How's that for a blog posting title! Oh, and I'll add IIS redirect virtual servers into the mix. I've been working with a customer on detailing all the steps necessary to make this a reality, and I've seen quite a few posts out on some internet searches where a ton of folks are asking this exact...

I had a theory that this caused problems and validated it today while working with a customer who has a large number of content sources spread across multiple indexes. Note: First of all, poking around through the UI to look at all the details of indexes, content sources, etc is a real pain. Thus...

Understanding SharePoint - Part 5 - Keep those webs small if you must use SMIGRATE This is the fifth post in a series in regards to "Not being mislead by what your seeing :)" DISCLAIMER: This post may include steps that guide you through issuing statements against your SharePoint content databases...

Understanding SharePoint - Part 4 - Lock those sites before performing backups to prevent orphaned entries! This is the fourth post in a series in regards to "Not being mislead by what your seeing :)" DISCLAIMER: This post may include steps that guide you through issuing statements against your...

Understanding SharePoint - Part 3 - Just because your database is larger doesn't necessarily mean that your index size will be This is the third post in a series in regards to "Not being mislead by what your seeing :)" DISCLAIMER: This post shows using Query Analyzer to issue statements against...

Understanding SharePoint - Part 2 - The Infamous Query Plan Bug and The Origins of SPSiteManager This is the second in a series of posts in regards to "Not being mislead by what your seeing :)" In the next post in this series, I'll talk about SharePoint index sizes vs the size of your databases...

Understanding SharePoint - Part 1 - Understanding the SharePoint Portal Server Indexer This is the first in a series of posts in regards to "Not being mislead by what your seeing :)" In the next post in this series, I'll talk about The Infamous Query Plan Bug, and the origins of SPSiteManager ...