JeffDeVerter on November 14th, 2011

This is a quick post to let you know about a new resource, it’s called “SharePoint in the Cloud“.  Over at Rackspace we have created a Linkedin Group to have a discussion around all things “SharePoint in the Cloud“. While this is a new group, I’d encourage you to go over and subscribe – we’ve [...]

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JeffDeVerter on November 11th, 2011

Content Delivery Networks and SharePoint In the previous post I covered why someone would need to deal with global SharePoint and the 4 different options that exist to help SharePoint work over long distances.  As a reminder, they are: Shorten the distance by using a more efficient network (CDN) Shorten the distance by staging SharePoint servers closer [...]

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JeffDeVerter on November 10th, 2011

Alright – Let’s talk “Global SharePoint Deployments”.  When setting out to create a global SharePoint deployment it’s important to understand what the drivers that push an organization to do this. The symptom they are either trying to fix or prevent is a slow user experience within SharePoint.  This begs the question, “why does distance impact [...]

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JeffDeVerter on November 8th, 2011

Working for Rackspace I have had the ability to architect some truly BIG SharePoint farms.  One thing to realize along the way is that a lot of people lead with the need for very large, very geographically dispersed farms – but the reality is that not many companies have the appetite for the financial and [...]

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JeffDeVerter on October 7th, 2011

Well the SharePoint Conference 2011 is over and everyone is either home or on their way home.  I’ve debated on what content should go in this post and have come to the conclusion that I’d like to take a little different path.  I’d like to say “So WHAT!”. I’m not trying to be rude – [...]

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JeffDeVerter on October 4th, 2011

SharePoint MVP Randy Drisgill (@Drisgill) of SharePoint911 talks briefly about 2 of his sessions coming up this week here at the SharePoint Conference 2011.

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JeffDeVerter on July 12th, 2011

I love this tool – the ULSViewer: http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/ULSViewer If you spend any amount of time digging into SharePoint farm issues – this tool makes it so much easier to filter and find what you need. Here is a screenshot of the app:

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JeffDeVerter on July 8th, 2011

This post should also be titled “My Penalty for not Reading ALL the Instructions“. As it turns out, when you install the Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Server (first Foundation, then Server) – you are required to run the configuration wizard on your own at the end of the process.  I can only assume this [...]

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JeffDeVerter on July 7th, 2011

I recently installed WPTouch for this blog which is a plugg-in for WordPress blogs which applies a mobile (iPhone) skin to your site when it’s viewed from a compatible device.  Here is what it looks like: This brings up the question that if I am supposed to be a SharePoint professional, why don’t I use [...]

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