So you want to upgrade your MOSS 2007 web content management site to SharePoint 2010?  Here's my recipe of the process we've been following.  Note that this was last updated on the RC version of SharePoint 2010.   The following are the steps that ...[Read More]

I'll be speaking at the next TSPUG meeting on Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  My topic for this meeting is Web Content Management with SharePoint 2010.  I'll be covering the following:   Overview of WCM in SharePoint (site columns, content ty ...[Read More]

I've been writing this blog for a few months now, so I figured it was time to explain a bit about how the blog site is built.   Being a Microsoft Gold Partner focused on SharePoint, I felt we should use SharePoint for our blog sites.  Of course I ...[Read More]

Configuring IE not to prompt for mixed content By default when accessing a SharePoint 2010 site over https, you get the following dialog displayed warning about mixed content (the exact dialog depends on your version of IE and Windows). Th ...[Read More]

I'm excited for the second year to be invited to speak at the SharePoint Summit 2010 in Montreal.  The summit takes place April 12-14, with more information available at www.sharepointsummit2010.com. I'll be presenting two sessions at the summit. ...[Read More]

Ivan Neganov and I are collaborating on a performance tuning session for the January 12th Mississauga SharePoint Users Group meeting.   Here's the synopsis: Performance and throughput are often among mission-critical characteristics of succes ...[Read More]

If you've read my last post at Accessing SQL 2008 Express, you'll be up to date on our upgrade plans.  We've restored the database to our new environment, and we're ready to attach it.  Before starting that there are a few caveats: We still hav ...[Read More]

So we've had SP2010 Beta 2 installed for about a week now, and it's time to get our site upgrade into it again.  We've got a seminar on web content management (WCM) in SharePoint 2010 next week, and having an upgraded version of our site and the H ...[Read More]

I got the email from Microsoft that the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is now available.  This is an early release for members of the Technical Preview (which we are), but I believe general availability will happen tomorrow (November 18th).   The do ...[Read More]

For the second time the last few years I had a chance to present to Nick Bontis' MBA class at McMaster as part of his KM Showcase.  Both Nick and his KM class have built a great following, and it's always fun to join the other presenters and give ...[Read More]