I've been clamoring for a SharePoint Reporting solution. Sure the SharePoint Usage reports are cute for the site administrator such as the search reports , and viewing the audit logs on a site. If you aren't even seeing site usage data this troubleshooting...

Bob Mixon (SharePoint MVP) has put together a very interesting free newsletter called the SharePoint Beagle . You can read it online or sign up for it on Bob's site . This months articles feature a backup/restore article by Bob Fox (SharePoint MVP). I...

Got a question today about how to think about the recycle bin. Here are some thoughts. Actually by default there are 2 stages of the recycle bin with built in retention policies and flushing built in by default. You don't have to do anything to take...

Some great content has recently been pushed out to TechNet and in the KBs. While we haven't announced the timing for SP1, you may have heard some customers have been beta testing it and internal testing that's been going on. There was also a post on the...

In the last week I've read a blog posts about SharePoint as a development platform and scratched my head around some of the weak arguments. Great comments by SharePoint MVPs, thanks AC and Spence. Since then AC has done a post on his blog explaining that...

Had a good conversation with a large customer this morning at TechED SEA. They said we have questions about capacity planning, not about users and server and server performance, but about disks, sizing and that kind of thing. <updated Dec 10>...

Sorry if I miss out on anyone, but wanted to share who's here. K2 is in full force here with flat screens and showing off what was once called the "black pearl", which was released last month. If you're looking to do advanced workflows or don't like...

The keynote kicked off a great event. The highlight from my perspective was the Malaysian dancers and the guy dressed up as a peacock, but as far as keynote speakers go, the intro by Chris Atkinson was awesome with a lot of tie ins from The World is Flat...

* This blog post is on my experience here in KL and doesn't contain any SharePoint content per se.* I'm here in Kuala Lumpur, a few weeks ago was KL's 50th anniversary an an independent nation. They've got a lot of promotions around to "visit Malaysia...

I love Asia. I'm nearly on my way. Wanted to give those of you planning to come to TechEd South East Asia a heads up on my sessions. SEP 10 3:00 - 4:15PM OFC212 - Microsoft SharePoint Products & Technologies 2007: Deployment and Advanced Administration...

I could elaborate on this image forever. I've used this PPT smart art as an illustration in my decks recently. The SharePoint Dummies book on the cover has a similar example. I find it helpful to break this down to the level you're working at, but seeing...

I've been looking at SharePoint in building blocks and pieces lately. The WSS manageability controls paper lays out what you can configure at the web app layer vs. a site collection for example. One previous blog post I recommend reading with this one...