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When trying to create a workflow using Internet Explorer I received the following message:

The server is currently being taken down for maintenance. Check with your system administrator to see when this server is scheduled to come back online.

Click Try Again to attempt to load the form again. If this error persists, contact […]

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Existing site associations will change
The Web application you have selected to host the SSP administration site and/or My Sites already hosts other content sites.  These content site will automaticcly be associated with the new SSP.
I received this error when trying to replace my intranet site with my new SSP site.

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if the CPU is maxed out on your SharePoint 2007 server check the Indexer Performance setting in Central Administration.  My setting was set to Partly reduced causing my CPU’s to run at 100% and nine instances of mssdmn.exe to run.  Updating the setting to Reduced brought the CPU’s back to a normal level.
Central Administration […]

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I was doing a fresh install of MOSS and didn’t see the Business Data Catalog section listed in the SSP. The Business Data Catalog wasn’t there because I hadn’t enabled Enterprise Features in the Operations page.
Simple fix, in the Operations page look at the bottom of the page for the Upgrade and Migration section.  In […]

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To install SharePoint on a Windows Server 2008 machine you will need the SharePoint install that includes SP1.
but… do this first:
http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2007/10/30/installing-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0-on-windows-server-2008.aspx
fun?
x86:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ef93e453-75f1-45df-8c6f-4565e8549c2a&DisplayLang=en
x64:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9FB41E51-CB03-4B47-B89A-396786492CBA&displaylang=en

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The Idea Database Accelerator tool appears to be real handy at analyzing, reorganizing, and rebuilding indexes.
Keep in mind i’m still playing with this.
Today I sort of figured out how to backup and restore a site using Idera Site Backup.  Site Backup creates a .cmp file for the site you are backing up.  […]

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[Cross posted from the Enterprise Search Blog]
It’s been around 45 days since the acquisition of FAST Search and Transfer closed and we’re moving quickly to provide interoperability for Microsoft customers between FAST ESP and Microsoft SharePoint Server.
The first deliverables from this work are a set of FAST ESP Search Web Parts for quickly integrating […]

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My name is Paul Learning, a Senior Consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services specializing in SharePoint deployments, and it’s with great excitement and pride that I announce the release of the SharePoint Server 2007 Scalability and Performance whitepaper. This 90+ page whitepaper is based on a lot of hard work, dedication, and collaboration from a team […]

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Overview
About 8 months ago, we posted a “How We Did It” guest blog entry here about Microsoft Academy Mobile, a community driven videocast/podcast solution that had been built on the SharePoint platform and continues to be used internally at Microsoft. We received a lot of feedback from customers, mostly in the form of “Hey, that’s […]

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