SharePoint Disaster Recovery Options

By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager The complexity and diversity of the Microsoft SharePoint platform also applies to SharePoint disaster recovery options. When it comes to protecting your SharePoint farm from the effects of a catastrophic event, there are numerous tools and best practices. But which is the … Read more

Examining SharePoint Data Integration

By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager This week, we were contacted by a vendor for a new software product that claims to connect almost any on-premise data source (e.g., databases, ERP/CRM) to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Office 365. I’m not sure of the value of this to … Read more

Happy Birthday SharePoint! A Decade of Success

Happy Birthday SharePoint! It’s a Happy 10th Birthday this week for Microsoft SharePoint, and we at AIS Network are proud to have hosted Microsoft SharePoint nearly as long. The first of SharePoint’s four releases debuted in March 2001. Weeks later, AISN’s SharePoint guru was installing SharePoint Team Services 1.0. Today, SharePoint is in use by … Read more

SharePoint 2010: Configuring an Installation

So, you know your organization needs hosted Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. What are the next steps? Which version of hosted SharePoint 2010 is best for your organization? Should it be hosted in a cloud environment? Is a single server adequate? These are good questions, and AIS Network’s expert staff can help you make sense of all … Read more

SharePoint Conference.Org in Baltimore a Hit

Great time at the SharePoint conference presented by SusQtech this week. The presentations were varied — from technical to business function to design, which kept it interesting. Even though there was a tremendous amount of information presented, the environment was friendly and upbeat and conducive to both learning and networking. Obviously, one of the major … Read more

SharePoint Composites Enables Custom Solutions

What’s SharePoint Composites?  SharePoint Composites is the new set of capabilities available in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. So, why would you need it? Well, are you frustrated with having the requirement to hire programmers whenever you need a custom business solution?  I thought so. SharePoint Composites allows you to use something very simple (building blocks) … Read more

What Is Lync 2010?

Last week, Microsoft announced the availability of Lync 2010, the latest release of its “converged communications platform” – essentially, the next generation of Microsoft’s Office Communications Server (OCS 2007). What does Lync 2010 do? It leverages the power of software to make communications easier, more open, and more cost-effective for businesses of all sizes. Today’s … Read more

SharePoint 2010 Adoption and Usage Best Practices

SharePoint 2010 adoption concerns fall into two categories: technical and non-technical. Technical adoption hurdles include concerns about logical architecture, physical architecture, network bandwidth and content database size, among other issues. Non-technical adoption hurdles include concerns about getting your SharePoint 2010 solution accepted and used by those within your organization and whether or not your users … Read more

Solving the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Search Dilemma

Here’s a little goodie that I discovered recently. It’s related to the “Search” capability in SharePoint Foundation 2010. Solving the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Search dilemma has been high on my list. All versions of SharePoint 2010 run a variety of background processes in order to do a variety of things. One of these processes is … Read more