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Database Attach Shared Services Provider (SSP)

Performing a database attach using STSADM.exe is useful for migrating or upgrading existing data. Here is an example of how to use the STSADM.exe commands to be able to perform a db attach for the Shared Services Provider (SSP): Create the web application

Updating the SharePoint Admin Password on an existing Farm

The security policy for many IT departments within organizations requires that passwords be changed after a certain time period. This would require that the accounts associated with a SharePoint Server Farm install be updated. Here are some steps to do

Creating Audience Rules via the Object Model

SharePoint Server (MOSS) was designed as a platform for building applications upon. Using the SharePoint Server Object Model (OM) exposes many different and often more complicated operations than what can be done with the UI only. An example of this is

Creating Shared Service Provider (SSP) via command-line options

Using the SharePoint Admin UI there can often be quite a delay to perform administrative actions compared to doing the same actions via the powerful command-line tools. One of the tools that should be very familiar to SharePoint Admins is STSADM.exe.