Upgrading from SP 2003/2007 to SP 2010 will be my session topic for SharePoint Conference on April 5th, 2012 at Philadelphia. Check out the conference details at: http://www.gr8technologyconferences.com/Pages/philadelphia-20120405-Sessions.aspx I will share "Gotchas" based on numerous upgrade pro... [More]

Here are the steps to crawl a RSS Feed using FAST Search Web Crawler 1) Locate the RSS feed URL 2) Configure FAST Web Crawler 3) Search your RSS Content Configure FAST Web Crawler: Locate the xml file under C:\FASTSEARCH\etc\crawlerconfigtemplate-rss.xml. Make a copy of it and place it under ... [More]

I was facing a minor issue with an upgraded site from 2007 to 2010. Navigate Up button TOP level entry was pointing to a wrong entry. The screen shot below shows 2 masked entries. One entry was showing the right link, where the top level was pointing to the old 2007 site.   This is not th... [More]

Recently, I had to troubleshoot a custom .NET web application within SharePoint not loading as it was encountering the following error: ( the web site was deployed to a folder within _layouts)   Cannot create file when that file already exists. (Exception from HRESULT:0X800700B7)   ... [More]

My SharePoint 2010 Farm has 2 WFEs and 1 APP server. The APP server was hosting Service application and the index and crawl components split between web front ends. I encountered the following error catalog Main: failing to copy index files from crawl component 4 for <x> minutes. Acce... [More]

Here is how to convert an existing web application configured with Classic Mode Authentication to Claims Based. This can be done using PowerShell. Note: Once converted from classic to claims, you will not be able to revert the change. Screen Shot showing web application in Classic Mode   ... [More]

I will be doing a session on FAST Search 2010 at Atlanta SharePoint Saturday event. Check it out: http://sharepointsaturday.org/atlanta/speakers/35/SathishTK.aspx    

My colleague David Pallmann has just released his book on Windows Azure - Volume I. I was part of the review group for this book. Check it out. http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Azure-Handbook-Planning-Technical/dp/145657471X/

Here is my webcast on SharePoint Application Lifecycle Management Download the Recorded Webcast from Neudesic.com  

Join me at Atlanta SharePoint UserGroup monthly meeting. The topic I will be presenting is SharePoint ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Deep Dive. More Information here. Registration Link   See you there!