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When designing solutions to different customers, a common question that I had heard is whether software X supported in virtualized environment? What about server product Y and Z supported as well? Bel...
I used both Microsoft OCS 2007 and Lync 2010 at work and at Microsoft network. It's good to see that the official Lync 2010 clients for Windows phone is released: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nandal/archiv...
I'm delighted and proud to receive a parcel recently because I got my 10th MVP award token last week! It's my 10th MVP award and I saw different kinds of trophies and souvenirs over the past...
The first time ever SharePoint conference is going to be happened this Friday (Hong Kong time). I just registered and the agenda looks great. There are couple of speakers fly in and deliver sessions r...
Recently I come into a situation that SharePoint 2010 need to be installed in a standalone server (no Internet connectivity), and luckily I found this PowerShell script, which downloads all SharePoint...
Manage Crawl Rules in SharePoint
SharePoint admin can include or exclude specific URL during the content crawling stage. The content in SharePoint will be crawled periodically so that that searc...
I got a request to retrieve the usage and total size of SharePoint sites by a client and luckily I found this PowerShell scripts: http://get-spscripts.com/2010/08/check-size-of-sharepoint-2010-sites.h...
Go to Adobe PDF iFilter web pageDownload PDF iFilter for 64-bit PlatformExtract and Install iFilterRun RegEdit and modify Filter (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\...
Go to http://www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html Download PDF small icon (17 x 17)Save it to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\IMAGESEdit DocIcon.xml un...
User Account Control (UAC) may affect the scheduling of custom script in your workstation. If you have prepare a custom script that want to put into Windows and let it run periodically (such as the Wa...
A very common request for all SharePoint 2010 administrators is a warm-up script that could keep the SharePoint warm and in good performance condition. Due to the fact or JIT, SharePoint administ...
Referring to the CorrelationID in SharePoint or any other ULS logs, ULS viewer is the must-have tool for all administrator or developers because it displays all logs content in a user-friendly way, li...
In order to test the network connectivity and network speed for a client, sample files are required for download/upload and monitor the traffic in the meantime. Personally, I use HttpWatch a...
This error message is not new and I think most SharePoint admin/user see this message before. SharePoint 2010 display such message with a very long Correlation ID, which is indeed not very useful for ...
In order to rename a computer after an installation of SharePoint Server 2007 and SQL Server 2008 R2, you can:
Rename a Computer: My Computer > Properties > Computer name > Change settings &...
Problem: If you have iFrame or multiple frameset in your ASP.NET page, session is lost in the child frame.Session ID: If you use Response.Write to show the Session.SessionID of your page, you'd notice...
It's a fact that no integration services and SQL agent available in SQL Express products, but it's a must to backup SQL Express databases in a timely basis. There is a very useful article describing h...
Two updates from ScottGu regarding the recent ASP.NET Vulnerability:
Revised Workaround - URLScanWindows Update...
Fantastic! This post is a memorable post for myself because I just got renewed on my MVP status in ASP/ASP.NET technology in 2010. :)Dear Colt Kwong,Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with...
It's very important, check it out if you haven't take any action yet:http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/18/important-asp-net-security-vulnerability.aspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...
It's pretty easy to write an entry into Windows event log in ASP.NETFor example, EventLog.WriteEntry("AppName", YourMessage, EventLogEntryType.Error)However, if you don't have sufficient rights and ...
Just find few useful tips/tool when I try to compare the schema and content of two SQL databases:
DBComparer (free)Find out DB lock: select distinct object_name(a.rsc_objid), a.req_spid, b.loginame fr...
With the principle of least privilege of application / database account, web app normally uses a DB account with limited permission to specific database objects in Connection String. Manually typing o...
I got an error message about "Back Pressure" when I was developing a ASP.NET emailing function recently. The code and configuration are good and I have no idea what is this issue, so ...
I have a web page where couple of ModalPopupExtender and Panel exist, and I want to set focus to TextBox inside the corresponding pop up window when user click the target button accordingly. I think i...
I'm looking for a simple function that turn the text of a TextBox into capital or small letter, but most of the JavaScript I found are clumsy because of the incompatibility of script (including the in...
I used Multiple_IE in the past when I wanted to test and verify something of my developed web app across browsers.
Today, I try to download the Microsoft Expression Web SuperPreview for Windows Inter...
I was writing a lot of jQuery and JavaScript this weekend, and two tips that I would like to jot down for future reference:
1. Place open brace on new line in Visual Studio
I used to place open brace ...
In order to view the complete schema in AD, I have to register the schmmgmt.dll and then open a snap in in MMC, the steps can be summarized as:
Go to CMD> Windows System Folder > System32 fold...
Recently, I was asked to prepare a Facebook like expandable textbox in a ASP.NET web application, where user can input text and the textbox can be re-sized (more specifically the height) dynamica...
Tooltips is always a good usability practice to display descripitve and meaningful message on UI, which provide guidance and extra information to users visually. However, I cannot find this kind ...
Apart from the capacity planner tool for System Center and SharePoint Server, I was looking for a tool which can help me to estimate the capacity of SQL Server.
I found an article on Microsoft.c...
This is obviously a well-known secret (option) in Visual Studio 2005 / 2008:
After creating a Web project in Visual Studio
Go to Tools > Options > Show All Settings > Projects ...
IIS 7 is not installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 by default, and below is a good reference which helps us to add Web Server (IIS) role to the server.
Install IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 or Win...
I attended a Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2010 HOL 1 day workshop last week and wanted to setup a VM to try the new features in my own laptop. The presenter in the workshop implicitly mentioned a t...
With a recent case that I need to design the system infrastructure as well as the hardware specification of a SharePoint farm for a client, so I go and find the SharePoint Capacity Planner (CP) 2007 t...
I worked with SQL 2008 in a recent project, but I got the following message whenever I try to make change to a table structure in SQL management studio:
Saving changes is not permitted. The changes y...
I'm rushing for a SharePoint POC before my vacation next week, and what I have to do is a standard scenario by creating a grid listing items from a custom list, then users click on the first...
INETA APAC had conducted two webcasts in the last two months, the topics are:
Presenting at large events such as TechEd (by Greg Low)
Sustainability and Green IT Overview (by Alan Dayeh)
The fi...
I prepared a SharePoint Report Center portal by using SharePoint 2007 recently, but I was unable to refresh the Excel workbook on my portal and got an error message:
Unable to retrieve external data ...
I have two projects that need to incorporate Windows PowerShell, Exchange Management Shell and ActiveRoles Management Shell for AD (by Quest) in a ASP.NET and a Console Application recently,...
I still don't have a chance to blog about my personal achievement recently - I got my MVP status renewed on Oct 1! Yes, it's a great news for myself and I enjoyed it so much since 2001.
BTW, I'm...
In a recent deployment of a SharePoint site, I have to add a Content Query Web Part (CQWP) so what I need to do is to activate the SharePoint Publishing feature. However, I cannot do it because of an ...
With the release of the SP1, I refresh my local Web developer tool this weekend. :)
Also, please check out the VS 2008 preparation tool and install the MVC Preview 4 explicitly....
I create numerous SharePoint sites with the same port number in my virtual machine frequently during envisioning / POC phrase, and I face an error when I try to re-create the same Web app in SharePoin...
A very misleading error message that I came across last week.. Trial period of my MOSS has expired? No way.. check out the permission and security settings first....
Just see this DreamSpark program on the Visual Studio home page and it is definitely a good news for students. (Personally, I'm glad to see that this program covers and beneficial to student...
I just try SmartPart and enable AJAX functionality in SharePoint tonight, here are few notes:1. Download and install SmartPart (make sure SmartPart is deployed and affect all WSS sites as shown in the...
I just finish provisioning a user object to ADAM from AD today, the process is pretty smooth and below is the first piece of codes that I wrote for the metaverse rule extension in ILM2007.
// Pr...
This is not the first time for me to see this message, so I think it may be a good idea to blog about it for future reference.
The error message should be:
Microsoft Internet Information Services (I...
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