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Horizons Consulting believes in being active participants in the user community in which we work every day. We want our expertise to be shared to help you be successful. Below are just some of the many ways we are participating with you to build better technology solutions:

Podcasts

MOSS Gone Wild: Episode 5 (September 2008)

JD Wade continues his conversation with Todd Kitta and Justin Jackson to review the contents of the SharePoint 2007 updates released since RTM and recommends other updates you may wish to apply to your farm.

MOSS Gone Wild: Episode 4 (August 2008)

JD Wade sits down with Todd Kitta and Justin Jackson to review the best practices for patching your SharePoint 2007 farm.

Presentations

SharePoint Saturday Ozarks: Special Interest: Setting up Kerberos for SharePoint

On June 12, 2010, JD Wade presented on how to setup Kerberos for both SharePoint 2007 (IIS 6/7) and SharePoint 2010 (IIS 7). He reviewed the basics of Kerberos, when delegation is needed, and when you really need to use Kerberos.

St. Louis Day of .Net: Best Practices for Deploying and Managing SharePoint

On August 28-29, 2009, JD Wade discussed guidance for the infrastructure, architecture, and development of a SharePoint platform. In reviewing SharePoint as an application platform, he discussed the layers of SharePoint from the hardware to the information architecture, JD reviewed practical recommendations you can implement in your own environment.

SharePoint Saturday Ozarks: Best Practices for Deploying and Managing SharePoint

On July 18, 2009, JD Wade discussed guidance for the infrastructure, architecture, and development of a SharePoint platform. In reviewing SharePoint as an application platform, he discussed the layers of SharePoint from the hardware to the information architecture, JD reviewed practical recommendations you can implement in your own environment.

St. Louis SharePoint Users Group: SharePoint Service Pack 2

On July 14, 2009, JD Wade, along with Mike Henthorn (CTP), provided an overview of the contents of SharePoint Service Pack 2, new “stsadm” commands enabled, and new functionality you can enable as needed. They reviewed recommended additional actions you should take while upgrading as well as additional recommended updates to apply along the way. Finally, they walked through the step by step process for proper deployment as well as how to create a slipstream install to make future farm deployments and changes easier.

Midwest Regional SharePoint Conference: SharePoint Capacity Planning – Balancing Organizational Requirements with Performance and Cost

On April 7, 2009, Kirk Devore and JD Wade discussed in a 200 level session the key SharePoint design considerations that impact your system’s performance. They looked the each of the tiers in a SharePoint farm and highlighted the concerns and best practices. Also, they looked at some of the software boundaries in SharePoint and how they can affect the performance your users will experience.

Midwest Regional SharePoint Conference: Best Practices for Deploying and Managing SharePoint

On April 6, 2009, JD Wade discussed in a 300 level session guidance for the infrastructure, architecture, and development of a SharePoint platform. In reviewing SharePoint as an application platform, he discussed the layers of SharePoint from the hardware to the information architecture, JD reviewed practical recommendations you can implement in your own environment.

St. Louis Day of .Net: SharePoint Updates

On December 13, 2008, JD Wade discussed the important aspects you will need to know to successfully deploy updates in your Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment. The presentation provided an overview of the contents of SharePoint updates released, new “stsadm” commands enabled, and new functionality you can enable as needed. You can review recommended additional actions you should take while upgrading as well as additional recommended updates to apply along the way. Finally, you can learn the step by step process for proper deployment as well as how to create a slipstream install to make future farm deployments and changes easier.

Video: KC Office Geeks: SharePoint Updates (Standard Quality-37MB)

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Video: KC Office Geeks: SharePoint Updates (High Quality-424MB)

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KC Office Geeks: SharePoint Updates

On November 6, 2008, JD Wade discussed the important aspects you will need to know to successfully deploy updates in your Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment. The presentation provided an overview of the contents of SharePoint updates released, new “stsadm” commands enabled, and new functionality you can enable as needed. You can review recommended additional actions you should take while upgrading as well as additional recommended updates to apply along the way. Finally, you can learn the step by step process for proper deployment as well as how to create a slipstream install to make future farm deployments and changes easier.

St. Louis SharePoint User Group: WSS 3.0 & Sharepoint 2007 SP1

In May 2008, JD Wade discussed the important aspects you will need to know to successfully deploy Service Pack 1 in your Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment. The presentation provided an overview of the service pack contents, new “stsadm” commands enabled, and new functionality you can enable as needed. You can review recommended additional actions you should take while upgrading. Finally, you can learn the step by step process for deployment as well as how to create a slipstream install to make future farm deployments and changes easier.

St. Louis SharePoint User Group: SharePoint Platform Services Overview

In March 2007, Horizons Consulting helped kick off the start of the redesigned St. Louis SharePoint User Group. We provided an overview of platform services which is the foundation that makes up all WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 functionality.

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