In previous posts , we have configured windows cluster, SQL cluster, and NLB for the WFE servers. Part 1 - Prepare Windows Cluster Part 2 - Install and configure SQL Cluster Part 3 - Install and Configure NLB on WFE In this post we will perform...

2.1.4 SQL Deployment Open the SQL server 2008 RTM installation and choose “New SQL Server Failover cluster installation”   When till the setup support tools are installed.     Choose enter the product key and make sure you have a valid...

There are a very huge changes and enhancements from SCCM 2007 in Configuration Manager 2012, in this post series I will go through the main new changes and enhancements in System Center Configuration Manager 2012, I will start in this post with addressing...

In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and Configuration in Step by Step format with screenshots, and will go into details of the product to help you better understand how you can get benefits from this...

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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 ...

While doing custom development on SharePoint using Visual Studio, it is common to get "The security validation for this page is invalid". I give 2 simple steps to troubleshoot this issue, I assume that you did not yet go into playing with the Web Application...

In the previous post I described the exact scenario I am trying to implement and detailed how to create the WCF service and deploy it. In this post I will continue by describing how can we prepare this WCF to be consumed from the User Profiles Synchronization...

During migration from SharePoint 2007 to 2010 you will need to migrate the users as well. the most "unclear" part is how to migrate Forms based users to claim based authentication. The internal names stored in SharePoint are different so you will be unable...

  Converged Fabrics tends to simplify data center management by consolidating all communication (Management, Guest access, LiveMigration, iSCSI, CSV and Cluster heartbeat & CSV) onto a single fabric for ease of management and better utilization...

Organizations have different reasons and requirements for upgrading or migrating to Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS). They include: An existing, properly implemented, and operating public key infrastructure (PKI) may require an upgrade to...

In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 starting from “ Pre-Build ”, then I continued with “ Installing Operations Manager Database ”, followed by another post “ Installing...

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 need to install Reporting Services Point role for...

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...

In this post series I went through step by step into System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 starting from “ Pre-Build ”, then I continued with “ Installing Operations Manager Database ”, followed by another post “ Installing...

Symptoms: Error when moving mailbox: Cannot find a recipient that has mailbox GUID. The following snapshot shows the result of running New-MoveRequest:   The error is: Cannot find a recipient that has mailbox GUID Problem: The error is clearly saying...

In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and Configuration in Step by Step format with screenshots, and will go into details of the product to help you better understand how you can get benefits from this...

In this post series I will go through Microsoft System Center Orchestrator 2012 Deployment and Configuration in Step by Step format with screenshots, and will go into details of the product to help you better understand how you can get benefits from this...

Recently I ran into a strange issue with out-of-the-box SharePoint workflow. Once the workflow is started, the SharePoint automatically cancels the workflow and the workflow outcomes becomes as "access denied", the description you see is "The workflow...

Typically in the upgrade scenario moving mailboxes will be done from Exchange 2007/2003 mailbox databases (Source) to Exchange 2010 mailbox databases (Target). When moving mailboxes from Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Exchange...

In the past discovering new objects from Active Directory and to start managing any new object was taking long time, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 introduce a new good feature called Delta Discovery. In this post I will go through a new...

In this series of posts I started with giving an overview about Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting here , and in this post I will go through Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Description, Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting introduces a new multi-tenant model with accompanying...

1 Overview This document intended to provide guidance on how to install and configure App-V 4.6 infrastructure. In this guide, you’ll be able to follow a step by step guidance that will walk you through Application Virtualization server deployment. This...

Network adapter teaming, also known as load balancing and failover (LBFO), allows multiple network adapters on a computer to be placed into a team for the following purposes: §   Bandwidth aggregation §   Traffic failover to prevent connectivity...

Introduction SharePoint 2010 is a powerful platform that provides many useful features that help us in our day to day activities. As I was working in one of the projects I came along a challenge of implementing out of the box workflows, so I considered...