Horizons Consulting, Inc.

Community

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:

Blogs

JD Wade's Blog

Glenn Wiley's Blog

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

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

This is a Windows Media Video of the presentation

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

This is a Windows Media Video of the presentation

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. Please click the link above to download the presentation.

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. Click the link above to download the presentation.

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. Click the link above to download the presentation.