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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 55,000...
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Microsoft SharePoint 2013: Designing and Architecting Solutions
It has been quite some time since my last blog post. With the release of SharePoint 2013, I spent my focus working on my new book Microsoft SharePoint 2013: Designing and Architecting Solutions; it...
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SPC12 Speaking Schedule …
Like many of you, I am anxiously awaiting SPC 2012. I am presenting three topics this year. Gathering Requirements: Asking the Right Questions for Building a SharePoint 2013 Environment SPC102...
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Gathering Requirements for SharePoint 2013
The implementation of Microsoft SharePoint 2013 will be conducted in several distinct phases that include: Discover and Refine Requirements Analyze and Prioritize Requirements Design a Solution That...
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How secure is your SharePoint Farm account?
Lesson: The SharePoint Farm account should not be a local or domain administrator. The Farm account should have limited use! Microsoft SharePoint offers a great deal of features that helps solve many...
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Central Administration and SSL
Lesson: ALL Microsoft SharePoint sites should be encrypted. It is easy to do. In a large number of Microsoft SharePoint farms that I have reviewed over the past few year, most lack encryption. In...
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Get the Password of Microsoft SharePoint Managed Accounts
Lesson: Do not use SharePoint Managed Accounts as administration or installation accounts! From time to time, the folks who built a Microsoft SharePoint farm may not be available or remember the...
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SharePoint 2013 Ports, Proxies and Protocols Diagram
Lesson: You should know which ports, proxies, and protocols are needed for your particular scenario. Include them in your documentation! Marek Samaj created a diagram of the Microsoft SharePoint 2013...
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Shortcuts in Configuring Technology Solutions
Over the last couple of years, I have reviewed many environments. Very few have been great, some have been good, most have left little to be desired. Most technologies are fairly easy to install but it...
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The Aftermath of Launching the SharePoint Farm Configuration Wizard
After installing Microsoft SharePoint and executing the Products and Configuration Wizard, a browser is opened asking if you would like to start the SharePoint Farm Configuration Wizard. If you have...
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