
Resources “Updates for SharePoint 2013http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/jj891062.aspx Install a software update (SharePoint 2013)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff806338%28v=office.15%29 List of SharePoint 2013 Updateshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ee748587.aspx “Summary “The SharePoint Server 2013 CU contains the SharePoint Foundation CU and the SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server CU contains Project Server CU, SharePoint Server CU and SharePoint Foundation CU. Be aware that all Update for SharePoint 2013 […]
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“Summary and Prerequisites In this article I will guide you through my Installation of SharePoint 2013. This installation consisted of a Single Server with using SQL Server 2012 as the database server. Accounts The following accounts created in Active Directory (AD) for this installation. For more information on the accounts needed for SharePoint 2013, please […]
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“Install Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) Role Launch Server Manager Click Add Roles and Features “Click Next Select Role-based or feature-based installation and press Next Since I am installing my forest locally I will select “Select a server from the server pool” Select the server, in my case its DC2012 Press Next Check off Active […]
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Launch Server Manager Click Add Roles and Features Click Next on EVERY SCREEN until you get to the Features section. Check off Desktop Experience under User Interfaces and Infrastructure Press Next Click Install Close the wizard after the installation completes You must Restart the computer for the installation to complete When you right click the […]
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“Run Setup.exe from the installation media “Click Installation on the menu on the left Then click on the installation you would like to perform, in my case I will be selecting New SQL Server stand-alone installation “Setup will check the server for prerequisites, if everything passes, press OK “Enter your product key and press Next […]
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“Launch Server Manager “Click on Manage then select Add Roles and Features “Click Next on the Before you Begin screen “On the Installation Type screen select Role-based or feature-based installation then press Next “On the Server Selection screen select the server in this case we are installing on the local server which is SP2013, press […]
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“Click on Server Manager “Click on Local Server then Scroll over to the right “Click On “Select your desired settings then press OK “
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“Click on Server Manager “Scroll over so you can see the Product ID section “Click on Not Activated “Enter your Product Key and click Activate “Windows should activate, if not correct the issue displayed and try the activation again “
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“Boot from the installation media Press Next “Click Install Now “Setup will initialize Pick your installation version. In this example we are selecting Windows Server 2012 Standard (Server with a GUI) You can get an idea of the different editions that are available from this page: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/buy.aspx “Accept the license terms and press Next “Choose […]
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Sometimes when I close GoTo meeting, it doesn’t start in the system tray on the next reboot. Sometimes it just disappears all together. “Enter the following information into the registry to fix this. Replace 880 with the latest version installed on your machine. You can get the latest version by browsing to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\GoToMeeting” […]
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“I tried to create a Web Application on SharePoint 2010 through the Central Administration and received the following error, “Specified value is not supported for the parameter”. This error message is kind of vague. After some troubleshooting I discovered it could not verify the account I was using because my Domain Controller was offline. Cannot […]
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GoTo Beeps When you start a meeting and are waiting for people to join the meeting you hear an annoying beep. You can stop this beep by pressing the “Edit” button and uncheck “Play On-Hold Beeps”. Sometimes the Edit button doesn’t have an arrow and you can’t change it. Most of the time it does, […]
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I use a PowerShell script to upload my WordPress content to Amazon’s S3 Storage Services which is globally distributed by Amazon’s Cloudfront service. Recently Amazon changed its default security; if you upload a file to a bucket it does not inherit the buckets top level security. You need to put a Bucket Policy in place. […]
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