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MOSS SharePoint 2007 SSP migration to SharePoint 2010
Jun 11th
In SharePoint 2010 there isnt any Shared Service Provider SSP. There is a recommended pathway by Microsoft for upgrading your Microsoft Office SharePoint Service (MOSS) 2007 SSP database to SharePoint 2010.
Basically, the “SSP” in SharePoint 2010 consists of various “Service Applications”. I.e User Profile Service, Mysites (which is runs off the User Profile Service) and Managed Metadata Service.
No doubt, depending on your SSP functionality, there is excel services and the BDC which has seperate SharePoint 2010 Service Applications.
Search is now an OOTB Out of the Box ’service’ in SharePoint 2010. I have also written other posts in this blog on Search on SharePoint 2010 with specific focus on the more superior FAST Search for SharePoint 2010.
Here is the pathway you can follow to migrate your SSP into SharePoint 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263299.aspx#SSP
Upgrade the shared services database
- Create an application pool for the User Profile service.
- Verify that the Managed Metadata service is enabled.
- Enable the User Profile service and upgrade the SSP database.
- Create a new proxy for the User Profile service application and associate it with the default proxy group.
Here is the pathway you can follow to migrate your SSP into SharePoint 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263299.aspx#SSP
FAST Search 2010 for SharePoint 2010 demo
Jun 4th
This is a good demo on some features of FAST Search 2010 for SharePoint 2010.
Learn on the improvements in FAST Search 2010.
Learn on the improvements in FAST Search 2010.
Important StatusStatus: This page has been declared a record or placed on hold and is locked as read-only
Jun 3rd
In SharePoint 2010, you may experience this message on your page that you are trying to edit/view:
Important StatusStatus: This page has been declared a record or placed on hold and is locked as read-only
Solution:
1. Ensure that no other users have checked-in the page. You may have to ensure that the page has been Checked-out for you to to edit the page.
2. Ensure you have the appropriate permissions to edit the page.
SharePoint 2010 product key
Apr 11th
SharePoint Server 2010 Beta (Enterprise CAL features):
PKXTJ-DCM9D-6MM3V-G86P8-MJ8CY
SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites Beta, Enterprise:
BV7VC-RMR6B-26P6Y-BTQDG-DX2KQ
SharePoint 2010 Search issue Internal server error exception. Troubleshoot issues Correlation ID
Apr 8th
When you search in SharePoint 2010, you may get the following error:
Error
Internal server error exception
Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation.
Correlation ID: de2996f1-a6c9-42fb-a6da-e5fc7d769069
Solution:
You will have to install the following hotfix
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166231
For Windows Server 2008 R2, Hotfix for.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 that provides a method to support the token authentication without transport security or message encryption in WCF (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166231).
SharePoint 2010 FBA – Forms Based Authentication
Mar 20th
Forms Based Authentication (FBA) allows a web user to access a SharePoint site and get access to the relevant permissions normally imposed using the groups and permissions within SharePoint. This is basically done by creating a database outlining the necessary roles and permissions that SharePoint can lookup to define what sort of permissions the user has when they logged in externally.
Here is a good article that explains how to set up FBA – Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint 2010.
Remote BLOB Storage – RBS SharePoint 2010
Mar 19th
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 caters for farms with large storage needs. SharePoint 2010 has implemented RBS – Remote Storage BLOB. With RBS, you can store BLOBs from the all_docs table and customised pages in the database stored in different location from the database, such as a file system in your network! This reduces the amount of database storage in SQL. To use RBS, a “provider” is required. The RBS provider architecture is ‘plug n play’ with SharePoint 2010. This means that third-party vendors can create and sell their own RBS provider products commercially with specific capabilities. (idea!).
For example, a third party backup vendor can use an RBS provider as part of their backup and restore capability.
The RBS architecture provides another degree of freedom for the storage of content. Its intention is to be used natively by SharePoint during the upgrade process and by third party vendors that provide storage benefits as a service.
PowerShell Commands for SharePoint 2010
Mar 19th
Here are some (over 400) PowerShell™ commands for SharePoint 2010! These can be run remotely (Powershell 2.0).
Stsadm will still be functional in SharePoint 2010. Powershell is not DOS based. Its .NET based. 
Windows PowerShell™ is the new command-line interface and scripting language specifically designed for system administrators that will be used for Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010 administration. Although both Cmd.exe and Stsadm.exe environments will be maintained for backward compatibility, SharePoint Server 2010 command-line administration will use Windows PowerShell. For practical purposes, you can view Windows PowerShell as complementing Cmd.exe in the Windows administration context and superseding Stsadm.exe for SharePoint administration. You might ask yourself, What’s so unique about Windows PowerShell? Well, unlike most command-line systems that accept and return text, Windows PowerShell supports and uses XML and objects. XML and object support is a pretty major change that brings entirely new tools and methods to greatly improve control, efficiency, and productivity for developers and administrators.
Hope you find these commands useful for the future. Be sure to bookmark this page for future reference.
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Free SharePoint 2010 Training webinar: PowerShell Boot Camp – March 25, 2010
Mar 16th
SharePoint 2010 is the first version of SharePoint technologies in which Microsoft supports administration through PowerShell scripts. In SharePoint 2007, farm administrators use a command-line utility named STSADM.EXE to run interactive commands from the console window and to write DOS-style batch file scripts to automate common administrative tasks such as creating, backing up or restoring a new site collection.
Microsoft now recommends using the new PowerShell support for writing, testing and executing scripts that automate the same types of administrative tasks that you can accomplish using STSADM.EXE.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 beta download
Nov 19th
Yes, its available to the public. Here is the direct link. Click here
There are two versions of SharePoint Server 2010 Beta
1. SharePoint Server 2010 (Enterprise Client Access License features)
Click here to download
2. SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise (this includes entreprise features as above).
Click here to download
Approx size of download: 561.9 MB
Beta2 will be available this week.
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Software Requirements depend on configuration.
Hardware requirements:
The requirements below apply to single server with built-in database installations and server farm installations that include a single server or multiple servers in the farm.
Processor: 64-bit, dual processor, 3 GHz
RAM:
4 GB for stand-alone or evaluation installation.
8 GB for single server and multiple server farm installation for production use.
Hard Disk: 80 GB.
SCOM Management pack for SharePoint 2010
A Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack is available for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Beta (which includes SharePoint Server 2010 Beta and Project Server 2010 Beta).
Click here to download
