Microsoft SQL Server is the database engine that underpins SharePoint, in many ways serving as the heart of the platform. With this is mind, it definitely bears understanding this critical component a little more, especially when it comes to topics like manageability, performance and backup and recovery. In this episode we jump right into the [...]

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WSPBuilder is one of the most used and most popular community tools for SharePoint developers. Originally a command-line tool for helping to actually build WSP packages, the tool has continued to improve and develop over time, now including support for SharePoint 2010. In addition to the command-line capabilities, WSPBuilder also has great Visual Studio plugins [...]

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Bart de Smet, .Net legend, super-brain and all-round nice guy was visiting South Africa for DevDays to talk about C# 4.0 and the Reactive Extensions for .Net, amongst other things. While he was here, we had a few minutes between our respective sessions to talk about his pet project from while back  - a version [...]

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In this episode I sat down with world-renowned SQL Server experts Paul Randal and Kimberly L. Tripp. The husband-and-wife team have over 30 years combined experience working with all sizes of SQL Server databases, in organizations as diverse as Fortune-100 companies to small, single-database businesses. Together they teach the SQL Server component of the SharePoint Certified Masters [...]

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SharePoint 2010 is here! In this crazy “happy hour” episode I did a round of interviews with a bunch of people at the MVP Summit about this release and their favourite feature(s). There some silliness, some seriousness lots of SharePoint 2010.
This episode is now live and can be found here: Episode 22 – The Crazy [...]

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