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SharePoint management, backup, and recovery.


Free SharePoint Admin Book, Free SharePoint Admin ToolsNovember 13

In case you did not see Todd Klindt’s post about this, he’ll be giving away free copies of the new Inside SharePoint Administration book he wrote together with Shane Young and Steve Caravajal. All you need is subscribe to Todd’s blog and be among the first five to congratulate him on the book availability (see details in Todd’s original post). I’d also recommend you subscribe to Shane’s and Steve’s blogs. Just in case.

Good news for those who are not that lucky is that even purchasing the book you’ll get something for free. Every copy of Inside SharePoint Administration includes a CD with additional material and free evaluation copy of Quest Site Administrator - a great tool for centralized SharePoint administration and reporting. (Usual disclosure: this is one of the products I work on as a member of Quest SharePoint product group.)

BTW, Inside SharePoint Administration is


Joel, welcome to the team!November 11

One of the most influencing minds in the SharePoint world, the most well known SharePoint blogger and evangelist, Joel “SharePoint Joel” Oleson has joined Quest Software. Specifically the SharePoint Product Management team that I am a part of. I am really excited. We met with Joel earlier couple times at TechEd and SharePoint Conference, but now this is a real chance work closer and get a fresh look at the SharePoint offerings protfolio Quest has. The only thing that concerns me is it’s probably going to be quite challenging to get hold of Joel even now, considering all the traveling he is doing over last few years :) but I’ll try my best!

Well, I guess what I am really trying to say here is to repeat Adam’s words: welcome to the team, Joel, and look forward to working with you!

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Speaking at ICS SharePoint Showcase in the UKOctober 15

ICS Solutions, one of the leading IT solution providers and Microsoft Gold Partner in the UK are hosting a one-day SharePoint Showcase conference tomorrow, October 16 at their location in Basingstoke, England. There are about 10 ISV partners coming to the event to talk about their products, and I will be representing Quest Software there together with our Director of Marketing for SharePoint product line.

Sorry for the last minute notice (did not want to post this until I get the UK Visa), but as far as I know ICS has planned this conference to be the first in a series of similar events. Anyway, if you are attending the event tomorrow be sure to come by and say hello, or even better - book the 30-minute one-on-one meeting so that we have a chance to talk.

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“Converging Paths of SQL Server and SharePoint” WebcastSeptember 6

When someone downloads and installs Windows SharePoint Service with the default settings, the install wizard hardly indicates that SQL engine is being used in the back end. Is this a problem for SharePoint admins? And for SQL DBA’s? What happens when SharePoint grows in size and importance for the organization? Do the SQL DBA’s need to think about SharePoint backup and restore?

These were the questions discussed in a recent webcast by David Walker, ASP .Net MVP and specialist in enterprise apps architecture, and David Gugick and Doug Davis from Quest Software, where they are leading Product Management teams for Quest’s SQL and SharePoint product lines.

I missed the webcast but the recording is available for download the recording from Quest website. Although it was primarily meant for SQL Server administrators, it really helps to understand what common problems SharePoint and SQL admins are facing and why it’s so much easier to solve them together.


Backup and Recovery Solutions: When Do You Use Which?August 27

I just came across a recent SharePoint Backup / Recovery Solutions blog post by Babar Batla, Principal Solutions Specialist for Microsoft. In his list, Babar has both Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 and Quest Recovery Manager for SharePoint (and that’s the product I am working on). So do these products compete? Not really, they can actually complement each other! So, when do you use which?

With a recent release of Recovery Manager 2.2 we enhanced it to read and restore data from snapshots made with DPM as well as few other backup formats (see our web site for details). Adding this on top of DPM you can use the same snapshots in more SharePoint restoration scenarios:

  • Granular restore with DPM is only possible for documents and sites. Recovery Manager adds restore of any SharePoint objects, from a list item or document up to a site collection (and everything in between!) - all from the backups you already have with DPM.
  • Recovery Manager also gives more flexibility when the original server farm is unavailable: you can resto