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SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part III: Search, Office Web Applications, and Project Server

In the previous post, SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part I: Foundation, Server, and Designer and SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part II: Windows Server and SQL Server, I covered SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Windows Server, and SQL Server. In this post, I’ll cover additional related products. Microsoft Search Server Express 2010. SharePoint Server… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part III: Search, Office Web Applications, and Project Server

SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part II: Windows Server and SQL Server

While Windows Server and SQL Server are left out of many SharePoint 2010 Licensing discussions, they are vitally important when determining overall cost for any SharePoint 2010 initiative. You cannot run SharePoint 2010 without Windows Server. You cannot run SharePoint 2010 without SQL Server. It is that simple. Windows Server. Let’s start with Windows. Why? … Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part II: Windows Server and SQL Server

SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part I: Foundation, Server, and Designer

SharePoint 2010 is more powerful and easier to use than ever before, but how do you license SharePoint 2010? SharePoint can be hosted on premise (meaning you can host it yourself), hosted in a managed environment (like a Rackspace or FPWeb), or hosted directly with Microsoft with SharePoint Online. Regardless of where or how you… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part I: Foundation, Server, and Designer

Speed Up Your Old Computer Now For FREE with Ubuntu

Ubuntu may be difficult to pronounce, but it can breathe new life into your old computer. I used to spend time and money buying upgrades for laptops and adding faster hard drives and adding more RAM, but I’m convinced that laptops are built to be disposable now. Sure, they may be built to last a… Continue reading Speed Up Your Old Computer Now For FREE with Ubuntu

SharePoint 2010 Active Directory Synchronization Error: MOSS MA not found

When configuring a new SharePoint 2010 server using Active Directory authentication, I was setting up the AD Synchronization and received the error “MOSS MA not found”. This was a simple fix: The Forefront Identity Manager Service was not started. Started up this service and then was able to configure a new AD synchronization connection. To… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Active Directory Synchronization Error: MOSS MA not found

Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 Template Pack for SharePoint 2010 is Now Available

The Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 Template Pack for SharePoint 2010 contains a fully-featured and functional contemporary shopping Web site for use with Commerce Server 2009 that uses SharePoint 2010 as the presentation front-end. The contemporary site offers a contemporary presentation skin on the default site included with Commerce Server 2009. It offers a production quality… Continue reading Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 Template Pack for SharePoint 2010 is Now Available

SharePoint Document Libraries: 2 authors but no exclusive check out

I think that anyone that has even seen a SharePoint demo knows that SharePoint offers robust document collaboration features with the ability for exclusive Check-In and Check-out. Exclusive Check-In and Check-Out is optional and configurable individually within each library. Some of the organizations that I work with have ‘less than savvy’ end users who are… Continue reading SharePoint Document Libraries: 2 authors but no exclusive check out

Sean Bordner will be presenting at this Friday SharePoint 2010 Demo Breakfast Tour

Sean will be presenting on SharePoint 2010 this Friday in Alexandria, VA. Now that SharePoint 2010 has arrived, there are three big questions on everyone’s mind: What are the key functional improvements in SharePoint 2010? What are the practical benefits of upgrading to 2010 What are the costs and risks of upgrading? Many industry analysts… Continue reading Sean Bordner will be presenting at this Friday SharePoint 2010 Demo Breakfast Tour

Microsoft Office 2010, Visio 2010, and Project 2010 Released Today

Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010. Consumers can now purchase Office 2010 at more than 35,000 retail stores across the globe, such as Best Buy, Fnac, Harvey Norman and PC World; through online retailers, including Amazon.com; and direct from Microsoft at Office.com.