Windows | Tech Growing Pains

Troubleshooting Server Error in Application 1

May

2012

In SharePoint you may run across this specific error, and not know how to proceed. When an error of this type is thrown make sure to locate the specific SharePoint web front end (WFE) server you are using to generate the error. In theory all WFEs should have the same content. If you are not sure of ...

Content Deployment Presentation Kansas City

Dec

2010

Adding Active Directory Accounts to SharePoint 2010 1

Nov

2010

In my previous post ‘Adding Active Directory Accounts to SharePoint‘ I outlined how you can first create AD accounts then add them to SharePoint 2007. Since the AD portion still stays the same this will outline how to add users to your SharePoint instance. Log onto your server with appropriate administrator right to add SharePoint ...

SharePoint 2007 vs SharePoint 2010 Comparison

Jul

2010

This was such a great piece of complied work I wanted to post it here for informational purposes. All credit goes to Richard Harbridge at Richard Harbridge: Insights. The original link is: SharePoint 2007 vs SharePoint 2010.

Adding, Deploying, Removing, and Most All Things Involving Solutions and SharePoint 2010

Jul

2010

Part of being an administrator in SharePoint is you have to able to navigate solutions packages. While I won’t get into all the details of what a solutions package is and does for SharePoint, suffice to say that they will add functionality to your SharePoint site. In our example I’ll use the Codplex MiniCalendar Web ...

Create a new UPN suffix in AD

Jun

2010

Just a short quick note that seems to be missing from the Internet. To add a new Alternative UPN suffix to your domain controller, you will need to do the following: 1. Goto Administrative Tools -> Active Directory Domains and Trusts. 2. Right-click on Active Directory Domains and Trusts from the top of the MMC ...

Disable SSL 2.0 and PCT 1.0

Jan

2008

When a company has gone through an external security check on of the most common failure is that SSL 2.0 and PCT 1.0 are enabled. Why is this a big deal? What this means is that if a client application tries to connect to your server on one of this older protocols it will be ...

Using contig for single file defragmentation

Jul

2007

From time to time you will need to use all available tools at your disposal. There are even times when you have to find a quick fix if not the a long term fix for a problem. The contig.exe is one such tool. You can download it from here. I ran across this particular tool ...

Drive mapping in Terminal services part 2

Jul

2007

This is one of those quirky issue that will not go away. As we noted in my steps from an earlier post Drive mapping in Terminal services this should have let your user be able to connect via an RDP session and use the clinet mapped drives. As some you have noted this doesn’t always ...

Identify an Isolated IIS FTP site

Jul

2007

As I have come to notice alot of times there are too many chefs in the administration kitchen. Often there are requests that are filled but never documented. In such cases it is always best to check an environment out before you start to make changes of your own. In one particular instance manipulating FTP ...