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February '08

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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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...
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Just Published - Whitepaper: Database Maintenance for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I'm pleased to announce the general availability of my most recent whitepaper, "Database Maintenance for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies". This whitepaper describes the recommended maintenance strategies for the databases that host content...
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Announcing the Beta Release of the SharePoint Asset Inventory Tool

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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In the past several weeks, I've traveled along the west coast and overseas discussing governance as it applies to SharePoint Products and Technologies and am delighted to announce the availability of the beta of the SharePoint Asset Inventory Tool. ...
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SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool has been made available for download on TechNet. To learn more about the benefits and applications of the SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool see my beta release announcement at Announcing the Beta Release of the SharePoint...
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HTTP Compression, Internet Information Services 6.0, and SharePoint Products and Technologies

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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A recent discussion on Garbage Collection management on 64-bit Web servers hosting Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 led into a discussion on rendering performance, particularly steps to reduce overall rendering time at the client. While monitoring...
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Upcoming Posts

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The next three (3) weeks will indeed be busy for me, first traveling to Amsterdam to meet with customers and returning to Redmond the following week to speak at TechReady6 on securing and protecting SharePoint Products and Technologies deployments; however...
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Microsoft Office Developers Conference 2008

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The Microsoft Office Developers Conference 2008 is less than one month away. The Microsoft Office Developers Conference is the premier event for both Microsoft Office and SharePoint Products and Technologies developers. Visit https://microsoft.crgevents...
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Just Published - January 2008

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Adding Code-Behind Files to Master Pages and Page Layouts in SharePoint Server 2007 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb986729.aspx Adding Custom Quick Access Buttons to the Page Editing Toolbar in SharePoint Server 2007 http://msdn2.microsoft...
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Dynamic Application of Master Pages in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I've spent the past two months in various locations across the West coast speaking on governance in SharePoint Products and Technologies and one of the most common points of discussion is enabling a consistent look and feel across sites and Webs. While...
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TechReady6

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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For those internal readers attending TR6, I've confirmed as a speaker/presenter for the following topics (dates and locations TDB) - as dates/times and locations are finalized, I'll make them available here. OFC322 SharePoint Backup and Restore ...
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Site-Level Migration

Posted over 5 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I was recently asked a question regarding moving sites between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web applications and whether or not there are any prerequisites associated with such a move. While moving sites...
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Happy "Indexing" Holidays - Microsoft Filter Pack Released

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The Microsoft Filter Pack for search has been released enabling critical search scenarios across a variety of Microsoft Search products including SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0,...
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Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Products and Technologies

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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I've spent the past several days in Portland, Oregon speaking at a SharePoint Products and Technologies governance event and completely neglected to post any information on the now released Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint...
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Announcing the Release of the SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit 1.0

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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The SharePoint Monitoring Toolkit enables administrators and IT Pros to manage SharePoint Products and Technologies deployments, both large and small, by introducing two (2) new management packs for System Center Operations Manager 2007. Both the Microsoft...
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Announcing the Beta Release of the SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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After several months of work and very little sleep in between we are pleased to announce general availability of the SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool (Beta). The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool (Beta) provides a wealth of helpful information when...
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On the Edge

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Over the past several weeks myself and Rick Taylor, you may know him from various conferences, MCTs, or as a contributing author to the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrators Companion , have been engaging the Edge crew to establish a...
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Stay at Home Server

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Generally over the years I've tried to keep strict focus on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies within this blog; however, every once in awhile something comes along that definitely deserves mention...not only technology related, but entertaining...
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Managing Master Merge in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Master merge compiles all index data comprised of both in-memory and disk-based structures into one disk-based structure to prevent the degradation of the search service. SPS 2001 allowed administrators to manipulate the master merge schedule through...
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Planning for *Additional* Storage with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies - Recycle Bin

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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This will be the first of a series focusing on those areas of storage that are commonly overlooked when planning storage for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. In this post we'll look at the native Recycle Bin in Microsoft Office SharePoint...
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Whitepaper: Upgrading SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Customizations to SharePoint Server 2007

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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After several months of work, we're pleased to announce publication of a new whitepaper: Upgrading SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Customizations to SharePoint Server 2007. To view the whitepaper visit: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb954662...
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Moving site collections between domains...

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Moving site collections between domains is not a common operation, but occurs frequently enough to provide some prescriptive guidance. User Accounts SharePoint maintains the security identifiers of user accounts as opposed to just usernames, as...
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Internet Information Services 7.0, Application Pool Modes and SharePoint Products and Technologies

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Internet Information Services 7.0 Application Pool Modes introduces changes in how application pools are managed and process requests that involve managed resources. In Internet Information Services 6.0 worker process isolation mode and in Internet Information...
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Slipstream, not a phenomenon in Physics

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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Slipstream is a common term used at Microsoft to define the merging of patches or updates into the original installation sources of a program. What are the benefits of slipstreaming.... Creating a slipstream image reduces the operational overhead required...
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Free PacWest Sales Event - SharePoint Products and Technologies Governance

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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If you are in or plan to be in the Puget Sound area on November 8th, I encourage you to register for the PacWest Sales Event focused on governance in SharePoint Products and Technologies; presenters will include myself, Joel, Jim Adams, and others...for...
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Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on Windows Server 2008

Posted over 6 years ago

by Bill Baer (Microsoft)
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On October 29, 2007 we announced that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 bits will not be included on the Windows Server 2008 media ; however, will remain available as a separate download, as a result changing the installation routine. For those who used...