The Tech Blog of Dan Usher

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  • Lenovo W510

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    So my Lenovo W510 showed up before the July 4 holiday weekend and I have to say that I’m definitely pleased to have waited on the FHD screen – it’s phenomenal. Why did I buy a W510 after buying a Lenovo T410? Easy, the W510 is a workhorse with it’s quad core i7 820QM processor…

  • SharePoint 2010 – Drive Space Conundrum

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    One of the new capabilities of SharePoint 2010 that comes in handy is the Health Monitoring alerts that pop up on the front page of Central Admin. One thing you might run into is when you start to run out of disk space.  You’ll probably see something similar to this: Always something that you want…

  • TaxonomyPicker.ascx bug (SP2010 RTM)

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    Please note the update! So apparently others have stumbled upon this but when doing my rebuild of RTM over the weekend I noticed a nifty little error popping up in the event log that raised a little concern with regard to the TaxonomyPicker user control. Looking at the error, you’ll notice that it states the…

  • SharePoint Saturday DC – 15 May 2010

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    That’s right, we’re back. SharePoint Saturday DC, the third edition, will be on 15 May 2010 at the Northern Virginia Community Campus in Annandale, Virginia, just outside the Capital Beltway. We’re expecting up to 800 individuals attending with approximately 45 sessions going on through out the day – and it’s all free! Definitely an exciting…

  • RDA Spotlight – Extranet Solutions with SharePoint

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    RDA Corporation, the fine people that gave us the ECAL Tracker on Codeplex.com, will be presenting a webcast this Thursday (25 February) at 1 PM EST to discuss enabling SharePoint portal sites for differing business areas, specifically for an enterprise extranet portal. The overarching agenda for the webcast is as follows: Definition of an Extranet…

  • OT: Cloud Computing and Azure

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    Cloud Computing and Azure are two hot topics on the horizon, albeit somewhat SharePoint independent at the moment. Microsoft will be doing a deep dive this week in Tyson’s Corner on the topics of Cloud Computing and the Windows Azure Platform. The audience for this event is more geared toward developers, however IT Pros and…

  • SharePint Northern Virginia Edition

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    Come one, come all! SharePint!!! So not to interfere with any SharePoint events this week, but I figured that with so many folks in town this week, why not have a few social events? Who’s in town you ask? Well, MindSharp is in town for a training event and with good ole MindSharp comes Todd…

  • ShareSquared in the Spotlight – Business Intelligence using SP2010 & PowerPivot

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    Interested in some of the new business intelligence capabilities within SharePoint Server 2010? Didn’t make it to the SharePoint Conference out in Vegas? Wondering what this thing called PowerPivot? Check out the ShareSquared Webinar showcasing Business Intelligence using the SharePoint 2010 platform and PowerPivot. Paul Stork and Chris Givens will be presenting the session. When:…

  • First Thoughts – Rackspace Cloud Windows Beta

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    Blazing fast. There you have it folks, those are my first thoughts with regard to the Rackspace Cloud Windows Beta. Not only is the service fanatical in terms of the Rackers online ready to help out should you run into problems or happen to have a question pertaining to the different servers around the clock,…

  • SharePoint User Group – FedSPUG Edition

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    The Federal SharePoint User Group will be meeting on 4 February from 2-5 PM at the Bethesda Microsoft Office. If you’re involved with Federal Clients in the Washington DC area, this is a great opportunity to introduce your clients to new technologies, approaches, products and other organizations that use SharePoint. For more information about the…