Accordion Street Musician Originally uploaded by JohnStover Renaming an Active Directory Domain Services domain name can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. I went through the steps of renaming an existing AD domain today. I did quite a bit of research beforehand but found the thought of rebuilding an entire new… Continue reading RENDOM Thoughts on Renaming your AD or ADDS domain name
Category: SharePoint
Share your Video with SharePoint
Nearly every association, charity, and nonprofit that I’ve ever worked with uses videos in some capacity. Videos for member certification training, videos for volunteer training, videos for free, videos for sale, Learning Management System(LMS) integration, Webinars, Conferences, grass roots mobilization, advertising, member created videos, news and much more. Videos have been in use longer than… Continue reading Share your Video with SharePoint
SharePoint Workflow Configuration or Development
As with any consulting engagement, it is extremely important to understand what is considered “in scope”. What is even more important to the paying client is being clear on what is “out of scope”. Microsoft does a good job of clarifying this question when working with Advisory Services related designing and implementing workflows in SharePoint… Continue reading SharePoint Workflow Configuration or Development
SharePoint Folders vs Metadata… the ultimate battle!
SharePoint has extremely robust content storage capabilities. Being such a robust framework, there are no “wrong ways” to use SharePoint. Sure, I’ve seen SharePoint poorly implemented, but that actually speaks to the capabilities of the platform. Due to the feature rich toolset, there are literally hundreds of ways to configure and use SharePoint. Some are… Continue reading SharePoint Folders vs Metadata… the ultimate battle!
Virtual Hard Drive Conversions: VHD, VMDK, VMWTF
Working with SharePoint, virtual machines are a way of life. At SusQtech, I end up working with a variety of different virtualization formats while supporting our customers and partners. The virtualization platforms that I see most frequently are Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, VirtualBox, and recently, Xen. I really don’t have the time, desire, resources, or money… Continue reading Virtual Hard Drive Conversions: VHD, VMDK, VMWTF
FREE SharePoint 2010 Session in Chicago on July 13
I will be presenting a SharePoint 2010 session on Tuesday morning, July 13, at the Hotel Allegro in Chicago, IL. SharePoint 2010 is poised to completely revolutionize how organizations connect people, processes, and information. SharePoint 2010 has arrived and there are three big questions on everyone’s mind: What are the key functional improvements in SharePoint… Continue reading FREE SharePoint 2010 Session in Chicago on July 13
Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 Stand-alone
SharePoint Foundation 2010 is an incredible product. Not only does it provide robust collaboration capabilities, web site management tools, security management tools, and data integration tools, but SharePoint Foundation 2010 is free. Foundation 2010 is available to download from Microsoft today and can be used for any type of site, internal or external. I’ll be… Continue reading Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 Stand-alone
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part VI: FAQs
I’ve tried to cover a lot of information in this SharePoint Licensing mini-series, but there is still a lot of information to cover. For lack of a better format, I’m also including a SharePoint Licensing FAQ. Q: My company has a lot of employees that will be using SharePoint 2010. Can we just purchase the… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part VI: FAQs
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part V: SharePoint 2010 Licensing Costs
How much does SharePoint cost? Everyone asks about costs and fees (imagine that!). SharePoint license costs change frequently and change by vendor. Each reseller that you talk to will have different prices – definitely shop around. There are also different licensing tiers. If your organization is an eligible charity, then you may get significantly discounted… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part V: SharePoint 2010 Licensing Costs
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part IV: Scenario Examples
For Part IV in my SharePoint 2010 Licensing mini-series, I have put together several different licensing scenarios and detailed the requisite licensing for each. SharePoint is very flexible in both licensing and capability. As with any large company, understanding exactly which licenses you need can be quite perplexing! Hopefully this will shed some light on… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part IV: Scenario Examples