February 2010 - Quest SharePoint Experts Mirror

Body: Just got a (IMO) really cool logo for my blog. (see above) This was created by Gavin White who I found on Crowdsource. I’ve been completely incapacitated recently due to back injury resulting from one of my favorite exercises, the Deadlift . I’m much better at the moment and improving rapidly thanks to my powerlifting chiropractor, Dr Webber , Tylenol extra strength, and alcohol. I will be in Dallas tomorrow for TechFest . I have no clue what that is or who will be there. I’ll be presenting SharePoint Fight Night 2010 – Admin vs. Dev . I’m now a contributor to EUSP and the awesome stuff going on there. Why is the Mad Scientist working on end user content you ask? I’m a problem solver first and foremost and end users have more problems (and more lucrative problems) than administrators...

Body: Mark Miller posted a thought provoking article at http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/02/23/is-sharepoint-2010-relevant/ asking his readers if SharePoint 2010 was relevant as a topic at conferences. To this I answer with my own question: Do you care about doing SharePoint right? That is do you care that SharePoint makes your users productive, is available, and performs as expected? Undoubtedly, you’re answer is an unwavering “YES”. To which I respond, YES! SharePoint 2010 is very relevant to you and as a SharePoint developer, administrator, or end-user and you should be chomping at the bit to get SharePoint 2010 into your organization. Based on my recent conversation with Mark, I believe the spirit of his post was to alert conference organizers that many folks will be using SharePoint...

I happy to announce an incredible speaker line up for the SharePoint Conference at The Experts Conference TEC 2010 . Dates: April 25-28 Location: JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. Live Details: SharePoint The Experts Conference Keynotes: Bill Baer TPM on the SharePoint Team previous MCM Instructor, Joel Oleson MCTS, Michael Noel popular SharePoint MVP, Ben Curry MVP, and Mike Watson former MCM Instructor (SharePoint Scientist) Featured Speakers: Gary Lapointe MVP, Dan Lewis, Zlatan Dzinic MVP, Rick Taylor MCT, Ram Gopinathan Microsoft MCM Top Community Speakers and Leads: Paul Swider, Eric Harlan Microsoft PFE, Becky Isserman (MOSSLOVER), Paul Swider, Philip Wicklund, Karuana, Michael Brengs, and Steve Walch Top Analysts and Authors: Craig Roth, Susan Hanley, Christian Buckley Community...

Body: With all the excitement of Windows Phone 7 series, many are asking the questions… Should I have waited? (Release planned for the Holidays - Nov/Dec 2010) Does SharePoint 2010 have a mobile story? Is that story any better than 2007? Is anyone really using mobile to access SharePoint anyway? The iPhone today has a pretty decent full fidelity experience against SharePoint 2007, and the experience gets better in 2010. With WinMo 6.5 using SharePoint was a pretty rough proposition, and trying to use it to post blogs was a no starter. This experience for WinMo 6.5 changes, and all releasing mobile apps support 6.5, but the interface and resolution alone takes a multi generational jump into the future with Windows Phone 7 series. Actually I’m noticing in the Windows Mobile marketing to both...

I’ve got an upcoming webcast on SharePoint 2010 Upgrade. In the webcast I’ll demonstrate a test-spcontentdatabase from a SharePoint 2007 database doing a database attach and showing the 2010 upgrade UI. We’ll drill into the various methods. I also drill into the various methods and help provide tips and tricks and recommend methods. Webcast: Practical Guidance for Your SharePoint 2010 Upgrade: It’s Not Just Going from Point A to Point B Wednesday, February 17 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT You've heard the basics, but what are the best options for upgrade? During this live webcast, Joel Oleson, Quest senior architect and SharePoint expert, will drill down into the tools, methods, and hybrid options for upgrading to SharePoint 2010. Join us for this information-packed upgrade session with tips...

Default SharePoint configuration is not tuned for your deployment. Did you know by simply planning for it you can easily double the performance of your deployment? This session will focus on tips and tricks as well as best practices around optimizing your SharePoint servers. We'll provide 10 easy steps and methods to optimize your storage, discuss compression options, and tune your worker processes. Don’t forget considering performance from client to server optimization. This presentation will include and address SharePoint 2010 Enhancements and techniques. Attendees will walk away with a step by step methodology and tools to get started today! In this session I’ll walk through: Storage optimization Page optimization Webpart optimization List optimization End to end browser optimization...

Body: I’ve seen and heard this question on twitter a couple of times now… I don’t think it’s a simple question with a simple answer. Definitely not tweetable. SharePoint Conferences and events have exploded this past year. Let’s break this down. (This is not exhaustive. If I’m missing important events I’m sorry, put them in the comments and I’ll consider putting it in the body, but no guarantees.) @ghurlman So if there's to be no # SharePoint conference from Microsoft, what's the best post-2010-RTM conference to hit? Who's going to fill that gap? @idubbs If you could go to ONE SharePoint event, conference, etc this calendar year, which would it be? What is the right X and Y axis to analyze the conference to figure out Best? Is the it the # of speakers, the quality of the speakers...

I’ve been thinking a lot about the SQL 2008 R2 and SharePoint 2010 better together story and wanted to capture some of what’s been floating around in my head. I haven’t seen enough content and blogs on this stuff and hope that this will help spur more conversations on the topic. Mike Watson has put out a couple of well put together posts on SQL 2008 and SharePoint 2010 in his storage considerations post and on SharePoint 2010 high availability improvements . I also put some thoughts on why SQL 2008. With the product team’s announcement of requirements of 64 bit SQL and SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 , many are asking questions. Having spent time with SQL 2008, I do see it as a no brainer to skip 2005 or to simply go with the gold and do the right thing from the beginning. A lot of the high availability...