Configuring SharePoint 2010 Beta Service Applications and User Profile Service Synchronization
June 1, 2010 :: This article has been updated, coinciding with the release of SharePoint 2010 RTM. You can access my recent article “Configuring the User Profile Service in SharePoint 2010” here. Welcome back to part 2 of this series in getting the basic bits and pieces of SharePoint 2010 beta up and running. If you recall in part 1, I provided a step by step guide in installing SharePoint 2010 Beta on a Windows 2008 R2 server. Today’s article will extend our setup and I will be providing another step by step guide in configuring SharePoint 2010 Service Applications in...
Read MoreInstalling SharePoint 2010 Beta on a Windows 2008 R2 Server
“May 11, 2010 – I have updated my installation notes for SharePoint 2010 using all the RTM bits and utilizing least privilege service accounts. You can access this post here.” With all the excitement around the recent public release of SharePoint 2010 beta, I am sure there are a lot of you who are installing, contemplating installing or have already installed the most anticipated version of SharePoint to date, albeit in beta form. In this introductory 3 part series I will provide you with step by step guides in the installation and basic configuration of SharePoint...
Read MoreSharePoint 2010 Beta 2 released to TechNet & MSDN subscribers – Rest of the public to follow soon.
This has to be one of the most anticipated releases of the decade, SharePoint 2010 Beta 2. SharePoint Developers, Architects and Administrators have been waiting anxiously to get their hands on the latest beta which may potentially be a “feature complete” release of SharePoint 2010, albeit in Beta form. SharePoint 2010 Beta 2, and let’s not forget Office 2010 Beta with its bits and pieces are made available for download to TechNet and MSDN subscribers. For those that don’t have those subscriptions, the predicted wait may only be a couple of days away, 18th November...
Read MoreSharePoint 2010 – Word has hit the streets
The word is out, SharePoint 2010 NDA has been uplifted and we are being bombarded with information that is coming out of the SharePoint 2009 conference in Las Vegas and by the SharePoint Product Team Blog. All I can say is WOW! Unfortunately I was not able to attend the conference, however I have been following my fellow SharePoint tweeps who are tweeting information from various sessions being held at the conference “live”. SharePoint 2010 is marketed as the release of the decade with great new features. The SharePoint Team blog describe SharePoint in 1 sentence, “8...
Read MoreSharePoint, Exchange and Office 14 becomes 2010
Microsoft has announced the official names of the next release of 3 major products, Exchange, SharePoint and Office. Initially labelled version 14 for all 3 I can sense “the better together” marketing theme that Microsoft have used in the past when it came to releasing the same 3 products in 2007. I will discuss some of the highlights below for each product. Exchange 2010 now available in beta can actually be downloaded from the Microsoft TechNet Site. Some of the features noted include enhancements to the “anywhere experience” providing enhanced universal inbox...
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