I was doing some searches for SP1 and noticed a number of references with anticipation for SP1 awaiting the big occasion. <update 12/11/07> With the release of WSS and MOSS SP1 a number of new articles are available in the SDK . Snipped from...

Just wanted to do a quick post on database management. Todd Klindt did a great post on moving site collections in a single bound that refers to a very nifty new stsadm command intended for SP1, but included in the October 9 public update called mergecontentdbs...

It's been a wild week. Just got out of Todd Klindt's session. He ended with the new mergecontentdbs command, it came out in the October 9 update public update. Very impressive command. Amazing command, demos very well. He got an applause after moving...

Tomorrow begins the sold out ITForum Europe! You could say it began today with registration. ITForum is right next door. I'm here at the Hilton Diagonal Mar across the street from Diagonal Mar shopping area looking out my window at the Med sea and the...

What NOT to store on SharePoint is a modified post of " What NOT to do on SharePoint " from one I did a few years ago based on WSS 2.0 and SPS 2003 a few things have changed. This question is something I get asked or that comes up whenever migration comes...

I heard someone yesterday going off about how they were freaked out about whether the next hotfix or SP was going to break their environment. Odd I thought. For me I've been here before through the previous versions. Nothing has changed. Before I got...

The deepest most comprehensive content on upgrading customizations is now available. The best minds on upgrade were put together to pull this off. This paper is based on a project I drove though Aeshen. From Bill Baer (MS IT), Sean Livingston (upgrade...

You should check out the Search announcement from Johnathan Kauffman then check out the enterprise search site ... The key thing for SharePoint IT folks already in deployments is to understand this... Search Server Express, Search Server, and Office...

After my initial post on usage reporting I came across a few usage tools that I wanted to share. I have been impressed with the manageability work the Idevfactory has been doing I hope to get a demo soon... the screenshots and capabilities sound pretty...