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Windows PowerShell Command Builder
William Baer
At SPC 11 in Anaheim, CA we announced the new Windows PowerShell Command Builder which enables users to visual construct Windows PowerShell cmdlets through structured Verb – Noun combinations on a simple design surface. To learn more about the Windows...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 13th '11 |
Implementing SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 AlwaysOn Availability Groups with SharePoint Server 2010
William Baer
If you attended my SharePoint Conference Session on SharePoint 2010 on SQL Server Denali you’re probably ready to get started with some of the features and capabilities we discussed and demonstrated today, particularly AlwaysOn Availability Groups...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Oct 12th '11 |
Implementing Claims-Based Authentication with SharePoint Server 2010
William Baer
Interesting in learning more about claims-based authentication in SharePoint Server 2010? We’ve just published a comprehensive whitepaper that describes claims-based identity, its relationship with SharePoint Server 2010, implementation specifics...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 28th '11 |
SharePoint 2010 and Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
William Baer
I’ve recently noticed a number of posts on social.msdn.com related to configuring SharePoint 2010 with Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. The following post provides the basic steps necessary to get started with provisioning a SharePoint 2010 server...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Sep 2nd '11 |
SharePoint Online Learning Materials for IT Professionals
William Baer
Are you an IT Professional looking to learn more about how SharePoint Online can help supplement your on-premise SharePoint 2010 Products deployment? We’ve recently a comprehensive set of learning materials that illustrate the benefits of SharePoint Online...(read more) [read].
Posted: Mon, Jul 25th '11 |
Site Recycle Bin (Service Pack 1 and CodePlex) FAQs
William Baer
Do I need to uninstall the Site Recycle Bin from CodePlex if I plan to use the Site Recycle Bin in Service Pack 1? It depends on what you’re looking for. The Site Recycle Bin available through CodePlex will capture deleted Site Collections and Sites...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sun, Jul 24th '11 |
Service Pack 1 Move-SPSite w/ 'shallow copy'
William Baer
Service Pack 1 introduces a new method of moving Site Collections between Content Databases where RBS is used known as ‘shallow copy’. Overview What is ‘shallow copy’? ‘Shallow copy’ refers to moving structured content without moving the underlying unstructured...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Jul 22nd '11 |
New Governance Resources from Microsoft IT
William Baer
Microsoft IT has released several new resources related to the governance of Microsoft’s SharePoint service. Implementing SharePoint 2010 Site Governance and Lifecycle Management ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687797.aspx#EOC ) ...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Jul 8th '11 |
Now Serving Larger Databases…
William Baer
Today we are announcing some important and exciting changes to our software boundaries and limits for SharePoint 2010 Products, in summary SharePoint 2010 Products will now support content databases up to 4TB. However, prior to considering multi...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Jul 8th '11 |
SharePoint 2010 Virtualization
William Baer
Considering virtualizing SharePoint 2010 we’ve created a one-stop shop for guidance and more at http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/product/Related-Technologies/Pages/virtualize-sharepoint.aspx ....(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 29th '11 |
SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Updates and Service Packs
William Baer
Updated June 29, 2011
SharePoint Server 2010 Cumulative Updates and Service Packs
File Version
Description
Downloads and Documentation
14.0.5114.5003
June 2010 Cumulative Update
KB983497 KB2124512 KB2182938 KB2204024...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 29th '11 |
Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010 Products
William Baer
Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010 Products is now available for download. SharePoint Server 2010 SharePoint Server 2010 Language Pack SharePoint Foundation 2010 SharePoint Foundation 2010 Language Pack To learn more about what’s new in Service Pack read...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 28th '11 |
Service Pack 1 - Site Recycle Bin
William Baer
Site Recycle Bin Service Pack 1 introduces long awaited Site Recycle Bin functionality that enables self-service recovery of site collections and sites. In the past IT Professionals were tasked with restoring entire databases to recover deleted site collections...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 28th '11 |
Service Pack 1 - Storage Metrics (StorMan.aspx)
William Baer
In SharePoint 2010 we removed StorMan.aspx (Storage Space Allocation) (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982587/EN-US ) which in previous versions of SharePoint enabled granular management and insight into storage. For example, the page would show you...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 28th '11 |
Announcing the SharePoint Diagnostic Studio
William Baer
One of the most challenging aspects of maintaining a SharePoint deployment is understanding why certain events have transpired in the environment, often IT Professionals and Developers only have access to when an event occurred and are tasked with parsing Performance Counters, Event and Diagnostic logs, or executing Transact-SQL statements against the Usage database to put the what and why to the when. These tasks are typically accomplished through an array of tools such as Excel, Log Parser, SQ [read].
Posted: Fri, May 6th '11 |
Search First Migration Accelerator
William Baer
Search has become the primary means in the Enterprise for surfacing and locating information, as a result, it has become a mission critical component of SharePoint deployments. The rise in adoption of SharePoint 2010 in organizations has led to more customers seeking to leverage the benefits of the new search architectures, whether Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2010 or FAST Search Server 2010, as part of their topologies. In either scenario...read more on the SharePoint Team Blog ....(read mor [read].
Posted: Fri, May 6th '11 |
FILESTREAM with SharePoint 2010
William Baer
FILESTREAM is a new feature in SQL Server 2008 that enables the storage of unstructured data on a NTFS file system. FILESTREAM (local or remote) is supported in SharePoint 2010 as one mechanism of reducing capital expenditures through enabling the storage of large binary unstructured data on content addressable or commodity storage.
Unstructured Data Unstructured data refers to information...read more on the SharePoint Team Blog ....(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, May 6th '11 |
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 Service Pack 1 Beta
William Baer
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 is a pre-built, role-based, self-service portal for both datacenter managers and business unit IT consumers to simplify the provisioning of infrastructures for their applications and services...(read more) [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 7th '11 |
FILESTREAM and SharePoint 2010
William Baer
FILESTREAM is a new feature in SQL Server 2008 that enables the storage of unstructured data on a NTFS file system. FILESTREAM (local or remote) is supported in SharePoint 2010 as one mechanism of reducing capital expenditures through enabling the...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 22nd '11 |
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Posted: Mon, Feb 21st '11 |
Resources for Virtualizing SharePoint 2010
William Baer
As more organizations seek to reduce operating and capital expenditures, solve the challenges of datacenter density, and provide elasticity to their SharePoint deployments – virtualization becomes the focal point of discussion. SharePoint 2010 provides...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sun, Jan 2nd '11 |
Multi-tenancy in SharePoint 2010
William Baer
The traditional and most accurate definition of multi-tenancy remains as a single instance of software that services multiple organizations or clients virtually partitioning its data and configuration allowing those clients to work within a customized...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Dec 10th '10 |
Announcing the Search First Migration Accelerator
William Baer
Understanding search is the primary means in the Enterprise for surfacing and locating information…as a result, it has become a mission critical component of SharePoint deployments. The rise in adoption of SharePoint 2010 in organizations has led...(read more) [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 22nd '10 |
How to Improve Server Utilization and Reduce Infrastructure Costs with Virtualization
William Baer
Predicting resource requirements for a new business application, especially one that is customer-facing is a tricky task. It's hard to know if you have the new Facebook or your hands. You make your best estimates, then spend money on new hardware and...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Nov 19th '10 |
Categorized Index of SharePoint 2010 Whitepapers
William Baer
Content Getting Started Planning Upgrade Security Governance Deployment Social Business Intelligence Web Content Management Search Other Technologies Composites Performance and Capacity Planning Additional Resources Getting Started Getting Started with...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/10/24/categorized-index-of-sharepoint-2010-whitepapers.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3363730" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Sun, Oct 24th '10 |
Learning on the go…
William Baer
Learning on the go… New TechNet Radio series (SharePoint 2010 for the IT Professional). We’re pleased to announce a new mobile learning experience, SharePoint 2010 for the IT Professional) on TechNet Radio.#160; Each week we’ll be bringing you a new...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/10/07/learning-on-the-go.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3360671" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Thu, Oct 7th '10 |
Quick Steps to Diagnose Performance Issues in SharePoint 2010
William Baer
Make the most of the Developer Dashboard Monitoring Latency and SQL Server Round Trips Among the information provided through the Developer Dashboard is information about page latency and database queries surfaced under Execution Timeout in the user interface...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/10/04/quick-steps-to-diagnose-performance-issues-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3359792" width="1" height="1"div class="feedf [read].
Posted: Mon, Oct 4th '10 |
Supporting Geographically Disperse Users
William Baer
BranchCache If you manage a centralized, regional, or distributed infrastructure with a distributed or clustered user base, a combination of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 may be the best pairing to mitigate the impact of bandwidth and latency penalties...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/10/01/supporting-geographically-disperse-users.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3359399" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Fri, Oct 1st '10 |
SharePoint and Project 2010 August Cumulative Updates
William Baer
August cumulative updates for SharePoint 2010 have been released. Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2352346 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/09/03/sharepoint-and-project-2010-august-cumulative-updates.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3353581" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Fri, Sep 3rd '10 |
Governance Resources for SharePoint 2010
William Baer
Governance relates to decisions that define expectations, manage access, and validate performance and investment performance defined by established processes and procedures.#160; The information here contains references to governance resources as related...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/09/02/governance-resources-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3353436" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Thu, Sep 2nd '10 |
Upcoming TechNet Webcasts
William Baer
Date: 9/14/10 Time: 1 pm PST Title: Search Your Way to Success:#160; Leveraging SharePoint's Search Capabilities in Public Web Sites Partner : Ironworks Consulting Abstract: Learning Objectives amp; Key Takeaways: Objective 1: Understand the key principles...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/09/02/upcoming-technet-webcasts.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3353434" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Thu, Sep 2nd '10 |
The Office Web Applications Cache
William Baer
The Office Web Applications cache is used by Word and PowerPoint Web Applications to create a version of a document requested for viewing through the browser improving performance and reducing resource consumption on server machines by making cached versions...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/09/01/the-office-web-applications-cache.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3353071" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Wed, Sep 1st '10 |
IT Professional Training for SharePoint 2010
William Baer
If you are new to SharePoint 2010 or are upgrading from 2007, there are a variety of courses and formats to help you gain the skills and knowledge you need to ensure a successful deployment, upgrade, or migration. Exams Exam 70-667 TS: Microsoft SharePoint...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/08/27/it-professional-training-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3352461" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Fri, Aug 27th '10 |
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Posted: Fri, Aug 27th '10 |
Url Path Length Restrictions
William Baer
How much is too much?#160; We’ve recently published new content on TechNet that details the Url path length restrictions for SharePoint Server 2010 - this article discusses the specific URL path length and character restrictions in Microsoft SharePoint...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/08/21/url-path-length-restrictions.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3351200" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Sat, Aug 21st '10 |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and SharePoint Server 2010 Better Together Whitepaper
William Baer
A recently published whitepaper is now available on TechNet that describes the benefits of deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and scenarios in which its features can be applied. Excerpt Microsoft...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/08/18/windows-server-2008-r2-enterprise-edition-and-sharepoint-server-2010-better-together-whitepaper.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3350688" wid [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 18th '10 |
SharePoint Site Recycle Bin for SharePoint 2010
William Baer
The SharePoint Site Recycle Bin for SharePoint 2010 is available for download at http://governance.codeplex.com . The SharePoint Site Recycle Bin is a SharePoint Foundation 2010 solution package that when deployed to a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/08/04/sharepoint-site-recycle-bin-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3348432" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Wed, Aug 4th '10 |
Gradual Site Delete in SharePoint 2010
William Baer
Overlooked often in SharePoint 2010 is the new Gradual Site Delete capability which was designed to mitigate unplanned site collection outages that occurred as the result of lock escalation in Windows SharePoint Server 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/08/02/gradual-site-delete-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3348016" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Mon, Aug 2nd '10 |
June 2010 Cumulative Updates for SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Server 2010, and Project Server 2010
William Baer
SharePoint Foundation 2010 - KB2028568 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028568 Search Server 2010 – KB983319 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983319 SharePoint Server 2010 – KB983497 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983497 SharePoint Server 2010 – KB2182938...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/07/24/june-2010-cumulative-updates-for-sharepoint-foundation-sharepoint-server-2010-and-project-server-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=334 [read].
Posted: Sat, Jul 24th '10 |
Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates for SharePoint 2010 Products
William Baer
Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates are designed to help federal agencies address the requirements of Section 508 Standards.#160; Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates are standardized forms to show how a software product meets key regulations...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/07/20/voluntary-product-accessibility-templates-for-sharepoint-2010-products.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345431" width="1" height="1"div class="fe [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 20th '10 |
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v1.0 Released
William Baer
We've recently released the first administration toolkit for SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server 2010. The toolkit includes a new User Profile Replication Engine, a new Security Configuration Manifest, a new Content Management Interoperability...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/07/16/microsoft-sharepoint-2010-administration-toolkit-v1-0-released.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3344676" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Fri, Jul 16th '10 |
Configuring Kerberos Authentication for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products
William Baer
We’ve recently published a new whitepaper that describes the core concepts of identity in SharePoint 2010 and Kerberos’ role in authentication and delegation.#160; The whitepaper is divided into nine (9) core scenarios: Scenario 1: Core Configuration...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/07/16/configuring-kerberos-authentication-for-microsoft-sharepoint-2010-products.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3344672" width="1" height="1"div clas [read].
Posted: Fri, Jul 16th '10 |
Social Computing and Collaboration Resources
William Baer
Today we released a new whitepaper that provides prescriptive guidance about profile synchronization and My Site planning and administrative tasks for SharePoint Server 2010 that combines real world scenarios and step by step instructions with accompanying...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/07/02/social-computing-and-collaboration-resources.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3341877" width="1" height="1"div class="feedflare"
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Posted: Sat, Jul 3rd '10 |
SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and SharePoint Server 2010 Better Together Whitepaper
William Baer
A recently published whitepaper is now available on TechNet that describes the benefits of deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and scenarios in which its features can be applied. Excerpt The adoption...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/05/14/sql-server-2008-r2-enterprise-edition-and-sharepoint-server-2010-better-together-whitepaper.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3332713" width="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, May 14th '10 |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Project Server 2007 Virtual Migration Environment Released
William Baer
We just posted a new Virtual Migration Environment for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or Project Server 2003 customers looking to migrate/upgrade to Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Project Server 2007. Overview The Virtual Migration Environment is a set...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/05/14/office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-project-server-2007-virtual-migration-environment-released.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3332631" width="1" hei [read].
Posted: Fri, May 14th '10 |
SharePoint Server 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (RTM)
William Baer
The SharePoint Server 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (RTM) has been released.#160; Download the virtual machine set at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1-356c-4002-9c60-d539896c66ceamp;displaylang=en...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/05/11/sharepoint-server-2010-information-worker-demonstration-and-evaluation-virtual-machine-rtm.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3331904" [read].
Posted: Tue, May 11th '10 |
Site Subscriptions in SharePoint 2010
William Baer
New multi-tenancy features are an exciting concept in SharePoint 2010, particularly when considering the implications on hosting SharePoint for a variety of tenants, each requiring some method of partitioning, administration, and a method of reporting...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/05/07/site-subscriptions-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3331185" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, May 7th '10 |
Database Mirroring in SharePoint 2010
William Baer
Database mirroring provides an additional layer of resiliency, specifically, in highly available architectures, by providing a level of granularity not available to failover clustering.#160; For additional information on database mirroring see also http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189852.aspx...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/05/03/database-mirroring-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3329955" width="1" height [read].
Posted: Mon, May 3rd '10 |
Correlation Ids in SharePoint 2010
William Baer
SharePoint 2010 provides the administrator a number of improvements to facilitate rapid problem identification and resolution.#160; Among these is the implementation of Correlation Ids.#160; Correlation Ids are GUIDs assigned to events which transpire...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/05/01/correlation-ids-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3329647" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Sat, May 1st '10 |
Site Directory in SharePoint Server 2010
William Baer
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 provided a Site Directory that was commonly used to “catalog” the collection of sites within a server farm environment, most commonly, organizations used categories to isolate like or related...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/04/29/site-directory-in-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3329300" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 29th '10 |
Service Connection Points and Governance with SharePoint Server 2010
William Baer
Keeping the trend going this week we'll look at Active Directory Markers in SharePoint Server 2010.#160; Governance is one of the key planning processes that should occur when considering the deployment of any technology, and SharePoint Server 2010 provides...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/04/28/service-connection-points-and-governance-with-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3329058" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 28th '10 |
HTTP Request Monitoring and Throttling
William Baer
Last week I covered Managed Accounts in SharePoint Server 2010, this week we’ll cover HTTP Request Monitoring and Throttling - I've been following a lot of conversions surrounding Resource Throttling in SharePoint Server 2010, of which most have focused...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/04/22/http-request-monitoring-and-throttling.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3327753" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 22nd '10 |
RTM
William Baer
Today marked an important milestone for us today with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 – RTM !#160; Keeping it short, off to celebrate! P.S. Participate in the virtual lunch on May 12th, 2010 at http://www.the2010event.com/ . Bill...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/04/16/rtm.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3325698" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 16th '10 |
Claims-Based Identity in SharePoint 2010
William Baer
Claims-based identity or Claims Mode Authentication in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 has been all the buzz.#160; Developers are looking to do more with augmentation of claims and IT Professionals are looking at new opportunities to delegate identities...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/04/14/claims-based-identity-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3325017" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 14th '10 |
Managed Accounts
William Baer
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provides a number of compelling improvements designed especially for the system administrator, of these, commonly overlooked, are Managed Accounts.#160; A Managed Account is effectively an Active Directory user account...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/04/11/managed-accounts.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3324382" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Sun, Apr 11th '10 |
Twitter
William Baer
...Talked into creating a Twitter account, you can connect with me @williambaer....(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/04/09/twitter.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3324254" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Sat, Apr 10th '10 |
New Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 IT Professional Curriculum
William Baer
Looking for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 IT Professional curriculum?#160; Microsoft Learning has recently released a new First Look Clinic and Hands on Lab that provides training explaining both new and improved features in addition to deployment,...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/03/29/new-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2010-it-professional-curriculum.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3321815" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 29th '10 |
SharePoint 2010: Bits from the Edge Virtual Conference
William Baer
Register to attend the SharePoint 2010:#160; Bits from the Edge Virtual Conference brought to you by SharePoint Connections .#160; Bits from the Edge is free one day online conference for SharePoint Developers February 16th 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. EST...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/02/15/sharepoint-2010-bits-from-the-edge-virtual-conference.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3312920" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 15th '10 |
Bing Maps Streetside Innovations
William Baer
Coolness, pure coolness… http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/bing...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/02/12/bing-maps-streetside-innovations.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3312566" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 12th '10 |
Some things are better together…
William Baer
Ham and Cheese Bacon and Eggs Peanut Butter and Jelly Some things are just better together… Two weeks ago the United States Olympic Committee unveiled its virtual pressroom ( USOC PressBox ) designed to provide an online media outlet for journalists covering...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/02/12/some-things-are-better-together.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3312552" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 12th '10 |
December 2009 Cumulative Update Packages for SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
William Baer
December 2009 Cumulative Updates are available for download for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. For additional download information and detailed descriptions of the December 2009 Cumulative Update visit the...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/01/04/december-2009-cumulative-update-packages-for-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3303702" widt [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 4th '10 |
Upgrading from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 or SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
William Baer
We've published a new post on the SharePoint Team Blog that details the process, procedures, and options for upgrading from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2010/01/04/upgrading-from-windows-sharepoint-services-2-0-or-sharepoint-portal-server-2003-to-microsoft-sharepoint-foundation-2010-or-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="htt [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 4th '10 |
Site Recycle Bin (Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture) for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Frequently Asked Questions
William Baer
Question: Will the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture available at www.codeplex.com/governance work with SharePoint 2010? Answer: Yes. Question: In Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 there is a Timer Job Definition called...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/12/15/site-recycle-bin-microsoft-it-site-delete-capture-for-microsoft-sharepoint-foundation-and-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2010-frequently-asked-questions.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://bl [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 15th '09 |
The Experts Conference 2010
William Baer
Session abstracts and keynotes have been announced for the 2010 Experts Conference in Los Angeles, CA. The Experts Conference (TEC) 2010 marks the first ever SharePoint training curriculum for TEC and includes industry recognized speakers and trainers...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/12/15/the-experts-conference-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3300723" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 15th '09 |
Recommended Upgrade Resources for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Server 2010
William Baer
Upgrading is common function with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, whether it be product specific such as Service Packs and Cumulative Updates or platform specific such as new versions of products or the core operating system.#160; Prior...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/12/11/recommended-upgrade-resources-for-microsoft-sharepoint-foundation-and-server-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3300006" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, Dec 11th '09 |
Running the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Preparation Tool with Local Paths on Machines without Internet Connectivity
William Baer
One of the questions I’ve received on a few occasions to date is how to run the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Preparation Tool on a machine that does not have a connection to the Internet. There are two possible methods to working around this scenario:...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/12/11/running-the-microsoft-sharepoint-2010-products-preparation-tool-with-local-paths-on-machines-without-internet-connectivity.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbu [read].
Posted: Fri, Dec 11th '09 |
Common Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Installation Issues and Resolutions
William Baer
I’ve been following the SharePoint 2010 Forums and have noticed several common installation issues.#160; These issues and possible steps to resolve those issues are included here. ISSUE #1:#160; when running the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/12/11/common-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2010-installation-issues-and-resolutions.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3299968" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, Dec 11th '09 |
Configuring the Web and Application Server Roles for Microsoft SharePoint Server and Foundation 2010 [UPDATED]
William Baer
I’ve had a couple of questions on configuring the Web and Application server roles on Windows Server 2008 to support Microsoft SharePoint Server and Foundation 2010. This post will describe the minimal prerequisite configuration to support Microsoft SharePoint...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/12/06/configuring-the-web-and-application-server-roles-for-microsoft-sharepoint-server-and-foundation-2010.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=32987 [read].
Posted: Sun, Dec 6th '09 |
Introduction to the Microsoft SharePoint SharePoint 2010 Database Layer [UPDATED]
William Baer
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 introduces both new databases and databases whose distribution and purpose differs over previous versions of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. This post details the changes in the Microsoft SharePoint Server...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/11/30/introduction-to-the-microsoft-sharepoint-sharepoint-2010-database-layer.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3297364" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 30th '09 |
Step-by-Step: Provisioning the Search Service Application
William Baer
Contents Provisioning the Search Service Application Moving Query Components Creating Mirror Query Components Creating Query Components Creating Crawl Components Creating Crawl Databases Creating Property Databases Provisioning the Search Service Application...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/11/23/step-by-step-provisioning-the-search-service-application.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3295898" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 23rd '09 |
Step-by-Step: Provisioning the Web Analytics Service Application on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Beta
William Baer
Prerequisites Usage and Health Data Collection and the Session State Service Application have been provisioned on the farm. Provisioning the Web Analytics Service Application Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration. Select Manage service applications...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/11/21/step-by-step-provisioning-the-web-analytics-service-application-on-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2010-beta.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3295614" [read].
Posted: Sat, Nov 21st '09 |
Welcome to the Developer Dashboard
William Baer
About the Developer Dashboard The Developer Dashboard is an instrumentation framework#160; new to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Server 2010 that can help diagnose particularly, classes of bugs that are easy to introduce through custom code, but...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/11/21/welcome-to-the-developer-dashboard.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3295601" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Sat, Nov 21st '09 |
Intermittent Database Server Connectivity and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
William Baer
Intermittent connectivity to a database server hosting Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies databases can occur for a number of reasons. In some cases it may be related to a simple database connection timeout configuration setting in Windows...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Oct 6th '09 |
sharepoint.microsoft.com Optimization Strategy and Insights on the SharePoint Team Blog
William Baer
I read a great article on the SharePoint Team Blog during the morning commute providing insight into how sharepoint.microsoft.com was both evaluated and optimized for performance by Tony Tai – SharePoint Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation and...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 1st '09 |
New serving Bing...
William Baer
Search this site with Bing... ;-)...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 30th '09 |
Just Published - Configure a Server Farm for Minimal Downtime During Software Updates
William Baer
New documentation was recently published which provides guidance and examples on how to configure your server farms for minimal downtime during software updates http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee514459.aspx ....(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Sep 18th '09 |
PowerShell and SharePoint Automation Examples Part 3
William Baer
Automating your Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies installations can provide both consistency and efficiency while reducing the potential for human error. This is the third post on the subject of leveraging PowerShell to provide configuration...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 17th '09 |
Conference season is upon us...
William Baer
Conference season is upon us and it's gearing up to be a great way to close out the year - join me at the 2009 Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center October 19th through October 22nd, 2009 or for those locally...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 16th '09 |
Developing SharePoint Applications
William Baer
Do you have questions or are looking for best practices on integrating line of business applications with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, advantage of publishing and content oriented capabilities, or creating collaborative interactions...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Sep 4th '09 |
Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit
William Baer
The 4th release of the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit is now available for download and includes improvements in the SharePoint Diagnostics Tool (SPDiag), a new Permissions Reporting Tool, a new bulk Quota processing tool, in addition to...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sat, Aug 29th '09 |
Microsoft Case Studies: Coca-Cola Enterprises and Microsoft Online Services
William Baer
Recently posted: A Microsoft Case Study examining Microsoft Online Services and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Read more about this Microsoft Case Study here: Coca-Cola Enterprises Tackles Competition with Microsoft Online Services To read more Microsoft...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 23rd '09 |
Quota Templates and Powershell
William Baer
Continuing the series using Powershell and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, this weeks script sample illustrates how Powershell can be leveraged to programmatically provision Quota Templates in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and/or Microsoft...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 17th '09 |
Interesting find on Event Id’s 3760 and 5586…
William Baer
I was recently asked to look at an issue in which SharePoint would intermittently drop its connection to SQL. Taking the typical course of action, I started looking at the Application Event Logs, Trace (ULS) logs, etc. I noticed in the Application...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 11th '09 |
HA/DR Whitepaper
William Baer
I missed this one, but better late …. A new whitepaper has been released outlining configuring disaster recovery across SharePoint farms by using SQL Server log shipping – read more …...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 11th '09 |
Windows Rights Management Services, Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, and Forest Boundaries
William Baer
I recently was asked about the possibility of implementing Windows Rights Management Services with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a resource forest, or otherwise, the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployment was in a forest other...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 10th '09 |
Alternate Access Mappings and Windows Powershell
William Baer
I had a request this week on how to leverage Windows Powershell to add Alternate Access Mappings to the collection for a specific Web application. Surprisingly after some searching I was unable to find anything existing on the topic, so for those...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 10th '09 |
STSADM -o preparetomove Implications on Search Redundancy
William Baer
I was just reading Todd's post on preparemove , and he does a good job of covering the changes in profile synchronization and related GUID reset/reassignment introduced by the application of the Infrastructure Update. There is one significant problem...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 11th '09 |
HTTP to HTTPS Redirection with SharePoint Products and Technologies
William Baer
I've received several requests in regards to redirecting HTTP to HTTPS. In this post I will briefly cover a select number methods and/or technologies that can be used to accomplish HTTP to HTTPS redirection. ISA 2006 Modify the Web Listener connection...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sun, Feb 8th '09 |
SharePoint Diagnostics Tool 1.0
William Baer
I completely missed this one; the SharePoint Diagnostics Tool was recently released (included in the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit v3.0 ). The SharePoint Diagnostics Tool enables an administrator to simplify troubleshooting by gathering...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sat, Feb 7th '09 |
Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint 2007
William Baer
In early November, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Certified Master for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the Microsoft Certified Architect for Office SharePoint Server 2007. [See http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/11/10/introducing-the-microsoft-certified-master-and-certified-architect-for-sharepoint.aspx...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sat, Feb 7th '09 |
Developer News, SPDisposeCheck Released and Updated Developer Guidance
William Baer
Today we announced the availability of SPDisposeCheck and updated the guidance [ Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects ]. The published guidance provides best practices to follow when using Windows SharePoint Services objects to avoid retaining...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sat, Jan 31st '09 |
People Picker Port/Protocol Requirements
William Baer
While working on a deployment this week, the OOB People Picker caught my attention and I realized there was not a great deal of documentation available on its requirements and troubleshooting. Driving this thinking was the nature of the deployment...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 21st '09 |
Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Disaster Recovery Notes with SharePoint Products and Technolgies
William Baer
In recent months there has been a great deal of discussion and debate on disaster recovery and high availability with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies and with the recent releases of both Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Aug 29th '08 |
Best Practice Resource Center is now live...
William Baer
[To avoid common pitfalls and keep your Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment available and performing well, follow these best practices based on real-world experience from Microsoft Consulting Services and the product team.] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736746.asp...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Aug 29th '08 |
Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit v2.0 Released
William Baer
The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administer and manage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=263cd480-f6eb-4fa3-9f2e-2d47618505f2&DisplayLang=e...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Aug 29th '08 |
Database Mirroring, Notes and Considerations
William Baer
The question of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring (DBM) continues to be a topic of discussion in implementation with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, attached is a set of key notes and considerations to take into account when...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Aug 1st '08 |
Plan for Availability Whitepaper Published
William Baer
The Plan for Availability whitepaper has been published and describes at a high level, the varying methods to achieve high-availability, associated costs, and challenges specific to designing a high-availability solution for Microsoft SharePoint Products...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 16th '08 |
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Infrastructure Update Released!
William Baer
The Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Infrastructure Update has been officially released. The update includes both improvements in core functional scenarios such as Office SharePoint Server Search with the introduction of S2 in addition to...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 15th '08 |
Developing Web Parts, considerations on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
William Baer
Background Information Web Parts as defined by MSDN are an integrated set of controls for creating Web sites that enable end-users to modify the content, appearance, and behavior of Web pages in a browser. In Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web Parts...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 8th '08 |
Master Page Example
William Baer
I used the sample master pages at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA102223711033.aspx in several Feature Stapling/Receiver demonstrations over the past year and was asked if I could provide the solution package I compiled using the...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 3rd '08 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 as a Host Operating System for Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
William Baer
Suppose you would like to use Windows Server 2008 as your host operating system, but the system does not provide support for Hyper-V. The good news is that Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 will install and run under Windows Server 2008 providing the following...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 2nd '08 |
SELECT FullUrl [Please Don't] from dbo.Webs
William Baer
I was just browsing Mike Fitzmaurice's blog and I'm glad to see he continues to dissuade direct database access with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. All too often I've seen what was conceptually a good idea, result in performance, scalability,...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jul 1st '08 |
Renaming Content Databases
William Baer
I received an inquiry this morning on what procedural steps are required to rename a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 content database and decided to make the information more broadly available. Step 1 Detach Content Database Detach the Windows SharePoint...(read more) [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 16th '08 |
Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture LE Version 1.0 Released
William Baer
Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture LE version 1.0 has been released. Microsoft Site Delete Capture LE version 1.0 is an Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 solution package that when deployed to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 12th '08 |
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Data Protection and Recovery Whitepaper
William Baer
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Data Protection and Recovery Whitepaper has been updated to include guidance for all sizes of enterprises, additional information on recovery environments, and updated guidance on managing the recovery of the...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 12th '08 |
Add this to your image...
William Baer
One of the most common configuration inconsistencies I find in SharePoint farms is the Web application path, in most scenarios the Web applications are provisioned under the default root path of C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories. This is...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 11th '08 |
Watch SharePoint Grow!
William Baer
I visited http://www.carbongrove.com on the commute home this evening and planted SharePoint. Watch SharePoint grow at http://www.carbongrove.com/Trees/243029#g=0 or plant your own! In partnership with a world leader in planting trees for environmental...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Jun 11th '08 |
Planning a 100,000+ My Site personal site deployment? Notes...
William Baer
This topic has frequented my Inbox over the past months, planning a My Site personal site deployment for 100,000+ users. In this post we'll examine the issues and potential solutions. First it is important to understand that while a My Site personal...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 10th '08 |
We're Hiring!
William Baer
Do you want to help shape Microsoft’s Software + Services offerings? If so, here’s your opportunity to jump into the fast growing area of Enterprise Information Worker solutions working on SharePoint Online. As a Program Manager on our team you’ll be:...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 10th '08 |
Absence
William Baer
Keeping this blog up to date over the previous month and half has been challenging due to commitments and travel; however, I'm back in the office ;-) and will resume posting regularly again. Please keep your comments and questions coming in the interim....(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 10th '08 |
Announcing the SharePoint Administration Toolkit
William Baer
The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administ rate er (good catch A Mondale) and manage Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0. This toolkit contains two new functions - the...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 30th '08 |
Tip of the Day, April 25, 2008
William Baer
Tip of the day: Deleting orphaned Timer Jobs Open SharePoint Central 3.0 Central Administration and click Operations. Select Timer job definitions under Global Configuration. Select the orphaned Timer Job from the list of Timer Jobs. Locate the...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 25th '08 |
High-Availability and Disaster Recovery with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Log Shipping for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
William Baer
I've discussed on several occasions Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies as a method by which database mirroring can provide intra-datacenter high-availability; however, am frequently asked how...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sun, Apr 20th '08 |
Data Protection Manager 2007 Whitepaper on Backup and Recovery of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search Components
William Baer
A new whitepaper has been published on protecting the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search components. The whitepaper includes scripts to enable Data Protection Manager 2007 to backup and recover the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 10th '08 |
SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation
William Baer
The SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocol Documentation has been recently published to MSND which includes technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented in SharePoint Products and Technologies. Read more......(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 9th '08 |
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William Baer
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Posted: Tue, Apr 1st '08 |
Ask the Experts - March 2008 Results
William Baer
The Index server, is it a single point of failure? One of the most common concerns is that of the index server role (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) as a single point of failure in a server farm; however, there is a misconception that you are...(read more) [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 1st '08 |
Virtual Ask the Experts?
William Baer
One of my favorite components to any conference is ATE (Ask the Experts), which based on the overall response recently at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Conference 2008, is both popular and extremely valuable in providing an opportunity for open...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sat, Mar 15th '08 |
My first SharePoint experience...
William Baer
I'm often asked either when I became involved with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies or what single event resulted in my evangelism and subsequent work with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, so here we go: I was attending a...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Mar 14th '08 |
Notes on SQL Server 2000/2005 Log Shipping with SharePoint Products and Technologies
William Baer
As Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies becomes more business critical for organizations, data protection and redundancy become primary objectives in any size deployment. Disaster recovery and redundancy can be achieved using any of a collection...(read more) [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 13th '08 |
Migrating User Accounts in Windows SharePoint Services
William Baer
While attending Ask the Experts at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Conference 2008, I was asked about migrating user accounts in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to a new login name programmatically, fortunately Windows SharePoint Services addressed...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sun, Mar 9th '08 |
A Different Perspective on SharePoint Users...
William Baer
While walking about the various booths and displays this afternoon during the Ask the Experts session at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 I found this rather unusual SharePoint user in the midst. If Master Chief uses SharePoint.... ;-)...(read more) [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 5th '08 |
Database Mirroring Whitepaper Updated
William Baer
The SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring with SharePoint Products and Technologies whitepaper has been updated and available for download at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83725&clcid=0x409 . Revisions include information on configuring failover...(read more) [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 3rd '08 |
Bill's 5-min. SharePoint Performance Recommendations
William Baer
Performance recommendations and guidance is something I receive comment and question on quite frequently, typically in hallway conversation or in passing at conferences - so in the spirit of those occurrences I've decided to compile a quick list of SharePoint...(read more) [read].
Posted: Sat, Mar 1st '08 |
February '08
William Baer
Seattle → Amsterdam → The Hague → Seattle (TechReady6) → SharePoint Conference 2008. February has been an amazing month for myself and SharePoint, having the opportunity to promote the platform in Europe and discuss security and data protection with SharePoint...(read more) [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 29th '08 |
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