We noticed that our workstations were about three off, and when I inspected our PDC FSMO Role Holder, I noticed that it was getting its time from the Hyper-V host, instead of time.windows.com. The command to show this is w32tm /query /source /verbose The VM IC Time Synchronization Provider is a feature of Hyper-V…
In case you missed the EPM Webinar on Maximizing Your Investment in Microsoft Project Professional and Project Server 2007, you can access the recording at mms://videos.catapultsystems.com/Marketing/epm1.wmv. Maximizing Your Investment in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Project Workspaces Building a Project Management Information System (PMIS) with Microsoft Technologies
Start with validating that the design meets the stated requirements in the OCS documentation Validate DNS is pointing to the right IP address on the right interface Validate Certificates Validate the the Edge Server has separate IP/Port Combinations Validate that each Edge Role has a separate FQDN’s for each external interface (internal interface should just…
August Program Description: Are you confused with how to change the user interface in SharePoint? Do you have concerns about how to go about making those changes? If so, then come to the August 12th meeting where Heather Solomon will be answering any SharePoint branding questions you have and discuss common issues you may have…
I had a customer request my assistance last week with forecasting how long a group of mailboxes would take to migrate. This particular organization wanted to perform the migrations after hours, to prevent their users from getting the error message in Outlook ‘The system administrator has made a change that requires you to restart Outlook.’ …
I just got my first taste of Internet access on an airplane, and I’m already addicted. I was flying from Dallas to Tampa on American Airlines when I happen to notice a flyer I’d never seen before in the seat back pocket in front of me. The flyer advertised a new service on American Airlines:…
I will be reviewing Microsoft’s Network Monitor. The team at Microsoft that develops this tool has done an amazing job and I now regularly use this tool for troubleshooting. It has been especially helpful troubleshooting Office Communications Server 2007 R2 issues. The first feature I will highlight is the Display Filter Templates. When capturing information,…
So I have done several SP2 upgrades. Depending on the size of the farm and number of databases it can take anywhere from 15 minutes to about an hour. Then I decide to upgrade our internal corporate farm. Two hours after I start I get it going but here is the lesson. Always, always, always…
While working on a project I recently created a web part where I could specify a set of criteria and it would display hyperlinks to all site collections that matched. The nice thing about this web part is that you get a list of site collections that match a wide variety of criteria. Some of…
It’s the little things that are big. I found a new feature in Windows 7 that I really like: Sticky Notes. They look and behave a lot like real sticky notes. I used to use real sticky notes like crazy. At the beginning of each day I would write all my tasks down on those…
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