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May 2009 Blog Posts

SDN Event June 26th, Houten, Netherlands

I will be speaking at the Software Development Network event in Houten, Netherlands on June 26th. SDN is a really strong community in the Netherlands and it is a great privilege to be selected as a speaker there amongst some other great talent. I will be presenting the following sessions: Mythbusters – debunking common SharePoint Farm Misconceptions. For admins and devs alike this popular session has once again been updated with brand new content around Agile Farms and planning for SharePoint 2010, especially for the SDN...

Configure disaster recovery across SharePoint farms by using SQL Server log shipping

The excellent guidance over on TechNet regarding DR farms using Log Shipping has been updated with additional details for SP2 and some excellent coverage of pre-requisites, fundamental planning considerations and performance. Essential reading for SharePoint administrators (even if you haven’t implemented Log Shipping in your solution). Configure disaster recovery across SharePoint farms by using SQL Server log shipping

Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : Attention: Important Information on Service Pack 2

You simply must read this Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : Attention: Important Information on Service Pack 2

Adventure Works Travel finally hits the web

For those that have attended any of my recent sessions on SharePoint Web Content Management you will have already seen the Adventure Works Travel (AWT) sample site. This sample has now (finally) been released into the wild, and you can grab it at www.mssharepointdeveloper.com. Also available are a number of training modules which I contributed towards. On the right hand side, swivel the navigation to the SharePoint on the Web section to access the training and the sample. The AWT sample provides excellent guidance on building publishing sites using Office SharePoint Server’s WCM features. I know a few folks won’t thank...

Multiple SharePoint SSL Web Applications on Port 443

On a number of occasions I’ve been asked for my “cheat sheet” for setting up multiple SharePoint Web Applications using SSL and listening on Port 443. Whilst this might seem a straightforward task there are a few key things about SSL which are not well enough known, and surprise surprise, SharePoint makes life a little more difficult due to it’s total ignorance of correct addressing. This article is basically a tidied up version of the cheat sheet, along with a little bit of further explanation. This is primarily so I have something to point people to when asked about the...

Supportability of my Central Admin article approaches

Recently a bunch of people have asked me about the supportability of the approaches to providing “high availability” for SharePoint Central Administration I detailed in my article SharePoint Central Administration: High Availability, Load Balancing, Security & General Recommendations. This short update is to clarify the situation following discussions with Microsoft Premier Field Engineers on the matter. Running Central Administration on more than one server in the farm is 100% supported, and indeed a recommended best practice. Load Balancing Central Administration is 100% supported. And even if it wasn’t it wouldn’t matter as you can simply take load...

Reality check: Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint 2007

At the end of last month, James Petrosky the acting Program Manager of the SharePoint Certified Master program introduced the first SharePoint MCMs over on the Master Blog, which was reposted by Dave Pae over on the SharePoint Team Blog. Since then the MCM has come up in a number of conversations on various blogs, in their comments and elsewhere. It is apparent from these that there remains some unfortunate misconceptions about the MCM and this post is an attempt to address them. For whatever reason many assumptions about the program have been made, which are just plain wrong....