Capacity planning for your Hyper-V Virtual Machines is one of the more critical activities you will undertake in your virtualized server environment. How many CPUs, how much RAM, and how much disk space will largely vary by the server role. In this regard you should treat your Virtual Machine with the same requirements of a …
Your Virtual Machine Guests in Hyper-V should be treated like any other Operating System. They should be updated, defragmented, monitored, and fine tuned for performance. Here is the primary link you will want to reference for installation, configuration, and performance of Hyper-V Virtual Machines: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753637(WS.10).aspx (Don’t forget to use the Best Practices Analyzer for Hyper-V!) Specifically, …
SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been announced with a expected end
of June release. Complete details on the announcement of Service Pack 1 for
Office and SharePoint 2010 can be found at:
Details are forthcoming, but highlights for SharePoint 2010 SP1 include:
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SharePoint 2010 is a great tool, and far improved over SharePoint 2007… but
here are a few items that could help take SharePoint to the next level.
1) Global navigation across site collections with security trimming.
2) Global Content Rollups, including out of the box Data Views.
3) Metadata based security (Ex. A document tagged “top secret” can’t be
found based on its metadata unless a user has rights to view it [without using a
folder that houses all “top secret” documents]).
4) Auto-grow capacity where SharePoint automatically creates Content
Databases once a limit is reached, or Content Databases at the Library and List
Level (No more creating 15 Document Centers when you have capacity constraints
and only need 6 Libraries!).
5) No Limits on the Send To size of Document Sets and Documents.
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Most of the LED and LCD TVs on the market today contain some sort of Ethernet port or proclaim an “Internet Ready” or “Smart TV” capability. However, once you get into the details, it becomes quickly apparent that the TV manufacturers have very different meanings for what is considered a “Smart TV”. These TVs typically run on an App …
Currently, “when you use the Send to feature with a Document Set, the sum for all documents in a Document Set cannot be larger than 50MB” (Source: TechNet). This limitation has caused a burden for many organizations as they easily extend beyond 50 MB but still require the routing of Document Sets for scenarios such as sending to Records Centers, alternate sites for review/approval, and custom workflow requirements.
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Blogs within a SharePoint environment can serve multiple purposes and be targeted to various audiences. They can be informal, used in team sites for collaboration, or at the Enterprise level to disseminate information from leadership.
The features within SharePoint blogs contain far more than simple text posting capability. Blog posts can be quickly created in rich text or html and include tables, images, video, audio, links and documents. Building upon the SharePoint platform allows for a robust list structure with ease of use in creating and managing post, categories, comments and links. Further enhancements include discussion boards and surveys.
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Redmond – Microsoft announced the release of its latest Server Operating System named Windows Server 2008 R2-D2. Features include: Brooks Propulsion rocket booster Cable gun Oil injector Claw arm Fusion cutter Holoprojector / Recorder Internal comlink Periscope Electric pike Propeller Hidden lightsaber compartment with ejector Fire extinguisher / Smoke Screen Small Saw Air Cannon Crashmat …
I was in desperate need of an extra monitor while working on the road with my laptop, but carrying around an extra LCD monitor didn’t quite fit the requirement of “being mobile.” What I needed was just an extra, smaller screen for email/internet/documents… but how could I achieve what I needed without another giant LCD? Answer: …
Here are some simple steps for creating a Hyper-V Virtual Farm for Development and/or Testing. This is focused on the Networking aspects, and not the installation of the actual Virtual Machines. It assumes you will create the following Virtual Machines (Please note that the RAM allocations are ones I used for my needs [with an …