Bill Baer

Deploying Remote BLOB Storage with SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:24:10 GMT

AlwaysOn Availability Groups can provide a high-availability and disaster recovery solution for SQL Server Remote Blob Store (RBS) BLOB objects (blobs). AlwaysOn Availability Groups protects any RBS metadata and schemas stored in an availability...(read more)

SharePoint Server 2013 March 2013 Public Update

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:18:05 GMT

The March 2013 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2013 was released on March 12, 2013 and in addition to resolving several issues, features new and added capabilities such as the ability to configure multiple app domains in when using AAM or Host Header...(read more)

SharePoint Server 2013 Extranet and Office 365 External Sharing Considerations

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:08:09 GMT

Introduction What is an Extranet? A common definition for the term Extranet is a network that enables controlled access to external users or an extension of an organization’s intranet extended to external users to include customers, partners, suppliers...(read more)

Introduction to System Status Notifications in SharePoint 2013

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:00:47 GMT

SharePoint 2013 implements new System Status Notifications designed to provide site users information about lifecycle events to include availability of upgrade, maintenance, and read-only states. System Status Notifications present important information...(read more)

Get Started with SharePoint Server 2013 Quickly on Windows Azure

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:46:09 GMT

In order to remain competitive in today’s business climate you need to be able to respond to change and challenges quickly. Sometimes that means adjusting your SharePoint infrastructure on a moment’s notice to maintain a competitive advantage. Infrastructure...(read more)

Shredded Storage and the Evolution of SharePoint’s Storage Architecture

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:07:31 GMT

A number of questions have been asked surrounding Shredded Storage in SharePoint 2013. To better understand the benefit of Shredded Storage and what is provides from a relational database BLOB data storage perspective it's helpful to understand...(read more)

Introduction to User License Enforcement in SharePoint Server 2013 [Updated]

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Introduction SharePoint Server 2013 introduces new User License Enforcement capabilities that enable the definition, assignment, and mapping of licenses to users associated with specific Active Directory security groups. For example an administrator...(read more)

Introduction to Machine Translation Services in SharePoint 2013

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:29:25 GMT

Introduction SharePoint Server 2013 introduces several new service applications; among them is the new Machine Translation Service. The new Machine Translation Service enables you to reach more people with new cloud-based translation services capable...(read more)

Introduction to PowerPoint Automation Services in SharePoint Server 2013

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:28:19 GMT

Introduction PowerPoint Automation Services is a new service application in SharePoint Server 2013 that provides automatic server-side conversion of PowerPoint Presentations from one format to another, for example, a PowerPoint Presentation in Open XML...(read more)

Introduction to Shredded Storage in SharePoint 2013 [RTM Update]

Bill Baer (Microsoft) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:26:00 GMT

Introduction Shredded storage is a new data platform improvement in SharePoint 2013 related to the management of large binary objects (I.e. BLOBS such as Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations, Microsoft Word Documents, etc.). Shredded Storage is both...(read more)