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How to land on a ‘best places to work’ list

Written by: Jonathan Lamb

Our recent spot on Computerworld’s 2013 list of Best Places to Work in IT tells us one thing: Our employee-centric approach to office culture and environment has been a success. We believe that an employee-centric culture is the basis for a successful organization because happy employees make happy customers. Happy employees are more productive, willing [...]

Creating a Linked Data Source in SharePoint Designer

Written by: Ross Beurmann

Michael had a question regarding Jenny’s Tip about content rollups located here. Iread through Jenny’s post and it was very helpful, but I think there is a different way to do this that I prefer because it allows you to better control your datasource. I am going to take you throught the steps of creating [...]

SharePoint Solution Deployment Script using PowerShell

Written by: Ross Beurmann

I have a need on regular basis to deploy multiple solutions into my SharePoint farm. Well who wants to sit around into the late hours of the night typing commands or editing an older ps1 file to meet you evening needs? I don’t think anyone enjoys that. I wrote a script that will do it [...]

We’re Hiring Wednesday – The First Installment

Written by: Monica Huie

Welcome to the first installment of “We’re Hiring Wednesday!” …let’s get one thing straight, we’re always hiring, but on We’re Hiring Wednesday we will focus on the current top 5 hottest job openings we’re seeking top talent for! We want to give you insights into why we are a best place to work, what a [...]

SharePoint 2013 Search Topology Script

Written by: Ross Beurmann

The SharePoint 2013 Search Topology Script below shares search coponents accross 3 servers. You can modify it to do more or less depending on your farm architecture. Good news, it says SharePoint 2013 Search Topology Script, but it will work on 2010 as well! Before running this script make sure you do the following five steps: Stop [...]

Recap: MCA&F Ground Awards Dinner

Written by: Monica Huie

On June 6th, MetroStar Systems Team members attended the Marine Corps Association & Foundation (MCA&F) Ground Awards Dinner at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, VA. The event with over 700 people in attendance celebrated and honored outstanding Marines for their sacrifice and service. The evening’s guest speaker, General James F. Amos, Commandant of the [...]

Search Service Application Errors on SP 2013

Written by: Ross Beurmann

In more locked down environments SP 2013 and SP 2010 have had issues provisioning the search service application when creating the Search Service through the Central Administration website. The Search Service Application Errors on SP 2013 will occur after the Search Service Application is created through the GUI. I have banged my head against the [...]

Who likes Change…Management?

Written by: Ross Beurmann

Change Management (CM) is an important part of all systems. Currently a lot of organizations are without a solid CM process in place. With that being said there needs to also be flexibility in the CM process due to the need for quick turn changes and break fixes associated with maintaining a high level of [...]

Broken Results SP2010, FAST Search

Written by: Ross Beurmann

I recently patched SharePoint 2010 to the April 2013 Cumulative Update, MS Office Web Apps to SP1, and FAST Search for SP2010 to the April Cumulative Update. My current SP2010 FAST Search architecture is a 2 Server Farm that hosts the FAST Search Center and provides external Search, User Profile, Managed MetaData, and the Secure [...]

Where is your Frank Lloyd Wright?

Written by: Ross Beurmann

Who is really taking the lead in their Architecture? Architecture, who in the organization is designing it? The answer in most cases is simple, but not helpful. The Answer is typically “not the right person” but that begs another question, who is the right person? Architects are a different type of technician, one who has [...]

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