Announcing SharePoint Saturday Dallas, July 25th 2009
Today we are officially announcing the first ever SharePoint Saturday event to be held in Dallas on July 25th, 2009. SharePoint Saturday is a free community-focused SharePoint event dedicated to educating and engaging members of the local technical community. Much like user groups and other community oriented events, SharePoint Saturday draws upon the expertise of […]
Avoiding Bad SharePoint Advice on the Web
As I’m sure everyone knows by now I’m a big fan of community involvement in whatever form it takes – blogs, wikis, CodePlex projects, books, speaking engagements, you name it – if it benefits the greater community and enhances people’s knowledge then you can bet I’ll be behind it 100%. That being said, free information […]
Wandering in the Mac Wilderness (or My Afternoon in the Apple Store)
I know, I know…all this Macintosh stuff is completely off-topic for a SharePoint blog but I just had to get something off my chest here – just delete this one if you don’t dance to the Mac groove. Despite my ranting about how incensed I am over the two-steps back "updates" to the current MacBook […]
Presentation for Utah SharePoint User Group on June 25th
I’ll be presenting a combined IT Pro/Developer session to the Utah SharePoint User Group on June 25th. The session will combine my Configuring MOSS for Optimal Performance and Developing High Performance Applications with MOSS 2007 talks into one to address both audiences. Should be quite the challenge getting all that info into an hour and […]
Note to Apple – Thanks for Nothing
Although most of the buzz coming out of Apple’s WWDC 2009 conference is regarding the new iPhone 3G S, they also made some announcements regarding a revamped line of Macbook Pro’s. Unfortunately, the news is really no news at all for 15 and 17-inch users. As I write this, I’m connected to my blog via […]
Ted Pattison to Speak at June D/FW SharePoint Community Meeting
This month marks the third anniversary meeting of the D/FW SharePoint Community. We’ve made great strides over the last few years, increasing membership to over a thousand registered members, adding breakout sessions to cater to the various interest groups, and expanding the participation of local and regional sponsors. On June 22nd, good friend and fellow […]
Dancing the Netbook Boogie
I have spent a great deal of time (and even greater amounts of money) getting my fancy new Macbook Pro kitted out to be a virtual machine hosting speed demon. With a 2.6Ghz dual-core processor, 8GB of RAM and a blazingly-fast Samsung 256GB SSD inside, this thing is truly a bit-crunching monster. I was extremely […]
Why Twitter Has Already Jumped the Shark
As most folks know I’m not a big fan of the whole Social Networking craze but I’m trying really hard to embrace the new, new thing (which, by tomorrow, will probably be the old, old thing). I once thought that Facebook was the biggest waste of time on the planet but I’m now convinced that […]
DAS vs. SAN in Enterprise SharePoint Architecture
For those who attended my webcast earlier this week, a question came up regarding the performance of Directly Attached Storage (DAS) versus Storage Area Network (SAN) that I felt was not answered adequately. Specifically, the attendee was curious as to why I would recommend DAS over SAN in a highly-scalable environment. The answer isn’t as […]
“Secrets of SharePoint” Webcast 5-20-2009
On May 20th, 2009 at 12:00PM CST I’ll be presenting a webcast entitled "Configuring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Optimal Performance" as part of the Secrets of SharePoint series. This is a 200 (Intermediate) level webcast for Administrators and Architects. I’ll be providing general tips and techniques for optimizing performance in your SharePoint farm […]