I was working yesterday on a clients SBS 2008 server that we had inherited. The clients SBS 2008 install had been messed with by at least 2 IT companies before we got to them. One of the issues I was trying to resolve was that Companyweb was not working. I went through the normal things on the SBS blog that affect companyweb, but in the end it was still not … [Read more...]
“ConfigureSharePointDatabaseTask: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation is not configured” during SBS 2003 to 2011 Migration
When doing the SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 migration, make sure you have the latest version of the document and ALWAYS review the document in full. Microsoft made a recent change in the documentation which included a step designed to get around this issue – it’s documented on Page 17 where you need to give the built in administrators group the right to logon as a batch job. If … [Read more...]
How can I reduce my ShareWebDb_log.ldf file size?
Yesterday you will have seen how I reduced the size of my SharePoint Config Log file on my SBS 2008 server from 10.9GB down to 1MB. While I was digging, I noticed that the ShareWebDB_Log.ldf file was also quite large at 2.8GB in size. I thought this was abnormal too – so I modified the script from the Microsoft KB article I found yesterday. Here’s my modified … [Read more...]
How can I reduce my SharePoint log file size on SBS 2008?
I was searching tonight for disk space on my SBS 2008 server as a routine thing I do to keep an eye on things. I found that the SharePoint_Config LDF file was over 10GB in size – ouch! I ran the SBS 2008 Best Practice Analyser and it guided me to a Microsoft KB article which described the problem in full along with a way to resolve it. Check out this Microsoft KB … [Read more...]
Office 365 Bootcamp Announced
Robert Crane – famed Aussie Sharepoint Guru and President of the SMB IT Professionals – Sydney group has launched his Office 365 Bootcamp series. The first event is on 17th August in Sydney, and he is looking to also produce this as a number of webcasts to those that wish to partake in it. Details on it are on Roberts website here Without a doubt, Robert has been … [Read more...]