"From the Field"- Neil Thompson

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Event IDs 7076, 6482, 6398 in Appplication Log

Symptom Event Type: Error Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 Event Category: (964) Event...

Author: neilth Date: 03/26/2009

Configuration Wizard - Failed to Connect

When specifying the SQL server, Configuration Database name and account for SharePoint you may see...

Author: neilth Date: 04/25/2008

SharePoint - Sample Service Level Agreement (SLA)

This is a very basic sample of a service level agreement for SharePoint. This would be more typical...

Author: neilth Date: 04/23/2008

SharePoint - Governance (Part 1)

Call to action - What parts of governance for SharePoint do you want to hear about? I'll post new...

Author: neilth Date: 04/23/2008

SharePoint 2007 - Incoming Email

There are many little "gotchas" with setting up incoming email for MOSS. Just nit picky little...

Author: neilth Date: 10/26/2007

BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 4 - BAM

Obligatory Introduction BAM is such a good name for this technology for a few reasons. The first is...

Author: neilth Date: 10/23/2007

Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Training Material Roadmap

Training Material Roadmap Author: Neil Thompson (neilth@microsoft.com)Site: Neil’s MSDN Blog...

Author: neilth Date: 10/16/2007

SharePoint Office Server 2007 - Overview WebCasts for Decision Makers

This posting is intented to complement the Training Roadmap for Office SharePoint Server 2007 with...

Author: neilth Date: 10/16/2007

SharePoint 2007 Training Material Roadmap

This blog posting is a page designed to support basic feedback and management for the Training...

Author: neilth Date: 10/16/2007

BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 3 - Clustering

I have had this recurring conversation with customers and partners. Clustering is not a simple...

Author: neilth Date: 09/21/2007

BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 2 - Host and Host Instances

I've seen one too many BizTalk groups with poorly configured Host/Host Instances. So I've decided to...

Author: neilth Date: 07/31/2007

BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 1 - Production Server Topology

Introduction: This post is the first in a series of posts that will describe a number of production...

Author: neilth Date: 07/26/2007

BizTalk gets "General Network Error" under heavy load

This is a fairly common scenario after Windows 2003 SP1 (or greater) is installed, so I thought I...

Author: neilth Date: 07/05/2007

Office 2007 Open Format

Office 2007 users want to see something cool? Save out a word 2007 .docx format, rename the file to...

Author: neilth Date: 06/19/2007

Excessive Blocking when using BizTalk SQL Adapter

------------------------------------- Addendum – June 22 2007: Under absolutely NO circumstances...

Author: neilth Date: 06/19/2007