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Zach Rosenfield, the program manager for MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint server) at Microsoft posted some interesting download stats for the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit - despite the 64-bit version being available for quite a while now, the 32-bit downloads still surpass the x64 version by almost 4 to 1. This is even as recently as September! Zach provides some interesting (and pretty logical) reasons to go 64-bit with SharePoint and all it’s related componentry … I wonder... Read Full Story

If Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) and your database (MS SQL Server) are running together on same physical server, changing the name of the server (computer) using operating system may create non-functional SharePoint website. When you change the physical server name the SharePoint is already connected to the SQL instance of old computer name (OldServerName/SQLInstance) and on changing the name the SharePoint will not able to connect the SQL Server  as now the SQL Server instance... Read Full Story

Book Details *Author(s):George Shepherd *Paperback: 560 pages *Publisher: Microsoft Press *Book Dated:February 23, 2008 *Language: English *ISBN-10: 0735624267 *ISBN-13: 978-0735624269 Description Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in ASP.NET code name Orcas. ASP.NET continues to be an important application platform that delivers a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience. Building on your familiarity with the Microsoft... Read Full Story

Posted by admin in Monday, September 15th 2008    Topics: Ebook Tags: Design, Ebook, OS, RIP, Windows, XP 2 views (No Ratings Yet)  Loading ... Book Structure Part I: Consider This Before You Commit to Project Server 2007 In this section, we lay the groundwork for the deployment of Project Server 2007. First we address the things that you should consider before embarking on the journey of implementing Project Server 2007 and its associated tools. This chapter helps to set the... Read Full Story

I don't know how many of you have been following the recent information around virtualization and SharePoint.    The Wave is complete... Now we see Windows 2008, SQL 2008, and Hyper-V all supported... just don't forget all of their dependencies on WSS and MOSS SP1 (I highly highly recommend the slipstream (with) version for new installs.   Updated KB on SharePoint Virtualization Support http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909840   TechNet article on Using Hyper-V with SharePoint (8/21... Read Full Story

There are various ways that you can customise a SharePoint site, some easier than others. I think that before you take the first steps to customising your environment, you need to consider what your final deliverable is going to be. There seems to be some disagreement on whether site definitions or Features is the way to go. I don’t profess to know the answer to that one but it does seem to depend on what you are trying to do.   For this post I will look at cloning an existing site... Read Full Story

Microsoft Corp. today announced that HDR Inc., a leading architectural, engineering and consulting firm, has implemented an enterprisewide collaboration portal built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to support its growth and commitment to client service. With more than 7,500 professionals in more than 160 locations worldwide, HDR relies on the new portal to deliver an efficient and easy-to-use collaboration environment with advanced security features for its people, intellectual... Read Full Story