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• All dates are now confirmed for our TechNet On The Road Q2 tour

  Thank you to those of you who spread the word about places being available on our Q2 TechNet On The Road tour - there are still some places available but we now have enough people to make the shows viable. We really didn't want to disappoint anyone by... Posted Nov 19 2007, 02:22 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Events, SQL Server, Information, Training, SQL Server Business Intelligence, Windows Server 2008, System Center & Management in general

• Would you like with free technical support to help you deploy Windows Server 2008, System Center, SQL 2008, IIS7, Compute Cluster, Forefront & Sharepoint

  As Eileen mentioned IT Pro Momentum is our programme to help you deploy our latest technologies - if you'd like to take advantage of free technical support and gain (online) access to Microsoft experts then feel free to email the appropriate Evangelist... Posted Nov 11 2007, 08:21 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, SharePoint, SQL Server, Longhorn Server, Information, Security Systems, How to Articles, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Business Intelligence, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007, System Center & Management in general

• Where can I find the slides from the security talk at the Sharepoint User Group meeting?

  Thanks to the Sharepoint User Group for making me so welcome at their meeting last night in Reading. I was impressed to see both the size and enthusiasm of the audience and glad to see that there was a healthy gathering in the pub afterwards too. I enjoyed... Posted Sep 18 2007, 03:32 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Information, Security Systems, Information Security, How to Articles, User Groups

• Who's running Sharepoint anyway? Starbucks have deployed Sharepoint for 24,000 users

  Starbucks have deployed Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 for use by approximately 24,000 users in more than 6,000 stores. Their case study and associated solution brief provide a great deal of information covering their business challenge and the... Posted Sep 18 2007, 03:17 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Information, How to Articles

• What new security features does Microsoft Office Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007 bring?

  It seems like a long time since we launched Microsoft Office Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007 and it's great to see how many people are using it day to day. I remember at the Exchange, Vista and Office launch (almost a year ago) and the subsequent roadshow we made... Posted Sep 18 2007, 03:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, SharePoint, Information, Security Systems, Information Security

• How can you tell who's real on Facebook?

  Am I just being dumb here or is it pure guess work who's really who on Facebook? I'm new to Facebook as I've had privacy concerns though finding out about "Limited User" has eased those a little. As far as I can see it's trivial for me to set myself up... Posted Jul 23 2007, 07:47 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Information, Security Systems, Social Networking

• The Microsoft Sharepoint Conference 2008 will be in Seattle from 2nd to 6th March

  I know it seems a long way away but the Microsoft Sharepoint Conference 2008 will be held in Seattle from the 2nd to 6th March 2008. There have been a series of Sharepoint conferences running around the World since 2006 to great acclaim including an excellent... Posted Jul 19 2007, 09:13 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Events, Information, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007

• What's the difference between Windows SharePoint Services and Office Sharepoint Server 2007?

  That's easy - Windows SharePoint Services is a free download for Windows Server 2003, Office Sharepoint Server 2007 is a product we sell. Following my post detailing how to fix the " failed to create configuration database " post about Windows SharePoint... Posted Jul 13 2007, 12:15 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Information

• Windows Sharepoint Services failed to create the configuration database System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException

  James , Andrew Fryer (new SQL/BI Evangelist) and I were helping a charity to implement some infrastructure yesterday when we encountered the following error: "Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException... Posted Jul 13 2007, 12:07 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: SharePoint, Information, How to Articles