
DynDNS.org, the awesome service that lets you access your home computers from anywhere, recently announced that it’s getting rid of its free accounts. The most basic account now costs $25 per year. Fortunately, we can use PowerShell to keep our DNS names updated with the latest public IP Address from our Internet Service Provider for […]
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I was trying to run “New-SPSite” to create a Site Collection in SharePoint. I accidentally typed in the wrong username as the owner so I received an error. Upon investigation there is not a quick and simple way to see if a user exists outside of SharePoint before its added. Most recommended solutions require you […]
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Resources Updates for SharePoint 2013http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/jj891062.aspx Install a software update (SharePoint 2013)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff806338%28v=office.15%29 List of SharePoint 2013 Updateshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ee748587.aspx Summary The SharePoint Server 2013 CU contains the SharePoint Foundation CU and the SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server CU contains Project Server CU, SharePoint Server CU and SharePoint Foundation CU. Be aware that all Update for SharePoint 2013 […]
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Summary and Prerequisites In this article I will guide you through my Installation of SharePoint 2013. This installation consisted of a Single Server with using SQL Server 2012 as the database server. Accounts The following accounts created in Active Directory (AD) for this installation. For more information on the accounts needed for SharePoint 2013, please […]
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Install Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) Role Launch Server Manager Click Add Roles and Features Click Next Select Role-based or feature-based installation and press Next Since I am installing my forest locally I will select “Select a server from the server pool” Select the server, in my case its DC2012 Press Next Check off Active […]
Tags: create domain 2012, create domain server 2012, create forest 2012, new domain 2012, server 2012 domain, server 2012 forest
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Launch Server Manager Click Add Roles and Features Click Next on EVERY SCREEN until you get to the Features section. Check off Desktop Experience under User Interfaces and Infrastructure Press Next Click Install Close the wizard after the installation completes You must Restart the computer for the installation to complete When you right click the […]
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Run Setup.exe from the installation media Click Installation on the menu on the left Then click on the installation you would like to perform, in my case I will be selecting New SQL Server stand-alone installation Setup will check the server for prerequisites, if everything passes, press OK Enter your product key and press Next […]
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Launch Server Manager Click on Manage then select Add Roles and Features Click Next on the Before you Begin screen On the Installation Type screen select Role-based or feature-based installation then press Next On the Server Selection screen select the server in this case we are installing on the local server which is SP2013, press […]
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Click on Server Manager Click on Local Server then Scroll over to the right Click On Select your desired settings then press OK
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Click on Server Manager Scroll over so you can see the Product ID section Click on Not Activated Enter your Product Key and click Activate Windows should activate, if not correct the issue displayed and try the activation again
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Boot from the installation media Press Next Click Install Now Setup will initialize Pick your installation version. In this example we are selecting Windows Server 2012 Standard (Server with a GUI) You can get an idea of the different editions that are available from this page: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/buy.aspx Accept the license terms and press Next Choose […]
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Sometimes when I close GoTo meeting, it doesn’t start in the system tray on the next reboot. Sometimes it just disappears all together. Enter the following information into the registry to fix this. Replace 880 with the latest version installed on your machine. You can get the latest version by browsing to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\GoToMeeting” […]
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I tried to create a Web Application on SharePoint 2010 through the Central Administration and received the following error, “Specified value is not supported for the parameter”. This error message is kind of vague. After some troubleshooting I discovered it could not verify the account I was using because my Domain Controller was offline. Cannot […]
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