This blog to illustrate how to create a Forms Based Authentication for SharePoint 2010 using SQL database as users repository , users will be authenticated from SQL database instead of active directory 1. From Central Administration –> Manage...

Introduction This blog to consider some important information when upgrading to BizTalk 2010 Upgrade roadmap For BizTalk 2006 R2 and 2009 can be upgraded directly to BizTalk 2010: Upgrade from BizTalk 2006 R2 to BizTalk 2010 Upgrade...

  IT organizations need tools to charge back business units that they support while providing the business units with the right amount of resources to match their needs. For hosting providers, it is equally important to issue chargebacks based on...

Introduction In this post I would like to go through quick steps to configure Network Access Protection to extract data to SQL Server, and describe the minimum settings needed to accomplish this task. This post has been written to reference the following...

Recently I was working on a very complex integration project using BizTalk Server 2010 stack. This project involved integrating with legacy IBM mainframe system. The integration involved working with BizTalk Adapter for Host Applications to call Mainframe...

In our last article Part6: Software Updates (SUP) , we’ve configure the Software Update point and ran the synchronization with Microsoft Updates server. As a result of this process, we’ve got the Software Updates metadata synchronized and the result can...

In my previous article Part5: Software Updates (WSUS), we’ve seen the necessary steps to install WSUS for Configuration Manager. Throughout this article, we will install and configure Software update point. From the Configuration Manager console, click...

In some disconnected environments with low or instable network bandwidth, it might be necessary in such situation to deploy two or more identical SharePoint farms and perform content replication/synchronization between them. It’s important to...

In my previous blog article Part4: Client Settings , we’ve discussed what have changed since Configuration Manager 2007 and how to create client settings for devices and users collection. In this article, we will first install WSUS and later we will walk...

In my last blog article Part3: Boundaries and Boundary Groups , we’ve covered how to automatically discover and create boundaries and how to use these boundaries in boundary groups for site assignment and content location. Throughout this article...

  While using the SCVMM 2012 ISO images sharing “ Share image file instead of copying it option is selected” we have managed to deploy the virtual machines successfully but after deployment these virtual machines appeared to be in unsupported configuration...

We can optimize proxy caching solution defined here one step ahead by leveraging lazy loading -there is always room for improvement, isn’t it? Lazy loading is one of the design patterns, which delays initialization of an object to the time when...

  During our execution of one of our engagements ,we've faced a problem of this error getting displayed “The security validation for this page is invalid” what we were trying to do is to grant permissions in code running in elevated privilege for...

Introduction One of the way tuning performance of WCF services is to use WCF proxy caching. In order to call WCF services, we need a proxy first. We can create one either at design time or run time. Let’s see each one Design Time Proxy...

When upgrading to another version of SQL Server, you usually choose one of the following methods... In-Place upgrade: you install the new version of SQL server on the top of an existing installation Side-by-side upgrade: You prepare a new environment...

Here is the second part of Windows Server 2012 Direct Access blog series. Part1: http://blogs.technet.com/b/meamcs/archive/2012/05/03/windows-server-2012-direct-access-part-1-what-s-new.aspx In the first post we discussed what’s new and what are the design...

In my last blog article Part2: Discovery Methods , we’ve discussed the different discovery methods and how to configure these methods. We’ve also seen the Forest Discovery Method which aim to automatically create boundaries based on the discovered IP...

Introduction In this post, I will try to explain the motives behind using routing services as transport bridging with a sample solution. With references to WCF 4.0, other stuff, this will be interesting journey. Before going into details, let’s...

In part 1 of this series, we went over the steps to deploy a stand-alone primary site. Throughout this article, we will configure discovery methods for our primary site. From the Administration tab, expand Hierarchy Configuration and click Discovery Methods...

Clearing Database log one of the important maintenance task that need to be scheduled through Maintenance task within SQL Management Studio, however there are some issues causes the clear log not possible. The idea behind clear log is to free log from...

Throughout this blog series, we will go through the installation and configuration of the site server and the site system while exploring the existing and the new features in the product. In part 1, I’ll be driving you through the installation of a stand...

I found the following tool, developed by Microsoft team; it is very useful if you want to build SharePoint 2010 PowerShell commands for the following products: · SharePoint Foundation 2010 · SharePoint Server 2010 · Office...

One of the newest features in Configuration Manager is the new application model. Through this model, you can automatically detect information about the application from MSI application files. However, If you are used to deploy Office 2010 using the ...

Part 2 : How to configure your visual studio environment to start web performance and Load test In part 1 of this post series we go through an overview of the web performance and Load test, you can review part 1 by using the following Link: ( http...

Visual studio 2010 ultimate enable you to measure, improve and verify web application performance, Web performance test and load test only shipped with VS 2010 ultimate edition, i would like to mention that i will divide this topic into serial of blogs...