At a client SharePoint 2007 farm, installed on Windows Server 2008 servers, I had to install SQL Server Reporting Services Add in for Sharepoint. I already know that one has to install with elevated privileges at 2008 but this installation required some specific steps to complete.
At first I tried this installation:
Open a command prompt with [...]
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If you will be installing the SharePoint Server 2010 Public Beta on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows 7, then you will need to download and install an update from http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=23806 to resolve an issue that occurs in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 when provisioning Service Applications or when accessing pages that make service [...]
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In the past this error could be solved by giving the mentioned accounts the “Local Launch” and “Local Activation” permissions to the IIS WAMREG admin service through Component Services.
On Windows Server 2008 R2 this is quite different. The property dialog is all disabled due to permission restrictions. It doesn’t matter if you are logged in [...]
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Today I wanted to logon to the SharedServicesProvider (SSP) of one of our SharePoint servers (Windows Server 2008 R2 with SharePoint 2007 CU June 2009) but was unable to do so. In the eventlog there was an event ID 4625 “An account failed to logon”. The text of the event ID is below.
An account failed [...]
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Because of the strict security on Windows Server 2008 it is no longer possible to just copy and paste the dll files to the GAC like we did with version 2.5. You have to do this with a tool called GACutil.exe. This tool can be found (when you have installed Visual Studio 8 ) in [...]
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A few weeks ago I joined the webcast of Joel Oleson (Quest Software) about the migration to SharePoint 2010. Here you will find the slides and whitepaper about preparing a migration to SharePoint 2010.
Webcast slides: preparing-for-upgrade-sharepoint2010-oleson-questwebcast
Whitepaper: wp_preparing_for_sharepoint_2010_upgrade
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In this post I wrote a step by step manual to upgrade the SharePoint license from Standard to Enterprise. Be aware of this requirement:
If you have installed Service Pack 2 be sure that you also have installed the Trial bugfix or the SP2 installation that includes this bugfix. Otherwise you will not be able to [...]
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Windows Server 2008 R2 evaluation is set for availability on Friday, August 14, a week earlier than previously reported by Microsoft. On Friday, there will be more info at the Windows Server TechCenter on TechNet on how and where to download the 180-day evaluation.
The new operating systems will include Windows PowerShell v2 with a new [...]
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Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have reached the RTM milestone. If you’re still testing the RC build, you’ll be able to switch over to the RTM build during the second half of August, 2009. According to the Windows Team Blog, Volume License (VL) customers with an existing Software Assurance (SA) license will be [...]
This morning I did the 70-647 PRO windows 2008 exam. It was quite difficult but I managed to pass with a score of 910.
By doing this exam I have become MCITP Enterprise Administrator.
See my complete certificate list here
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