Bill Baer

Welcome to the Developer Dashboard

2009-11-22T00:35:58Z

About the Developer Dashboard The Developer Dashboard is an instrumentation framework new to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Server 2010 that can help diagnose particularly, classes of bugs that are easy to introduce through custom code, but often difficult to isolate by providing information about the request execution time, the number and callstack of each SPRequest allocation, the number, callstack, and query text of WCF calls and more. The Developer Dashboard appears in a frame on the...(read more)

Installation notice for the SharePoint Server Public Beta on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Windows 7

2009-11-20T04:54:39Z

If you will be installing the SharePoint Server Public Beta on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows 7 you will need to download and install an update from http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=23806 to resolve an issue that occurs in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 when provisioning Service Applications or when accessing pages that make service calls. These operations will result in an error "System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException:...(read more)

New Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products

2009-11-19T21:43:50Z

We launched a new update center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and related products today. The Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products provides information about current and past updates for Office, Forms Server, Groove Server, PerformancePoint Server, Project Portfolio Server, Project Server, Search Server, SharePoint Server, and Windows SharePoint Services. You can additionally subscribe to the RSS feed to receive important news about new and...(read more)

Upgrade Support for Prerelease Versions to Release Versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

2009-11-19T03:17:54Z

I’ve been receiving this question frequently this week so I’m sure others are asking as well: Question Can I upgrade prerelease versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 to the release version when it becomes available? Answer No, the prerelease (beta) versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 are for evaluation purposes only and upgrade to the release version of these products when they become available is not supported. ...(read more)

Installation Notes for Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Beta

2009-11-19T03:03:00Z

Today we announced general availability of the public beta versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. This post describes the prerequisite software requirements and provides links to additional hardware and software requirement resources for Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. Contents Web and Application Server Preparation Database Server Preparation Additional Notes Web and Application Server Preparation Microsoft SharePoint...(read more)

SharePoint Products TechCenter for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

2009-10-30T15:05:23Z

The SharePoint Products TechCenter on TechNet has been updated to include documentation and resources specific to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. The SharePoint Products TechCenter beta resources include categorized documentation and guidance on planning, deploying, and operating Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and product evaluation guides in addition both to resource centers and technical references specifically designed to provide both general product and feature overviews, guidance on managing...(read more)

Intermittent Database Server Connectivity and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies

2009-10-06T19:07:00Z

Intermittent connectivity to a database server hosting Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies databases can occur for a number of reasons. In some cases it may be related to a simple database connection timeout configuration setting in Windows SharePoint Services or in other cases it may be one or more operating system and/or hardware configurations. In this post we’ll examine several options and configuration settings that can be adjusted to help isolate or mitigate such occurrences. Before...(read more)

sharepoint.microsoft.com Optimization Strategy and Insights on the SharePoint Team Blog

2009-10-01T18:02:00Z

I read a great article on the SharePoint Team Blog during the morning commute providing insight into how sharepoint.microsoft.com was both evaluated and optimized for performance by Tony Tai – SharePoint Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Ed Robinson – Chief Executive Officer, Aptimize Ltd. Read more......(read more)

Now serving Bing...

2009-10-01T02:05:00Z

Search this site with Bing... ;-)...(read more)

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

2009-09-18T22:07:00Z

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 ....(read more)

PowerShell and SharePoint Automation Examples Part 3

2009-09-17T18:28:00Z

Automating your Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies installations can provide both consistency and efficiency while reducing the potential for human error. This is the third post on the subject of leveraging PowerShell to provide configuration logic for your environment(s). In this example we cover the configuration of Diagnostic Logging through PowerShell and a source Xml manifest. For previous examples see http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/tags/Powershell/default.aspx . Instructions...(read more)

Conference season is upon us...

2009-09-16T04:49:00Z

Conference season is upon us and it's gearing up to be a great way to close out the year - join me at the 2009 Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center October 19th through October 22nd, 2009 or for those locally and can't make the conference join me at the 2009 Pass Community Summit with Burzin Patel November 2nd through November 5th, 2009 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle. For those enrolled in the November Office SharePoint...(read more)

Developing SharePoint Applications

2009-09-04T21:28:00Z

Do you have questions or are you looking for best practices on integrating line of business applications with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, taking advantage of publishing and content oriented capabilities, or creating collaborative interactions around business processes? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I'd recommend reading the just published content, Developing SharePoint Applications , in the Patterns and Practices Developer Center . This guidance will help developers...(read more)

Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit

2009-08-29T19:20:00Z

The 4th release of the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit is now available for download and includes improvements in the SharePoint Diagnostics Tool (SPDiag), a new Permissions Reporting Tool, a new bulk Quota processing tool, in addition to the Security Configuration Wizard Manifests. The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit is an excellent suite of utilites aimed at the system administrator to assist in both isolating issues, understanding the overall environment they support, and...(read more)

Microsoft Case Studies: Coca-Cola Enterprises and Microsoft Online Services

2009-06-23T19:39:58Z

Recently posted: A Microsoft Case Study examining Microsoft Online Services and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Read more about this Microsoft Case Study here: Coca-Cola Enterprises Tackles Competition with Microsoft Online Services To read more Microsoft Online Services case studies visit https://partner.microsoft.com/40090617 or to learn more about Microsoft Online Services visit http://www.microsoft.com/online/default.mspx ....(read more)