Juni 8, 2017
SharePoint Saturday Zurich slide deck
The Swiss SharePoint and Dynamics CRM communities pooled their strengths to make the first "SharePoint & CRM Saturday Zurich" happen on May 13, 2017. With more than 110 registrations this event was sold out and a huge success! Special thanks to our 15 sponsors, 19 speakers from throughout Europe, including 10 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, the attendees and Microsoft for supporting us.
Beside being co-organizer of the first SharePoint Saturday Zurich I also had the chance to deliver a session about "SharePoint 2016 architecture and sizing". Here's the session excerpt:
The implementation of a new SharePoint farm can quickly become a big challenge in a complex IT environment. SharePoint is intended to be seamlessly integrated into the existing infrastructure, to be accessible externally, to obtain information from other systems, to be quick and fail-safe. The IT department is challenged to translate these vague ideas into technical parameters to meet the business requirements. I will show you where to start and how to design a fast, reliable and sustainable SharePoint farm on-premises, hybrid or in the cloud.
Check my slide deck for more details about SharePoint 2016 architecture and sizing:



Mai 10, 2017
SharePoint 2013 Cumulative Updates: May 2017
The May 2017 Cumulative Updates contain numerous hotfixes and improvements for SharePoint Foundation 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, Project Server 2013 and Office Web Apps Server 2013. The cumulative update package is multilingual and contains updates for all languages.
Before you start
Since June 2014 the Cumulative Updates for SharePoint products releases on a monthly basis.
Since May 2015 the server proofing tools are included in the cumulative updates.
This cumulative update includes all patches since the Service Pack 1 release, but not the Service Pack 1 itself. You must install the Service Pack 1 before installing this cumulative update. Read how-to install Service Pack 1.
Because of the file size the cumulative update package has been divided in three parts; ubersrv.exe, ubersrv_1.cab and ubersrv_2.cab. You have to put them all in the same folder.
This CU solves the following issue:
The March 2017 CU prevents opening Word documents in Office Web Apps Server if the site where the document is stored contains spaces in its name.
Installation instructions
- Create a SharePoint Farm Backup.
- Download all SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server packages.
- Extract the previously downloaded files with a double-click.
- Click "Continue"
- Define the path in which you would like to extract the installation binaries and click OK. Use the same destination path for the other files.
- Run the extracted EXE file as administrator.
- Accept the license terms and click "Continue".
- Repeat the previous two steps for the other EXE files in this folder.
- Apply the updates to each SharePoint server in the farm.
- As soon as the installation of the cumulative update has finished on all servers, run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard successively on each SharePoint server in the farm. This step is required if your farm level is lower than July 2015 CU.
- Restart the User Profile Service on affected servers.
Hotfix KB3191911 for SharePoint Foundation 2013: May 9, 2017
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Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2013 update package
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Mai 10, 2017
SharePoint 2016 Cumulative Updates: May 2017
The May 2017 Cumulative Updates contain fixes and improvements for SharePoint Server 2016 and Office Online Server 2016.
Installation instructions
- Create a SharePoint Farm Backup.
- Download all SharePoint Server packages.
- Extract the previously downloaded files with a double-click.
- Click "Continue"
- Define the path in which you would like to extract the installation binaries and click OK. Use the same destination path for the other files.
- Run the extracted EXE file as administrator.
- Accept the license terms and click "Continue".
- Repeat the previous two steps for the other EXE files in this folder.
- Apply the updates to each SharePoint server in the farm.
- As soon as the installation of the cumulative update has finished on all servers, run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard successively on each SharePoint server in the farm.
Update KB3191880 for SharePoint Server 2016: May 9, 2017
This fix contains updates for language-independend files. It also updates the configuration database schema and the SharePoint build number.
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Description of the SharePoint Server 2016 update package
Read more
Mai 8, 2017
I’m speaking about Azure DevTest Labs at Experts Live Switzerland
I’m excited to be chosen as a speaker at Experts Live Switzerland (formerly known as System Center Universe). This 1-day conference will run on May 17, 2017 in the Workspace of Welle 7 in Bern.
Over 15 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) and community experts will deliver topics such as cloud platform, cloud productivity, datacenter management, workplace management, security and compliance in three parallel tracks. Beside the keynotes, all sessions will be held in German and have a strong focus on the local Swiss market.
My session starts at 10:30 AM in room 3.53 and will cover the following topic:
Azure DevTest Labs: Schnell und günstig zur Testumgebung
Entwicklungs- und Testumgebungen sind seit jeher aufwändig und kostenintensiv. Mit den Azure DevTest Labs wird diesem Umstand Rechnung getragen. Entwicklungs- und Testumgebungen lassen sich schnell und kostensparend bereitstellen, ohne Einbezug der IT-Abteilung. Damit die Kosten nicht wieder aus dem Ruder laufen, können die Server automatisch heruntergefahren sowie die verfügbaren Ressourcen vorgegeben werden.

More information can be found on the official event website expertslive.ch.
Mai 3, 2017
I’m speaking at SharePoint Saturday Zurich
The SharePoint & Dynamics CRM communities in Switzerland are combining synergies on the first "SharePoint & CRM Saturday" ever in Zurich, on May 13. The free community-driven event takes place at Microsoft Switzerland in Wallisellen and opens registration at 8:30 AM.
10 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) from throughout Europe and local community experts will deliver sessions around SharePoint, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM. Most of the sessions will be held in English.
At 11:15 AM I’ll be delivering a session on "SharePoint 2016 architecture and sizing":
The implementation of a new SharePoint farm can quickly become a big challenge in a complex IT environment. SharePoint is intended to be seamlessly integrated into the existing infrastructure, to be accessible externally, to obtain information from other systems, to be quick and fail-safe. The IT department is challenged to translate these vague ideas into technical parameters to meet the business requirements. I will show you where to start and how to design a fast, reliable and sustainable SharePoint farm on-premises, hybrid or in the cloud.
The schedule and more information about the event can be found on the official website spsevents.org.
Join us
Despite this event being free, there are still a few tickets available. Grab yours now!


