Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

So far, I haven’t seen it laid out nicer, so don’t mind me but I’m bookmarking this one… WSS 3.0 (free) vs MOSS 2007 ($$) comparison Powered by www.itgroove.net Sponsored by Major Change (.com) – The Online Change Register

Not too well documented, but if you have the following scenario, you probably need to specify a UNC path to your backup destination instead of a local drive (i.e. use \servershare, instead of d:some_backup_folder). You have MOSS 2007 (or WSS 3.0) You are doing a backup via the GUI or using STSADM SQL Server is …

How to Install and Run Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) Download the BPA from: Microsoft SharePoint BPA Run the executable and extract to (your folder choice may vary): D:TopBPA Then Perform the following: cd topbpa sharepointbpa.exe -cmd analyze -substitutions SERVER_NAME name_of_your_server Note: the ‘SERVER_NAME’ is not *your* server name, that is the syntax telling it you …

Download – Preformatted document libraries for SharePoint SharePoint Templates: Preformatted document libraries for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007 Add preformatted document libraries to your Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. Each library is configured with a Microsoft Office Word 2007 template that generates a new document …

Nice and simple… but stored here so I don’t forget it. @ECHO OFFTITLE Metabase Backup :: %COMPUTERNAME%REM Created by: Sean WallbridgeREM Created: 10:51 AM 3/6/2008ECHO Performing Metabase Backup…REM These backups can be found in IIS Backup/Restore Configuration, to restore when necessary, in the IIS Console.C:cd %Systemroot%System32Cscript.exe iisback.vbs /s %COMPUTERNAME% /backup /b MOSS_Metabase_Backup Powered by www.itgroove.net …

This was a really good note and I decided to copy it rather than reference it (sorry Bryant but link to you is still there). I didn’t want to risk that site being shutdown and not having this. Yes, you can run a second Central Administration (CA) website on a second server. I don’t care …

There are several steps to integrating PDF into SharePoint: Install Adobe iFilter v6.0 Configure SharePoint to include PDF files in search Associate the PDF icon with PDF documents Install Adobe iFilter v6.0 Download the iFilter from Adobe (URL: https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2611) URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2611 Run the installer on each Web Application Server Perform an IISReset Configure SharePoint to …

If you are using SQL Server 2005, you must also change the surface area settingsConfigure surface area settings in SQL Server 2005 1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft SQL Server 2005, point to Configuration Tools, and then click SQL Server Surface Area Configuration. 2. In the SQL Server 2005 Surface Area …

I’m starting to compile a list of SQL perforrmance tools: SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports The reports tool can be downloaded at: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1d3a4a0d-7e0c-4730-8204-e419218c1efc&displaylang=en The only prerequisite is to have SQL2005 SP2 installed, no reboot required. Once installed, from the Management Studio you need to execute setup.sql for each instance on the server. Setup.sql is …

Made the mistake of installing SharePoint with the wizard (not a farm?) and realize at 4GB you are stuck? SharePoint was a pilot but it turned into a MASSIVE production system? You’ll want to read this… Update MOSS – Upgrade SQL Express to Standard or Enterprise If you installed the really basic/standalone way (and have …