
GoTo Beeps When you start a meeting and are waiting for people to join the meeting you hear an annoying beep. You can stop this beep by pressing the “Edit” button and uncheck “Play On-Hold Beeps”. Sometimes the Edit button doesn’t have an arrow and you can’t change it. Most of the time it does, [...]
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I use a PowerShell script to upload my WordPress content to Amazon’s S3 Storage Services which is globally distributed by Amazon’s Cloudfront service. Recently Amazon changed its default security; if you upload a file to a bucket it does not inherit the buckets top level security. You need to put a Bucket Policy in place. [...]
Tags: access denied bucket policy, amazon access denied, s3 access is denied, s3 error denied
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A colleague of mines Derek Wade modified Richard Ding’s sp_SDS stored procedure to work with SQL Server 2008 R2. You can run the original stored procedure on SQL Server 2008 R2 however the report would be blank because there is version information in query for SQL Server 2008 R2 and this version information is expected. [...]
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When reviewing the event log you will see the following error and you get the error in the screen shot below. Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException was thrown. Additional exception information: The process does not possess the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege which is required for this operation. System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException: The process does [...]
Tags: moss 2007 config error, PrivilegeNotHeldException, Security.AccessControl moss, sharepoint 2010 config error, System.Security.AccessControl, System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException
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I perform a lot of SharePoint installs. I like to Slipstream both the Service Pack and the Cumulative Updates before I begin an install. In the zip file you find the batch file and links to the latest MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010 Service Packs. I will keep this zip file up to date when [...]
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Step 1 – Prerequisites Account needed for Syncing We need an account set up for the AD profile synchronization. Let’s call it “Service-spADsync”, we need to configure a couple of things on this account in AD: Add “Replicate Directory Changes” permission On the domain controller, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory [...]
Tags: AD Sync, SharePoint 2010 AD Synchronization, Syncing AD to SharePoint
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1. Install Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms on the INDEXING server(s) in your farm. You can get the binaries here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025 2. Verify that PDF has been added to the registry. a. Run Regedit by browsing to c:\Windows\system32\regedt32.exe and double-clicking it. b. Within left-side tree, browse to: \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Applications\{site GUID}\Gather\Portal_Content\Extensions\ExtensionList c. If PDF [...]
Tags: install ifilter pdf, install pdf ifilter 2010, installing pdf ifilter, pdf ifilter 2010 install, sharepoint 2010 pdf ifilter
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Is there any limit in the number of folders a document library can contain? Actually got 50 thousand folders to upload to a document library. “There is capacity planning guidance–very detailed guidance!–on TechNet (Daniel’s link). Capacity is really about performance–there are very few hard-wired limits–and performance is based on usage and content. Maximum number of [...]
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We have a SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Service running in Sharepoint integrated mode. Everything is working fine, we have already set up a Sharepoint library for storing reports. When I log in with a Farm administrator account (or with an account that has Full permission on the site), I can make subscriptions in reports [...]
Tags: export permissions ssrs, missing export, ssrs, ssrs no export
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Is there an option to execute a content organizer rule manually? “The system waits for a timer job to run which looks for items in the drop off libraries of the various sites that have been created and processes any of the items in the drop box – if possible. You can change the …
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Is there a service pack for SQL 2008 R2? Does the SQL 2008 service pack work with SQL 2008 R2? Actually CU 4 is now out, which fixes some more issues. http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/sql2008/archive/2010/10/19/9679.aspx SQL 2008 R2 service pack?Monday, December 13, 2010 6:13 PMCharlie Hawkins 0Sign In to VoteIs there a service pack for SQL …
Tags: r2 sp, sql server 2008 r2 service pack
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In this article I will install SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Update on my SharePoint 2010 farm. You can find the latest news and updates about SharePoint 2010 products on this site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff800847.aspx Needed Updates: * SharePoint Foundation 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2394323/ * SharePoint Server 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2394320/ I did the actual installation using the August 2010 cumulative updates. [...]
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In this article I will install the August SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Update on my SharePoint 2010 farm. You can find the latest news and updates about SharePoint 2010 products on this site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff800847.aspx Needed Updates: SharePoint Foundation 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028568 – the file that will be extracted from the zip file is “spf-kb2352346-fullfile-x64-glb.exe” SharePoint Server 2010: [...]
Tags: august 2010 cumulative updates, installing cumulative updates, sharepoint 2010 cumulative updates
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