Installing SSRS in SharePoint 2013 Integrated Mode – ‘Install-SPRSService’ is not recognized
I was doing a fresh install of SQL Server 2012 (Standard) Reporting Services on a development SharePoint 2013 (Standard)…
How SkyDrive Saved a Training Session
It’s true! SkyDrive prevented me from having to cancel a recent training session and in this post, I’ll explain how.…
Notes from the Field: Exchange 2003 to the New Office 365 (Wave 15) Migrations
I am working on a project that has us migrating approximately 2,400 mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to the New Office…
Benchmarking UIDs as clustered primary keys
Using Unique Identifiers (UIDs) as primary keys, especially as surrogates in data warehousing comes with many benefits. There are also performance impacts which…
Hyper-V Cluster w/V-SAN for SQL Server
A virtualized playground providng parallel SQL 2005, 2008 R2, and 2012 instances (side by side) hosted on a three-node failover…
Microsoft Azure IaaS VM hosting is now 40% less expensive than private cloud VM hosting
On April 16th, Microsoft launched Windows Azure VM into production and now offers new pricing options and larger compute instances.…
OpsMgr 2012 SP1: Workaround – Fresh Install results in blank OperationsManagerDW Data and Log File Names (mdf and ldf)
I’m noticing this in every OpsMgr 2012 SP1 environment where there is a fresh new build and thought I’d give…
Weekly Exchange PowerShell Tip: Export Mailbox folder sizes
Restore Organization Management Role Back to Default Settings
I had a client who, while was working to better lock down and delegate Exchange administrative access, accidentally changed the…