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Friday, January 16, 2009 11:24 PM

I'm back.

I have resurfaced from the underground. My new blog is at http://www.sharepointmadscientist.com
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Monday, September 22, 2008 1:54 PM

SharePoint Customization Best Practices

At the SharePoint Best Practices Conference, there was quite a bit of interest in customization, specifically best practices for customization in SharePoint. The current bible on that topic was written by my buddy, Sean Livingston, a PM in the SharePoint
Posted by Michael Watson | 2 Comments
Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:50 PM

SharePoint and Virtualization - Better Together!

I'm really excited about virtualization and think it's the best way to streamline deployments and get the most bang for buck out of your hardware. However, there are some important differences between virtual and physical environments that you need to
Posted by Michael Watson | 3 Comments
Thursday, August 28, 2008 6:09 PM

The SharePoint Best Practices Resource Center is live!

Check it out. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb736746.aspx
Posted by Michael Watson | 3 Comments
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 PM

Improving SharePoint with SQL Server 2008

You might have noticed that SharePoint SP1 now supports SQL Server 2008 :-) http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/08/15/sql-server-2008-support-for-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/mikewat/archive/2008/08/19/sql-server-2008-is-now-officially-supported.aspx
Posted by Michael Watson | 12 Comments
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:19 AM

SQL Server 2008 is now officially supported!

Microsoft has announced SharePoint Products and Technologies 2007 (SP1) support for SQL Server 2008. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx for MOSS and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288751.aspx for WSS. (look towards
Posted by Michael Watson | 2 Comments
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:19 AM

I’m Speaking at the SharePoint Best Practices Conference

It’s official. I’ll be at the SharePoint Best Practices Conference September 15 th – 17 th in Washington DC. This will be a great conference. There are a lot of great speakers and sessions and the focus on best practices will cut out all the fluff. If
Posted by Michael Watson | 2 Comments
Monday, August 11, 2008 1:20 PM

Upgrading SharePoint SQL Servers to SQL Server 2008.

SQL Server 2008 is now released and is supported by WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 SP1 and above although we probably won't see a supportability statement anytime soon due to resource constraints with the content folks. I will let you know when the official supportability
Posted by Michael Watson | 5 Comments
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:38 PM

SQL Mirroring Setup Made Easy

In an ongoing effort to simplify mirroring I've decided to post the scripts I use to setup mirroring for myself. There are 9 easy steps to execute. The trick with most of these commands is that they output a script that you will need to copy into the
Posted by Michael Watson | 2 Comments
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:30 PM

SharePoint 2007 Infrastructure Update Released

The SharePoint 2007 Infrastructure Update is a must have install including numerous performance and stability hotfixes. Make sure to install this one. For more info see the SharePoint team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/07/15/announcing-availability-of-infrastructure-updates.aspx
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:36 PM

Content Deployment Rollup has been Released

If you are using content deployment (aka prime) you will be happy to know that the rollup has been released as part of the May 2008 Hotfix package. Find out more here. WSS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952698 MOSS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952704
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:03 PM

Quick Blurb on SharePoint Deployment Best Practices

SharePointJoel , Doron Bar Caspi, and I were interviewed by TechTarget after our *dizzying* session on Geo-distributed SharePoint Deployments at TechEd 08. I'm not sure where Joel's and Doron's audio ended up, but they included portions of my interview
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Monday, June 23, 2008 3:36 PM

SharePoint Reporting - What's Up?

Joel and I had a lot of fun doing this video for TechEd Online about the state of SharePoint reporting. SharePoint Reporting—What's Up? Key Points about SharePoint 2007 reporting. Project and team based site collection administrators will find out of
Posted by Michael Watson | 6 Comments
Friday, June 06, 2008 7:24 PM

The Canadians are Coming!

My new buddy, and PFE extrordinare from Canada, Roger Cormier is blogging now. I'm certain he will have some good stuff soon so bookmark this one. http://blogs.msdn.com/rcormier/
Posted by Michael Watson | 1 Comments
Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:34 AM

I Made the List.

I'm number 65! http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=31 Wow! That's super especially considering how neglected my blog has become since joining my new team. Regardless, I look forward to posting some good stuff in support of my upcoming
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