Posted by Steven Bond on May 8, 2012
Just for kicks I got Windows 8 Preview installed today and thought I’d see if I could get SharePoint 2010 installed as well.
Fortunately, the setup instructions are pretty much identical to the ones used for Windows 7. The important thing to remember is that you need to make sure IIS uses .NET 2.0 instead of [...]
Posted by Steven Bond on May 15, 2011
Small Business Server. This venerable Microsoft product is well known among small business technology experts. Throughout its 15-year history, it has adapted to meet the challenges of the small business, has been updated regularly to accommodate new technologies and best practices, and has become the cornerstone for many small businesses.
Some Interesting Commonalities
2011 will see a [...]
Posted by Steven Bond on July 14, 2010
Documents are usually stored on file servers and the latest years have introduced several improvements for storing and accessing files.
Microsoft SharePoint is one of the new ways to collaborate and the document management is appealing to many organizations. But is this a total replacement for file servers? This article is [...]
Posted by Steven Bond on July 14, 2010
A lot of people, myself included, have wondered why SaaS and cloud seem to be catching on more readily than ASPs at the start of the decade. Maybe we weren’t ready then. SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) may have helped with this, in part.
As Linthicum points out in the podcast, cloud computing [...]
Posted by Steven Bond on July 14, 2010
Exchange 2010, which is a 64-bit only server, includes new storage and deployment options, enhanced in-box management capabilities, built-in e-mail archiving, new database clustering, additional hardware options, and a revamped Outlook Web Access client.
In addition, the server is being touted as a hybrid – equally at home as the foundation for [...]