SharePoint as a collaboration and document platform: setup, administration, migration, integration and the lessons from customer projects.
While working on a customer project, I needed to retrieve the SQL Server SCOM Management Pack version. Unfortunately, the SCOM team took a while to answer and as I am the DBA, I have access to the SCOM databases. So let’s have a look at how we can get this the “hard” way. On 30/06/2014, a new Management Pack was published…
I have decided to make a resume of the presentation “Upgrading SharePoint 2013” by Sam Hassani that I have followed at the European SharePoint Conference 2014. This is meant for the people who did not have the chance to attend to the event taking place from 5 to 8 May 2014 in Barcelona! For more details on the Conference presentations,…
SharePoint performance is a recursive problem and preoccupation. As a Database Administrator, we have to deal with SharePoint when configuring SQL Server databases. In this article, I will propose a list of best practices in SQL Server settings aimed to reduce SharePoint performance issues. This article is inspired from the presentation Optimizing SQL Server for Speedy SharePoint by Sahil Malik…
I had the opportunity to attend the IT Pro day at the Microsoft Techdays in Lausanne. Let me give you a few insights on my day there. Being a SharePoint specialist but also ramping up on Microsoft SQL Server I tried to balance between SQL and SharePoint related sessions. BYOD As usual, the day started with a Keynote focusing on…
