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Slide 3: De-mystifying Windows SharePoint Services in SBS 2003 Stuart Applegate – SBS MVP General Manager Business Computing Australia, Brisbane Dean Calvert – SBS MVP Principal Consultant & Managing Director Calvert Technologies, Adelaide
Slide 4: Quick Poll Who has already customised WSS in SBS? Who has produced a commercial WSS solution?
Slide 5: The out-of-box experience What is WSS in SBS? Connects people, information & processes Provides information sharing & document collaboration features Internal (or external) Intranet site Tool to easily develop solutions Automate business processes What can you do with it? Integration to other LOB apps MS Office 2003 / 2007 End users have been typically keen to dive in however VARs appear to have been hesitant as it is unfamiliar territory
Slide 6: Understanding the components Sites & subsites Documents, Lists, Tasks, Events Webparts .NET components Administration Alerting
Slide 7: The default SBS WSS site
Slide 8: Working with WSS Customisation Integration Outlook/Exchange One way calendar linking Access / SQL Content Management Server Project Server Live Communication Server
Slide 9: Backup with WSS Microsoft documentation Backup a single WSS site as needed using stsadmn utility Need to be a member of the server computer’s administrators group or a member of the SharePoint administrators group Stsadm.exe –o backup –url http://server_name/site -filename c:\backup.dat [-overwrite] filename paramater can be a filename, path or URL http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/a
Slide 10: Restore with WSS Restore a single WSS site as needed using stsadm utility Stsadm.exe –o restore –url http://server_name/site -filename c:\backup.dat [-overwrite] 3 options for restoring a site Restore over an existing site Restore a site to a new site on the same server Restore site to a separate server with a separate installation of WSS that uses a copy of the original server’s configuration database
Slide 11: On The Topic Of Backup/Restore Add a Recycle Bin to your WSS site!! Refer to the following for all the details: Much quicker method to restore deleted items than restoring the entire site http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/02/RecycleB
Slide 12: Other Methods FrontPage Simple and reliable  Can’t be automated  Smigrate Flexible, can be automated, reliable  Command line interface, not well documented  SQL/WMSDE Low level database backup, can be automated  Low level database restore, restores can be cumbersome, limited documentation does not cover all scenarios 
Slide 13: When Disaster Strikes Visit your favourite software vendor’s site http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827701/en-us “How to perform a disaster recovery operation of SharePoint Services Companyweb and SharePoint Services Databases” To prevent the disaster in the firstplace http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829112/en-us “How to back up and restore http://companyweb in Windows Small Business Server 2003”
Slide 14: SharePoint Data SBS Standard Edition WMSDE database storage SBS Premium Edition Can upgrade to SQL database Content indexing Your very own MSNSearch!! Word, Excel, text iFilters Extend your indexing capabilities Acrobat, WordPerfect, Autodesk, PostScript…. www.ifiltershop.com
Slide 15: The ultimate resource Web sites (Microsoft) Landing Page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/sharepo Web sites (3rd party) WSS FAQ = http://wss.collutions.com/default.aspx SPS FAQ = http://www.spsfaq.com/ EXPERTS= http://www.sharepointexperts.com SP UNI = http://www.sharepointu.com/
Slide 16: The ultimate resource (cont) Sample Applications MacroView WISDOM - WSS Add-on (Sydney) http://www.macroview.com.au/WisdomProducts.htm?MenuS Microsoft Templates (30) – Basic and Custom http://sharepoint.laytonflower.com - Employee Timesheets - Employee Training
Slide 17: The ultimate resource (cont) Newsgroups / RSS TechNet http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/server/share Microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices Microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices.development User Groups Brisbane - http://bspug.officeisp.net Sydney - http://sps.uniqueworld.net/Sydney/default.aspx Canberra http://sps.uniqueworld.net/Canberra/ Blogs Chad Gross SBS MVP= http://msmvps.com/blogs/cgross/archive/2005/08/03/61320.aspx
Slide 18: The ultimate resource (cont) Courses Microsoft #2286: Implementing WSS Books MS Press: Windows SharePoint Services - Step by Step ISBN:0-7356-2075-X http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/7241.asp MS Press : Windows SharePoint Services - Inside out ISBN:0-7356-2171-3 http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/8191.asp Harry Brelsford : Advanced Windows SBS 2003 Best Practices http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974858072 Training MacroView – Sydney http:// www.macroview.com.au/SharePoint_Training.htm?MenuState=1 MVP Gayan Peiris (Australia) http://www.gayanpeiris.com
Slide 19: The Road Ahead Today WSS v2 w/SP2 WSS v3 (BETA 2) SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Slide 20: The Road Ahead Future MOSS 2007 (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) WSS v3 Will be supported on SBS 2003 KB article will be provided, for migrating v2 to v3 No in-place install Plan & Prepare http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/cb22a4d2-
Slide 21: The Opportunity Q: Technician or Consultant? A: Both ! As IT Techs in SMB (or Business) - seek opportunities Know your tool of trade, then apply those skills to resolve or improve business process = HUGE potential for $ or business benefit
Slide 22: Q&A Share with us your SharePoint experiences !
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