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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Nicholas Cain (4/21/2010)
If the need is there I have 5 hours a week I can provide.

Awesome thanks again.

Will you pm me your email address too?

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks Steve for tweeting about that blog post.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

With the hosted Sharepoint I ran into some items that need consideration.

They are summarized by the features checklist here:

http://www.fpweb.net/sharepoint-hosting/comparePlans.asp

Do we need/want db admin access? Does it matter?

Do we need/want server control?

Do we need/want a private ssl?

What is our administration level, can we add users, assign permissions etc? Or do we need the hosting site to do that for us?

I don't think server control is that necessary - but the others seem like they are good to have. They come with a heavy price tag though.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Here is another SharePoint hosting provider, http://www.sharepointhostingspace.com/sharepoint-hosting-pricing.htm.

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

And another one, http://www.724hosting.com/sharepoint/SPpackages.htm?mainMenuItemToSlide=3.

Luke L SSC-Dedicated Points: 35547 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - Editor (4/21/2010)
I have spoken with my boss, and in principle he thinks it's a good idea to help out here. Any preferences on what you're like in terms of a support site?
Some sharepoint site setup for, say 25 people?

Big Thank you to Steve and the good folks at Red-Gate too!!

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Luke L SSC-Dedicated Points: 35547 More actions · Answer 7

CirquedeSQLeil (4/21/2010)
With the hosted Sharepoint I ran into some items that need consideration.
They are summarized by the features checklist here:
http://www.fpweb.net/sharepoint-hosting/comparePlans.asp
Do we need/want db admin access? Does it matter?
Do we need/want server control?
Do we need/want a private ssl?
What is our administration level, can we add users, assign permissions etc? Or do we need the hosting site to do that for us?
I don't think server control is that necessary - but the others seem like they are good to have. They come with a heavy price tag though.

I don't know a whole lot about share point other than from a user standpoint. Some sort of SSL cert is pretty much a must for me, particularly if we're going to try to setup some sort of private/public space.

The Aivea link that Lynn Provided, looks like the best bang for the buck. Only 3 9's uptime, but really I can't think we'd need any more than that. Their Pro plan adds the ability for anonymous access so that could help with the public portion. The only other difference between Std and Pro is an Extra GB of data storage and Custom Web Parts. I'm not sure if custom web parts would be helpful in the designing of test interfaces, question repositories, etc. or not. And I don't see us storing tremendous amounts of data unless we get more into uploading various images, screenshots from the GUI etc.

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Lynn Pettis (4/21/2010)
And another one, http://www.724hosting.com/sharepoint/SPpackages.htm?mainMenuItemToSlide=3.

This one didn't impress me and turned me off. It was too much advertising and not enough info.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 9

CirquedeSQLeil (4/22/2010)
Lynn Pettis (4/21/2010)
And another one, http://www.724hosting.com/sharepoint/SPpackages.htm?mainMenuItemToSlide=3.
This one didn't impress me and turned me off. It was too much advertising and not enough info.

I wasn't too impressed either, but wanted to put it out there for others to check out as well.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 10

Jason,

I thought you had it but I just sent you my email address, just to be sure.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

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Jeff Moden (4/22/2010)
Jason,
I thought you had it but I just sent you my email address, just to be sure.

I couldn't find it anywhere. Thanks for sending it. I have it now.

That leaves just Tim. I'll check his profile page.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

Here is a good comment on the topic concerning Review Boards.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Tim Mitchell SSCoach Points: 15681 More actions · Answer 13

CirquedeSQLeil (4/22/2010)
Jeff Moden (4/22/2010)
Jason,
I thought you had it but I just sent you my email address, just to be sure.
I couldn't find it anywhere. Thanks for sending it. I have it now.
That leaves just Tim. I'll check his profile page.

Just sent you a PM.

Tim Mitchell, Microsoft Data Platform MVP
Data Warehouse and ETL Consultant
TimMitchell.net | @Tim_Mitchell | Tyleris.com
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CirquedeSQLeil (4/22/2010)
Here is a good comment on the topic concerning Review Boards.

Yup I saw that this morning when he posted it. Btw congrats ont he new syndication and such. I look at it this way... we talk about getting PASS on board with this and perhaps having review boards at conferences and such, and more importantly about having it be cost neutral for them. Would that count getting more people to register for conferences to attend to get to their review boards? Obviously hard to tell how many people would just come for the review board and then stay for the conference, but that could be one way to attract new people to the events, so incurring a small cost to make that happen could be a way of it being more cost neutral than it would look because it'd be from 2 different cost centers.

Of course, that brings up a new problem: we can't really expect you to shell out $1000-$2000 (not including travel/lodging etc) to get to a conference just to be in front of a review board to get the cert. That begins to make it much more cost prohibitive. Not to mention, that brings in the "I need my time changed because I really want to see session x" issues... So there would need to be times to get in front of a review board other than at a conference.

I still like the idea of a review board, just not sure how to accomplish it.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

I like the review board idea. I think it will be necessary to have some local UG people sitting on the board as well as the neutral party (and there should be a slew of them). This would dramatically offset the cost and considerably ease the scheduling conflict.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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