Bill Baer

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)

Quota Templates and Powershell

2009-06-17T18:07:56Z

Continuing the series using Powershell and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, this weeks script sample illustrates how Powershell can be leveraged to programmatically provision Quota Templates in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and/or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Instructions Copy the source below into somefile.ps1. Copy the Xml source in QuotaTemplates.xml. In the Windows Powershell console call ./somefile.ps1 Source #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------...(read more)

Interesting find on Event Id’s 3760 and 5586…

2009-06-11T20:30:00Z

I was recently asked to look at an issue in which SharePoint would intermittently drop its connection to SQL. Taking the typical course of action, I started looking at the Application Event Logs, Trace (ULS) logs, etc. I noticed in the Application Event Logs event Id 3760 and 5586 occurred every hour on the hour. The initial event Id 3760 indicated authentication issues, the Domain Controllers did not see issue that corresponded to the events reported by SharePoint; Scalable Networking...(read more)

HA/DR Whitepaper

2009-06-11T06:22:16Z

I missed this one, but better late …. A new whitepaper has been released outlining configuring disaster recovery across SharePoint farms by using SQL Server log shipping – read more …...(read more)

Windows Rights Management Services, Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, and Forest Boundaries

2009-06-10T20:40:24Z

I recently was asked about the possibility of implementing Windows Rights Management Services with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a resource forest, or otherwise, the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployment was in a forest other than that where the users reside (login forest). In this particular scenario, a one-way non-transitive trust was implemented, which provided an isolation boundary between the resource and login forest. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is...(read more)

Alternate Access Mappings and Windows Powershell

2009-06-10T07:19:10Z

I had a request this week on how to leverage Windows Powershell to add Alternate Access Mappings to the collection for a specific Web application. Surprisingly after some searching I was unable to find anything existing on the topic, so for those curious see the attached script and corresponding source Xml. Instructions Copy the source below into somefile.ps1. Copy the Xml source in AAM.xml. In the Windows Powershell console call ./somefile.ps1. Source #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------...(read more)