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Feb 08
Published: February 08, 2010 06:02 AM by  Kathy Hughes
16th and 17th June, 2010, The Hilton, Sydney, Australia
 
Don't miss the Australian SharePoint Conference for 2010, proudly sponsored by Microsoft and leading partners, and organized by members of the Australian and New Zealand SharePoint community. For details and registration, visit the following site:
 
 
 
 

Oct 19
Published: October 19, 2009 18:10 PM by  Kathy Hughes
As of today's keynote at the 2009 SharePoint Conference happening in Vegas, USA, SharePoint Server 2010 features have been publicly disclosed. A public beta is due out sometime November.
 
Today's earlier keynote is available on demand at http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx.
 
Stay tuned for lots of SharePoint Server 2010 goodness!
 
 

Oct 17
I'd successfully configured Exchange 2010 server and built it into my new environment, incoming e-mails were being successfully received by SharePoint but for some reason, outgoing - i.e. alerts - were failing and ending up in the mailroot\badmail directory.
 
When I opened up one of the .BAD e-mail files from the badmail directory in WordPad I discovered the error:
 
Final-Recipient: <recipientname>
Action: Failed
Status: 5.7.1
Diagnostic-Code: smtp;530 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated
 
The reason was due to the fact I hadn't check-boxed the anonymous users check-box in my Exchange 2010 server's hub transport server default receive connector (by default, it's unchecked). So of course, Exchange was rejecting anything sent via my MOSS server's smtp. In my case, my smtp's access and outbound security was set to anonymous (internal dev environment) and I was also working between multiple physical servers.
 
 
Remember, if you need to test smtp on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 one option is to use Telnet. Yep, it's been around forever and it's still great for debugging internal and isolated smtp issues ;-)
 

Aug 21
I'm virtually there already....here are some virtual details....
 
Come along and see the pros and cons of various virtualisation technologies.
 
The format of the meeting is an overview introduction plus 5 mini-presentations. Each presentation is delivered by an expert in that particular technology, and focuses on the pros and cons of that particular technology to business users and software developers.
 
There will be a panel session at the end where attendees can ask questions of all the speakers.
 
The aim is for attendees to leave with the following:
 
  1. An appreciation for just how beneficial virtualisation
  2. An understanding of the benefits of each of the main players
  3. The ability to investigate and use one of the technologies in their business
 
Here’s the awesome agenda for the night:
VMWare
Microsoft
Citrix
 
 
 
6:00pm : Welcome + News (Craig Bailey) 
6:15pm : Introduction to Virtualisation (Kathy Hughes)
6:30pm : Virtualization for Developers with VMware Workstation (Kathy Hughes)
6:50pm : VMware ESX Server (Steven Gross from VMware)
7:10pm : Hyper-V + Microsoft strategy : (Jeff Alexander from Microsoft)   
7:30pm : Pizza
7:45pm : XenServer + Citrix strategy: Dino Soepono and Scott Lindsay from Citrix
8:05pm : Virtual PC + Virtual Server (Nick Rayner)
8:30pm : Panel session – ask any virtualisation question of the panel
9:00pm : Finish
 
 
Further details and registration via Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130167595324.
 
Craig Bailey has written a great post about the night. Check it out at http://www.craigbailey.net/live/post/2009/08/20/Virtualisation-Smackdown-next-Wed-26-August.aspx. I don't know that I agree with the publicity photo, erm, very one-sided! :-)
 
We'll also be giving away two very special, and limited edition, VEEK t-shirts on the night. Here's a sneak preview of the customized t-shirt:
 
Are you a virtual geek - a VEEK
 
It's gonna be huge!
 
 
 
 

May 31
Published: May 31, 2009 20:05 PM by  Kathy Hughes
Pondering SharePoint vNext environment and virtualization choices. Are you into virtualization yet? Well if you're not and you're in, or planning to be in, SharePoint development now and moving forward then plan on it. With so many different client and server scenarios, it's impossible not to virtualize.
 
Here's a link to Microsoft's non-Microsoft virtualization partners - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944987, which include:
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Novell, Inc.
Oracle, USA Inc.
Sun Microsystems
Unisys Corp.
Virtual Iron Software
VMware, Inc.
 
Up until now I've been using a mixture of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Virtual Server and Windows 2008 HyperV, and VMWare workstation. But I'm now evaluating 'bare metal' options including Citrix XenServer (FREE) and VMWare ESX.
 
If you're working in SharePoint development, test, design, admin, etc etc., you'll possibly need to factor in SQL 2000 SP2 through SQL 2008, Windows 2003 RC2 32bit / 64bit through Windows Server 2008, and several different clients in 32bit and 64bit - XP, Vista and Windows 7. Remember, you need to ensure that whatever virtualization platform you choose to go with will be compatible with your client/server scenarios. For example, if you look at the supported virualization options for SQL server - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956893 - you'll see Hyper-V mentioned but also configurations supported through the 'Server Virtualization Validation Program'. This doesn't mean to say that SQL won't run on your existing choice but it won't necessarily be supported if something goes wrong. This is especially important if you are contemplating on running some or all your servers in virtualization in production.
 
Remember if you're contemplating moving into SharePoint Server 2010 development, etc., don't forget to check out the preliminary system requirements http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/11/announcing-sharepoint-server-2010-preliminary-system-requirements.aspx.
 
If you're in Sydney, keep an eye on the upcoming Windows user group schedule - Craig, Nicholas and I are planning a virtualization smackdown - http://windowsusergroup.com/. We'll be sure to post results from the presentation.
 
 
 

May 31
Published: May 31, 2009 19:05 PM by  Kathy Hughes
TechEd Australia this year will be held 8-11 September up on the Gold Coast (Queensland) - http://www.msteched.com/australia/Public/default.aspx. This year's event will include approx 12 Office tracks, several of which will include SharePoint Server 2007 and related products.
 
I've been asked several times if this year's event will include SharePoint Server 2010 sessions, it will not. This year's Office tracks will be focused around Office 2007. Alistair Speirs details tracks here http://blogs.msdn.com/alspeirs/archive/2009/05/07/guidance-for-potential-office-system-track-speakers-at-tech-ed-australia.aspx if you're planning on submitting sessions. Andrew Coates also outlines sessions here - http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/archive/2009/05/06/tech-ed-australia-and-new-zealand-call-for-content.aspx. If you're planning on still submitting sessions or changing an existing session get in quick and sign up here http://www.msteched.com/Australia/cft/default.aspx. There are some great sessions planned around SharePoint (naturally :-). Also, there'll be lots of Windows 7 sessions.
 
SharePoint Server 2010 sessions are planned for the SharePoint Conference in Vegas October 19-22 - http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx.
 
You can sign up for the Office 2010 beta bits here - https://microsoft.crgevents.com/Office2010TheMovie/Content/Default.aspx . Remember, those bits will not include SharePoint Server 2010 or server bits.
 

May 31
If you're in Sydney or planning a trip to Sydney (Australia), then check out the new Silverlight Designer and Developer Network group, which meets on (approx) the first Tuesday of each month at Microsoft. See the site for further info - http://www.sddn.org.au/. Next meeting, June 2nd, starting at 6:30pm - browser features in Silverlight 3 and LOB apps in Silverlight.
 
Also, don't forget there's also a new Windows user group, also held at Microsoft - check out http://windowsusergroup.com/ for schedule and upcoming presentations - expect to see lot around Windows7. Next meeting June 10th starting at 6pm.
 

Apr 15
Published: April 15, 2009 10:04 AM by  Kathy Hughes
My blog has a refurbished home, thanks to Todd and others. For now, I've added pointers to my old blog posts - see "Old Blog Links" on the left-hand side of my main blog page at http://sharepoint.mindsharpblogs.com/Kathy/default.aspx. I've also added a couple of the more popular downloads from last year to the Downloads section, including Business Intelligence and E-mail integration presentations.
 
Stay tuned - an exciting year ahead!