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AutoSPInstaller for beginners
Posted
27 days ago
by
Yousef Omar
I love to write blog posts for beginners. Maybe because, I always feel happy and energized when I stumble upon a helpful blog post when I am learning a new subject. In this post, I will introduce you to AutoSPInstaller ( http://autospinstaller.codeplex...
Configuring SharePoint 2013 Search Topology
Posted
3 months ago
by
Issa Ayyash
14
Comments
Introduction When creating the Search Service application , a default topology will be built automatically where all Search components are assigned to the server which is running the Central Administration, in multi servers farm scenario you need to...
Getting Error: This Setup Requires Internet Information Server 5.1 or higher and Windows XP and higher when installing setup project on windows server 2008 and IIS 7
Posted
6 months ago
by
Zaki Shaheen
1
Comment
Introduction: I was getting the error: This Setup Requires Internet Information Server 5.1 or higher and Windows XP and higher when I was trying to install a setup project on windows server 2008 with IIS 7.0. After 1 hour of searching, I discovered there...
How to Query Custom View in Event Viewer using C# Code
Posted
6 months ago
by
Zaki Shaheen
Introduction: I want to talk about how to filter events from the custom views in windows event viewer; that will give you more ability to drill down and give you more advance filtration options using C# Code. Below is an example how to use the same custom...
Moving SharePoint Databases to Another Server (Without Reconfiguring SharePoint)
Posted
6 months ago
by
Ahmad Shahin
2
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VHD Disk Requirements in Windows Azure Pack (WAP)
Posted
6 months ago
by
Maged Ezzat
There are some prerequisites for VHD Disks that need to be ready before decide to present VHD Disk in WAP to be used why Virtual Machine Provisioning that will save you a lot of troubleshooting time if you verify all as follows: Library Share that...
Using Host Integration Server COBOL Import Wizard
Posted
6 months ago
by
Mohamed M Malek
1
Comment
Introduction Host Integration Server allows application integration with the Mainframe system using the Transaction Integrator (TI) component. The method to implement this integration involves building what is called a TI assembly. TI Assembly is actually...
Load testing for WCF service (wsHttpBinding Binding) walkthrough
Posted
7 months ago
by
Hisham Samara
2
Comments
In this walkthrough I will perform load testing for WCF service using VS 2012 ultimate version using test environment that consists of one controller and three agent machines, what we will cover in this walkthrough could be summarized into the following...
Host Integration Server 2013 TI Assembly GAC deployment Walkthrough
Posted
7 months ago
by
Mohamed M Malek
1
Comment
Introduction Host Integration Server (HIS) is used to integrate with Legacy Host technology. One of the Host integration scenarios is to call Mainframe programs or transactions using a component in HIS called Transaction Integrator (TI). The way to use...
ITPro: How to Convert your Surface RT to Surface Pro – Part 3
Posted
7 months ago
by
Mohamed Marzouk [MSFT]
1
Comment
In Part 1 : I’ve explained how to install Remote Desktop services on the server and fix common error that you may face, in Part 2 we finished configuring Remote Desktop Services and publish RemoteApp. This part we will test from client side machine by...
ITPro: How to Convert your Surface RT to Surface Pro – Part 1
Posted
7 months ago
by
Mohamed Marzouk [MSFT]
6
Comments
From long time I’ve started to have all my labs on Windows Azure (will share that experience in another blog), my main motive was to get rid of my heavy ugly laptop to a light and thin one. My first pilot was to use Surface as the replacement of...
ITPro: How to Convert your Surface RT to Surface Pro – Part 2
Posted
7 months ago
by
Mohamed Marzouk [MSFT]
2
Comments
In Part 1 : I’ve explained how to install Remote Desktop services on the server and fix common error that you may face, that was the preparation for this part where we are going to configure RemoteApp. The following steps show how configure Remote Desktop...
Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Error: Subtask Configure execution failed: Configure Mail Flow has thrown an exception
Posted
8 months ago
by
Mohamed Marzouk [MSFT]
5
Comments
Symptoms: When running Hybrid Configuration Wizard you may receive the following error: Updating hybrid configuration failed with error 'Subtask Configure execution failed: Configure Mail Flow Execution of the New-SendConnector cmdlet has thrown...
Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Error: Unexpected Result from Windows Live InvalidUri InvalidUri
Posted
8 months ago
by
Mohamed Marzouk [MSFT]
Symptoms: When running Hybrid Configuration Wizard you may receive the following error: The wizard did not complete successfully. Please see the list below for error details. Updating hybrid configuration failed with error 'Subtask Configure execution...
Office 365 ADFS Proxy Error Event ID 364
Posted
8 months ago
by
Mohamed Marzouk [MSFT]
4
Comments
Symptoms: The environment contains two ADFS servers implemented in the internal network and two ADFS Proxy servers implemented in the DMZ network. When testing ADFS functionality from the internal network where sts.domain.com points to the NLB of the...
Walkthrough Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Advisor
Posted
9 months ago
by
Ahmad Shahin
Introduction Migrating Microsoft SQL Server from an older version can be considered as an issue if you didn’t consider the variances between both versions (especially if your Database uses some deprecated features), so how can we detect all these...
Calling a WCF dynamically using a BizUnit Test Step
Posted
9 months ago
by
Mohamed M Malek
Introduction Using BizUnit to test complex testing cases is a common practice that we all have been using for a while now. This very useful library of testing steps provides ease in writing testing cases maintaining them and executing them. One common...
Hybrid SharePoint Environment Considerations -Taxonomy
Posted
9 months ago
by
Mecit Atmaca
A hybrid SharePoint environment means a combination of SharePoint on-premise farm and Office 365 (O365) SharePoint online (SPO) farm to leverage both platforms advantages. In this post, I will demonstrate a console client solution that reads and writes...
SharePoint Provider Hosted App Walkthrough: Part 2 Dig deep
Posted
9 months ago
by
Mohamed M Malek
8
Comments
Introduction In the previous post here I showed how to write a new provider hosted App using a step by step process. In this post I will build up on that knowledge and show you the following: How to customize your provider hosted app so that you get information...
MEA Apps of the Month – March 2014
Posted
9 months ago
by
Maged Ezzat
In this blog post series I will share MEA Applications of the month for Microsoft Windows 8 (W8) Devices, Windows Phone 8 (WP8) Devices and Xbox, these applications were selected by real application users, you will find a short description about each...
MEA Apps of the Month – Feb 2014
Posted
10 months ago
by
Maged Ezzat
1
Comment
In this blog post series I will share MEA Applications of the month for Microsoft Windows 8 (W8) Devices, Windows Phone 8 (WP8) Devices and Xbox, these applications were selected by real application users, you will find a short description about each...
WCF Service Manual Deployment on windows server 2008 R2
Posted
10 months ago
by
Hisham Samara
6
Comments
In this blog I’ll describe the manual deployment process for secure WCF service on windows server 2008 R2 hosted on IIS, I will cover some common issues as well that you may face during the deployment First you have to prepare the server to host WCF service...
Exchange 2013 and Windows 2012: Error when try to add server to the DAG:
Posted
10 months ago
by
Mohamed Marzouk [MSFT]
1
Comment
Symptoms: Installing Exchange 2013 on Windows 2012. When trying to add the Mailbox server to the DAG: Add-DatabaseAvailabilityGroupServer -Identity dag1 -MailboxServer mbx2 We get the following Error: WARNING: The operation wasn't successful because...
Small tip: Where is the XSD Definition Tab in Visual Studio 2012 with Host Integration Server 2013
Posted
11 months ago
by
Mohamed M Malek
1
Comment
Today I faced an issue that took me some time to figure out with Host Integration Server 2013. Usually when you develop transaction Integration (or application integration) with BizTalk server you require XSD schemas to be able to perform mappings and...
MEA Apps of the Month – Jan 2014
Posted
11 months ago
by
Maged Ezzat
2
Comments
In this blog post series I will share MEA Applications of the month for Microsoft Windows 8 (W8) Devices, Windows Phone 8 (WP8) Devices and Xbox, these applications were selected by real application users, you will find a short description about each...
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