Dave Mc's Blog

  • Export the SharePoint 2010 Search Crawl Log

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    Needed to do this today, as I’d set up a FAST Search crawl of a  public-facing website, and there being a lot of errors I need to do some serious analysis of the issues.  Of course, there is no “Export to Excel” tab, which would have been great. Still after hunting around and deciding… more …

  • Adding a Non-Admin Server to FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Fails

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    I spent the best part of last week configuring FAST Search for SharePoint 2010, and along the way I came across an issue which at the time absolutely flummuxed me. On reflection I probably should have done a better job at diagnosing the issue, but time was tight and the pressure was on, so… more …

  • Don’t Believe Everything You Read …

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    Take this article in the Independent for instance in 2009, which predicted that 2010 would be the hottest year ever recorded for the world.  Well. It wasn’t, it was warm, but only as 2005 which was the second warmest on record. Not ever. Just  on record. The records go back about 300 years or… more …

  • Quantum Mechanics and Lamb Bhuna

    I had the opportunity to deliver my “Quantum of Computing” talk on Wednesday to the Edinburgh Branch of the British Computer Society (BCS) and I had a fantastic time.  The talk is very much a top level overview of Quantum Computing – NOT how to build a quantum computer, but what is it that… more …

  • Useful SharePoint Links …

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    This is really for me as I keep forgetting these links and loosing them! User Profile Configuration http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee721049.aspx Excel Services Kerberos http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466519 [updated 23 Jul 2011]  Migrating users between SQL Servers http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918992/   I’ll add others to this as I find them … Cheers Dave Mc more …

  • Speaking at SharePoint Conference 2011

    Pretty chuffed that a session I submitted to SPC 2011 has been accepted and so I’ll be speaking at the SharePoint Conference 2011 in Los Angeles between October 3 and October 6.  Here’s my session details (slightly altered from what I submitted I might say :-)) Hope to see you there! Cheers Dave Mc more …

  • Reporting Services Integrated Mode Error

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    I was getting pretty recently a problem with Reporting Services Integrated Mode with SharePoint 2010, it was this … I’d set up SSRS to work with Kerberos Authentication in SharePoint 2010 Integrated Mode and it all seemed to be working perfectly in that reports rendered through SharePoint worked perfectly.  I then left it a while… more …

  • Why I love working with SharePoint …

    As I blogged yesterday that I have been renewed as a SharePoint MVP I got to wondering why it is I love working with SharePoint?  When I say I work with SharePoint, several of my compatriots in the UK Community look at me with pity, shake their head or say things like “Oh God!” or… more …

  • SharePoint MVP – again …

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    Three good things happened yesterday: FEST11, Ridgian had a great evening function and I got re-awarded as a SharePoint Server MVP for the third year running  – which is nice.  Thanks Microsoft, much appreciated. Cheers Dave Mc more …

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Dave Mc muses about history, travel, writing, coaching, technology and life, family and the world around us. You may agree with his opinions, you may not, that’s life …