Yes, it’s been a long time coming and after some sporadic coding over the past two years, I’m hard at work on OSD++ 2.0 which will also supersede OSD App Tree for ConfigMgr 2012. I should have a beta available soon (although it initially will not contain any App Tree functionality). For now, a few…
I recently assisted a client converting from using Federated Users that authenticate using ADFS to Standard User with DirSync and Password Sync. This Post is very helpful, http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17857.aad-sync-how-to-switch-from-single-sign-on-to-password-sync.aspx What we found that converting the domain using the Convert-MSOLDomainToStandard –DomainName <federated domain name> -SkipUserConversion $false -PasswordFile c:userpasswords.txt Command from the link above did not convert…
Catapult Recognized for Continued Excellence and Competency within Technology Field AUSTIN, Texas | July 23, 2013 – At the recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) held in Houston, TX, Catapult Systems was recognized with several prestigious awards, including the 2013 Microsoft U.S. Windows Accelerate Jumpstart Growth Partner of the Year, the 2013 Microsoft West Region Services Partner…
I love using the XrmServiceContext Caching issue in order to use LINQ queries to retrieve items from our CRM implementation. So much nicer to work with than the old SOAP model!!! However, I ran into an issue pretty quickly with a custom service I created that provisions a SharePoint team site for a CRM opportunity.…
Microsoft recently announced that Data Explorer and Geo Flow are being merged into the new PowerBI suite. You can download the new Power Query (formerly Data Explorer) and Power Map (formerly GeoFlow) from the link provided in the blog post below. Power Query and Power Map are two of the new Excel features for Power…
You may come across a need to explicitly set an IDENTITY Key value in your insert statement. I recently came across this need when I wanted to add some columns to a Dimension table to account for any NULL values I was transforming. Take into account my DimDates table: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[DimDates]( [DateKey]…
There are two basic techniques for updating one table with information from another, in this example, we are updating an OLAP Dimension table with the results from an OLTP table. Flush and Fill Technique The first and easiest method is called the "flush and fill" technique. Basically, you remove all of the data from…
I recently was tasked with configuring our development environment (localhost) to work with AD FS. Unfortunately, I had a hard time finding all the steps so I compiled this documentation. Please note: Adding localhost as a relying trust is a completely safe practice. I even had a Microsoft support confirm that this…
With being out at Microsoft’s World Partner Conference last week I am getting this out a little late, but better late than never. The next meeting of the Office 365 International User Group is scheduled for 2pm Denver Time on July 30th. I and other members that attended WPC will be giving a recap of…
Check out this video by Microsoft highlighting my company Catapult Systems, Office 365 and one of our clients UDR, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCy_bbFcV5E
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