Keep on Top of Microsoft Knowledge Base Updates
May 11, 2011
We are always on the look out for useful SharePoint resources. At a small gathering of corporate clients I attended last month, more than 80 percent were heading for SharePoint 2010 at various speeds. Not a scientific study, but it concurs with anecdotal evidence we have seen recently. At that meeting a colleague at Search Technologies mentioned a new service that provides hourly updates to Microsoft FAQs (frequently asked questions). I took a look at Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles, a site not affiliated with Microsoft.
A cursory review of the site suggests that it would have considerable value if the service kept pace with Microsoft’s own knowledge base publication flow. Microsoft FAQs are called knowledge base articles, and these appear at irregular intervals. There may be few KBs provided and then a number of them become available.
According to the independent site:
The purpose of this site is to inform you about the latest information of the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. Every day Microsoft releases new KB articles. This site checks Microsoft’s information 24 times a day. This means that the Microsoft Knowledge Base information provided here is up to date.”
One quick example: the story “Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Cumulative Update Package” from April 28, 2011, described the hot fixes available in that update and tips for implementing them. On May 5, 2011, I found “TFS Test Manager – Run Test Error: 403: Forbidden,” which explains the reasons for, and resolution of, that particular error.
Many, many more examples are available for your perusal. Check it out— keeping up with this site could save a lot of frustration.
At www.searchtechnologies.com, we focus on search-related implementation services, especially for SharePoint. We have delivered more than 25,000 consultant days of Fast Search-related services in the last four years along. We are currently helping more than a dozen organizations take a search-led approach to upgrading to SharePoint 2010.
Iain Fletcher, May 11, 2011
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