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Team Foundation Server 2010 Installation Experiences and Lessons Learned

Do it right the first time!
There’s quite a few posts on Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) and how to install and configure it, as well as a really good CHM file from Microsoft on the same topics, so I won’t go through duplicating what everyone else has done and will link to one [...]

SQL Server 2008 Installer Fails on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Have you tried rebooting?
I ran across an issue on Windows Server 2008 R2 but also found the issue to happen on Windows 7 installations.
Apparently this will be fixed in the R2 releases of SQL but since those aren’t available yet for the enterprise and similar versions, there’s a pretty simple fix.  I found an article [...]

SharePoint Virtualized = Excellent For Production

Though it goes against my better nature, as it is not like me to go against what some really big brains say, I’m tired of hearing from many people as well as ‘company lines’ that SharePoint and SQL Server are not good candidates for virtualization.  It’s easy to sell it that way, but it’s just [...]

Tutorial: Creating A MOSS Development Environment Part I – SQL Server Installation

One of the questions I get the most is how exactly do you create a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) development environment and what software should be used / included.  Since I usually create a new environment for every client, I get a lot of practice at it and I thought I’d document the [...]