Microsoft Search Server 2008 is due to be released later this year. It is a subset of SharePoint Server 2007, containing Windows SharePoint Services (the free add-on to Windows Server 2003 or later) and Search Center (indexing and search). You can currently download a release candidate of Search Server Express Edition The release candidate includes [...]
Read more »I’ve just spent more time than I care to admit trying to kick a SharePoint server to life. The installation completed without a problem. Same too for the configuration wizard. But when it came to actually running SharePoint, the following error message appeared: I’ve never been hit by a runtime error before. At least, not [...]
Read more »Stumbled across a little gotcha during a SharePoint installation the other day. It actually happened whilst creating a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 set-up, but the database software was the problem. The set-up was a single server install running Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory (i.e. as a domain controller). The next step was to install [...]
Read more »[Entire Post reviewed and updated: 17/03/09 to include infrastructure update, 64-bit and farm installation notes] If you are deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, even if you are planning a vanilla deployment (i.e. no bespoke development, using only out-of-the-box features) there is one piece of bespoke configuration you will likely still want – the [...]
Read more »Happy New Year! Sooo, this blog has been a little quieter than planned recently, due to other activities taking priority. But hopefully it will be back on track during January. A quick post for starters. I’ve always been more than a little bit interested in the search capabilities within SharePoint, ever since Microsoft introduced probabilistic [...]
Read more »During the past 2 weeks, one of the technologies I’ve been fiddling with has been Microsoft’s Business Scorecard Manager (BSM) 2005. I went on a 2-day training course last week, picked up an evaluation copy and started playing. Here are some notes on how to install BSM and create your first scorecard. Installation Can be [...]
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