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Reverse DNS for Azure Cloud Services

Set-AzureService –ServiceName "savilltech101" –Description "savilltech101 with...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 01/28/2016

Adding Multiple Network Interfaces to an existing ARM based Virtual machine

At this point, there is no way of adding \ associating additional Network Interfaces via the portal...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 01/28/2016

Configure Point to Site on ARM based Virtual Network

For the Classic Virtual network we could enable the Point to Site via the Old Portal...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 01/14/2016

Creating Azure Virtual Network with ARM PowerShell cmdlets

Azure Resource Manager The AzureResourceManager module, introduced in Azure PowerShell version...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 08/19/2015

Unable to Install FIM 2010 R2 with Sp1 – Services and Portal

When you attempt to Install FIM 2010 R2 with SP1 You receive following error “To install FIM portal,...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 09/04/2014

Unable to Install FIM 2010 R2 – Services and Portal on SharePoint Foundation 2013

When you attempt to Install Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 - Services and Portal on SharePoint...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 08/29/2014

SharePoint 2013 – Office Communicator 2007 R2 Presence Indicator

Recently I was being asked if the presence indicator would still function within SharePoint 2013...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 04/11/2013

SharePoint 2013 - Machine decryption key is invalid.

When we browse SharePoint Central Administration we get following error An unexpected error has...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 01/28/2013

SharePoint 2007 – Upgrade Object Too New

After applying a cumulative update\ service pack on SharePoint 2007 Servers when we run PSConfig...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 10/11/2012

SharePoint - Extract WSP file from Configuration Database

Many a times we come across situation where we are building a Development \ Test environment...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 09/27/2012

MOSS 2007– Error while editing Crawl Rule Crawl Schedules

Issue 1: Browse SharePoint Central Administration --> Shared Services --> Search...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 09/24/2012

SharePoint 2007: How to Delete an Orphan from Configuration Database

We attempt to attach a content database using below command STSADM.EXE -o addcontentdb -url ...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 06/15/2012

SharePoint 2010 Search: Internal server error exception: System.NullReferenceException

When we try to perform search on https://sharepoint10/_layouts/OSSSearchResults.aspx we get following...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/02/2011

SharePoint 2010 : Missing server file or server configuration issues

While upgrading from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 we come across many issues and the following...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/02/2011

SharePoint : Migrating SharePoint Server from one domain to another

You have a Single Server farm and would like to migrate SharePoint server to a new domain Old...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/02/2011

Exception: The system cannot find the path specified

After installing the updates for SharePoint 2010, PSConfig Wizard was failing on Step 8 of 9. We...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

SharePoint: Display Name does not update when NT AuthorityAuthenticated Users are added to Site's Visitors Group

To give read access on a SharePoint site to all the users within a domain we generally add NT...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

SharePoint 2003 : Cannot open the Rich Text Editor in Content Editor Web Part

Error message when you use the Rich Text Editor in a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 3...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

Psconfig Wizard Fails : Bad Data. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090005)

While adding a new server to the farm, PSConfig Wizard fails on step 3 with following error An...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

WSS v3 / MOSS 2007 : Daily Alerts Off Sync by an Hour

Every time daylight savings time comes around, we end up with daily alerts setup on a document...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

SharePoint 2010 : Term Store Management option missing in Site Collection

Term Store Management option missing in Site Collection When you navigate to Site Actions –> Site...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

SharePoint 2010 : Audience Compilation Status is Compiling

We noticed that "Audience Compilation Status is Compiling" and doesn't change back to Idle...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

SharePoint Portal 2003 : Error Table does not exist while performing profile import

When we navigate to Manage Profile Database under Site settings of the portal site...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

MOSS 2007: Event ID 5553 & Event ID 7888

We get following event ID being reported every hour Log Name: Application Source:...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

SharePoint 2010: Property doesn't exist or is used in a manner inconsistent with schema settings

While performing people search in SharePoint 2010 we encounter following error Property doesn't...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

MOSS 2007: Query server is not responding

On the Shared Services Provider –> Search Settings page the Propagation status shows "Query...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

SharePoint 2010 : Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUpdatedConcurrencyException

After applying a cumulative update\ service pack on SharePoint Servers when we run psconfig.exe -cmd...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 12/01/2011

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS): Search takes significantly long time to retrieve results

SYMPTOMS: ==================== When we do search on SharePoint Site on any content source, the...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 03/25/2009

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS):- 403 Forbidden Error When Clicked on Search Settings page

SYMPTOMS: ==================== When you try to browse Search Settings.aspx page from Shared Services...

Author: Sushant Rao Date: 03/25/2009