SharePoint has been around for a while, so I’m certainly not the first (or best) administrator out there who is writing and publishing blogs. So why am I blogging? As a SharePoint Administrator, I’m often called upon to troubleshoot user issues, diagnose database problems and design and configure websites for large initiatives and…
When an outside user attempts to join a conference created by a Lync user, they have three options available to them. If the user has Silverlight installed, but not the Lync client or Attendee client installed, then they will be able to join the conference automatically from Lync Web App. If the user does not…
In case you missed my earlier post, I had discussed some of the “why’s” of records management. Over the next few posts, I’ll discuss some of the “what’s.” Have you ever seen the A&E documentary show “Hoarders?” Every week, they highlight a person with severe compulsion issues that cause them to save absolutely everything in…
I will be speaking at a Lync Launch event for Catapult Systems on Nov. 9th in San Antonio, TX. If you are in the area, please register and stop in. Here is the invitation and registration link. Catapult Systems will also have Lync Launch events in Austin (11/10), Orlando (11/16),…
Welcome to the latest posting in my Resource Analysis Under the Hood series. My goal with these posts is to introduce the features of the Project Server Resource Analysis component of the Portfolio Analysis module with the help of an Excel mockup. This post represents the second installment of a couple posts on calculating specific…
Introduction In my last blog, "Understanding the As-Is Process Model", I talked about techniques for identifying, modeling, and communicating the analyst’s understanding the business processes being considered for automation. In this blog I’ll talk about how to add "meat" on the process infrastructure to deliver a workable solution. Overview The domain model is…
MDT 2010 supports using legacy $OEM$ folders to organize and copy supplemental files to the target computers. However, when deploying Windows Vista or later operating systems, data WIM files are preferred over $OEM$ folders. Note In an instance where multiple $OEM$ folders have been defined, the first driver that LTIApply.wsf finds is deployed to the…
Read the article here. Credit to Roger Zander for this nifty trick. A way to show a simple user notification message from a Task-Sequence or a Software Package is to use the following command (as one line): powershell.exe -command $a = New-Object -comobject SMSCliUI.UIEvents; $a.ShowMessage(‘User Notification’, ‘Please restart your computer…’, 1) The message will…
Read the full post here. Symptoms Users may be unable to view and execute the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 reports hosted on SQL Reporting Services. Problem 1: Trying to access http://<SQLServerName>/reports returns blank window. Problem 2: When trying to execute one of the reports you get the following error: An error has occurred during…
One of the components of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM 2007) Operating System Deployment (OSD) is boot images. Boot images in SCCM are really just WinPE images and are used during the operating system deployment process to boot computers so that an operating system can be loaded. For more information about boot images and…
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