Migration by the numbers – Step 8

Step 8 in a series of posts documenting the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 upgrade process on SBS 2008. This is based on the document:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2dc66a0f-f840-4b29-93d3-13db70c85cba&;;displayLang=en

Previous steps:

Step 1

Step 8 – Create a new SharePoint application in SharePoint Central Administration

Click Start | All programs | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.

Accept the UAC that appears.

From under Application Management select Manage Web applications.

From the ribbon menu select New (top left).

Select Create a new IIS Web site (leaving Classic mode authentication set).

In the Name field type SBS SharePoint (note that the case and spelling are important here).

Ensure the Port field = 80.

In the Path field type C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Bin\webapp\InternalWebSite where C: is the drive where the Windows Operating system is installed.

Scroll down for more options.

Set the Authentication Provider = NTLM

Set Allow Anonymous = No

Set Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) = No

Ensure that Zone in the Public URL section = Default.

Scroll down for more options.

Select the option Create new application pool in the Application Pool section.

The Application pool name enter SBS SharePoint AppPool (note that spelling and case are important here. If this is incorrect you will not see SharePoint integration on the SBS console).

Leave the Database Server and Database Name unchanged.

Ensure Database authentication = Windows Authentication

Scroll down for more options.

Don’t make any further changes and press the OK button.

You should see the message that your settings are being configured. This process may take a few minutes depending on your server.

You should then see that a message like shown above detailing the success of the process.

Press OK to continue.

You will be returned to the Web Applications screen in Central Administration. Here you should now see an additional web site called SBS SharePoint as shown above.

Migration by the numbers – Step 7

Step 7 in a series of posts documenting the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 upgrade process on SBS 2008. This is based on the document:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2dc66a0f-f840-4b29-93d3-13db70c85cba&;;displayLang=en

Previous steps:

Step 7 – Remove the default Web application in SharePoint Central Administration

Click Start | All programs | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.

Accept the UAC that appears

From under Application Management select Manage Web applications.

Click on the site SharePoint – 80

Select the pull down arrow under the Delete button on the ribbon

and select Delete Web Application

In the dialog that appears select Delete content databases = No.

Press the Delete button to continue.

Click OK to confirm.

My SMBNation presentation reviews are in

I’d firstly like to thank all the people who took the time to complete the feedback forms after my SMBNation 2010 presentation. I’ll share with you the highlights.

I am extremely happy to see that the majority of the feedback was positive and I readily acknowledge that there was also feedback that wasn’t as positive and will certainly take that on board and endeavour to improve.

There have been plenty of requests for more detailed technical content which is certainly easily done but please remember that this session was only one of a number that I proposed. Also please remember that SMBNation has to select speakers and topics that it believes will appeal to attendees, no simple task. Likewise when a presenter gives a session they are never really sure about the technical skills or experience of attendees. In light of all that I tried to provide a session that was memorable, informative and beneficial to what I believed to be the majority of the audience. A certain amount of guess-work and assumptions play a part.

However, I do welcome all feedback, both positive and negative on what I present and how I present. I appreciate that it isn’t always everyone’s cup of tea and by all means if you don’t like what I’m presenting let know how it can be improved. Don’t be shy.

That said, it certainly appears most are interested in more detailed technical information about SharePoint and with that in mind I’m looking to maybe do a pre-day in conjunction with others next year (if I get the opportunity to attend again mind you). If you’ve got some ideas about what would be worthwhile and how it should be presented please let me know (director@ciaops.com).

Once again to all who took the time to not only attend my session but also to provide me with feedback I say thank you and I owe you a drink!

Facebook effect

When I give presentations to technology types I am always amazed at how many have never heard of docs.com. Docs.com is a collaboration between Microsoft and Facebook to allow the creation (using Microsoft Office Web Apps) and the sharing (using Facebook) of these Office documents for FREE. To get an idea have a look at my docs.com stuff at:

http://docs.com/@ciaops

Why would Microsoft want to do this you may ask? Firstly, most ‘younger’ people don’t use desktop applications anymore to create documents they use ‘cloud’ based alternatives. Microsoft realized that if it didn’t provide something to keep these people using Microsoft products they would lose them forever and potentially forgo future revenue as they moved into business and continued to use the same non-Microsoft ‘cloud’ products they use now.

Secondly, Facebook is really starting to become a very powerful feature of the technology landscape. Like it or not it is perceived as the place to be these days. This is further evidenced by the recent high profile defection of Lars Rasmussen (of Google Maps and Wave fame) and Kate Vale (Google’s first employee in Australia) to Facebook. You can read about these moves here:

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/why-i-quit-google-to-join-facebook-lars-rasmussen-20101101-1799q.html

and

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/giant-flaw-pair-put-finger-on-google-brain-drain-20101101-179mk.html

Microsoft already owns a small percentage of Facebook and that is looking like a smarter and smarter move every day as Facebook continue to vacuum up all sorts of technology companies as it seeks to continue to grow and monetize its more than 500 million users.

Here is another interesting article “Google: The Search party is over” which details how Google is not only facing maturity in its major product (search), but also a brain drain to ‘hipper’ companies like Facebook. A few years back people considered Google untouchable, oh how times change eh?

All this makes for interesting reading and seems to indicate the way forward at this stage will involve Facebook. I would say that if you are pondering the ‘cloud’ then I think you should take a look at what docs.com (and Facebook) can do and where it may fit, because if you aren’t I’ll bet your customers and competitors are.

Need to Know podcast – Episode 8

The next CIAOPS Need to Know podcast (Episode 8) with Richard Tubb from Jamescash.co.uk.

The details of the podcast are:

http://www.ciaops.com/n2k – Episode 8 = 55MB (58 mins)

or via direct download:

http://bit.ly/cia-n2k8

Richard and I discuss the challenges of merging a technology business and how to use social media successfully.

So let me know what you think and if you are interested on being on the show please also contact me (director@ciaops.com) as I am always looking for people to talk about business and technology.

Stay tuned as there plenty of great episodes coming real soon.