SQL Server: Using Table-valued Functions
In some cases, I like to use SQL Server Functions to encapsulate some of my SQL Server logic into reusable…
Managing Email Address with Federated Users in Office 365
I recently assisted a client of ours with implementing Identity Federation (single SignOn) with ADFS. This client was an original…
OpsMgr 2012 and SPN’s: Reality, “Strategerey” and Sanity
If you’ve ever performed a distributed installation of Operations Manager then you’ve most likely spent some time stressing about…
Secondary Sites and Boundary Groups
Boundary Groups were introduced in ConfigMgr 2012 to combine boundaries together and give them one of two common purposes: Content…
Reseed SQL Server Identity Field
When I am populating a data snapshot table with a set of calculations for any given month, I may in…
Creating Types in SQL Server to Pass Table Variables into Stored Procedures
I was attempting to create a modularized approach to a set of calculations in SQL Server. The result was the…
ConfigMgr Startup Script Update
After a lot of work, here’s my latest incarnation of the startup script, version 1.54: http://blog.configmgrftw.com/?page_id=349. Lots of new features…
ConfigMgr 2012 Application Deployment By Example: User EXE Deployment
Scenario: Deploy an application using the new application deployment capabilities of ConfigMgr 2012. Criteria: Native install using EXE installer (instead…
Inaccessible Logs In SharePoint
I was deploying a SharePoint 2010 web part recently. The deployment completed, including feature activation, but when I put the…
SCVMM 2012 – WinRM Provider Error 2927
I recently ran into an issue where I could not deploy a VM from a template from SCVMM 2012.…