Aimless Ramblings from a Blithering Lunatic . . .

The Straw the Almost Broke the Camel's Back

Ok, I admit it. I'm a creature of habit, and I don't always adjust nicely to change. I'm getting ready to do my first of the month recurring invoicing, and reviewing an Excel spreadsheet one of my vendors sent me. As I try to navigate the...

Published Mon, Mar 31 2008 8:31 PM by cgross

Using your SQL in SBS R2 Premium as a back-end for WSS 3.0

I have been getting this question a lot recently, so I decided I should probably blog it. When you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 using the published document from Microsoft, Windows SharePoint Services is set up as a stand-alone server. This...

Published Mon, May 28 2007 1:23 PM by cgross

Filed under: SBS, WSS / Companyweb

SharePoint v3, Updates and 404 Errors

I think I figured out how I blew up my SharePoint on my test box a couple weeks ago. I mentioned in my previous post that I blew up SharePoint while testing an upgrade scenario. Of course, being a typical tech working on a test box, I was guilty of changing...

Published Tue, May 15 2007 4:39 PM by cgross

Filed under: WSS / Companyweb

Moving a WSS 3.0 site to a new farm

If you haven't heard already, I am going to be at Jeff Middleton's SMB Disaster Recovery Conference in New Orleans at the end of this month, and at some point during the weekend I will be discussing Windows SharePoint Services in the context of...

Published Wed, May 09 2007 11:12 PM by cgross

Filed under: Cool!, WSS / Companyweb

Taking the Plunge

I did it. No - hell didn't freeze over, and no - pigs aren't flying. But yes, I just recently did some network reconfiguration here at the office, moving from a dual-nic SBS Premium setup with ISA 2004 to a single-nic setup with a hardware router...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 8:08 PM by cgross

Filed under: ISA, Security, Managed Services

New York, New York!

Ok gang - just a quick heads up that due to a twist of fate, I am going to be presenting on SharePoint at SMB Nation East this weekend. There's still room if you haven't signed up yet. I'll be doing a deep dive on SharePoint 3.0 - and this...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 5:47 PM by cgross

Filed under: Community, WSS / Companyweb

What ever happened to class?

Velma Kelly and Matron Mama Morton asked that question in Chicago and I'm asking it again now. I believe in humanity. I believe that for the most part people are inherently good and want to do the right thing. But I also believe that the online experience...

Published Sat, Apr 28 2007 5:28 PM by cgross

Unexpected Behavior with AutoPCC in Trend C/S/M 3.6

Ok, so that isn't exactly a witty title for this post - but it does get to the point I'm a big fan of Trend Micro - have been since the SBS 4.5 days. As a force of habit, when we're rolling out a new network I always add a call to Trend's...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2007 3:40 PM by cgross

Teaching an old dog new Trix

Some of you know that I'm a big fan of Trixbox - which is an VoIP solution built on the ever-popular linux-based open source Asterisk PBX. We've been running it in our office for about 18 months (when it was originally Asterisk@Home ). I'll admit that...

Published Sat, Apr 14 2007 11:03 PM by cgross

Filed under: Cool!, Trixbox

Moving your WSS 3.0 databases

Thanks to Nick who ran into this one before I did Windows SharePoint Services v3 uses Microsoft SQL Embedded Edition (MSEE) for its data store. When MSEE is installed, the data files are installed to your C: drive by default. Well, like any good admin...

Published Sat, Mar 24 2007 1:29 PM by cgross

WSS 3.0 Server Admin Templates

Ok SharePoint junkies . . . the new Server Admin Templates for WSS 3.0 are now available for download on the Microsoft site here . The new Server Admin Templates include: * Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management * Budgeting and Tracking Multiple...

Published Mon, Feb 26 2007 5:08 PM by cgross

You do know about GroupBoard?

Just like they did with SharePoint Services 2.0, Microsoft has released application templates for SharePoint Services 3.0, which can be found here . And while you're there, take a minute to read through the list of Server Admin Templates that are coming...

Published Wed, Feb 07 2007 12:12 AM by cgross

Filed under: Small Biz, Cool!, WSS / Companyweb

PDF Icon Update

Ever since I blogged about my batch file to simplify the task of getting a PDF icon to display in SharePoint 2.0 document libraries back in October of 2004, it has been the single-most popular post on my blog (with almost 60,000 hits to date). Well, ever...

Published Mon, Feb 05 2007 1:01 AM by cgross

Filed under: WSS / Companyweb

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 5

a.k.a. - Living on the Edge. Just remember, there's a reason it's called the bleeding edge . . . Here's your warning: In this post I am going to explain configuration changes I made to my own internal production environment to get http://companyweb to...

Published Sun, Feb 04 2007 8:51 PM by cgross

Filed under: WSS / Companyweb

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 4

It's time to actually install WSS v3 . . . YAY! So, if you haven't done so already download the Microsoft document here and follow that step-by-step to install WSS v3 in parallel to v2 on your SBS. Just do me a favor and stop after Step 3 (that's right...

Published Sun, Feb 04 2007 4:19 PM by cgross

Filed under: WSS / Companyweb

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 3

This post is all about installing WSS v3 in parallel to WSS v2 on your SBS. Now, the Microsoft provided documentation does a good job of walking you through this, but there a few things they don't provide solutions to that you need to think about in advance...

Published Sat, Feb 03 2007 5:07 PM by cgross

Filed under: WSS / Companyweb

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 2

a.k.a. - the migration planning stage You'll note that the key word above is migration . If you remember from the Microsoft document here , on SBS you're going to do a parallel installation of Sharepoint v3, so that you'll have both Sharepoint v2 and...

Published Sat, Feb 03 2007 3:51 PM by cgross

Filed under: WSS / Companyweb

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 1

This is the first in a short series of running Windows Sharepoint Services v3 on your SBS 2003 / R2 server. First the caveat: Upgrading and/or running your companyweb site with Windows Sharepoint Services v3 is not supported - neither by Microsoft nor...

Published Thu, Jan 25 2007 12:18 AM by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Cool!, WSS / Companyweb

Moving to QuickBooks 2007

Anyone who has spent any time with me is familiar with my complete and utter loathing of everything Intuit. But instead of ranting about how it's an inferior, bloated, poorly-coded application that ignores both IT and accounting best practices, I'm going...

Published Sat, Dec 16 2006 1:51 PM by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Small Biz

Killing off the comments

I hate to do this - but for the time being I've disabled all comments on the blog. As much as I enjoy the small number of legitimate comments that I get from everyone, I'm losing the spam war and need some time to regroup. Over the last 6 weeks I've received...

Published Wed, Nov 29 2006 11:28 PM by cgross

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The Straw the Almost Broke the Camel's Back

Using your SQL in SBS R2 Premium as a back-end for WSS 3.0

SharePoint v3, Updates and 404 Errors

Moving a WSS 3.0 site to a new farm

Taking the Plunge

New York, New York!

What ever happened to class?

Unexpected Behavior with AutoPCC in Trend C/S/M 3.6

Teaching an old dog new Trix

Moving your WSS 3.0 databases

WSS 3.0 Server Admin Templates

You do know about GroupBoard?

PDF Icon Update

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 5

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 4

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 3

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 2

Companyweb & Sharepoint v3 - Part 1

Moving to QuickBooks 2007

Killing off the comments