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Setup missing Usage Reports in SharePoint 2010

Quick use stsadm powershell or SQL management

stsadm -  stsadm.exe -o enumsites

Powershell -

$MySite = Get-SPSite http://my.sharepoint.com
$MySite.Usage.Storage / 1MB

Because now we now use web analytics for usage reports in SharePoint 2010 and you have to setup and gather info.

The setup for usage reports is found here

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg266382.aspx

Note that planning is recommended as well

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg440601.aspx

Issues try this

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepoint2010setup/thread/30d11d27-6708-4bfe-a7d3-4b0aed522e7d

HTTP Monitoring

Fiddler is a great tool and you can download here http://fiddler2.com/Fiddler2/version.asp

Also it is able to capture when the client is unable to be configured as a proxy
http://fiddler2.com/Fiddler/help/reverseproxy.asp

If these are not good enough then give these a try
Wireshark http://www.wireshark.org/
Microsoft Network Monitor
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=4865

SharePoint 2007 vs 2010

Good Reference Page from private consulting company
http://www.milesconsultingcorp.com/SharePoint-2007-versus-2010-comparison.aspx
Good Matrix
http://www.khamis.net/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=4
http://www.rharbridge.com/?page_id=103

More from Microsoft
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/ar/sharepoint2010general/thread/f3c66b13-0005-4da4-b4b6-bdb990b44559
Presentation from Microsoft
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/arpans/archive/2009/10/22/sharepoint-2010-overview-presentation.aspx

Several Ways to Create Site Collections

How to Create Each Site Collection in a Separate DB
http://microsoftfeed.com/2011/how-to-create-each-site-collection-in-separate-database-in-sharepoint-2010/

Create Site Collection using custom template
http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=218

Student Links 10174 Config and Admin for SharePoint 2010

Powershell
http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/tutorial-windows-powershell-console/
User Profile Sync
Thanks Ravnell http://www.harbar.net/articles/sp2010ups.aspx

Sandbox ?

Good article on Sandbox here
http://allthingssharepoint.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/to-sandbox-or-not-to-sandbox/