[dba-SQLServer] SharePoint (was: Off The Beaten Path)

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Oct 19 06:07:53 CDT 2011


Boy isn't that true.  After all this time I have no idea why I would use Sharepoint other than 
because Microsoft wants me too.  In general I don't respond well to reasons like "Microsoft wants me 
to".

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 10/19/2011 4:04 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi Martin
>
> Thanks for the link. A bit outdated though, as it refers to SP2007. SP2010 has been out for a while.
> But even that nice MOSS lady mentions that she is not able to (really) tell what SharePoint is. And I don't think the article (indeed not if you start perusing the zillions of comments) will "get me the idea".
>
> I have looked high and low but still haven't found the site with something like "How to get started with SharePoint and why?".
>
> The official MS SharePoint site it simply scary. I can't remember a site with so much marketing fuzz and so little info for people like us.
> It must be out there somewhere, but where?
>
> /gustav
>
>
>>>> mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk 18-10-2011 23:10>>>
> http://www.mosslady.com/article/6#more-6
>
> Bit simple but you will get idea. In our case we front almost every major system we have with SharePoint. Its our interface to SQL server, replacing access, its a virtual learning environment, reporting front end, office web apps, workflow, enterprise search, records management, intregrated with office etc etc
>
> Oh and it all runs on SQL server.
>
> Martin
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
> ________________________________
> From: Martin Reid
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> Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Off The Beaten Path
>
> Yip but some poor sod needs to look after those big databases!
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Arthur Fuller
> Sent: 18/10/2011 20:55
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> Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Off The Beaten Path
>
> Perhaps you could point me to some articles describing why I should learn
> this, because so far I have failed to see its point. Seems to me they are
> just stuffing everything into a database, which I could just as simply do
> myself. But I've been wrong before, so this wouldn't come as big news.
>
> A.
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Martin Reid<mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk>  wrote:
>
>> Big market for SharePoint
>>
>> Martin
>
>
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