Priyo's SharePoint Blog

SharePoint 2010 Public Beta available now…

priyo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:44 GMT

SharePoint 2010 is now available as a public beta.. visit the links below and download them today!! Microsoft SharePoint Server Enterprise 2010 Beta - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3ed6e43b-22da-4021-8e90-56e47536d772...(read more)

SharePoint Foundation 2010… A simple install

priyo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:50:00 GMT

No this blog is not dead… i must admit I was involved with wide variety of things and honestly speaking didn't had any spare time to Blog…. its a lame excuse .. I know :-). However, I did explore a lot of stuff and learnt a lot as well.. i will be posting...(read more)

Having a custom Admin Content Database in SharePoint 2007

priyo — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:41:08 GMT

One of the common business requirements is to have a custom name for the Admin Content (Central Administration) Database. There are two ways to achieve that. One is to choose the custom name while installation and the second way is to rename the databases...(read more)

DTS_E_OLEDB_EXCEL_NOT_SUPPORTED : Resolved

priyo — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:01:03 GMT

Today morning i was working with a SSIS package and came across this error while running the package through a SQL Agent Job on a 64 Bit WIn SRV 08 running SQL 08 SP1. A little more about my dev environment: My Dev machine is running a 64 bit Win 7 RC...(read more)

Do I need SP1 for WSS and MOSS before I install SP2

priyo — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:37:07 GMT

A question on everyone's mind now!! The answer – No You don't. SP2 has the following inbuilt:-) This service pack includes the following updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: · Service Pack 1 · Infrastructure Update...(read more)

More about SharePoint 2007 SP2

priyo — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:26:36 GMT

If you haven't read it yet there is a nice document posted here that has overall view of the great enhancements made in SP2. For your convenience the extract of the document is below… Performance and Availability Improvements Windows SharePoint...(read more)

SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 SP2 is here….

priyo — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:11:26 GMT

The long awaited SP2 for MOSS and WSS is here!! Download them from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b7816d90-5fc6-4347-89b0-a80deb27a082 Description is available here - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953334...(read more)

Error: Essentials is already installed in this domain

priyo — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:32:33 GMT

Recently I am working on a project where i am using SCE 2007 to monitor MOSS. Yesterday my DC crashed while merging snapshots and hence i had to start all over again. I was about to install SCE when it came up with a error that said SCE is already setup...(read more)

How to install System Center Essentials on Windows Server 2008

priyo — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:02:33 GMT

Recently I was working on a project and preparing a Lab environment. The goal was to install and configure MOSS on Windows 2008 and SQL 2008 and monitor it with SCE. Since I faced some roadblocks while trying to install and configure SCE on a Win 08 VM...(read more)

Move MOSS 2007 from test to production

priyo — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:05:33 GMT

I get this question quite often and frankly speaking there is no one way of doing it. This is what I do in my environment.... Note: this process can also be followed in case of Migrating the MOSS farm from 1 server to another. Of coarse you can...(read more)

Remotely reboot Windows Server 2003

priyo — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:56:43 GMT

I know I know its a SharePoint Blog. But I faced this problem in my server farm and thought of posting it so that it helps somebody else too... So this is what happened:- I came to office and logged on to my Remote Desktop Console to take a look in my...(read more)

Microsoft Search Server 2008

priyo — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:03:51 GMT

Its there and its there to rock!! Microsoft Search Server 2008 is launched. Read what Forrester has to say about it... "...MSSE has a substantial set of capabilities, most notably its connectivity to many intranet- and Internet-based resources, including...(read more)

Crawl Lotus from MOSS

priyo — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:55:36 GMT

One of the great feature of Microsoft Enterprise Search - crawling a Notes Database through MOSS. Though the protocol handler is installed by default with the MOSS installation it is not enabled by default. To enable the crawler to work read the great...(read more)

MOSS and SAP Integration

priyo — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:44:00 GMT

Some really good information on SAP and MOSS Integration available at the following post: http://blogs.msdn.com/joanna_bichsel/archive/2007/09/25/sap-integration-with-moss.aspx . and the following link on MS Site: http://www.microsoft.com/isv/sap/technology/interop/sharepoint.aspx...(read more)

MOSS Deployment - How to mix 32 bit and 64 bit servers

priyo — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:52:27 GMT

One most common deployment questions that I get is whether it is possible to to have a mix and match of 32bit and 64bit servers in the same server farm. In short the answer is yes, you can. A little more explanation on this.... The inevitable scenario...(read more)