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Limiting the number of site collections in a content database

In my opinion, part of being a good SharePoint admin is to pay attention to the size of your content databases and try to keep them to a specified maximum size. (Usually for DR reasons) In order to do this, you should limit the number of site collections Read More...
Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 11:04 AM by ronalg | 0 Comments

Object Model exports bad audit log XML

I've recently been doing some work analyzing audit logs for a customer. Exporting the audit logs via the Site Collection's Administration pages reports fails due to the amount of data I'm pulling back, so I've turned to the Object Model to get the data Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:10 PM by ronalg | 1 Comments
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SharePoint Patching Story Improves! (a little bit)

If you haven't had the pleasure of patching WSS 3.0 or MOSS2007, you're missing a real fun experience. If you are one of the folks who've had to go through the pain, there's some good news for you. If you're particularly adept at reading KB articles, Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:40 AM by ronalg | 1 Comments

SQL Maintenance for SharePoint Databases

If you don't already know, you can't treat SharePoint databases like any other database in regards to SQL Server. Here's a listing of articles that talk to what you can do. Before doing any maintenance, PLEASE read these articles. Index fragmentation Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:15 AM by ronalg | 2 Comments

MOSS Farms with Windows Server 2003 and 2008

Due to the confusion around running x86 and x64 in MOSS farms and it's supportability, I wanted to take a minute to talk about Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 machines in one farm. Some of the SharePoint PMs confirmed internally there are Read More...
Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 2:09 PM by ronalg | 1 Comments

MOSS and SQL 2008

If you didn't catch the news, SQL Server 2008 RTM'ed a couple weeks ago. The SharePoint team has quickly announced full supportability for MOSS 2007 on SQL 2008. The SharePoint Team Blog has a full write up with some specifics. Read More...
Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 2:06 PM by ronalg | 1 Comments
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ForeFront for SharePoint Issue

This post's goal is to serve as a word of warning when using ForeFront and SharePoint together. If you're going to disable ForeFront (or any of its services), please first disconnect SharePoint and ForeFront in Central Admin for SharePoint. If you don't, Read More...
Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 1:52 PM by ronalg | 1 Comments

Comparing Dates in a custom SharePoint "Tasks" List

I had a customer question recently that required a bit of thought. They were building what essentially amounted to a glorified tasks list. They had set up numerous fields to collect details, but the two of concern are Due Date and Completion Date. By Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:41 AM by ronalg | 1 Comments

New SharePoint Developer Site

A couple of weeks ago we released a new website for SharePoint that caters to devleopers. If you're a developing on SharePoint, or thinking about it, check this site out. http://www.mssharepointdeveloper.com/ Read More...
Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 11:53 AM by ronalg | 1 Comments

Announcing: Availability of Infrastructure Updates

This morning the product group released the latest build of SharePoint to the web. This is the most up to date, and likely stable build of SharePoint to date. It includes a SIGNIFICANT number of fixes since SP1. In essence, it's a roll up of the roll Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:17 PM by ronalg | 1 Comments

How do files open from the web from SharePoint?

As a SharePoint support professional, I often run into the statement, I don't like how certain documents open from the web with Internet Explorer, specifically in regards to SharePoint. The Product Group has done some work to make sure Office documents Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:57 PM by ronalg | 0 Comments

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 Released

I know I'm a little late to the party with this one, but we released the 1.2 version of VSeWSS in eary June. This adds support for VS 2008. Unfortunately, no 64 bit support. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7BF65B28-06E2-4E87-9BAD-086E32185E68&displaylang=en Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:50 PM by ronalg | 3 Comments

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions User Guide, Version 1.1 Released

Today we released the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions User Guide, Version 1.1 . It covers the following... This is the User Guide, Samples and Walkthroughs for the tools for developing custom SharePoint applications Read More...
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 7:20 PM by ronalg | 2 Comments

SharePoint and Kerberos

Some customers these days have requirements that say they should use Kerberos. It can be a daunting task to set up Kerberos in your environment. MS has published an article on TechNet that helps with this process. This document is a bit hard to find, Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:12 PM by ronalg | 0 Comments

SharePoint Anti-virus scanning exclusions

Occasionally different anti-virus products can interfere with SharePoint operations. The following is a list of suggested locations to exclude from your AV scanner. Remember, this is merely a suggestion, so use at your own risk! 1. %PROGRAM FILES%\Common Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:54 PM by ronalg | 1 Comments
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