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First and foremost, this blog is not going away. I won't be contributing here after this post. All new posts will be on http://www.sharepointjoel.com . My RSS feed has been updated automatically. If this is the last post you've gotten, then you need...

I'm so jazzed about my upcoming trip. I wanted to share just a bit of my travel plans, and give a shout out to the user groups as well as call out the sessions I'll be speaking at. Hope you enjoy some points of interest on my upcoming trip. Hope to see...

I don't know if you've ever seen a blog with a little drop down with "translate" in it . I saw one today by following some track backs to others that were in job changes the choose your own adventure post was a great analogy. I must admit I was so surprised...

I really don't like the term end user. Sounds like it's over. It's the end. Client or Cutomer is nicer, but client sounds like an application and customer sounds like a business. Information worker sounds like they must be smart (that's not so bad), and...

Oh, the opportunities with SharePoint. Oh the places I’ll go! I have a lot to thank Microsoft and SharePoint. It’s was one of the hardest, but best decisions I ever made taking a pay cut to come work for Microsoft, and moving my family from Plano ...

With the SharePoint Conference there are a number of new partners in the SharePoint space with more coming every day. How do you keep them straight? How do you know if they are going to treat you well? I've been thinking I need to put together a litmus...

I twisted Mike Watson's arm to let me blog some of his recent time tests on backup. I thought the data was an interesting reference . Emphasis is purposefully placed on reference. Your numbers will sure to vary. Data Protection Manager 2007: 100MB...

This is a SharePoint blog, so let me give you my top 10 reasons why a SharePoint Administrator would want to upgrade their SQL environment at RTM. (I say RTM since the SharePoint team plans to support SQL 2008 at it's RTM release.) I also look at this...

Beyond the 10 or so customer meetings I had, 6 or so partner meetings, and 2 analyst meetings, I did find some time to attend some social events that were a lot of fun. If you're looking for my decks or notes on the keynote and announcements I posted...

We've been preparing for this conference since since the fall and oh, was it worth it. I had a blast! Not only with the sessions, parties, but simply hanging out with 3900+ incredibly cool people (with 500 on the waiting list) and taking about our passion...

I hope you have checked out the database maintenance whitepaper that Bill Baer put together and just released on TechNet. In the review cycle for the paper, I saw some very insightful guidance from Mike Watson, Tom Tseng, and incredible insight from Ronnie...

Just got back from Jumper the movie. A new movie about a guy who teleports. Can't say I teleport, but yesterday I left Sydney and it was Monday at 3:30pm when I got on the plane and 1:00pm when I was back in Seattle including a connection in L.A. Less...

I think one of the most common IT questions is around how to backup SharePoint Server and when to use SQL backup over STSADM backup. I've chosen 200GB below, but essentially anywhere between 200-500GB or as soon as you're ready to manage it outside of...

Looking to index these file types on your SQL full text search, SharePoint, Desktops, or whoever else uses mssearch.exe? You can now index the following for free with this ifilter pack: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx...

I understand my RSS subscribers may take this hard. I couldn't find it anywhere else, and my pleas to get it elsewhere have gone unanswered so far. Rather than keep you waiting, I figured it's better to have it somewhere than nowhere. It will end up on...

If you want this in a word doc, you can get the SharePoint Monitoring toolkit and then download the file called "SharePoint Management Pack Guides.zip" which include both 2003 and 2007 formats of the content posted here. I personally couldn't handle not...

The SCCP SharePoint Models were just released via the SharePoint team blog about an hour ago. Let me tell you about some of the behind the scenes on this one. Steve Peshka was really the main SME (subject matter expert). I admit I did have some input...

I'm happy to announce the release of the SharePoint Cross Site Collection Configurator ! This functional sample source and solution deployment is designed to be simple to configure and easy to deploy, and is available now on Codeplex. Not only provides...

I assume you've heard the news. I've seen the email signature that Richard sent out this morning popping up on various people's emails now. Even internal people are having a hard time getting in now. :) (That's right, customers have priority!) That...

I've posted some resources over on the SharePoint blog recently and wanted to make sure you don't miss these... Have you deployed WSS 3.0 SP1 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1? If not, we strongly encourage customers to take advantage of the...

I've been working with the SAT team on a tool with a real 3 pronged approach to asset inventory tracking otherwise known as reporting. 1. Discovery - finding what's out there (Ping, Port Scan, Interogation, SOAP & web service calls, etc...) Think...

Those of you who follow my blog, know I'm a big fan and instigator of local crawling (WFE + Index server roles) also known as target boxes, often the target is separate from the index server, my recommendation is to make them the same. Although it does...

What are blogs more than a personal expression? Let me take a break for a second to share some thoughts on one of the greatest men of this time. President Hinkley was my prophet. Something I've been thinking about this evening and will likely be reflecting...

When Hurricane Katrina hit, SharePoint was there. When the Tsunami hit South East Asia, SharePoint was there. Many non profit and humanitarian services and non governmental organizations (NGOs) are using SharePoint. For me it gives me a great feeling...