October Updates

Published the week of October 31, 2011

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262043.aspx
New articles
Manage crawl load (SharePoint Server 2010)   Describes how to configure the search system to help prevent or resolve performance issues in which a SharePoint farm is accessed at the same time by users and the crawler.
Plan security hardening for extranet environments (SharePoint Server 2010)   Details the hardening requirements for an extranet environment in which a SharePoint Server 2010 server farm is placed inside a perimeter network and content is available from the Internet or from the corporate network.
Updated articles
Capacity management and high availability in a virtual environment (SharePoint Server 2010)   Updated with statement of support for live migration in a virtual farm.
Database types and descriptions (SharePoint Server 2010)   Corrected support for mirroring the social tagging database in a farm. Mirroring is supported.
Search the enterprise from Windows 7 (SharePoint Server 2010)   Added a link to a video that shows how to search SharePoint sites from Windows 7.

Published the week of October 24, 2011

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262043.aspx
New article
Scale test report for very large scale document repositories (white paper)   Provides details about results of a test lab that was run at Microsoft to show large scale SharePoint Server 2010 content databases.
Store and manage business intelligence content in a central location (SharePoint Server 2010)   Describes how to create and use a Business Intelligence Center site to store and centrally manage business intelligence content.
Use Visio Services with complex data queries   Describes how to use complex data queries with Visio Services by using SQL Server views.
Updated articles
Configure Excel Services data refresh by using the unattended service account (SharePoint Server 2010)   Added a video demonstration showing the procedures covered in the article.
Connect a filter to a report or a scorecard by using Dashboard Designer   Added a link to information about how to configure cascading filters, a capability that is available in SharePoint Server 2010 SP1.
Downloadable content for SharePoint Server 2010   Added eReader formats available for these downloadable books: "Business continuity management for SharePoint Server 2010," Remote BLOB storage for SharePoint Server 2010," and "Technical reference for SharePoint Server 2010."
Use Visio Services with Secure Store   Added video demonstrations showing the procedures in the article.

Published the week of October 17, 2011

New articles
Configure Information Rights Management (SharePoint Server 2010)   Describes how to configure Information Rights Management (IRM) in SharePoint Server 2010 and how to implement a Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) server.
Configure policy settings on user profile properties and personal and social features (SharePoint Server 2010)   Describes how to use Central Administration in SharePoint Server 2010 to configure user profile policy settings and personal and social features policy settings.
Plan Information Rights Management (SharePoint Server 2010)   Describes how to use Information Rights Management (IRM) to enable content creators to control and protect their documents, and also describes how SharePoint Server permissions relate to IRM permissions.
Updated articles
Back up a farm (SharePoint Server 2010)   Corrected guidance about backing up the farm where a User Profile Synchronization Service exists.
Configure the Secure Store Service (SharePoint Server 2010)   Added a video demonstration covering the steps necessary to create a Secure Store service application.
Configure the unattended service account for PerformancePoint Services and Create a PerformancePoint Services service application (SharePoint Server 2010)   Added a video demonstration of the procedures.
Downloadable content for SharePoint Server 2010   Added eReader formats available for these downloadable books: "Governance guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010," "Upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010," "Deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010," and "Profile synchronization guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010."
Install and configure RBS (SharePoint Server 2010)   Corrected the msiexec syntax for installing the RBS client library on all additional Web and application servers.

Published the week of October 10, 2011

New articles
Configure Excel Services data refresh by using embedded data connections (SharePoint Server 2010)   Describes how to configure data refresh in Excel Services by using Secure Store and embedded data connections.
Configure Excel Services data refresh by using the unattended service account (SharePoint Server 2010)   Describes how to configure the unattended service account in Excel Services.
Deploying SharePoint Server 2010 updates on mission critical sites   Provides an end-to-end approach to deploying and testing a software update on a mission-critical SharePoint Server 2010 farm.
Updated articles
Use Excel Services with Secure Store (SharePoint Server 2010)   Updated to separate the Secure Store scenarios into individual articles.
Database types and descriptions (SharePoint Server 2010) and Plan for disaster recovery (SharePoint Server 2010)   Updated to correct information about log shipping support for the social tagging database.
Excel Services overview (SharePoint Server 2010)   Updated to include additional information about features available in Excel Services.