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Windows Server 2012 – Part1: Release Date
I was so excited when I read today that Windows Server 2012 Release Date (RTM version) is the first week of August 2012 and the product will be generally available to customers worldwide in September...
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Windows Server 2012 – Part2: Virtualization Enhancements “Scalability &...
In this post series I started here http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2012/07/10/windows-server-2012-part1-release-date.aspx with a release date announced in Windows Server Blog and highlighted...
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Windows Server 2012 – Part3: Virtualization Enhancements “Mobility”– Hyper-V...
In this post series I started here with a release date announced in Windows Server Blog (by the way it was announced yesterday (1st of August) that Windows Server 2012 is RTM today), then I start...
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ADFS 2.0 Client Certificate Authentication using test certificates
Introduction I was developing a WCF based solution that required services to be authenticated using ADFS 2.0. The requirement was that the clients will be using client based certificates to...
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Hyper-V Physical to virtual: Moving a natively booted VHD to be a real...
Introduction I had a requirement to migrate an existing native boot Windows Server 2008 R2 machine that was booting from an attached VHD on a physical machine to be a virtual machine in Hyper-V. The...
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Why and How-To Asynchronous Programming
Introduction Our world is becoming globalized, distributed/clouded more and more. That is very true especially for IT in both consumer and enterprise space. Some examples would be Amazon AWS, Google...
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"The base type...
So, I finish the deployment of a multi-server SharePoint farm, and I setup the Search Service Application; I was able to configure Search and browse the admin pages in central admin successfully. After...
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Create a password dialog for Visual Studio deployment project
Introduction Most of us have worked with Visual Studio deployment projects to create setup projects for components we developed. In many cases we used the custom user interface dialogs that come...
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Divisional Portal (Single vs. Multiple Site Collections)
What is Divisional Portal? A divisional portal is a SharePoint Server 2010 deployment where teams mainly do collaborative activities and some content publishing; for example it can be used for hosting...
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SQL Consolidation Planning and recommended practices
What is SQL server consolidation it can be defined simply as reduce the number of physical SQL servers, by migrating/moving different SQL databases running on different servers into one high...
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How to use MAP Tool–Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit
Introduction Larger IT organizations are likely to have a proliferation of SQL Server installations that are not fully known to the internal IT department. Furthermore, some of these installations...
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Adding a Publishing Image Field to a SharePoint 2010 Calendar List
As I was working on customizing a SharePoint Calendar, someone asked me if it’s possible to add a Publishing Image Field to a SharePoint Calendar called “Event Image” to display the current event...
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Managing Configuration Manager 2012 Client Cache
By default Configuration Manager 2012 client stores deployed packages in %windir%ccmcache folder and default disk space for cache folder is 5120 MB. All deployed packages and also software updates will...
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Challenges of Migration from GroupWise to Exchange 2010: Co-Existence
This article will discuss a high level overview about the migration from GroupWise to Exchange 2010. The following steps summarize the migration process from GroupWise to Exchange 2010: 1. Design...
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Challenges of Migration from GroupWise to Exchange 2010: Meeting Request
The previous article explained the first challenge which is co-existence: Challenges of Migration from GroupWise to Exchange 2010: Co-Existence In this article I will talk about one of the most...
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Configuration Manager 2012 – Editing built-in reports using Report Builder
Configuration Manager 2012 provides bunch of built-in reports using SQL Reporting Services. In order to have these reports within ConfigMgr console you need a configured SQL Reporting Service. Then you...
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Renaming SharePoint 2010 Search Service Database Name
In this post I’m planning to walkthrough the practice of changing the SharePoint 2010 Search Service Database names as you might need it in the following scenarios: Replacing the Search Service...
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Downsizing HMC Environment to Prepare for Exchange 2010 SP2 Hosted Solution –...
As most of Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) companies start planning to migrate to Exchange 2010 SP2 hosted environment due to the change in strategy that was announced about the future of...
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Downsizing HMC Environment to Prepare for Exchange 2010 SP2 Hosted Solution –...
As most of Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) companies start planning to migrate to Exchange 2010 SP2 hosted environment due to the change in strategy that was announced about the future of...
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WCF Data Services 5.0 - Setup Failed (SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites)
When trying to install WCF Data Services 5.0 prior to installing SharePoint 2013 setup failed with the error: "0x800b010a - a certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority".My test...
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