I got a query from a colleague about Alerts and went to test it. To my surprise, my test Alerts weren't working and after some troubleshooting I discovered it was due to my upgrade. The fix is pretty quick - just download the txt file, rename to PS1...

If you're upgrading from SharePoint 2010 and following the post upgrade steps from Perform post-upgrade steps for a database attach upgrade (SharePoint Server 2010) , you'll need to upgrade your multi string values from your old 2007 SSP to 2010 MMS....

I was working a farm today that had 10 web applications, all with their own application pool. As we know from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx#WebserverAppServer , the recommended limit is 10 application pools per WFEs and with...

Today I've had no less than 3 ad hoc conversations about disk sharing for VMs. This isn't about RAID5 versus RAID10, specific performance requirements for SharePoint, or cache for simultaneous read/write requests. This is simply aimed at giving SharePoint...

Well, this is my first blog post. This blog is designed to consolidate my ramblings and thoughts into a concise and available format, trying to give back to the community. For several years I've been working with SharePoint and have relied heavily on...