Azure has great cost calculation tooling.  DR can be pretty expensive is running but not being used.  Having the ability to either turn on o...

Azure Services - Replacing Data Centres with "Azure Virtual Networks" There are so many different services that are constantly b...

Problem : Gathering Non Functional Requirements (NFRs) are always a tricky situation in IT projects.  This is because it is always difficul...

Overview :  I have seen several customers us Backup and restore to help speed up the development process and have the ability to deploy bet...

Overview :  This post looks at reducing the footprint of the ldf file.  SharePoint related databases with using the Full recovery mode keep...

Problem : How do you deploy code onto your SharePoint Production farm for Enterprises.  Initial Hypothesis : There are various options ...

Problem : A common upgrade scenario I get in the role as a solutions architect is to move a site collection from a MOSS site to SP2010. Ini...

Problem : I have a been battling for days with my User Profile service, somewhere along the line it got corrupted with a CU.  Hypothesis ...