The Tech Blog of Dan Usher

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  • SharePoint Saturday Philly

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    If you’ve not been to Philadelphia for a SharePoint Saturday event – you really should consider checking it out sometime here in the near future.  Why do I say this? Because these folks have it down to a science – David Mann, Peter Senescu, Michael Mukalian and Bill Wolff. It’s a fantastic event that is…

  • Capital Area .Net SharePoint Special Interest Group Presentation

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    This past Wednesday evening, Scott Hoag and I had the privilege of sharing the evening with the Capital Area .Net SharePoint Special Interest Group, hosted by Excella in the Navy League building in Arlington, VA. The crowd was lively and engaged and we even had Nick Inglis, Mack Sigman, Stacey Draper, David Berry and Cicely…

  • Capital Area .NET SharePoint User Group

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    Last week I received an e-mail from my colleague and coffee drinking buddy who is one of the coordinators for the Capital Area .NET SharePoint User Group asking if I’d be interested in presenting at their monthly meeting. After checking with my com padre, Scott Hoag, further discussion ensued as to whether or not to…

  • SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach – Slide Deck

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    For anyone looking around for the slides from the presentation that Scott Hoag and I presented this past Saturday at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach on 7 January 2012 is available below… Pitfalls of Migrating to SharePoint 2010 #SPSVBhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=hoag-usher-pitfallsofmigratingtosharepoint2010-spsvb-120109085741-phpapp02&stripped_title=pitfalls-of-migrating-to-sharepoint-2010-spsvb&userName=spdan View more presentations from Dan Usher.

  • Federal SharePoint Users Group – 1/5/2012

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    I realize it’s short notice, but wanted to make sure that the word got out about this evening’s Federal SharePoint Users Group meeting where Tim Ferro will be presenting on SharePoint 2010 and the use of Event Receivers. This presentation titled SharePoint 2010 Event Receivers, is a beginning to intermediate look at Event Receivers and…

  • SharePoint Saturday Richmond Wrap-up

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    This past weekend the SharePoint Saturday Richmond crew put together a fantastic event hosted at the Greater Richmond Convention Center downtown. It was a great opportunity to see friends I hadn’t seen in a while as well as to meet a few folks in the community that I’d been chatting with for a while and…

  • SUGDC Deck – SharePoint Worst Practices

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    Last night, a colleague and I presented at the DC SharePoint User’s Group that meets yonder in Reston, VA at HireStratey. It’s been a while since I’ve done a talk and for those watching they might realize that this is a slightly updated version of a talk that I gave down at the Hampton Roads…

  • SharePoint Saturday The Conference 2011 – TweetStream

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    If you’re not able to attend SPSTCDC but you’re still interested in following what’s going on, consider checking out the Live Blogging stream that is being hosted by Women in SharePoint’s DC group. The link is available here: http://womeninspdc.org/pages/live-blogging If you’re still interested in attending, there will be onsite registration. More information about this stellar…

  • Recycle an Application Pool – #ITProTip

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    So you’ve deployed an updated solution to your SharePoint 2007 or 2010 farm and you need to recycle the application pool associated with the web application that the solution is deployed to but you don’t want to take down the entire SharePoint farm? No problem, just recycle the single application pool that’s associated with that…

  • The value of SharePoint Certifications

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    In today’s world of SharePoint consulting and engineering, there are certain competencies and thresholds that need to be met prior to being able to enter into an engagement that is profitable to both the individual providing services and the organization receiving services. Similar to medicine, SharePoint engineers and consultants have practices and firms that they…