When performing a content crawl with a FAST Content SSA it pays to check the event logs on the central administration server for the error 2567 as this usually means that the FAST Content service application has been incorrectly configured to connect to the contentdistributor with the wrong username...

The latest verion of the PAL tool can be downloaded from here: http://pal.codeplex.com/ This version includes a new threshold file for SharePoint 2010. We look forward to your feedback and comments. email me at Aaron.Saikovski [AT] microsoft.com

  Thanks to all those who attended my session on patching at SharePoint Saturday. Here are the slides from my presentation:

  I am a very big fan of the PAL tool to assist in sifting through event logs when diagnosing server or environment issues. One thing is doesn't come with is a threshold file specifically for SharePoint 2010. Luckily I have saved you the need in creating one from scratch and you can download the...

  Hi All, My Slides from the presentation i gave on Patching SharePoint 2010 can be found on my skydrive here: SPS Syd 2011 Patching

  A colleague of mine and I were mucking about with PowerShell recently and came up with the following script to disable MySite creation for all Authenticated users. This setting is on by default as well as most of the other social features and in a large organisation you would want to turn this...

I have made updates to my very useful PowerShell solution deployer and though it would be useful to others, so here it is. I got tired of typing all the PowerShell deployment commands each time for a .WSP, so I bundled them up into a simple cmdlet that does all the work for you including waiting for...

The latest cumulative updates are now available for download. The hotfixes can be requested from here: SharePoint Foundation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2266423 SharePoint Server: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276339   The updates will update the patch level of your SharePoint 2010 installation...

While testing some functionality for a client recently I found something interesting when publishing shared content types through the content type hub. After initial creation of the content types and adding subscribers all seemed to work well. That is all content types were ‘pushed’ down to all the subscribers...

Kathy Hughes (SharePoint MVP and author) and I will be co-presenting the first Australian public SharePoint 2010 demonstration at the Sydney Business and Technology User Group (SBTUG) on October 28th. Check out: www.sbtug.com for more details and make sure you RSVP Its going to be a big night!!