SharePoint - Smooth Sailing:

Paul J. Swider is an international speaker, writer and freelance consultant. In addition he is president of the Charleston SharePoint Users Group and a contributing author of the new Professional SharePoint 2010 Development book published by Wrox Press. Paul is an accomplished entrepreneur straight from a barrier Island near Charleston; SC. Paul chases the tides and winds as an avid boater and sailor. He is grateful to escape the summer heat in Charleston and consults with some of the most successful companies in the world. 17 years of software consulting experience combined with many Microsoft certifications and speaking credentials has made Paul an authority in the SharePoint Community. Paul has trained and consulted thousands of SharePoint administrators, developers and architects. Paul has trained and consulted thousands of SharePoint administrators, developers and architects. His vast knowledge is not overshadowed by his witty entertainment when he speaks at numerous conferences and seminars worldwide. With unique creativity, Paul implements enterprise SharePoint Solutions for clients around the world. In addition, he writes and teaches about enterprise collaboration concepts with demonstrated knowledge you can only get in "the trenches". His specialties include enterprise SharePoint deployment, information architecture, SharePoint development best practices and social media integration.

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The Microsoft Collaboration Platform
I share some thoughts on video after being invited to Microsoft offices in NYC to preview collaboration software
SharePoint in Plain English
We met on a plane or perhaps at a dinner function. When I responded with what I do you asked me what SharePoint is. This is the link I referred you to.

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Vermont will always be home! Sugarbush one of my favorite spots to ride!

November 30, 2007

Moving a MOSS Portal to a New Domain and Server Farm

This week I had to move a MOSS Portal to a new farm in a different domain. This is not common and certainly can pose a challenge. The proven steps are documented below.

backup content database(s)
Create new web application
Use CA to set status of new content database to disabled
Restore old content database to new farm SQL Server
Use CA to add newly attached database to the new web application
Run stsadm.exe -o migrateuser for each user account (migrateuser is the trick used to migrating security to the new domain)
Use CA to Import AD again using profile import
Execute "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\stsadm.exe" -o sync -DeleteOldDatabases 0

Do not skip the last step. Regardless of what you read elsewhere you will need to execute the command. If this step is not completed your profile database and the user data stored in the content database will not be synchronize when the Synchronize Profiles MOSS timer job fires every hour.

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The "Humanizing" of SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 provides a great infrastructure for building an application directory and profile store using SharePoint Services. In addition the profile database is the information store for people, community and data used for social application. In this advanced session for developers and architects we cover the concepts of working with profiles, importing from Active directory and supplementing the data via a custom service or third party import. The entire session will be demo based usage scenarios of the profile database, audiences, My Sites and storing data for communities.
10 Rules for a ‘Social’ revolution using SharePoint 2010
How companies are going to make the shift from 1-to-1 relationships with their partners and clients to a one-to-many relationship can be a daunting challenge. Microsoft's social computing tools are delivered as part of the collaboration infrastructure and integrated by design with Microsoft SharePoint 2010. In this session we will focus on understanding the widely accepted 10 rules for adopting Social technologies inside the corporate firewall using SharePoint 2010.
SharePoint 2010 Has New Pillars
Many of the terms formerly describing SharePoint have been changed. In this session get an overview of the new pillars and how they can be positioned while discussing the platform with your peers, employer or clients. We will explore the new six pillars - site, communities, content, search, insights and composites
15 Things Developers Must Know When Migrating to SharePoint 2010
Note Date Added 15 Things Developers Must Know When Migrating to SharePoint 2010 In this half day session we will review the top 15 things every developer should know when migrating to SharePoint 2010. Take a deep dive into the changes made to the object model, SharePoint Services, Business Connectivity Services and user interface enhancements.

SharePoint Video Training

A few notes about SharePoint deployments
Publishing InfoPath Forms to SharePoint
See how to publish an InfoPath form to SharePoint

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