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WARNING:  LONG POST! This documents a LAB migration test from SBS2003 to SBS2011 Essentials. All steps performed as per this document from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3231 NOTE: The only currently supported migration from an existing SBS install is from SBS2003 to SBS2011E, no other migration is Microsoft supported (there might be something coming from the SwingIT guys). …

The next generation is now available for Customer Preview.  This apparently includes a preview of the next version of SharePoint as well. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2012/Jul12/07-16OfficePR.aspx

The article below describes how if your underlying SQL server’s IO performance is crap, you can expect that your SharePoint performance will suck too. http://searchcontentmanagement.techtarget.com/feature/SharePoint-performance-sinks-swims-with-SQL-Server-throughput

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we have been in the process of migrating a customer to Office365 in preparation for their migration from SBS2003 to SBS2011 Essentials.  We decided to move them to 365 well in advance of the server migration itself in order to lessen the “shock” of the migration to all …

We (itgroove) suggest that business users wait for 3 months from Windows 8 GA before they jump on the bandwagon.  This allows for the dust to settle, for the techie types to have a solid “kick at the tires” and for all of the mainline LOB vendors to get their act together.  I fully expect …

Read an article on The Reg tonight (here) that describes Microsoft’s new Server 2012 licensing model.  They have slimmed down the licensing model big time and it appears that SBS and Windows Home Server (WHS) have bit the dust.  There is an “Essentials” license that looks very similar to the current SBS 2011 Essentials license …

We (itgroove) have held back a bit on implementing SBS 2011 Essentials for any of our customers while we waited on some of the dust to settle around Office 365.  Now that 365 has proven itself to be a worthy offering we have started talking up SBS Essentials to those of our clients that might …

It’s always struck me as kind of funny how so many of us in the IT world really don’t like to admit that there are techie types out there that are ever-so-much smarter than ourselves.  Perhaps this is not isolated to the tech world but the tech world is where I live so it’s the …

Much has been blogged about SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2 Antivirus exceptions when using SharePoint 2010, but no one seems to have blogged the SQL Server 2012 exceptions.  That being the case, I figured I might as well be the one to do it.  Below you’ll find a list of all the files. **Important …

The SharePoint breadcrumb is a nice feature to have on your pages. However, it doesn’t appear tidy in certain scenarios. For the case below, we’re going to get rid of the "Pages" library link in the breadcrumb of a publishing site. Normal breadcrumb: My Portal -> Pages -> Test Page1 Updated breadcrumb: My Portal -> …