"From the Field"- Neil Thompson
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Event IDs 7076, 6482, 6398 in Appplication Log
Symptom Event Type: Error Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 Event Category: (964) Event...
Date: 03/26/2009
Configuration Wizard - Failed to Connect
When specifying the SQL server, Configuration Database name and account for SharePoint you may see...
Date: 04/25/2008
SharePoint - Sample Service Level Agreement (SLA)
This is a very basic sample of a service level agreement for SharePoint. This would be more typical...
Date: 04/23/2008
SharePoint - Governance (Part 1)
Call to action - What parts of governance for SharePoint do you want to hear about? I'll post new...
Date: 04/23/2008
SharePoint 2007 - Incoming Email
There are many little "gotchas" with setting up incoming email for MOSS. Just nit picky little...
Date: 10/26/2007
BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 4 - BAM
Obligatory Introduction BAM is such a good name for this technology for a few reasons. The first is...
Date: 10/23/2007
Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Training Material Roadmap
Training Material Roadmap Author: Neil Thompson (neilth@microsoft.com)Site: Neil’s MSDN Blog...
Date: 10/16/2007
SharePoint Office Server 2007 - Overview WebCasts for Decision Makers
This posting is intented to complement the Training Roadmap for Office SharePoint Server 2007 with...
Date: 10/16/2007
SharePoint 2007 Training Material Roadmap
This blog posting is a page designed to support basic feedback and management for the Training...
Date: 10/16/2007
BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 3 - Clustering
I have had this recurring conversation with customers and partners. Clustering is not a simple...
Date: 09/21/2007
BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 2 - Host and Host Instances
I've seen one too many BizTalk groups with poorly configured Host/Host Instances. So I've decided to...
Date: 07/31/2007
BizTalk Server 2006 - Enterprise Production Considerations - Part 1 - Production Server Topology
Introduction: This post is the first in a series of posts that will describe a number of production...
Date: 07/26/2007
BizTalk gets "General Network Error" under heavy load
This is a fairly common scenario after Windows 2003 SP1 (or greater) is installed, so I thought I...
Date: 07/05/2007
Office 2007 Open Format
Office 2007 users want to see something cool? Save out a word 2007 .docx format, rename the file to...
Date: 06/19/2007
Excessive Blocking when using BizTalk SQL Adapter
------------------------------------- Addendum – June 22 2007: Under absolutely NO circumstances...
Date: 06/19/2007