January 2009 - Posts

Extracting and Loading SharePoint Data in SQL Server Integration Services
30 January 09 10:17 AM | mepprecht | 0 Comments   

SSIS Developers often wonder how they can get information into, and out-of a SharePoint lists. There is a solution. Look at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd365137.aspx for an explanation on the SharePoint List Source and Destination Sample Read More...

Filed under: SQL Server, SharePoint

SharePoint and PerformancePoint….better together
29 January 09 01:48 PM | mepprecht | 0 Comments   

It was just announced a few days ago that PerformancePoint Server will not longer exist as a stand-alone product. It's functionality will be integrated into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Exact details and the reasoning behind this are described Read More...

Filed under: Business Intelligence, SharePoint

Adobe PDF iFilter for 64bit
29 January 09 01:38 PM | mepprecht | 0 Comments   

Eventually! Adobe has released a 64bit version of it’s PDF iFilter for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Up till now, your only options were Adobe’s 32 bit version, or buy the 32- or Read More...

Filed under: SQL Server, Enterprise Search, Search, SharePoint

Silverlight Streaming of Obama’s Inauguration
19 January 09 05:49 PM | mepprecht | 1 Comments   

Microsoft’s Silverlight technology will be used by various broadcasting platforms for live and video-on-demand Online Streaming of the Inauguration of Barack Obama as US President on 20th January 2009 The Presidential Inaugural Committee ( http://www.pic2009.org/) Read More...

Filed under: Silverlight

Problems with the display of Search results (Search Server 2008 / MOSS)
19 January 09 02:33 PM | mepprecht | 0 Comments   

Some partners have reported problems with the Search results display. The 1st search request on a Search Portal on Search Server 2008 appears very quickly. The system shows the elapsed time as 0.05 seconds. So far, so good. If a user performs another Read More...

Filed under: Search, SharePoint

geekmania 09 Switzerland
19 January 09 02:17 PM | mepprecht | 0 Comments   

On 4th – 6th February 2009, in KKL Luzern (near the station), the 3rd annual geekmania will be held. geekmania is the IT-congress, of a very special nature for IT Professionals, covering deep technical content on Microsoft environments. Wednesday 4th Read More...

Filed under: Conference, Security, Virtualization, Switzerland, Windows Server, Windows Client

Windows 7 Beta
09 January 09 09:45 AM | mepprecht | 0 Comments   

The Beta of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released for TechNet and MSDN subscribers. It is available from here . For non-MSDN and TechNet subscribers, the beta of Windows 7 will be available on Friday 9 January 2009 from here . Windows Read More...

Filed under: Beta, Windows Server, Windows Client