd 2009.I thought I'd post my schedule here. I'd love to hear from you if you're going to be at Teched.
Sunday 10:00 – 6:00 – PreConference Governance session
Sunday 7:00 – whenever - SharePint
Monday 11:00 – 11:30 – Tech Talk "SharePoint – What could possibly go wrong?"
Monday 7:30 – 8:00 – Book Signing at Idera vendor booth. They're giving away 40 copies of my book.
Tuesday 10:15 – 11:30 – OF [read].
Posted: Sat, May 9th '09 |
Netcast #8 online
Todd Klindt
Body:
Another week, another truly spectacular SharePoint netcast recorded. This week I cover SharePoint 2007 SP2. I cover what features have been added, like STSADM operations and FBA support as well as things that have been fixed and why we drive in a parkway and park in a driveway. I also introduce my new Intro in this episode, courtesy of Darvish Shadravan. Finally for each unique IP that downloads a copy before May 11th I will donate one item to a local food pantry. Tell your friends.
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Posted: Mon, May 4th '09 |
Top 6 new STSADM operations in SharePoint 2007 SP2
Todd Klindt
Body: By now you've had a couple of days to play with SP2. Hopefully the install went well. There's some new stuff in it that I want to show you. In this post I'll tell you about the new STSADM operations that are introduced. I did an "STSADM" on a box running SP1 and the Infrastructure Update (build 12.0.0.6318) and on a box running the hot off the presses SP2 (12.0.0.6421). There are six STSADM operations in SP2 that aren't there before. To make it fun, I'm going to list them in order of how e [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 30th '09 |
SharePoint 2007 SP2 available for download
Todd Klindt
Body: The day has finally come. You can download SP2 for SharePoint 2007. Here's a couple of links to get you started:
Download WSS SP2
Download MOSS SP2
SP2 is all inclusive. It will install on the non-SP1 RTM of SharePoint 2007 and all build numbers forward. If you have MOSS, remember you need to install the WSS SP2 first and then the MOSS SP2 or you'll have problems. I don't recommend you install this in production today, but I do recommend you get it into a test environment as soon as you [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 28th '09 |
Netcast #7 online
Todd Klindt
Body: This week I talk about using SQL with specific port numbers, editing the SharePoint ConfigDB, things you can do from STSADM but not Central Admin, noise word configuration, and why when a red sock gets into the laundry everything turns pink.
This is also the blog post you need to leave a comment for if you know the answer to the question to win a copy of SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery. There will only be one winner. Good luck to everyone.
There does seem to be some audio/video craziness [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 27th '09 |
Netcast #6 ready
Todd Klindt
Body: My sixth netcast is now online for your enjoyment. I'm a little disappointed, all the files uploaded the first try and everything went smoothly. I did watch some of the video and it looks a little washed out. Looks like I have too much light. I'll work on that for next week. In this week's show I talk about using Migrateuser to fix deleted user permissions, all the new stuff there is to know about SharePoint 2007 SP2 and SharePoint 2010 and I explain how to stick Teflon to a pan, when noth [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 20th '09 |
Idera Webinar a huge success
Todd Klindt
Body: And by "huge success" I mean they didn't cut me off 10 minutes in because of "technical difficulties." I imagined a huge digital hook like they used on the Gong Show pulling me offline after a few minutes. They very generously let me stay the whole time. I've gotten a few questions about getting a recorded version of the webinar. If you register here you can watch a recorded version of the webinar. I didn't get to all of the questions that were posted. I'm working through them now, so expe [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 17th '09 |
Last call for free webinar
Todd Klindt
Body: Tomorrow the folks at Idera are sponsoring a free webinar where I'll be talking about SharePoint and SQL. Along with the webinar itself I'll be trying to broadcast again on Stickam. To watch me while I deliver the webinar point your browser at my Stickam Profile page. I used Stickam yesterday when I recorded my weekly netcast and it pooped out part of the way through. I'm not sure what caused that. Just a warning if it does that again.
Hope to see you tomorrow.
tk
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Posted: Tue, Apr 14th '09 |
Netcast #5 is alive
Todd Klindt
Body: After much trouble uploading (again) netcast #5 is uploaded. This week I talk about incoming email, how to move databases, and why your reflection is only reversed side to side in a mirror.
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Enjoy. And as always, if you have feedback, leave me a comment here.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 4/13/2009 5:16 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 13th '09 |
Netcast numero cuatro
Todd Klindt
Body: To help cure your case of the Mondays, I've uploaded my fourth netcast. I cover SharePoint Designer, Conficker and making your competition disappear. Enjoy.
WMV File
MP3 File
Show notes
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 4/6/2009 10:40 AM [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 6th '09 |
Batten down the hatches, SharePoint Designer is free (as in beer)
Todd Klindt
Body: All the rumors you've been reading on bathroom walls for the last couple of weeks are true. Microsoft has graciously agreed to make the current and next versions of SharePoint Designer (SPD) absolutely free. You can download it this link. The good news is that you can download SPD for free. The bad news is that everyone can download SPD for free, including the users you may support. I've never really bought into all the fear and hype of users using SharePoint Designer and screwing up Share [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 2nd '09 |
3rd Netcast is online
Todd Klindt
Body: Destroying my previous record of two in a row, today I've uploaded my third weekly netcast. Get it while it's hot. I cover some recent SharePoint topics as well as my fun install Certificate Services on Windows 2008 for use with SharePoint. Tell all your friends. Show notes forthcoming.
tk
WMV File
MP3 File
Published: 3/30/2009 10:45 AM [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 30th '09 |
Iowa SharePoint User Group meeting
Todd Klindt
Body: The Iowa SharePoint User Group is having a meeting on Wednesday. They're going to talk about how to use SharePoint with Social Networking. The best part, I'll be there! Meet me at DMACC in Ankeny Wednesday morning. You can get the full story and sign up Iowa SharePoint User Group web site.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 3/28/2009 12:31 PM [read].
Posted: Sat, Mar 28th '09 |
Put "mergecontentdb" on hiatus.
Todd Klindt
Body: In November of 2007 I published a blog post extoling the virtues of a new STSADM operation, mergecontentdb. At the time, it was the coolest thing ever. Now, after 16 months of use, it's come out that in some, very rare circumstances, mergecontentdb may fail and may result in data corruption. Because of that the SharePoint product team has suggested using it with extreme caution, or better yet, don't use it at all. Their blog has a method using Batch Site Manager to do the same thing, but [read].
Posted: Fri, Mar 27th '09 |
Watch my free webcast
Todd Klindt
Body: The fine folks at Idera are sponsoring a webcast where I'll be talking about SharePoint and its love/hate relationship with SQL Server. I'll cover some SQL server basics the SharePoint admins that are forced to work with SQL. I will also cover some of the ways SharePoint uses SQL and how you can keep that relationship as happy as possible.
Register now, before all the seats are taken. You'll want to experience this yourself instead of hearing about it from your friends/
Register [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 24th '09 |
2nd Netcast, can you believe it?
Todd Klindt
Body: Defying all odds, I recorded a second netcast. I know, I know, I'm as surprised as you are. Below are the links to the audio and video files. I haven't written the shownotes, but I'll get them put up tomorrow. Enjoy.
tk
WMV file
MP3 file
Category: Tech Stuff
Published: 3/23/2009 9:52 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 23rd '09 |
How to calculate your churn rate
Todd Klindt
Body: When I do my world famous SQL sessions I always warn people to autogrow their databases, to embrace whitespace. As a guideline I tell people to grow their databases to how large they will be in a year. In order to do that, you have to know what your churn rate is. By "churn rate" I mean how large your content grows over a period of time. That period of time may be days or months. As an admin it's a good idea to know your churn rate for a number of reasons. In this post I'll talk about a co [read].
Posted: Sun, Mar 22nd '09 |
I made a netcast!
Todd Klindt
Body: All the cool kids on the Internet have a netcast, so I thought I'd have one too. I decided the world really wanted to know about the fun tech stuff I've done in the last week. So I strapped on a cool Britney Spears style headset, turned on the microphone and made some history. Now, I think we all know the chances of this lasting, or there even being a second one, are pretty slim. So they way I see it, this episode is already a collector's idea. Get it while it's hot. With that introduction [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 16th '09 |
February 2009 Cumulative Updates for SharePoint available
Todd Klindt
Body:
After much anticipation, the February CU for SharePoint is now available. Yes, I realize it's actually March. You can read the full story at the SharePoint team blog. Long story short, you should install the patches in this order (and don't leave any out)
WSS 3.0 SP1
MOSS 2007 SP1
WSS 3.0 February CU
MOSS 2007 February CU
Notice the Infrastructure update is not in that list. It is included in the CU. The other important thing to take away from this is that you need to install th [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 10th '09 |
The SharePoint Podshow and me
Todd Klindt
Body: It's sad, sad state of affairs when the SharePoint Podshow agrees to interview Shane and me, but that day has come. Hot off the presses is their latest Podcast "Administrating a SharePoint Farm." We sat down with Rob and Nick last week at the MVP Summit and tried to stay serious long enough for them to interview us. I believe we failed. Regardless it was a lot of fun and we did talk a lot about SharePoint and touched on a few Admin topics like mistakes we see, and how to get along with tho [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 10th '09 |
Using SharePoint instead of email attachments
Todd Klindt
Body: A couple of weeks ago I was reading through a magazine and I saw a review of site that let you upload files instead of sending them via email. Then the site sent your recipient an email and they downloaded it. You've heard the old saying about how when all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Well, I'm a SharePoint guy, so every time I see something I think to myself, "How would I do that in SharePoint?" I'm not very smart, so most of the time I never figure out a way. For [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 25th '09 |
No SharePoint 14 for you this year
Todd Klindt
Body: Steve Ballmer broke a lot of hearts today when he announced that Office 14 will not be released in 2009. In the SharePoint circles I travel in everyone is asking "When will the next version be out?" Well, we've got part of our answer now. That doesn't mean a beta won't be available this year, but the final product will not be out until 2010. This doesn't mean you shouldn't go to the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. You should. You'll be able to get ahead of the class when it comes to Sh [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 24th '09 |
Can’t crawl web apps you KNOW you should be able to crawl
Todd Klindt
Body: This has come up so many times in the last couple of days I just HAVE to blog about it. I was originally going to call this post "the best registry setting ever" but I realize that would make it tough for search engines to point people here when they need it. Here's the general problem description, you've got a SharePoint environment and you're getting an "access denied" trying to access something you KNOW you should have access to. In the cases I've seen this has been trying to crawl a we [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 17th '09 |
Best Practices slides & TechEd Presentation
Todd Klindt
Body: It's been a week since I got back from the SharePoint Best Practices conference. It was a blast. I've gotten a couple of emails asking for the slides from my presentations. I think I've built up enough anticipation, so here they are.
IT320 Best Practices for Command Line Administration
This session covered using STSADM and its friends PSconfig and PowerShell to administrator SharePoint
IT324 Best Practices for SharePoint Admins, the Reluctant DBAs
This session covered some best pract [read].
Posted: Sat, Feb 14th '09 |
2nd day of SharePoint Best Practices
Todd Klindt
Body: I just finished my second, and last solo, breakout session at the SharePoint Best Practices conference. It was a blast. I've released a whole army of SharePoint admins that are now SQL dbas. Databases beware! I'll be around for the next couple of days, and will be sitting in on at IT Pro panel. Please stop by and say Hi.
In other news, the SharePoint Conference has just been announced for 2009. It will be the first place to really get your hands on SharePoint 14. The date is October 1 [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 3rd '09 |
First day of SharePoint Best Practices
Todd Klindt
Body: The keynote has just started at the SharePoint Best Practices conference. The conference looks really good. Lots of good vendors, lots of good speakers, lots of good attendees. I have an STSADM session at 4:00 and an SQL session tomorrow morning. If you're at SPBPC please stop by a session, or at least say hi in the hallway.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 2/2/2009 10:55 AM [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 2nd '09 |
San Francisco and funny Tshirts
Todd Klindt
Body: The SPTechCon wrapped up yesterday. It was a blast. I got to meet a lot of great people and had a really good time. I expect their Boston conference will be even better. One of the people I met was Tiffany Songvilay, the brains behind the hysterical SharePointShirts. She was kind enough to give Shane and I shirts to model.
Sorry for the crappy picture. Tiffany's got a few other funny SharePoint shirts. Check them out.
Now I have a couple of days to wait until the Best Practices conferenc [read].
Posted: Sat, Jan 31st '09 |
New blog to watch
Todd Klindt
Body: Mike Watson, buddy of mine and former Microsoft employee, has decided to grace the Internet with a new blog. He's the SharePoint Mad Scientist. Mike worked on Microsoft's internal SharePoint deployment and has some great insight on what makes large SharePoint installatoins tick. If you're a SharePoint IT Pro you'll find lots of great stuff on his blog.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 1/20/2009 8:32 PM [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 21st '09 |
How to use SharePoint Designer to display list data from subwebs
Todd Klindt
Body: Recently on Twitter someone was asking about displaying blog posts from a subweb on the parent. This is pretty easy to do with SharePoint Designer (SPD) and its unsung hero, the Data View Web Part (DVWP). Here is a quick set of directions to get someone started. Once the DVWP is created any number of great customizations can be made. I'll leave that up for someone smarter than me. I'm not that good with DVWPs or SPD.
The first step is to create a new web part page in the parent site. The [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 19th '09 |
“The selected cells are read-only” when trying to delete Blog Comments
Todd Klindt
Body: As a blogger I knew I had arrived, that my blog was hitting the big time once the spammers started hitting it. Here's how my Blogger experience has progressed in regards to spamming:
I set up a blog on SharePoint and enabled comments so readers can leave feedback.
Spammers find blog and start spamming comments. I don't want my readers to click the links, nor do I want to give the URLs any search weight so I go delete them as soon as they show up.
Comment spam increases, so I turn on Conten [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 15th '09 |
Reminder about speaking engagements
Todd Klindt
Body: I've got a few speaking engagements coming up and I thought I'd mention them here so people can swing by if they're around. Here they are, in chronological order:
IADNUG meeting
The IA DotNet User Group is allowing me to talk to them again about SharePoint. This quarter I'll be talking about disaster recovery with SharePoint. Now that you've got all your important data in SharePoint, how do you keep it safe? That's what I'll be covering Wednesday January 14th. The meeting is in Des Moines [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 7th '09 |
Site Collection Administrator can’t create webs
Todd Klindt
Body: Last week while we were in Tampa, Nicola Young had a problem creating webs in a Site Collection where she was an Administrator. She got the creation page and was able to go through the motions. When she hit OK she got an "Access Denied" message on a page. Seemed weird, considering she was an Administrator on the Site Collection. Shane and I finally figured it out. (I can't remember which of us actually figured it out, so I'll take credit). Nicola was a Site Collection Administrator, but th [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 17th '08 |
Upcoming SharePoint Conferences
Todd Klindt
Body:
In Shane and I's class last week, we were asked what SharePoint conferences were upcoming and what we thought about them. Here's a list of a few conferences coming in 2009. I'll be presenting at most of them, with one exception. If a conference isn't here, it's not because I don't think it's good, it's just because I'm not associated with it, so I don't know much about it.
SP Tech Con
January 27th – 29h, 2009 (San Francisco)
Shane and I are doing a full day preconference sess [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 17th '08 |
Webcast on Live ID integration
Todd Klindt
Body: I use Windows Live ID integration on this site and from time to time I get questions about it. Unfortunately I didn't write it, so I'm usually not much help. A buddy of mine, Eric Shupps, (who is much smarter than me) is doing a webcast on integrating Live ID with SharePoint. Those wanting to use Live ID with SharePoint should join in. I know I'll be there. It's December 16th. You can sign up from the link above.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 11/26/2008 10:50 AM [read].
Posted: Wed, Nov 26th '08 |
Iowa SharePoint User Group
Todd Klindt
Body: I'll be at this month's Iowa SharePoint User Group meeting. You should swing by. It's in Des Moines on the 5th of December. If the Inetium guys will let me, I'll be giving away a copy of my new book. Kirk Hofer will be talking about SharePoint development. It should be good.
See you there.
tk
Published: 11/24/2008 5:38 PM [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 24th '08 |
Book winners
Todd Klindt
Body: The books have been shipped so it's time to reveal the names of the big book winners. In no particular order they are:
Ryan McCutchen
JD Wade
Jeff Tincher
Josh Flory
Kasi Krishnamoorthy
Congratulations to them all. Don't be afraid to put a glowing review up on Amazon. J
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 11/19/2008 10:16 PM [read].
Posted: Thu, Nov 20th '08 |
Book Giveaway Update
Todd Klindt
Body: Well folks, that went fast. I have my five winners. Thanks to everyone that emailed in. I appreciate it. :)
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 11/18/2008 6:33 PM [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 18th '08 |
Book Giveaway
Todd Klindt
Body:
Today is a happy day at the Klindt household. I got my copies of the new book. Woo Hoo! That means it's a good day for my blog readers. As I mentioned before, I am giving away five copies of the book out to my blog readers. This the official giveaway post. I will send a free copy of my new book to the first five people that send an email to freebook@toddklindt.com with the subject line of "free book" and a link to the sender's favorite post on my blog. The email should look like this:
[read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 18th '08 |
Creating a SharePoint list from an Excel spreadsheet
Todd Klindt
Body: Last week a friend of mine asked a fairly innocent question, "Can I import a spreadsheet into SharePoint?" My answer to almost all SharePoint questions is, "Of course you can, and it'll rock!" Of course this is no exception. I thought I'd write up a quick blog post to show some of the ways it rocks.
I started out with this spreadsheet:
Pretty simple. Of course he could have just uploaded this spreadsheet to a document library, but then anyone that wanted to add vales would need to have E [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 18th '08 |
Slides and Screencasts from ICC
Todd Klindt
Body: The Iowa Code Camp was a great success. I have made my slides available, as well as screencasts from my sessions. Let me know if you have any suggestions on how to make the screencasts better. I need to make the presentation better. I'll work on that for next time.
My new book should be out any day now. When I get my copies I will be giving 5 away for free. Make sure to subscribe to my blog to increase your chances of getting one of the free copies. Remember, don't email me about the free [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 11th '08 |
Reminder about Iowa Code Camp
Todd Klindt
Body: This Saturday, November 8th, is the second Iowa Code Camp. This is 100% free, and 100% for developers. I weaseled my way in and will be doing two SharePoint sessions. The first one is lovingly titled, "What is SharePoint and why should you care?" It's essentially an introduction to SharePoint for developers. My second session is "SharePoint 2007 with Windows 2008 and SQL 2008." It's an overview of Windows 2008 and SQL 2008 with a bit of a focus on SharePoint. After they pull me off of the [read].
Posted: Wed, Nov 5th '08 |
Existing Virtual PC additions prevent adding Hyper-V Integration
Todd Klindt
Body: Like a good Microsoft fanboy, I use their virtualization software. Until recently that's meant Virtual PC 2007 for demos on my laptop and Virtual Server 2005 R2 for a couple of servers at home. Now that Hyper-V is out and getting lots of attention I thought I'd better look into it. I have a lot of virtual machines. A lot. My laptop alone has 12 registered with Virtual PC with several more waiting in the wings. Any time I have something I want to test I fire up a new VM to do so. Because of [read].
Posted: Fri, Oct 24th '08 |
TechEd is back to one week!
Todd Klindt
Body: Last year was the first time that TechEd US was two weeks, the same format Europe has had for a while. Everyone I talked to in the US didn't like the split format. We admins like to cross pollinate with our dev brethren. Even though we were told 2009 would be more of the same, Microsoft changed their minds. Today they announced that in 2009 TechEd US would go back to the one week format. You can read it in all of its wonderful glory here.
Start working on your bosses to budget the mo [read].
Posted: Wed, Oct 22nd '08 |
Get a free copy of my book
Todd Klindt
Body: If you've been reading my blog you know I've got a new book coming out. I've decided to give some of my promotional copies away to readers of my blog. Here's how it's going to work: the book has been sent to the publisher. We should have them in two or three weeks. The day the box of books shows up on my doorstep, I'm going to post a blog post. The first five emails after that post (not this one) sent to freebook@toddklindt.com with the subject line "free book" and a link to the sender's f [read].
Posted: Sun, Oct 19th '08 |
Using Log Parser with SharePoint
Todd Klindt
Body: A recent blog post of Joel Oleson's got me thinking about who visits my blog. I run my blog on my own server and I have access to all of the logs. SharePoint sits on top of IIS and I can get all the information I need from the IIS logs. In this blog post I'll cover how I tackled going through my IIS logs and getting some useful information out of them, all with free products.
Where to begin?
I knew I wanted to get some information about the visitors to my blog, but I needed to decide exact [read].
Posted: Sun, Oct 19th '08 |
New SharePoint Search book
Todd Klindt
Body:
While he was working with Steve and I on our new book, Shane Young was working on another book, Professional Microsoft Search: SharePoint 2007 and Search Server 2008. I have no idea where he found the time. I got a copy of it, and it's fantastic. Shane teamed up with two experts from Microsoft; Richard Riley and Tom Rizzo. The book is fantastic and I've learned a lot from it. Shane's chapters were focused on admin topics, so I connected with them the most. I picked up a few tips. Lik [read].
Posted: Fri, Oct 17th '08 |
List attachments are searchable
Todd Klindt
Body: I have a confession to make, I was wrong. One of my readers made a comment on a blog post asking if the contents of attachments to list items were indexed, and therefore searchable. I said they were not. I was wrong. Had I spent five minutes to test it, I would have known better. After being called out on it by another reader I decided to test it. Imagine my surprise when I found it worked. I had my buddy Shane Young verify my results, and he did. I went to him not because of his rugged go [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 14th '08 |
Just say ‘No’ to Basic install
Todd Klindt
Body:
When installing WSS, MOSS or Microsoft Search Server (MSS) you have the easy way, and the hard way. This is one case where the hard way is the right way. They all offer a "Basic Install" to help speed though the setup. On the surface Basic Install seems like a good thing. You don't have to fuss with installing SQL or configuring accounts. You just click install and Setup.exe does the rest. Unfortunately it's not all wine and roses. Going with a Basic Setup sets you up for trouble down th [read].
Posted: Fri, Oct 3rd '08 |
Get my new book
Todd Klindt
Body:
You've probably noticed I haven't been blogging much lately. That's because myself and two of my friends, Shane Young and Steve Caravajal, have been working on a new book. Inside SharePoint Administration should be available November 4th. You can preorder it from Amazon today. Here's the chapter list:
Chapter 1: SharePoint 2007 Components and Services
Chapter 2: Architecture and Capacity Planning
Chapter 3: Installation and Configuration
Chapter 4: Security : Permissions and Policies [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 2nd '08 |
Acronis True Image saves the day (while Best Buy screws me)
Todd Klindt
Body:
Like my people in the past I didn't backup my machines as often as I should. I got pretty religious about it a few months ago when working on a new laptop for work. I've owned Acronis True Image for years, and I set it to do daily backups. It's a good thing, as this saved my bacon.
The optical drive went out in my personal laptop. It would read CDs, but not DVDs. So I took it back to Best Buy. When I bought it I got the Product Service Plan for it. I know, I know, the get a lot of [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 2nd '08 |
TIFF iFilter for SharePoint 2007
Todd Klindt
Body: Finally! Someone has a TIFF iFilter for SharePoint 2007. I just noticed the folks at Captaris recently released one. There is an evaluation and it's available in both 32 and 64 bit versions, so check it out. I have not loaded it up yet, but I plan to in a couple of days. If you try it and have any feedback feel free to post about it here.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 9/15/2008 8:41 AM [read].
Posted: Mon, Sep 15th '08 |
A better way to enumerate E-mail enabled lists
Todd Klindt
Body: A while back I wrote a crappy command line utility to expose the lists that have Incoming E-Mail enabled. Out of the box there is no way to determine all of them. The utility I wrote works, but since I can't program it doesn't work great, and it could use some polish. I talked to my buddy Gary Lapointe and talked him into adding the functionality to his already impressive list of STSADM extensions. He recentlyblogged about it. If you have been using my utility delete it immediate [read].
Posted: Sat, Aug 30th '08 |
Does SharePoint support SQL 2008? Heck yeah!
Todd Klindt
Body: Now that SQL 2008 is released and there are trials available I've seen quite a few people ask if it can be used with SharePoint 2007. My word is completely unofficial, but yes, it does. As of right now there is no official word from Microsoft about the supportability, but I expect one will be out shortly.
Now that we have that out of the way, you may be asking yourself why you would want to use SQL 2008 in your SharePoint environment. There's a whole bunch of great reasons. SQL 2008 has ma [read].
Posted: Sat, Aug 16th '08 |
A new "must read" SharePoint blog
Todd Klindt
Body: I've added a new blog to my daily reading and I figured you guys might be interested in it too. It's the called To the SharePoint and it's from the SharePoint IT Pro Documentation team at Microsoft. A couple friends of mine, Susan Potter and Carolyn Rowe and the main contributors. If you're an IT Pro there is some great content there. Go ahead and add it to your blog roll, you'll be glad to did.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 7/31/2008 10:22 PM [read].
Posted: Fri, Aug 1st '08 |
A few notes about STSADM –o migrateuser
Todd Klindt
Body: As those of you that have seen me present know, I do a lot with STSADM. I find it to be an incredibly useful tool for large deployments, and pretty handy for smaller ones too. I've seen a few questions on how the migrateuser operation works, so I thought I'd write a little something up. Its purpose is to move permissions from one account to another. One scenario would be if a domain was being split up. You would want the new accounts to have the same permission as the old accounts. Another [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 29th '08 |
Meet me in Minneapolis
Todd Klindt
Body: It's my pleasure to have been asked to participate in the Minnesota SharePoint User Group's August meeting. On August 13th I'll be part of a panel that will be fielding questions and generally telling everyone how great SharePoint is. It would be great if you could come by. The details are here. The meeting starts at 8:30 at the Microsoft office in Bloomington. Hope to see you there.
tk
Published: 7/28/2008 9:11 PM [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 29th '08 |
Watch where you put your ULS logs
Todd Klindt
Body:
In SharePoint 2007 you can customize where your ULS logs are saved on the file system of your WFEs. Some people like to keep their C drives clean so they move the ULS logs to another location. You can do that through Central Admin > Operations.
Clicking Diagnostic logging takes you to this screen, where you put the path in:
Click OK and your logs are moved. Pretty cool, huh? Well, there is a gotcha. Since you configure that in the Operations tab it applies to all of [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 15th '08 |
Renewed!
Todd Klindt
Body: Thankfully my MVP status was renewed for another year. Thanks to everyone that's contributed to my blog or let me speak at their gatherings. I really appreciate it.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 7/1/2008 10:06 AM [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 1st '08 |
See me in person!
Todd Klindt
Body: I'll be presenting at the Iowa Dot Net UG tomorrow night. If you're local, come on down. I'm trying to spin up some SharePoint excitement there, so come on down and help out.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 7/1/2008 9:20 AM [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 1st '08 |
Slides from TechEd
Todd Klindt
Body: Sorry for the late post, but here are the slide decks from TechEd '08 in Orlando. I had a great time, and met a lot of great people. Thanks guys.
Pre Conference Admin Deck
Pre Conference Upgrade Deck
STSADM session
(this has the SharePoint conference template, but it's the same slides.)
Again, thanks for the great times everyone. I hope to see you all again.
tk
Category: Sharepoint
Published: 6/21/2008 12:26 PM [read].
Posted: Sat, Jun 21st '08 |
Heading to TechEd
Todd Klindt
Body: Tomorrow I'm flying to Orlando for TechEd IT Pro. Here's a rundown of the sessions I'll be presenting:
IT Conference
OFC59-TLC
Administering Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007 Using a Command-Line Interface: STSADM.EXE Session Day/Time: 6/11/2008 10:15AM-11:30AM Room: Green Theater 1
IT Conference
OFC55-TLC
Ask the Experts: SharePoint Panel - Meet the SharePoint Consultants and Architects Session Day/Time: 6/12/2008 12:00PM-12:45PM Ro [read].
Posted: Sun, Jun 8th '08 |
Saving multiple STSADM backups
Todd Klindt
Body: A reader asked in a comment how to script STSADM backups and be able to keep multiple copies. He's using a command like this:
Stsadm.exe –o backup –url http://www.toddklindt.com –filename tk.stsadm -overwrite
Or
Stsadm.exe –o export –url http://www.toddklindt.com/blog -filename tk-blog.cmp –overwrite
He wants to keep more than one instance of the backups, in case someone deletes something and they don't get back to you right away. I have a great way to work around this. Wind [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 4th '08 |
See me at TechEd
Todd Klindt
Body: I'll be presenting a few sessions at TechEd IT Forum in Orlando this summer. This is your chance to see me in the flesh. I'll be doing some sessions on administration and helping Shane Young with a pre-conference class. There's an early bird discount if you sign up before May 2nd, so head over to the TechEd Site and get signed up.
Published: 4/22/2008 11:13 AM [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 22nd '08 |
Change is in the air
Todd Klindt
Body: As some of you know I've been pretty busy the last couple of weeks traveling. Because of that I haven't been able to share some great news with you all. I've changed jobs, now I'm working with some buddies at Solanite Consulting. I worked with three of the four other employees at UGS and they're a lot of fun. We do SharePoint consulting, so if you need some extra SharePoint muscle, let me know.
tk
Published: 4/18/2008 5:09 PM [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 18th '08 |
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