Managing SharePoint Platform Risk
Many organisations, taking SharePoint on for the first time, opt to go for a single server instance deployment of SharePoint. However, they find it easy to forget in the heat of getting a single SharePoint production environment deployed, that without defining...
Resolution to UpgradeTaskFailConfigSyncDisplayLabel in December CU SharePoint 2010
You may come across this error when attempting to carry out a PSConfig upgrade using office2010-kb2597014-fullfile-x64-glb: An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUpdatedConcurrencyException was thrown. Additional exception information: An update...
Ten Steps to a successful implementation of SharePoint
People have been requesting me do a shortened article to cover SharePoint Implementation from a higher level; a kind of whats my the key steps required to deliver SharePoint to a client. Please note there's a whole bunch of webcasts coming soon to go into some more...
FAST Search Server 2010 – Resolving Unexpected error occurred while communicating with Administration Service
Had issues when configuring FAST on SharePoint 2010, specifically with resolving unexpected errors occurred while communicating with Administration Service. Needed to configure FAST Search Keywords. But, visiting Site Settings for the FAST Search Centre and clicking...
Service Delivery – Working in harmony with external SharePoint agencies
Time for a service delivery article, looking at working with external SharePoint agencies in a SharePoint environment in BAU… If you are operating and managing SharePoint environments for your clients, you may find that there is a business requirement for enhancements...
SharePoint Conference Full Farm Failover Demo – SPC11
At the SharePoint Conference in Anaheim was demoed using SQL Server “Denali” Always On to fail-over a 14.4 TB SharePoint content database to a secondary database server in 45 seconds. Very impressive, and you are able to get more information here including seeing the...
How to find content in SharePoint using Research options in Microsoft Word
Time to talk about an unsung hero in the provision of Search features supporting SharePoint starring Microsoft Office. This guide describes the procedure to enable Research and connect it to an on-premise SharePoint search facility. When the Research option is...
Get Office 365
Collaborate in the cloud with Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync videoconferencing. As a Microsoft Silver Partner in Collaboration Services we are able to provide Office 365 to your organisation. At the highest level of collaboration, one is able to communicate...
A Non-Technical Overview of Cloud Computing – TechNET
On my travels in building an understanding of Cloud Computing and its relationship to Office365, there's a wealth of technical information out there. However, I simply could not find a defininitve source of information until I stumbled onto this link from TechNET:...