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When SharePoint 2013 stops following sites after patching
A patched profile service can leave the follow button looking healthy while the request fails underneath it.
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Notes that cross several themes or did not fit one topic when they were first published.
Some entries refuse a neat label. This part of the archive keeps them together without forcing them into a subject where they do not belong.
20 notes in this file
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What the Azure SharePoint farm template really gives you
A few clicks can produce a working farm. They cannot decide whether that farm belongs in production.
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What stayed with me after the 2014 SharePoint conference
The slides fade quickly. The useful residue is a short list of changes that affect how a farm is designed and operated.
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When BitLocker encrypts only part of a volume
Encryption can turn a recoverable disk problem into an unrecoverable one. The backup comes first.
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A missing personal certificate blocks Lync 2010 sign in
The error names a certificate, but the useful work begins with the account and the certificate store it can see.
SQL / Uncategorized
SQL max memory is a buffer pool limit, not a total
The number in the memory setting controls less than many administrators assume, and that gap matters on a busy server.
Certifications (MCTS/MCITP) / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Exam 70 667 notes, part four: the final revision pass
The last stage of exam preparation is not about learning more. It is about finding the gaps that practice keeps exposing.
SharePoint 2010 / SQL / Uncategorized
A correction on SharePoint, SQL fill factor and index rebuilds
A confident recommendation can travel further than the evidence behind it. This note is about the repair.
Architecture / Conferences / Presentations / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
A session on avoiding avoidable farm failures
The best disaster recovery talk is often a list of ordinary decisions that prevent the disaster.
Architecture / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
A short video guide to host named site collections
When a concept is mostly about boundaries, a diagram and a short demonstration can be clearer than a long definition.
Conferences / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Taking an IT pro session to SharePoint Saturday UK
A community session is a conversation with a room, not a product demonstration with an audience attached.
Architecture / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Content database sizing after SharePoint 2010 SP1
A support limit is not a performance target. The gap between the two is where most sizing arguments begin.
Certifications (MCTS/MCITP) / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Exam 70 667 notes, part three: service applications
Service applications are easier to remember when they are understood as boundaries and dependencies rather than a list of names.
Conferences / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Field notes from the European Best Practices Conference
The best sessions did not offer a universal recipe. They showed how experienced teams reason when the recipe runs out.
Certifications (MCTS/MCITP) / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Exam 70 667 notes, part two: configuration practice
Reading about a configuration screen is not the same as using it. The second stage is a lab with a purpose.
Certifications (MCTS/MCITP) / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Exam 70 667 notes, part one: building the study map
A certification is easier to approach when the syllabus becomes a map of decisions rather than a wall of topics.
Certifications (MCTS/MCITP) / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
What passing the SharePoint 2010 configuration exam taught me
The certificate was a milestone. The useful outcome was a sharper map of the work I did every day.
PowerShell / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
PowerShell habits that made SharePoint administration repeatable
The useful scripts were not the clever ones. They were the ones another administrator could read and run safely.
Content Deployment / SharePoint 2010 / Uncategorized
Content deployment: a narrow tool with a clear job
It moves published content between environments. It is not a general purpose replication service, and it works best when treated that way.
ISA / TMG / Uncategorized
Publishing SharePoint 2010 through ISA Server 2006 SP1
A reverse proxy sits between the user and the farm. Every rule it applies becomes part of the application experience.
Outside reading
Useful references
Keep the current product documentation close when applying advice from an older entry.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint documentation (opens in a new tab)The starting point for current SharePoint administration, development and hybrid guidance.
- Microsoft Support (opens in a new tab)Support articles, troubleshooting steps and product help from Microsoft.
- Microsoft Tech Community (opens in a new tab)Community discussion, product announcements and practical posts from Microsoft teams.
- Microsoft Learn Q&A (opens in a new tab)A community question and answer space hosted by Microsoft.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint administration (opens in a new tab)Operational guidance for service settings, site management and the modern admin experience.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint search (opens in a new tab)Documentation for search architecture, crawling and result management.
- Microsoft Learn: PowerShell documentation (opens in a new tab)Language reference, cmdlet documentation and guidance for repeatable automation.
- PowerShell Gallery (opens in a new tab)A public repository for PowerShell modules and scripts. Review package provenance before use.