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31.12.2009

How to protect SharePoint with DPM 2007 sp1

http://edge.technet.com/Media/How-to-protect-SharePoint-with-DPM-2007-sp1/

We get a lot of questions about how and why DPM 2007 is a great backup and restore solution for SharePoint.

So, I took most of the current information that I use on SharePoint protection, added some demo's, and included the SP1 updates for protection.

For more information specifically on how to protect and
recover SharePoint with DPM -- please visit www.microsoft.com/DPM/sharepoint.

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DPM 2007 SP1 -- What's new for protecting SharePoint

This segment continues our series on "What is new in Service Pack 1" for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.

In this installment, we look at the new SP1 features for enhancing protection of SharePoint 2003/2007 and WSS 2.0/3.0.

We are still tracking for a December release of SP1, so keep looking for more videos on SP1 -- and please tell us what feature you'd like us to cover next !

http://edge.technet.com/Media/What-is-new-in-DPM-2007-SP1-for-protecting-SharePoint/

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System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 and Microsoft Exchange

Jason Buffington and Leslie Kitz get together for a brief parlay on what's new and exciting in the next version of System Center Data Protection Manager--due out in the spring of 2010--and how it protects Microsoft Exchange installations

http://edge.technet.com/Media/System-Center-Data-Protection-Manager-2010-and-Microsoft-Exchange/

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30.12.2009

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare Metal to Live Migration (In about an hour!)

In this one-off video, Matt McSpirit, Partner Technology Specialist at Microsoft UK, walks through a bare-metal installation of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) on 2 physical nodes, hooks them up to an iSCSI SAN, configures the SAN storage, and then, from a Windows 7 (RC) laptop, validates, and builds a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) Cluster. The end result? A Highly Available, Live Migratable, Virtual Machine!

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Hyper-V-Server-2008-R2-Bare-Metal-to-Live-Migration-In-about-an-hour/

The rest of Matts Video

http://edge.technet.com/Tags/Virtualboy/

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28.12.2009

Sharepoint and Hyper V Virtual Environment

SharePoint Products and Technologies is supported in a Hyper-V environment.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 have the same behavior on a Hyper-V virtual server as they do on a physical server

Hyper-V prerequisites

Hyper-V needs to be configured as a server role on the 64-bit editions of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Additionally, make sure the physical hardware supports hardware-assisted virtualization. This means that the processor must be compatible with Intel VT or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology, and the system BIOS must support Data Execution Prevention (DEP). DEP must be enabled. (Specifically, you must enable Intel XD bit (execute disable bit) or AMD NX bit (no execute bit).

We recommend that you install Office SharePoint Server 2007, 64-bit edition on a virtual machine that is running a 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008

NOTE: Windows Server 2008 requires Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Do not use the Hyper-V snapshot feature on virtual servers that are connected to a SharePoint Products and Technologies server farm. This is because the timer services and the search applications might become unsynchronized during the snapshot process and once the snapshot is finished, errors or inconsistencies can arise. Detach any server from the farm before taking a snapshot of that server.

Do not use more virtual CPUs than there are physical CPUs on the Hyper-V host computer.

Leverage virtual networks. Hyper-V enables you to configure the following types of virtual networks:

Private – The virtual machines on the private network can communicate with each other.
Internal – The virtual machines can communicate with each other and with the host computer.
External – The virtual machines can communicate with each other, the host computer, and computers on the physical network.

Continue to read from:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816955.aspx

Memory Support

For Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, the physical computer can be configured with up to 1 TB of physical memory, and virtual machines that run either of those editions can be configured with up to 64 GB of memory per virtual machine.

· For Windows Server 2008 Standard, the physical computer can be configured with up to 32 GB of physical memory, and virtual machines that run that edition can be configured with up to 31 GB of memory per virtual machine.

Understanding online and offline backups

Whether a backup is performed online or offline depends on whether the backup can be performed without downtime.

You can perform an online backup with no downtime on a running virtual machine when all of the following conditions are met:

· Integration services are installed and the backup integration service has not been disabled.

· All disks being used by the virtual machine are configured within the guest operating system as NTFS-formatted basic disks. Virtual machines that use storage on which the physical partitions have been formatted as dynamic disks or the FAT32 file system prevent an online backup from being performed. This is not the same as dynamically expanding virtual hard disks, which are fully supported by backup and restore operations.

· Volume Shadow Copy Service must be enabled on all volumes used by the virtual machine with a specific configuration. Each volume must also serve as the storage location for shadow copies of the volume. For example, the shadow copy storage for volume C: must be located on C:.

If an online backup cannot be performed, then an offline backup is taken. This type of backup results in some degree of downtime. A variety of factors can affect the time required to take an offline backup. If the virtual machine is running or paused, it is put into a saved state as part of the offline backup process. After the backup is completed, the virtual machine is returned to its existing state.

Understanding online and offline backups

Whether a backup is performed online or offline depends on whether the backup can be performed without downtime.

You can perform an online backup with no downtime on a running virtual machine when all of the following conditions are met:

· Integration services are installed and the backup integration service has not been disabled.

· All disks being used by the virtual machine are configured within the guest operating system as NTFS-formatted basic disks. Virtual machines that use storage on which the physical partitions have been formatted as dynamic disks or the FAT32 file system prevent an online backup from being performed. This is not the same as dynamically expanding virtual hard disks, which are fully supported by backup and restore operations.

· Volume Shadow Copy Service must be enabled on all volumes used by the virtual machine with a specific configuration. Each volume must also serve as the storage location for shadow copies of the volume. For example, the shadow copy storage for volume C: must be located on C:.

If an online backup cannot be performed, then an offline backup is taken. This type of backup results in some degree of downtime. A variety of factors can affect the time required to take an offline backup. If the virtual machine is running or paused, it is put into a saved state as part of the offline backup process. After the backup is completed, the virtual machine is returned to its existing state.

Performance and capacity requirements for Hyper-V (SharePoint)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd277865.aspx

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11.03.2009

Commerce Server 2009 Channel9 Video

In this session you will get an in depth look into the new Commerce Server "Mojave" product release. Learn how you can use Commerce Server's next-generation e-commerce API to develop performant, multi-channel e-commerce websites. See improvements to the programming model, improved functionality for working with the desktop and devices, and integration of Commerce Server with SharePoint and ASP.NET. We'll also show how to use the "Mojave" e-commerce web parts to quickly build rich, custom user experiences.

http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC59/

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08.03.2009

Configure a Report Portal in SSRS SQL Server Reporting Services 2008

This video shows how configure a SSRS report portal from scratch. This demo shows how to: setup a Report URL, define an execution account, create a Reports Server database, configure SMTP and more...

Video

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How Do I: Publish a Dynamic Excel Workbook File to Excel Services?

Link to the Video

Video

Technorati Tags: Excel Services

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20.02.2009

Green Tip Web Part

Links

The informations are taken from a custom list

ok so try this out..

-Create a new Custom list called "Green Tips".. and add a second column called content. (make this a multi-text rich text)
-go to the page where you want your green tips to show..
-Add a "Content Editor WebPart"
-edit source and paste this in

<DIV ID="GreenPlaceholder"></DIV>
<script type="text/javascript">

var ListID = "{22B56A50-AE74-4FFC-B0DC-1AD162078A98}";
var ServerURL = "http://server";
var SiteURL = "http://server/site";

var URLprotocolURL = SiteURL + "/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&XMLDATA=TRUE&List=" + ListID ;

var xmlhttp=null;
try {
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch(e) {
try {
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
try {
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
alert("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP.");
}
}
}

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=StateChange;

xmlhttp.open("GET",URLprotocolURL,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);

function StateChange()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
{
if (xmlhttp.status==200)
{
DisplayTip();
}
else
{
alert("Problem retrieving XML data");
}
}
}

function DisplayTip()
{
var xmlDoc = xmlhttp.responseXML;
var ListItems = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("z:row") || xmlDoc.getElementsByTagNameNS("*","row") ;
var SelectedItem = Math.floor(Math.random()* ListItems.length);
var SelectedTipTitle = ListItems[SelectedItem].getAttribute("ows_LinkTitle");
var SelectedTipContent = ListItems[SelectedItem].getAttribute("ows_Content");

document.getElementById("GreenPlaceholder").innerHTML = '<center><b>' + SelectedTipTitle + '</b></center></p>' + SelectedTipContent;

}
</script>

You'll see the bottom part of the script,, is were the displaying is done..

var SelectedTipTitle = ListItems[SelectedItem].getAttribute("ows_LinkTitle");
var SelectedTipContent = ListItems[SelectedItem].getAttribute("ows_Content");

document.getElementById("GreenPlaceholder").innerHTML = '<center><b>' + SelectedTipTitle + '</b></center></p>' + SelectedTipContent;

Navigate to the SharePoint list using the browser.
Select the Settings + List Settings menu command.
Copy the Url from the browser address bar into Notepad. It will look something like:
http://server/site/_layouts/listedit.aspx?List=%7B26534EF9%2DAB3A%2D46E0%2DAE56%2DEFF168BE562F%7D

Delete everying before and including “List=”.
Change “%7B” to “{”
Change all “%2D” to “-“
Chnage “%7D” to “}”
You are now left with the Id:

{26534EF9-AB3A-46E0-AE56-EFF168BE562F}

See pics for how my quickie turned out.. I'm going to look at maybe wrapping some graphics around it.. Now any coders may say you should do this in AJAX, and I say go right ahead :) I'm a cut and paste coder.. KUDOS goes out to Mike at my work and
http://pathtosharepoint.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/random-quote for the original idea.

http://www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au/images/Untitled%20picture22.png
http://www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au/images/Untitled%20picture23.png
http://www.aussieslivingsimply.com.au/images/Untitled%20picture24.png

you can try this too

replace

if (xmlhttp.status==200)
{
DisplayTip();
}

with:
if (xmlhttp.status==200)
{
setInterval ( "DisplayTip()",5000);
}

See Video in Action

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15.02.2009

jCarousel Lite

jCarousel Lite is a jQuery plugin that carries you on a carousel ride filled with images and HTML content. Put simply, you can navigate images and/or HTML in a carousel-style widget. It is super light weight, at about 2 KB in size, yet very flexible and customizable to fit most of our needs.

As if that wasn't enough, the best part is yet to come... You don't need any special css file or class name to get this to work. Include the js file. Supply the HTML markup ("div" enclosing an "ul"). Then, construct the carousel with just a simple function call. It is all explained in the installation section. Don't forget to check out the demo for more details or just download now and play with it.

If you have any questions, suggestions, recommendations, requests,..., you can either leave a comment in this blog entry, or you can find me lurking around the jQuery mailing list.

Link

Scrolling Text Sample