Sharepoint vs. Fileservers
Monday, October 31st, 2005A few quick notes comparing Sharepoint to a plain ol' fileserver when used as the main storage location for shared (non-personal) files in school: ...
Archive for October, 2005
A few quick notes comparing Sharepoint to a plain ol' fileserver when used as the main storage location for shared (non-personal) files in school: ...
Searching ‘05-style
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005In school it seems that kids nearly always go to google to search for anything. The majority of teachers I've come across see no problem in that - it's what they do when researching. Increasingly, web-savvy people are turning away from the one-stop-shop approach to searching in favour ...
Class Server gotcha #1
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005Just a quick gotacha to be aware of: when installing Class Server 3 or 4 into Sharepoint, you'll need your Sharepoint to be installed into the web root "http://server/" rather than at "http://server/sharepoint/" or similar.That is all.
Class Server 4 and the Temple of Doom
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005What can I say about Class Server? It is possibly the least well supported Microsoft product I've ever come across. Not only do Microsoft put zero effort into the Class Server site, but the community support for it is almost non-existant. Try to find a screen shot of Class ...
Network diagrams
Wednesday, October 12th, 2005Today I made a start on a diagram of the school network, with the intention of including all switches, routers, servers and "network appliances" (CCTV servers, NAS boxes). It's surprising what you find out when you examine things in detail! It's definitely been a worthwhile exercise already. Previously I ...
A Brief Introduction
Sunday, October 9th, 2005About me:I'm a network manager in a state secondary school in the UK. My crew of two make up the rest of the school's ICT Support team, looking after 600+ devices and 2000 bodies. I've had some experience of managing Linux servers in my distant past and Mac OSX clients ...
