If you've been playing with WSSv3 or Office Server 2007 and wondering how you're going to monitor it, this is the post for you. Otherwise if you are wishing this post was about 2003, then you're still in luck. The MOM 2005 pack for WSSv3 beta 2 was...

Had an interesting thread with on of my MS IT buddies. The question was around how to get from WSS v2 to Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) the quickest. Below was his response. None of this will make sense if you don't know much about upgrade. Please...

So as not to confuse... I'm referring to orphans in WSSv2 & SPS 2003. Keith's blog and tool are the best out there for now. Keith refers to a fix that's coming in his blog. I'll post info on that as soon as I can. I've had some threads with some...

Here's my " best of " links, tips and tricks on Migration & Upgrade including some links to deployment, so I've included that... Before you think this post doesn't have anything on WCM or CMS check out the MSDN upgrade center. It's the opposite...

Before this week, I'd hear a few people say they came across my blog or read my blog. Last week at Tech Ed, I was blown away by what this has become. I have fans. They love to read my posts. That gives me such a high. Is it ok to say that? A natural high...

For those of you who attended my sessions... Thank you. I heard load and clear that it went well. Other than a couple of comments about it being a cold room. I read those comments and take them very seriously. Even the comments that say, "I need to work...

I hope you were able to attend Steve Tullis's Capacity Planning Session at the SharePoint Conference a few weeks ago. If you weren't, which I'm sure most that read this won't, I'm including a great chart to help with planning on both 2003 and 2007. Note...

When ever you detach and move a database to a new drive, or use SQL log shipping to move the database to a new server, or restore a database from backup.... You'll have issues with SQL FTS (SQL Server Full Text Indexing). Note: If you do have the option...

Requires Windiff or file differencing application. Windiff steps for Custom Portals Compare the following directories recursively with non customized SPS server w/ same version. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions...

I won't post much Dev stuff, but this benefits the performance of the farm/server(s) which I care about. Actually MSWeb is using System.Web.Caching.Cache via Page.Cache in its web parts. The basic tricks are making sure that each element of the...

One of my first big projects on the product team was building a technical DVD. It's been a real eye opener. I've met a ton of people in UA (user assistance) on both the Dev and ITPro side. As well, I worked with the TAP people for customer evidence, and...

A neighbor of mine asked me how to change the immediate alerts in WSS v3/SharePoint Server 2007 to 1 minute. He's doing a lot of demos and doesn't want to wait for 5 whole minutes (default). Below in bold is what I sent him. Another reason you might want...

Got a question about how Microsoft IT does global deployment without consuming shared services across the WAN. We’ve configured the indexing in our Redmond deployment to make MSWeb (our Uber Portal) the central deployment among regional deployments...

2007 Content has really been blasted out on lately. For some reason I couldn't find the link on Microsoft.com when looking today. Must have got barried. If you haven't checked out the client or the server, I highly recommend it. NOW is the best time to...