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• Video - Infrastructure update and the new search functionality

  Thanks to the blog post of Mark Harrison : Infrastructure Update and the new search functionality in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Daryl Gwyn and Mark Harrison This recording will outline the contents of the July Infrastructure Update and... Posted Oct 30 2008, 04:28 AM by Alex blog about Microsoft Filed under: Search, MOSS, Infrastructure, Federated Search

• Complexity bites: When SharePoint = Risk

  think as you age, you become more and more like your parents. Not so long ago I went out paintballing with some friends and we all agreed that the 16-18 year olds who also happened to be there were all obnoxious little twerps who needed a good kick in... Posted Sep 24 2008, 10:47 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Project Management, planning, Strategy, SharePoint, Governance, Risk, ITIL, Sarbanes-Oxley, Security, SQL Server, Infrastructure, SAN, Storage

• Sometimes "Microsoft bashing" is justified

  Microsoft bashing is a favourite pastime of many a nerd. Whether it is justified or not in many cases is debatable since M$ will never please everyone. But the point is, it is cathartic and in actual fact, good therapy because venting your frustrations... Posted Sep 16 2008, 04:59 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Governance, Risk, Troubleshooting, Security, SQL Server, Infrastructure, Active Directory

• SQL God? No… I just know how to do a maintenance plan

  I am working on an essay about IT complexity at the moment, and one thing that sprung into my mind while thinking about this, is the fact that many of my clients seem to think I am some sort of SQL Server guru. There are two sad realities inferred... Posted Aug 29 2008, 04:47 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: Strategy, SharePoint, Governance, Risk, SQL Server, Infrastructure, maintenance plans

• "Ain’t it cool?" - Integrating SharePoint and real-time performance data - Part 2

  Hi again This article is the second half of a pair of articles explaining how I integrated real-time performance data with an SharePoint based IT operational portal, designed around the principle of passive compliance with legislative or organisational... Posted Aug 09 2008, 02:03 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: planning, Collaboration, SharePoint, Governance, ITIL, ISO17799/27001, Sarbanes-Oxley, COBiT, Infrastructure, NETFLOW, WMI, OSISoft, SNMP, real-time, PERFMON, PI, Web Parts

• "Ain’t it cool?" - Integrating SharePoint and real-time performance data - Part 1

  Hi This is one of those nerdy posts in the category of "look at me! look at me! look at what I did, isn’t it cool?". Normally application developers write posts like this, demonstrating some cool bit of code they are really proud of. Being... Posted Aug 08 2008, 02:49 PM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: planning, Strategy, SharePoint, Governance, ITIL, ISO17799/27001, Sarbanes-Oxley, COBiT, Infrastructure, NETFLOW, WMI, OSISoft, SNMP, real-time, PERFMON, PI

• Good advice hidden in the Infrastructure Update

  I guess the entire SharePoint world now is aware of the post SP1 "Infrastructure updates" put out by Microsoft recently. Probably the best thing about them are that the flaky "content deployment" feature has had some serious work done... Posted Jul 19 2008, 04:41 AM by CleverWorkarounds Filed under: SharePoint, Troubleshooting, Security, SQL Server, Infrastructure