Moving All SharePoint Databases to a New Server
Posted: February 13, 2009 Filed under: Administration, MOSS, SharePoint, WSS 1 Comment »The SharePoint team has released a new procedure on how to move SharePoint databases across servers. Until they are able to do so, it is available in the Microsoft download site at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=65686896-c171-46a8-a95f-54f43ad79952&displaylang=en
There are 2 separate procedures and both can be downloaded on the same page. One for moving databases to a server with the same name, and one for moving databases to a server with a different name.
Remember, This procedure is meant to move “ALL” SharePoint Databases to a new server. However, they are not able to publish it on TechNet at the time.
SharePoint Developer Training – Weekend Crash Course in Houston Texas
Posted: February 10, 2009 Filed under: Development, MOSS, SharePoint, Training, WSS 8 Comments »I am now offering this same course with Field Advantage Training, the name of the course has been changed to SPDC101 – Core SharePoint 2007 Development. Check us out at http://www.fieldadvantagetraining.com/ for the latest information on upcoming sessions, pricing, and new courses.
This course is designed to cover the most common and critical SharePoint development topics I’ve come to expect from SharePoint implementations, based on several years of experience across multiple industry sectors. The course is meant for experienced .NET developers with entry to mid level SharePoint development experience.
The class will consists of a series of floor discussions and instructor led hands-on labs. The full agenda has been listed below. Attendees will need to bring their own laptops, for which I have posted minimum requirements (see hardware and software requirements below.)
Attendees will receive:
- An external USB 2.0 Hard Drive with 80 GB or more of storage
- A Virtual PC image running trial versions of Windows 2003, SharePoint 2007, and Visual Studio (included in the hard drive.)
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Core Concepts (8:30 am – 9:45 am) 15 minute break Extending the Out of the Box Experience (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) 1 hour lunch break Custom Web Part Development (1:30 pm – 2:45 pm) 15 minute break Custom Site Definitions (3:00 pm – 5:00) |
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Feature Development and Feature Stapling (8:30 am – 9:45 am) 15 minute break Content Types and Event Handlers (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) 1 hour lunch break Custom Application Pages and Extending the Menu System with Action Items (1:30 pm – 2:45 pm) Instructor led Hands On Lab 15 minute break SharePoint Solution Packaging and Deployment (3:00 pm – 5:00pm) |
Hardware and Software Requirements:
- Laptop computer with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz with Hyper Threading or Dual Core Technology
- RAM capacity of 2 GB minimum (3-4 GB recommended)
Must be able to allocate a minimum 1 GB of RAM to the Virtual OS - Operating System: Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista
- Additional Software: Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft XPS Viewer
Additional Information:
- This course is not meant to provide an introduction to SharePoint or the .NET framework. Attendees are expected to have experience with the SharePoint platform as well as .NET development with Visual Studio.
- Registration will be limited to 20 individuals.
| Cost: | 550 US dollars per person (group discount rates available) |
| Location: | Catapult Systems, Houston 10370 Richmond Ave. Suite 1250, Houston, TX 77042 |
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1. Click here to download the registration form Please refer to http://www.rafelo.com/sharepointtraining for the latest information. |
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 (In Vegas) Open for early registration
Posted: February 3, 2009 Filed under: Events, MOSS, SharePoint, WSS Leave a comment »Microsoft has just announced the SharePoint Conference 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 19-22, 2009. They are calling it the conference to learn about SharePoint “14”. Go to http://www.mssharepointconference.com/ for more information, including early registration specials.
SharePoint – Architecting for Success
Posted: February 2, 2009 Filed under: Best Practices, Design, Methodology, MOSS, Planning, SharePoint, WSS 1 Comment »Last week, I gave a presentation on “Architecting for Success” at the SharePoint Technology Conference in San Francisco. It was a subset of full day workshop titled “Success with SharePoint – From Start to Finish”. For those of you interested, I’m making the presentation available for download here. (http://www.rafelo.com/ArchitectingforSuccess.pptx)
Integrating Project Server with your SharePoint Farm
Posted: February 1, 2009 Filed under: Best Practices, Design, Planning, Project Server, SharePoint 4 Comments »This topic has been coming up quite a bit for me recently, specifically the integration of Project Server with an existing SharePoint 2007 farm. I happen to have a strong opinion about it; whenever possible keep Project Server in a separate farm from that of your Portal, Intranet, and Extranet sites. Clearly, I cant make this recommendation for every scenario… but I do believe it’ll apply the vast majority of the time. If for whatever reason you can’t have more than one farm (it may very well be out of your hands), I will include some tips or best practices to help keep your farm in harmony.
Why separate farms? While Project Server relies heavily on SharePoint for the vast majority of its features (quite the understatement); Project Server environments are generally used very different from how Portals, Intranets, Extranets, and ECM environments are used. Having them on different environments allows for easier maintenance of one without impacting the other; this is particularly important with upgrades.
So how does integrating Project Server with the farm hosting your other environments affect it? For starters, if you are planning on upgrading either your standard SharePoint or Project Server sites; you cant really upgrade either without upgrading the farm… and since all are sharing the same farm, your not really left with much of a choice, unless you split them out while performing the upgrade… and now you’ll have 2 projects on your hand.
Also keep in mind that the user base will be completely different, as will be the stakeholders, and any project sponsors; as such, any SharePoint related initiatives of one group will have to be coordinated with the others. You’ll also likely have separate SLAs and governance for each environment.
If you only have one farm available, there are a couple of things you can do to help:
1. Keep the Project Server (PWA and Workspace Sites) in their own separate web applications. This setup will lend itself for an easier migration to a separate farm if an upgrade or separation is ever required, and allows for better segregation of both administrative and maintenance tasks.
2. Having a dedicated WFE (Web Front End) for your Project Server sites will help improve performance.
