I did a MOSS build recently and came across these three errors on my production 64bit based server farm. This error occurs in different formats. If you look at the event log it "may" register the following: ++++++++++++++++++++++++Event 6398++++++++++++++++++++++++ Event Type:    ErrorEvent Source:    Windows SharePoint Services 3Event Category:    Timer Event ID:    6398Date:        25/10/2007Time:        1:49:18 p.m.User:        N/AComputer:    WLGSVR001Description:The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.IndexingScheduleJobDefinition (ID 00ef0f9d-dfec-449c-b1e8-b94f4d40cea1) threw an exception. More information is included below. Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {3D42CCB1-4665-4620-92A3-478F47389230} failed due to the following error: 80070005. For ...[Read More]

Now this was something that I thought was about to happen! Great stuff, read the article here! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/technology/24cnd-facebook.html?ex=1350964800&en=c27e6c86844c7723&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all Lawrence Liu hinted at this sometime ago here. With SharePoint and My Sites you already get some of the Social Networking aspects already in your organisation if you are using SharePoint! Technorati Tags: Facebook, MSFT, Web 2.0, Social Networking ...[Read More]

The New Zealand SharePoint User Group celebrated it's 1st anniversary last evening. We have been running regular monthly sessions since August 2006 and the Wellington SharePoint User Group (WLGSPUG) celebrated it's 1 year anniversary. Thanks to Nas for making this awesome cake! We had Brendan Law from Intergen doing a session on MOSS Search and an open QA forum panel discussion with Myself, Zac Smith, Jonthan Stuckey from MSFT NZ and Brendan. Bob Fox sent his video greetings as well as Ryan and CJ who is now part of the SharePoint team in Redmond. Thanks to everyone who have supported the Wellington user group.     WLGSPUG Photos are on Flickr! Technorati Tags: WLGSPUG, SharePoint, Wellington, User Group ...[Read More]

I will be co presenting at Business Connect 2007 hosted by Microsoft New Zealand. This event is focused towards business users. "Hear from Steven Carden the author of "New Zealand Unleashed" about the country, its future, and the people who will get it there. Learn from other customers on their journey to becoming more productive within their own companies." Christchurch 17th October Auckland 24th October Wellington 31st October View information on how to attend Business Connect 2007 I will be co-presenting the following session. Seamlessly work with othersDoug McCutcheon, Jonathan Stuckey - Microsoft & Chandima Kulathilake - Provoke (Thats me) Learn how to derive more value from information assets and simplify compliance by providing comprehensive control over the entire cycle of electronic content ...[Read More]

The CKS team and Zac has been working to get the forms authentication component of CKS Intranet and Extranet edition released. The Pre-Beta release is now available on CodePlex. Go and check out the new features. User Login Membership Request and Management Password Management User and Role Management Detailed post on the SharePoint Team Blog.   Technorati Tags: CKS, MOSS, FBA, WSS, SharePoint, Community Kit, Community, Forms, Authentication ...[Read More]

I was reading Michael's daily report and this caught my eye "Word vs Wiki in SharePoint" [ http://www.michaelsampson.net/2007/10/enterprise-co-4.html ] Basically Michael points out an entry by Susan Hanly on the use of Wikis vs a Workspace in SharePoint. Susan is one of the authors of the book "Essential SharePoint® 2007: Delivering High-Impact Collaboration" - By Scott Jamison, Mauro Cardarelli, and Susan Hanley. A chapter "Chapter 8: Sites, Blogs, and Wikis" of the book is available to read online. I have often seen in some implementations some one somewhere makes an executive decision that a "Wiki" is the solution to all of collaboration needs. In a SharePoint deployment it is important to strike a balance of when to use a wiki and when to use a team site and a document workspace. I recomm ...[Read More]

  The below screen shot was from a SQL server where SharePoint was installed. Notice the database names. Now if this was a managed SQL server environment the DBA's or system administrators would be wondering what the heck are these databases? You may also notice that a few of the Admin Content Databases are offline. This was taken from a server where something went wrong. I can't specifically say what it was. But the point of this post is to highlight that you can actually give these databases proper names that would make sense. For a seasoned SharePoint administrator this is obvious that the user who installed SharePoint did not use PSCONFIG to provision the databases. In a shared database environment if you have not documented your install well it will become very difficult for someone who has no SharePoint background to figure ...[Read More]