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By day, I'm a mild-mannered SharePoint infrastructure consultant for a Microsoft Gold partner. By night, I sleep. I've been working with SharePoint since 2006.

I have taken the time to write a few Microsoft exams and in turn Microsoft has graciously granted me the following certifications:

  • MCITP: SharePoint Administrator 2010
  • MCTS: SharePoint 2010, Configuration
  • MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuration
  • MCSE 2003
  • MCSA 2003

  • May
    23
    answered Update-SPSolution does not Deploy Solution
    May
    16
    comment Merging 2 SharePoint Sites
    Where are you merging these sites to? My assumption is into the 2010 site (or another site in the 2010 farm) since you can't go the other way.
    May
    16
    comment My SharePoint 2007 backup keeps failing
    Are you specifying the backup path as "\serverName\SharePointBackups\ProdBk" (single slashe) or "\\serverName\SharePointBackups\ProdBk" (double slashes)
    May
    16
    answered SharePoint 2010 farm dynamic scalling
    May
    8
    comment Sharepoint 2010 Server down after installing updates?
    While the screenshot contains the exception, you still need to review the actual log file for context.
    May
    8
    comment Sharepoint 2010 Server down after installing updates?
    Trevor's right, the error from the config wizard will help figure out the problem. Updates cannot be uninstalled either, which means your only rollback options are restoring a snapshot (if this is a VM) or rebuilding the farm and restoring from backups.
    May
    7
    comment A bug, saboteur, or am I going crazy… SharePoint 2010 Farm That Keeps “breaking”
    Is this out of memory exception the same issue after each re-build?
    Apr
    20
    comment SP 2010 - to BLOB or not to BLOB?
    Re: the 200 GB recommendation -- this is performance-related (and is a good recommendation). Given that this would be exceeded in 10 days, it's worth pointing out that provided you have the infrastructure to support it you can go over this if you want. Microsoft will support a content database of up to 4 terabytes.
    Apr
    19
    comment SP 2010 - to BLOB or not to BLOB?
    What sort of storage are you using? Can you afford to drop 20 GB of data into this storage each day? How many days before you fill up this storage? Also, will you be indexing the PDFs?
    Apr
    17
    answered How is metadata stored?
    Apr
    16
    comment how to set webapplication.RightsMask via PowerShell
    Not sure I'm clear -- by default a web application has the FullMask rights mask which allows all permissions to the web application. Are you trying to remove ViewListItems for all everything in the web application or do you have some other goal?
    Apr
    13
    answered Authenticating from an iPhone application
    Apr
    11
    comment How to determine SharePoint version used during backup creation in order to restore it?
    If you can access the farm where the backup came from, you can look up the version. If not, I don't believe there is a (documented) way to extract the version from the site collection backup file itself
    Apr
    10
    revised Can't save webpart after editing with PowerShell
    formatted the code
    Apr
    10
    suggested suggested edit on Can't save webpart after editing with PowerShell
    Apr
    10
    comment Cannot add user to SP group, SP 2010
    Are you saying the issue started after migrating the site from a 2007 farm to your 2010 farm using DocAve? Have you contacted AvePoint about this issue?
    Apr
    10
    comment Quickest way to backup and restore a web application content database across farms?
    How big is the site collection backup you are creating with Backup-SPSite? My guess is about 5-6 GB. You can't speed this up unless you invest in faster hardware. I have the same question that Dave does -- why are you regularly deploying content using a site collection backup and restore?
    Apr
    9
    comment Which domain should I create my Service accounts in when deploying an Extranet on a Sharepoint WFE in the DMZ?
    If the trust is two-way, it doesn't technically matter as a service account in either domain can be authenticated and authorized on machines in both domains. So the question to you is, Where do you want them to live?
    Apr
    9
    comment Which domain should I create my Service accounts in when deploying an Extranet on a Sharepoint WFE in the DMZ?
    What is the farm topology (where do the servers physically reside)? What sort of domain trust is there? Where is the SQL Server?
    Apr
    3
    comment incoming mail just sits in the drop folder
    How many servers running SharePoint are in your farm? If more than one server, which server is running the IIS SMTP service?