Dave Pae's SharePoint Server WebLog : SharePoint Portal Server 2003

Best practices to backup/restore a super large SharePoint architecture

davidpae — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:52:00 GMT

Microsoft IT supports one if not the largest SharePoint architecture in the world. Here's a podcast to hear how we do it: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=72234c3d-49be-4fb9-9cd1-cf79fe9beea6&displaylang=en

How to add the WSS application templates to SPS?

davidpae — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:42:00 GMT

First, go to this site and download the WSS application templates:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sppt/wssapps/default.mspx

Next, uncompress the downloads to a fileshare and then add them to the portal's site gallery using the stsadm.exe tool.

stsadm -o addtemplate -filename c:\fileLocation\template.stp -title TitleOfTemplate -description DescriptionOfTemplate

After you add the application templates, run iisreset and give it a try.

Microsoft IT Showcase: Managing SharePoint Products and Technologies Performance at Microsoft

davidpae — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:46:00 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8ACF3B81-2DB5-4079-B904-589D2D49BEDD&displaylang=en

Recycle Bins

davidpae — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:08:00 GMT

The next version of SharePoint will have a recycle bin so you don't have to restore from a backup to recover a document "accidentally" deleted from a document library. :)

For the current version, here is a list of recycle bins:

Announcing the SharePoint Utility Suite Release 2.5

davidpae — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:19:00 GMT

Keith Richie sent the 2.5 package of the SharePoint Utility Suite off for update on the SharePoint Products and Technologies Web Component Directory today and it will hopefully be live within a couple of days at http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/downloads/components/detail.asp?a1=724

So you want to deploy SPS2003...

davidpae — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:57:00 GMT

Here are the initial three resources to study prior to starting a SPS2003 deployment project. Plus, there are very good partners to assist with designing a SPS2003 for custom business requirements!

Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 - Deploy
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/sps2003/deploy/default.mspx
Installing SharePoint Portal Server
- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH011714731033.aspx
Capacity Planning
- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH011725111033.aspx

Enterprise Win with SharePoint Webcast: How Del Monte Foods Implemented SharePoint Portal Server 2003 for Extranet and Business Process Workflow

davidpae — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:31:00 GMT

As part of the “Enterprises Win with SharePoint” webcast series join us to learn how Del Monte Foods implemented SharePoint Portal Server 2003 for Extranet and Business Process Workflow. This business-oriented series of webcasts present an excellent opportunity to learn about some of our largest enterprise implementations directly from customers.

Del Monte Foods, which includes the noted brands of StarKist, College Inn Broth, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, and Sausages, has annual revenues that exceed $3 billion. After a major acquisition, Del Monte Foods chose the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 solution to recreate business process workflows such as capital appropriation requests. Attend this webcast to learn how Del Monte Foods has streamlined business processes as well as improved communication with its brokers and business partners using SharePoint Portal Server for its extranet platform.

Friday, April 28^th, 11:00 am - 11:45 am (PST)

For more information and registration click here.

Setting up a SharePoint Extranet

davidpae — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:05:00 GMT

How to setup SharePoint in an extranet:

Reverse Proxy Configurations for Windows SharePoint Services and Internet Security and Acceleration Server
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sppt/wss/revproxy.mspx

Deploy in extranet with separate forest in DMZ
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28245

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Document: Deploying on an Extranet by Using ISA Server 2000 and ISA Server 2004

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4C5BF9DD-3EFB-451D-B213-98ED039190BF&displaylang=en

SQL 2005 Helps SharePoint

davidpae — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:15:00 GMT

New capacity information is available for SQL 2005. Check it out here.

WSS & SPS2003 are not supported in a virtual environment

davidpae — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:03:00 GMT

Virtualization is really hot specifically after the release of Virtual Server 2005 R2. Working with my collegues, they are seeing excellent performance gains running VS2005R2 on 64-bit host servers. Many of my customers are asking about running WSSv2 and SPS2003 in such an environment.

Here are some facts I want to make you aware of:

909840 Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 do not support Virtual PC and Virtual Server for production environments

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;909840

897614 Windows Server System software not supported within a Microsoft Virtual Server environment

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;897614

This is really for a production environment. I run WSSv2 and SPS2003 on Virtual PC 2004 and VS2005R2 in a lab environment for testing purposes. Also, the product group is looking towards some future release of SharePoint that will be supported in a virtual environment.

Using FrontPage 2003 to Design Customized Web Sites Created with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

davidpae — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:29:00 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/office2003/maintain/fp03wss.mspx

SharePoint Resource Kit Chapters on Technet

davidpae — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:57:00 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sppt/reskit/default.mspx

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Technical Library

davidpae — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:53:00 GMT

Start here if you need technical information regarding SPS2003: http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX011209761033&CTT=98