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
Firefox 4 Beta Released
Clearly, I am glutton for punishment. Anytime there is a new Beta/Alpha/Release Candidate/Pre-release, I immediately download it, install it, and hope my computer keeps working after the install. Why is it that I need to reformat/reinstall my entire environment every 6-9 months? Ponderous. If you’re as daring, feel free to participate in the open Firefox… Continue reading Firefox 4 Beta Released
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
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