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SBS2008 and Sharepoint
I've listened to three live web training sessions on SBS2008 recently. On all three sessions, they had Microsoft Partners share their "real world" customer experiences with the early betas of SBS2008. I was interested (perhaps surprised...
SBS and the 3GB switch
For several years, there has been an on going discussion on whether or not to enable the /3GB switch in the boot.ini file for an SBS server. By and far, the consensus of opinion has been to NOT use the /3GB option - especially considering that WSS 2.0...
Publishing multiple web or sharepoint sites in SBS
Here are some links to frequently asked questions about hosting multiple websites or sharepoint sites on an SBS server, and hosting multiple mail domains (with thanks toi the M&M ladies, Sean and Vlad) How to publish websites with ISA 2004: http:...
Sharepoint and Full Text Indexing and Searching
With SBS2003 Standard, Sharepoint uses WMSDE. But if you have SBS2003 Premium, and have installed SQL you should consider upgrading your Sharepoint site to SQL. Besides better performance as you add more users, you also gain the ability to enable full...
HTTP 500 error after updating Sharepoint
If you have received "0x80040E14" or "HTTP 500" error message when you connect to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site after you install a Windows SharePoint Services service pack or a security update, see the following KB article 841216: http:/...
How to Reinstall Sharepoint
I have not had to do this myself, but as I routinely see questions about removing and reinstalling Sharepoint , I thought posting instructions provided by Microsoft CSS may be helpful to someone down the road! Generally speaking, if you want to completely...
Index PDF documents within Sharepoint
Chad Gross, once again, is the Sharepoint man of the day for coming up with this method for indexing and searching through PDF documents within Sharepoint: To get full text search capability on SBS, the best method is to follow the instructions on the...
Sharepoint Search not working
If you are running Sharepoint with SQL (not WMSDE), you're supposed to be able to perform full text searchies. If searching is not working for you, make sure it's enabled. Here's how: 1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Sharepoint Central Administration...
Posted: Nov 12 2004, 07:36 PM by kwsupport | with 16 comment(s)
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SBS2003 - Required Ports
This information comes from the Microsoft “Securing your SBS2003 Network” document, which can be found at: http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/f/1/1f15a874-f696-4992-b5ad-b1e7b258de1c/SecuringSBSnetwork.doc Services and TCP Port Numbers...
Generating web cert for other sites on the server
DonDinCT asked this great question on the NG: “When I generate a certificate for my server during installation, does it only work for the default web site ? Do I need to create a seperate certificate for each web site that I add ?” And John...
Recreate Virtual IIS directories
This post comes via Ray and Damian at Microsoft, via Les! Sometimes, things just get so screwed up that you want to re-create the virtual directories. I know the feeling. Thanks to Ray Fong and Damian Leibaschoff (both MS) for previous posts, here is...
Discrepancy with configuring SSL & Sharepoint
Issue: In the midst of religiously following "Publishing a SharePoint Web Site Accessible to External Users" (Microsoft, October 2003), I ran into a conundrum. The instructions state at one point: 103. In the Web Server Certificate Wizard, complete the...
How to restore a Sharepoint site
Check out Microsoft's article on the subject: 829113 HOW TO: Restore a SharePoint CompanyWeb Database After the Intranet http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829113
Posted: Jul 23 2004, 11:18 PM by kwsupport | with 1 comment(s)
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Frontpage Extensions on SBS2003
To configure your front page extension in SBS 2k3, you can find the admin site by clicking: Start -> All Programs -> Administration Tools -> Microsoft SharePoint Administrator Then you will find the FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 Server Administration...
Relocate Sharepoint Database
These instructions to relocate your Companyweb / Sharepoint database comes from David Copeland at Microsoft. Stop the Companyweb site as well as any other web sites that have been extended with Windows SharePoint Services (WSS). Create the new directory...
Posted: Mar 14 2004, 04:32 PM by kwsupport | with 3 comment(s)
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Companyweb slow to open
You can speed up the launching of the Companyweb site by changing the IIS Application Pool. Go to IIS Manager Open the Application Pools Right click on the DefaultAppPool and go to properties Go to the Performance Tab Uncheck the top box - shutdown worker...
Posted: Mar 14 2004, 02:30 PM by kwsupport | with 3 comment(s)
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