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Friday, September 18, 2009 12:07 PM

Just Published - Configure a Server Farm for Minimal Downtime During Software Updates

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 .
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 7:25 PM

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Site-Level Migration

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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Thursday, October 18, 2007 9:36 AM

Hybrid Upgrade Approach added to TechNet

I was reviewing the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server TechNet article Determine upgrade approach and realized an article I have been working internally over the past few weeks has been published and introduced to the three existing upgrade approaches
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Friday, August 10, 2007 1:13 PM

Ghosts in the Machine?

Ghosted and unghosted pages are references not new to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, but have received increased interest as a result of their impact on upgrading from previous versions and more recently, the ability to manage pages in an unghosted
Posted by Bill Baer | 1 Comments
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:46 AM

Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors (UPDATED - May 2007)

I've updated my post Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors to include new errors and solutions. Read more here: http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2006/12/22/prescan-errors-what-they-mean.aspx . Excerpt: "“An outbound zone URL is configured for something
Posted by Bill Baer | 2 Comments
Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:48 PM

Code Snippet - How to Locate Host Header-based Site Collections in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

One of the great features in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is the ability to co-host both path-based and host header-based site collections within the same server farm and content databases. Now that you've introduced host header-based site collections
Posted by Bill Baer | 3 Comments
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:31 PM

Jingmei Li has put together a great post...

Jingmei Li has put together a great post detailing partner solutions supporting SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 migrations; these solutions are useful in situations where any of the three supported approaches do
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Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:26 AM

Upgrading Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Scalable Hosting Mode Server Farms

In Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 host header-based Site Collections can coexist with path-based site collections within a Web Application or optionally reside on multiple Web Applications. Gradual, in-place, and database migration upgrade approaches
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Monday, February 19, 2007 9:03 AM

Co-hosting Collaboration and Personal Site Collections within an Individual Web Application

One of the most common questions I receive is how to co-host traditional "team" and personal Site Collections (My Sites) within an individual Web Application in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 . While possible, there are several important steps
Posted by Bill Baer | 8 Comments
Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:44 AM

Upgrading a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 farm to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, supported?

I've recently been asked whether Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 can be upgraded to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ; while this is possible, there are several important constraints that should be taken into consideration. Foremost, you should
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:55 AM

PRESCAN Support and Resources for Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server

MSDN Windows SharePoint Services Run the pre-upgrade scan tool (Windows SharePoint Services) http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/035a3024-bd27-4d63-9499-0f15ac00c6e61033.mspx Issues that are reported by the pre-upgrade scan tool
Posted by Bill Baer | 5 Comments
Monday, January 08, 2007 9:27 AM

Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors (UPDATED - January 2007)

I've made several updates and revisions to my previous post " Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors ", I hope this information will be useful in diagnosing and remediating errors generated by PRESCAN .EXE.
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Friday, December 22, 2006 3:26 PM

Understanding PRESCAN.EXE Errors

*UPDATED 5/22/2007 I put together this post as a follow-up to my initial PRESCAN topic " Understanding PRESCAN.EXE in MOSS 2007 "; hopefully, this will provide insight into the most common PRESCAN errors administrators may encounter and remediation steps
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Friday, June 30, 2006 10:14 PM

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Upgrade Path Defined

A recent change has been communicated for all current Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 B2 (Beta 2) customers. The change will require customers who wish to upgrade their B2 environments to first apply B2 Technical Refresh prior to upgrading to RTM, Windows
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:57 AM

Understanding PRESCAN.EXE in MOSS 2007

Prior to upgrading to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 / Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 one of the prerequisites some of you may have already noticed is running PRESCAN .EXE from the installation directory. This post will hopefully provide some
Posted by Bill Baer | 21 Comments
 
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