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April 2006 - Posts

Friday, April 21, 2006 4:56 AM

TechEd Boston - I'll Be There!

I got the news yesterday that I'll be a Technical Expert in the Business Intelligence Track during this year's TechEd ( http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2006/default.mspx ). Come by the booth and feel free to ask me questions about Business Scorecard
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 6:48 PM

Two More Things on SharePoint Disaster Recovery

OK, this will be my last posting on SharePoint DR (for a while) so I thought I would add two important tidbits: (1) I just finished a chapter for my upcoming book on SharePoint vNext (co-authored by Scott Jamison from Microsoft and being published by
Posted by Mauro | 1 Comments
Sunday, April 16, 2006 7:53 PM

One More Tidbit on Having a Good SharePoint Disaster Recovery Plan

I'm still getting emails from folks who attended my SharePoint Disaster Recovery session at SharePoint Connections. That's a good thing! I've tried to “stir the pot” around the discipline necessary to maintain an effective SharePoint DR plan.
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Friday, April 14, 2006 5:25 AM

Great Presentation on Office SharePoint Server 2007

For those of you who did not make it to SharePoint Connections, here is a great slide deck by Mike Fitzmaurice at Microsoft. It gives you an overview of some the new features in Office SharePoint Server 2007. Specifically, it highlights some of the “pain
Posted by Mauro | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:51 AM

"Configuration Database" error trying to use SharePoint Portal Backup Utility

I had someone ask me yesterday about an error he was getting trying to create a backup with the SharePoint Backup/Retsore utility. The error message read “ The configuration database could not be found from this server. In order to backup any components
Posted by Mauro | 1 Comments
Saturday, April 08, 2006 8:41 AM

How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint Disaster and Recovery

As I promised in my Disaster Recovery session ealrier this week, here is a link to a webcast entitled “How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint Disaster and Recovery”... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3114e58e-4a99-44f3-8fb3-e4c81a744f43&displaylang=en
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Thursday, April 06, 2006 5:47 AM

My Session Slides from SharePoint Connections

I'm back from SharePoint Connections. What a great conference! Not only was the Orlando weather picture perfect but the folks at DevConnections ran an unbelievable event. It was an honot to be a part of it. Monday was a full day of presentations from
Posted by Mauro | 2 Comments
Monday, April 03, 2006 7:22 AM

Coveo 4.0 - A Good Thing Just Got Better

I am in Florida this week, speaking at the SharePoint Connections conference. Last night, I met with Eric Negler from Coveo and saw the new features of Coveo 4.0 (Coveo has a search product that snaps into SharePoint). One word... Wow! I have been a big
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