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Completly Unrelated to SharePoint But Bought a New Motorcycle Today CBR1000RR Fireblade
16 June 09 06:02 PM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

This bike is awesome at 160 Horses. http://cid-732d673e5904257f.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/FirebladeCBR1000RR/Fireblade%2008.jpg I am so excited.... Read More...

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Important TSQL, Databases & Tables for Troubleshooting
05 June 09 11:09 AM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

IMPORTANT - DIRECT MODIFICATION OF ANY SHAREPOINT DATABASE IS UNSUPPORTED. This doesn't mean you can't peak though. Important Tables I have found usful for troubleshooting. I will publish as I define more. Contentdb ImmedSubscriptions / SchedSubscriptions Read More...

Importing Publishing Sites To Different Levels Unsupported
02 June 09 11:32 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

So if you move a site from a SPWeb to a SPSite and it is a publishing site you should expect an array of problems and unpredictability. In otherwords don't make a subweb a top level site. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT DO THIS! IT IS UNSUPPORTED! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/968483 Read More...

MOSS SP2 Upgrade Process - Step By Step
02 June 09 11:29 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

MOSS SP2 Upgrade Process: As defined and cleansed by http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx#section1 Database Maintenance: 1. Run MOSS BPA and resolve any problems defined 2. Stop the www service and disconnect any users 3. Run DBCC Read More...

IOPS
02 June 09 11:16 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

Because I get asked so often about what are the best practices for IOPS. I thought I would summerize from our article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850692.aspx Type RAID level Spindles Optimization TempDB [RAID 1+0] - 10% of total database Read More...

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Know Your Updates
23 April 09 03:07 PM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

Several people have encountered the problem of confusing cummulative updates(Infrastructure Update KB951297) where we update all of MOSS and the Oct and Dec patches where we update only certain components. For clarity in a Cummulative Update we update Read More...

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Regression in July Cummulative update For SharePoint
05 August 08 04:31 PM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

Beware that we have come across a regression in the July patch involving reverse proxy. If you are using this functionality you should hold off until a patch is created. Also the product team has created a blog just for the July patch . I would encourage Read More...

QUESTION - I am Program Manager Charged with Implementing SharePoint - Now What?
26 May 08 01:44 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

This post is targeted towards the large customer and may not completely apply to medium or small organizations. This my list of the top ten priorities that a PM should focus and consider when given this task. This is a high level overview based upon my Read More...

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My Bookshelf
25 May 08 06:40 PM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

How I leaned to code for SharePoint. It took lots of work through Trial and Error. Learn C# Learn ASP.NET Learn Javascript, XML and XSLT Learn SharePoint Training Courses Mindsharp WSS Workshop Learn Powershell: Read More...

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SSL and Authenticode Causes CRL lookups if Your Machine Cannot Access the CRL for Verification
06 May 08 06:52 PM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

Special Thanks to Tim Walton for Researching And Contributing This. PROBLEM: Slow response from custom SharePoint Application components may be happening because we are seeing a timeout going to the Certificate Revocation List. As I understand the behavior Read More...

QUESTION: I Need a Good SharePoint Admin. What should I be looking for?
26 April 08 03:35 PM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

I thought I might spend of a few minute with my answer to this question that seems to be coming up with managers more often with each passing day. My response is complicated to explain to becuase the answer is always you are asking the wrong question Read More...

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Decisions About When To Use a Farm, Web Application, Content Database or Site Collection
23 April 08 11:14 AM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

I wanted to say a few things that may help when deciding upon when a Farm, Web Application, Content Database and Site Collection are necessary. For the purposes of this discussion I am defining a Large organization as any organization implementing a medium Read More...

MOSS SP1 Upgrade Process Step By Step
21 April 08 10:02 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

MOSS SP1 Upgrade Process: As defined and cleansed by http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx#section1 Database Maintenance: 1. Run MOSS BPA and resolve any problems defined 2. Stop the www service and disconnect any users 3. Run DBCC Read More...

Controlling PeoplePicker Content
14 April 08 04:14 PM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

You have two choices, you can use either of the following stsadm cmds: searchadcustomfilter or setsiteuseraccountdirectorypath. setsiteuseraccountdirectorypath: When people picker resolves the user, it will check whether the user exists in the site collection Read More...

Virtualization Known Impacts
27 March 08 03:26 PM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

VMWare could impact Windows services that depend upon the Windows Time Service for maintaining time synchronization across systems. Apparently the proper way to keep the guest time synced is to use the VMWare TimerSync and not the default Windows Timer Read More...

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