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HP has developed a sizing and configuration tool for SharePoint 2003. The Sizer Tool was developed based on knowledge gained in the HP Solutions Engineering performance lab in collaboration with Microsoft. The tool follows the sizing and “thought” process that HP support teams use when working with partners, customers and HP account teams to determine appropriate SharePoint configurations. Download the tool at source: SharePoint 2003 Sizing and Configuration Tool V2.0

Microsoft has release a new version of the Windows SharePoint Services Administrator’s Guide, it’s now updated with information about the latest features in WSS SP2. Updated topics include the following: * Backing Up and Restoring Web Sites * Changing the Application Pool Identity for a Virtual Server * Configuring Two Virtual Servers to Host the Same Content * Extending Virtual Servers * Hardware and Software Requirements * Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Services * Internet …

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The Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) SP 2 release has substantial improvements including: * Support for running on 64-bit machines in 32-bit emulation mode * Support for Reverse Proxy and Alternate URL support * Support for IP Bound virtual servers * Support for off-box SSL termination * Support for SQL Server 2005 * Support for ASP.NET 2.0 You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (887624): Description of Windows SharePoint …

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Microsoft has released SP2 for Windows SharePoint Services. Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains stability and performance improvements. Some of the fixes included with SP2 have been previously released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one update. This service pack includes updates previously released for Windows SharePoint Services: * Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1 * Security Update for Windows SharePoint Services: KB887981 SP2 also includes stability improvements developed as …

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The MSCOM Team has posted an articles about their migration to a fully x64 environment. It’s an really interesting article. We began testing the Windows Server x64 Edition of the O/S in early April 2004 with a single “white box” AMD64 reference machine and finally rolled it out across the board for www.microsoft.com at the end of April 2005. Read the article at source: Microsoft.com Operations : Running Microsoft.com on 64 Bit…The Dependencies, The Goodness, …

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