Tuesday, March 1, 2022

AlwaysOn Readable Mirror

AlwaysOn Readable Mirror

I am curious if in SQL Denali when setup a secondary availability group as readable, if all databases in that group become readable or not.  I would be good to have granular control and say "only database X of availability group" is readable on this secondary".  You might want only 1 database in a group to be accessible.  It should not be an all or nothing affair.

Reply:

The design center of availability group by definition contains the related databases together for the application. In a likely customer scenario, you would query or do reporting related databases together. 

I am curious to know why you consider read access to a subset of databases, including allowing only 1, a useful case?

 

thakns

Sunil

 

Sunil Agarwal, SQL Server PM

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Reply:
You already have that layer of granularity via permissions granting. Permissions will still apply, so if you want, for example, certain users to be able to run ad hoc queries against 1 of the read-only databases but not the others, only grant them access to the 1 database and not the other.
My blog: SQL Soldier
Twitter: @SQLSoldier
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My book: Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring

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Reply:

When you create an availability group, you specify that the secondary replica allows read-only or allow all connections for the database engine instance. This means all the databases in the availability group will have the ability to accept read-only connections. Unfortunately, you can't define a different set of permissions on the secondart database replicas because they get the permissions from the primary database replica. 

The way around this in CTP1 is to create multiple availability groups based on having a read-only secondary and another that doesn't allow connections to the secondary. You would then add the databases to the apppropriate availability group based on situation.

In a future CTP, availability groups will support up to four secondaries where at most, two can be sync secondaries. For the sync secondaries, you'll want to not allow read connections so that potential queries don't delay HA transactions. You can then setup your async secondaries as readable since they won't block commits on the primary database replica.

For now with CTP1, you'll need to take the dual Availability group approach.
Cheers,
Bill Ramos
Worksteam Manager for SQL Server at http://www.advaiya.com

 


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Reply:

Bill, Dual group will not do complete group failover if only one db fail from 1st group.

Access control would be best managed by providing access at source db. 

Though its interesting question, it would be good to have this feature...

 

 

Prakash Heda

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Reply:
Question rearding SQL Server 2012 Edition support. Does Standard Edition for SQL Server 2012 support readable secondary.

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Reply:
SQL 2012 AlwaysOn is an Enterprise Edition only feature. 

Geoff N. Hiten Principal Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP


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The window input rectangle overlaps with the window input rectangle of an enabled object or control

Hi All,

I am using ink control for saving and retrieving of signatures,and also am using topaz control for that.

The code is working fine for less than 3 signature pads.whenever am using more that 3,its showing the bellow error

                    "The window input rectangle overlaps with the window input rectangle of an enabled object or control"

Am initializating the inkOverlay control and creating a instance for new one when ever loading the page.But if i have more than 3 signature its showing the above message.

Can any one help me  in this issue,

Thanks in advance.


Reply:
You might have better luck in a coding forum for whatever laguage/tool you are using, this forum is for SQL Server questions

Dave Frommer - BI Architect - Independent


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Query on Biztalk Map

Could you please help in the below Mapping

Source

source1:<root1>

<element1>

<item>

<itemnumber>1</Itemnumer><flag><flag></item>

<item>

<itemnumber>2</Itemnumer><flag><flag></item>

<item>

<itemnumber>3</Itemnumer><flag><flag></item>

</element1></root1>

Source 2:

<root2>

<element2>

<item>

<itemnumber>1</Itemnumer></item>

<item>

<itemnumber>2</Itemnumer></item>

</element2></root2>

DESTINATION:

<root1>

<element1

>

<item>

<itemnumber>1</Itemnumer><flag>Y<flag></item>

<item>

<itemnumber>2</Itemnumer><flag>Y<flag></</item>

<item>

<itemnumber>3</Itemnumer><flag>N<flag></</item>

</element1></root1>


Reply:

Hi,

You can create a multiple input map. look at the sample (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/929518/creating-biztalk-map-with-multiple-input-schema)

Use following custom xslt for that map to achieve your needs.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>  <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:var="http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/var" exclude-result-prefixes="msxsl var s0" version="1.0" xmlns:s0="http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/aggschema">  <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" method="xml" version="1.0" />  <xsl:template match="/">  <xsl:apply-templates select="/s0:Root" />  </xsl:template>  <xsl:template match="/s0:Root">  <root1>   <element1>   <xsl:for-each select="/s0:Root/InputMessagePart_0/root1/element1/item">   <xsl:variable name="Source1itemnumber" select="itemnumber/text()"/>   <xsl:for-each select="/s0:Root/InputMessagePart_1/root2/element2/item">   <xsl:variable name="Source2itemnumber" select="itemnumber/text()"/>   <item>   <itemnumber>   <xsl:value-of select="$Source1itemnumber" />   </itemnumber>   <xsl:if test="$Source1itemnumber=$Source2itemnumber">    <flag>   <xsl:value-of select="'Y'" />   </flag>    </xsl:if>   <xsl:if test="$Source1itemnumber!=$Source2itemnumber">   <flag>   <xsl:value-of select="'N'" />   </flag>   </xsl:if>   </item>    </xsl:for-each>   </xsl:for-each>   </element1>  </root1>  </xsl:template>  </xsl:stylesheet>
I hope this helps you.

Thanks With Regards,
Shailesh Kawade
MCTS BizTalk Server
Please Mark This As Answer If This Helps You.
http://shaileshbiztalk.blogspot.com/


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Reply:

Thanks Shailesh

Can you help in writing the same in INlineXSLT.I am trying the below.But error "FLag is missing in output"

I am using looping functod and getting customerId from source1 into Param1.But when debugging ,could not find path "/Root/InputMessagePart_1/SelectResponse/SelectResult/ViewDummy"

<xsl:template name="MyXsltConcatTemplate">
<xsl:param name="param1" />
<xsl:for-each select="//Root/InputMessagePart_1/SelectResponse/SelectResult/ViewDummy">
<xsl:variable name="Source2" select="CustomerID/text()"/>
    <xsl:if test="$Source2=$param1">
      <Flag>
        <xsl:value-of select="'Y'" />
      </Flag>
    </xsl:if>
 <xsl:if test="$Source2!=$param1">
      <Flag>
        <xsl:value-of select="'N'" />
      </Flag>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each> 
</xsl:template>


I refered the link http://blogical.se/blogs/johan/archive/2008/12/10/biztalk-mapper-using-a-message-as-a-lookup-and-merging-data.aspx
  • Edited by HaikS Monday, March 12, 2012 9:01 AM

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Reply:

Hi Haiks,

Absolutely you can go for inline xslt.

Issue that you are saying might be because of missing namespace in your xpath.

Please look at the sample code which i have given to ensure that you are also using the namespace with each node.

Which debugging you can use Watch window Of VS for verification of the xpaths and namespaces.

Thanks With Regards,
Shailesh Kawade
MCTS BizTalk Server
Please Mark This As Answer If This Helps You.
http://shaileshbiztalk.blogspot.com/


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Reply:

Yes i understand that there is issue with namespace.

I tried with the namesapcae provided and also from link. but no luck.


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Reply:

Hi Haiks,

Ok lets follow simple steps to debug your map.

Start the map debugging,

On watch window start with Root element with namespace (check your map xslt start tag i.e. "<xsl:stylesheet>" tag which is opened during debugging). Take the namespace and root element say "s0:Root" in watch window.check its value.

Once that is confirmed start adding the child elements one by one and check their values. This way you will be able to identify the exact issue.

Thanks With Regards,
Shailesh Kawade
MCTS BizTalk Server
Please Mark This As Answer If This Helps You.
http://shaileshbiztalk.blogspot.com/


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Reply:

You can also use xpath tester to test your xpaths independantly.

http://www.xpathtester.com/

Thanks With Regards,
Shailesh Kawade
MCTS BizTalk Server
Please Mark This As Answer If This Helps You.
http://shaileshbiztalk.blogspot.com/


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What is the purpose of the Offline Address Book Virtual Directory?

 Hi all,

can you please explain me the purpose of the Offline Address Book Virtual Directory?

regards,

Bhalotia


Reply:
in previous versions of Exchange, OAB was using public folders, this had
a lot of problems and didn't scale well, Microsoft since Exchange 2007
uses web download method where the OAB files are generated by the
mailbox and copied to the CAS server, clients then download the OAB
using http/https method which is less hectic and offers a lot of advanatages
 
Regards, Mahmoud Magdy Watch Arabic Level 300 Videos about Exchange 2010 here: http://vimeo.com/user3271816 Read pretty advanced Exchange stuff I post here: http://www.enowconsulting.com/ese/blog.asp, follow my blog: http://autodiscover.wordpress.com , corp blog: http://ingazat.wordpress.com, Follow me on twitter http://www.twitter.com/_busbar and if you Liked my post please mark it as helpful and accept it as an answer

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Reply:
I hope introduction part of this article answers your question
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2010/management-administration/offline-address-book-part1.html

Gulab Prasad,
MCITP: Exchange Server 2010 | MCITP: Exchange Server 2007
MCITP: Lync Server 2010 | MCITP: Windows Server 2008
My Blog | Z-Hire Employee Provisioning App


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Volsnap errors

I'm getting the following errors in Virtual Host Servers when doing online backups/concistency checks of Virtual Machines:

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    VolSnap
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    13
Date:        7.05.2009
Time:        9:38:37
User:        N/A

The shadow copy of volume C:\...3bd-11dd-8f73-
001e0b461b18} could not
grow its shadow copy storage on volume C:\...3bd-11dd-8f73-001e0b461b18}.

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    VolSnap
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    10
Date:        7.05.2009
Time:        9:58:32

The shadow copy of volume  took too long to install.

Virtual Host Servers and DPM Server (DPM 2007 DP1) are running Windows Server 2003 R2 x64, and virtual servers are Windows Server 2003 R2 x86.

Reply:

Right place to post the query for data protection manager is the newsgroup microsoft.public.dataprotectionmanager

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.dataprotectionmanager

 

------- this information is provided as-is without any warranties, implicit or explicit.

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Reply:
This error is directly related to Windows Server Backup!!!!  Why are you directing him to another forum???  Just answer the question here or repost the question in the correct forum and then asnwer it, then come back and post a link to the answer...   Isn't that the point of these forums?? Or do you like making people go in circles?

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Reply:

The disk is full. That is why you are seeing this issue. Can you check the disk?

Regards

Satish


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Integrating AVAYA CM 5.2.1 With Lync 2010

I am trying to integrate the Avaya CM 5.2.1 with SES 5 with Lync 2010, The thing is we use a NET VX1200 in between the Lync and the SES.

The Problem i am facing seems to be somehow related to signaling, When a user on Avaya Dials a Lync User, the Soft Client Receives the call notification, but when the Lync Client picks up the call, The user on the Avaya Phone still get a ring back tone and no media is exchanged between both.

However, When a user from Lync calls an extension on Avaya, The Avaya Phone Rings, User Picks UP, call is established and we have 2 way audio. BUT when the Avaya user hangs up, the call still goes on the Lync Client, like the BYE option is not received.

We use EC500 to fork the calls on the Avaya

Any Ideas ?

Appreciate the help


Reply:

Hi,

This might be a configuration mismach in ether NET side or AVAYA. but as i can see in interop list, SES 5.1 supports for direct SIP integartion. In that case, you can lose the NET VX 1200 and direct integrate AVAYA to Lync Mediation server.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg131938#tab=2

Thamara. MCTS, MCITP Ent Admin, Specialized in U.C Voice OCS 2007 R2 Z-Hire -- Automate IT Account creation process ( AD / Exchange / Lync )


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Reply:

Hey Thamara,

The reason we chose to go with the VX 1200 is of other features like call hold and transfer as well as the ring back issue (i know its resolved in 5.2.1 SP1). So im kinda stuck with it :).


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Reply:

Hey,

i would suggest to integrate directly with Avaya to check (and easy to trouble shoot for the time being) as i have done this before it was perfectly fine. I would also suggest to use OPC feature in Avaya instead of EC500 which gives best integration. OPS can also provide you DID number of a caller. I saw these things when doen with EC500.

Hope this helps.

If answer is helpful, please hit the green arrow on the left, or mark as answer. Salahuddin | Blogs:http://salahuddinkhatri.wordpress.com | MCITP Microsoft Lync


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Reply:
I agree with SKHATRI. I'm not a AVAYA expert but, if thers's a possibility that you can go for a direct integration, it'll be easier to troubleshoot the issue.

Thamara. MCTS, MCITP Ent Admin, Specialized in U.C Voice OCS 2007 R2 Z-Hire -- Automate IT Account creation process ( AD / Exchange / Lync )


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Reply:

The VX is actually going to be your friend in this scenario because it can standardise the SIP signalling between the two. Sounds like the setup and tear-down of each call isn't occurring properly.

I would check the SIP settings on your trunk groups and call route tables on the VX1200. And also the Default SIP channel profiles and SIP settings in general on the gateway.

If you have maintenance purchased on the VX1200, you could escalate this interop issue to NET directly for support also who I'm sure would be able to fix this easily for you.

Justin Morris | Consultant | Modality Systems
Lync Blog - www.justin-morris.net
Twitter: @justimorris
If this post has been useful please click the green arrow to the left or click "Propose as answer"


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Reply:
This was a hard one given that the support for the unit expired already, but it turns out that a setting on the Avaya Trunk setting in the VX needed to be done. and that was to add the ICE option

Hany George | Consultant | IDC S.p.A MCITP: Lync Server | MCITP: Exchange 2010 | MCTS: OCS Blog: http://dusk1911.wordpress.com If this post has been useful please click the green arrow to the left or click "Propose as answer"


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stop user to close windows application using task manager

Hi,

I am creating a windows application using C#. This application runs when user logged in to the system. This application will run in task bar for doing some functionality and based on that functionality, application form will be displayed to the user (based on conditions).

Requirement is that user can not close this application any how until the fulctionality is not completed. I am trying to stop user to close the application using task manager but not getting succeed.

Please let me know if anybody have any idea, how can I stop user to close application using task manager.

Rakesh Kumar Zensar technologies Ltd


Reply:
This is a forum dedicated to MS Project. Pls try the forum at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whatforum/threads to find the best place to post your discussion (or question).

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W2k8R2 sp1 installed, couldn't finish reboot. Stuck on "personalized settings: Windows Desktop Update" after login

Last night I remotely applied the sp1 to my W2k8R2 server. It asked to reboot after install had completed.

When it came back up and I logged in, I found that the user login was stuck on the "Personalized settings: windows desktop update" configuration immediately before it loaded the taskbar and the rest of the desktop.

The only way I was able to finish the login into my server was to open the Services snap-in and stop the Windows Update Service. Then I killed the "Personalized settings" task and it subsequently crashed explorer.exe. I then launched a new explorer.exe and it finished the login. Previous attempts at launching a new explorer process did not fix anything until the Windows Update service was stopped.

What I am wondering is why did this happen? I have a lot more servers to push this service pack to but this was my first run with it and now it worries me. Does it have anything to do with the fact I applied the update over remote connection? Normally I pop in a disc with the SP and manually run it but I let windows update hand it to me from my WSUS server. So, if those things might have something to do with the issue I experienced I'll modify my deployment scenario.


Reply:

As you told, there would be no problem after you install just sp1 to win2k8R2 machine. It does not make any sense to install sp1 and machine is not able to load it..

rest about deploys updates to server and workstaoin manuelly, its not a good idea. you can setup a wsus server which can update you clients and server to sp1 or latest update itself. there would be no need to do it manully.

Kamal Sharma


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Hot folders! - feature - Please make that in Windows OSes

I was opened explorer on photobucket but no matter that it's a same situation in Windows folder explorer anyway... that when I got "Open" file window... I usually go on Desktop and search for right folder I want to open or some shortcut of a folder.

I got this picture:

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss341/Gospodja9/pic01asisnow.png

OK folders are there and what is problem, they are many now and almost look  "same" on quick 1st view! Sometimes is hard to read which folder is what (look my linked picture01).

So I got idea of "Hot folders". To make some most used and most clicked folders to change icon a bit or just to be in some color shade or tone like I sketched here:

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss341/Gospodja9/pic02.png

I think you understand of what I'm talking about. They can just change a color a bit and/or to change order too... hottest on top or idk how is best to do this idea perfectly.

It's something like this:

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss341/Gospodja9/Forumiconsandlabeling.png

Like on forums we got hot topics, visited, new, locked, sticky etc.

Do same system of labeling in Windows Explorer for browsing files and folders and their quick locating by our quick eye look on them. Off course need to be done professionally!

Not need any credits for my idea... just do it and make Windows better!

  • Moved by Neddy Ren Monday, March 12, 2012 8:39 AM (From:Visual C# General)

Reply:

Hi Gorgoyle9,

I am sorry that your topic is not the C# developement isssue. I will help and move your thread to the off-topic forum. Thank you for understandings.

Best Regards

Neddy Ren[MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us


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Issues to think about before the LAB installation

Currently I´m running a test lab of multiple 2008 R2 servers providing Active Directory servers and lot of other stuff like file cluster, wsus, rds, and the sccm is main issue I´m having all this. On first power machine I host these with VMware ESXi, and I also have XenServer providing XenDesktop and XenApp.

After Techdays in Finland, I started to think about moving entirely to Microsoft production, changing ESXi to Hyper-V and Citrix products to RDS with VDI. I´m also instrested to investifate other products of System Center family. I still have some questions, because this labs is really serving my all needs, so it is not "just a lab to re-do every week". My current installation is 2 years old.

  1. What technology I now should use to route my enviroment to Internet? Currently I´m using RRAS of 2008 R2 for routing and VPN. I´m also planning to setup Direct Access, which would have it´s own NIC to internet.
  2. Will SCCM 2012 (released in a month) fully support Windows 8 client as OSD solution?
  3. When the evaluation period will be over, will already installed servers can be patched and registered as full featured? I can have all product licenses via my employer.
  4. What´s the lightest solution to install Hyper-V on a bare hardware? I don´t want to install full featured Windows 8 Server and just add Hyper-V role to it.


Reply:

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:26:41 +0000, yannara wrote:

1. What technology I now should use to route my enviroment to Internet? Currently I?m using RRAS of 2008 R2 for routing and VPN. I?m also planning to setup Direct Access, which would have it?s own NIC to internet.
2. Will SCCM 2012 (released in a month) fully support Windows 8 client as OSD solution?
3. When the evaluation period will be over,?will already installed servers can be patched and registered as full featured? I can have all product licenses via my employer.

Sorry but you're in the wrong forum. This forum is specifically for
questions and issues related to the beta of Windows Server 8.

Your first question should be posted to the DirectAccess/UAG forum:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-ca/forefrontedgeiag/threads

Your second 2 questions should be posted to a System Center forum.

Paul Adare
MVP - Forefront Identity Manager
http://www.identit.ca
MIPS:  Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed.


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Reply:
Heh, previously when I´ve been posting questions of the newest beta/rc products in a product-specified portion of forum, answer were usually that beta/rc products are not supported. Like now, it is useless to ask anything about SCCM 2012 in System Center Configuration Manager section.

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Reply:

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:01:57 +0000, yannara wrote:

Heh, previously when I?ve been posting questions of?the newest beta/rc products in a product-specified portion of forum, answer were usually that beta/rc products are not supported. Like now, it is useless to ask anything about SCCM 2012 in System Center Configuration Manager section.

Having had a look through the System Center forums, this isn't the case.
Questions about 2012 are being answered. In addition, there are open,
public programs available on Connect that simply require you to join and
that also have forums.

You're certainly more likely to get a response there than you are here, in
a forum where your questions are totally off-topic.

Paul Adare
MVP - Forefront Identity Manager
http://www.identit.ca
Futuristic:  It will only run on a next generation supercomputer.


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Reply:

Okay, lets forget the 2.nd question, I´ll ask it at another area. (btw, I´ve been in connect program as well and discussion there is very passive).

So how about 3 and 4?  


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My first impression. (non technical)


Installing Windows 8 was fairly easy and I think from memory quicker than Windows 7, clean install in both cases.

Windows update identified and installed all drives required automatically :D


READ THIS BIT if you have not installed Win 8 yet.

There is a gotya though, if you install from within Windows 7 or as an upgrade (and it seems a few have done this) you will overwrite your Windows 7 installation as this works as an upgrade with no option to install to another partition/drive, and if you also choose not to import files settings you will "loose" all of this and just have a basic Windows 8 install, though there are ways round that, but best to avoid the potential problem in the first place.


Anyway so I chose to boot from a Windows 8 DVD to a separate physical drive as I am not keen to have two OS's on one partitioned drive, that has always seemed risky to me. I tried to boot from a flash drive, but it wouldn't boot/enter setup (for me) though not sure why.


Windows 8 seems to be a lot more responsive, but to be fair that maybe because its is a clean install and also possibly the drive used (Samsung spinpoint 3) is a little faster than my Windows 7 drive Seagate Barracuda. But probably will use a SSD when I upgrade to the full version.


I had no software or hardware issues, but I have a fairly uptodate system and only use a fairly select set of programs, mostly as a photo editing platform and word processor/spreadsheet, internet browsers etc.


Initially Metro was a bit of a shock, as was the lack of desktop start button, but after a bit of poking around you can make it work for you, well I can as I only use a few select programs, if you use a lot of programs it may not be quite so simple.

Not keen on the Metro browser as it lacks some plugins need for some websites, but moving to the desktop browser fixes this.

But anyway, I have just unpinned the apps I don't want/need and pinned the programs I use to Metro and dragged them into easily selectable groups, maybe not to to everyone's liking, but for me fine(ish)

Similarly I have pinned my most used programs to the desktop taskbar so there is little need to dive back and forth into Metro to launch programs.


I know there are ways to work around the missing start button with Visstart etc, but its not as good as the Wiv 7 start button, so PLEASE NICE MICROSOFT PEOPLE, let us have the start button back on the desktop ;~)


I do think Metro is more suited to a touch screen, I do however like it, so don't want to use any of the disable it hacks, but putting the start button back or having an option to enable/disable it in the final release will be very well received I think.


I hate that damn fish on bootup though :p and the blank screen while Windows is loading as there is no indication if your machine is still loading or has stopped responding.


All in all I really like Windows 8 from what I have need able to play with since its public consumer preview release.


Congratulations to anyone that has read this far ha ha.


Software used and known to work fine

Open Office

MS Office Home 2010

Photoshop CS5.1

Norton NIS 2012- (2011 needs an update.)

Google Chrome (latest)

Firefox (latest)


Reply:

Hi Simon

Thanks for the detailed feedback, excellent write up.

If you are curious about the evolution and 'why' of the Start Button, you might be interested in the following articles. These were written by the developers on the Windows 8 Team.

Evolving the Start menu - Building Windows 8: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/03/evolving-the-start-menu.aspx

Reflecting on your comments on the Start screen - Building Windows 8: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/11/reflecting-on-your-comments-on-the-start-screen.aspx

Best



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Changing IP address of Exchange 2003 server with 2 NICS

We are about to move our exchange server from a 10.0.x.x address to a 10.53.x.x address, the server has 2 NICS, I am wanting to configure the second NIC for the 10.53.x.x address, activate the switch port, deactive the 10.0.x.x NIC and port.  Move the binding of the 2nd NIC up to primary, besides other obvious DNS changes we have to make does anyone have any odd pitfalls they have encountered that would be good to know about or see anything wrong with reconfiguring with this setup as stated?  Also do all the exchange services needed to be restarted or just the routing engine?

this is not a clustered environment; it is a stand alone Exchange 2003 server on a W2K8 domain.

All suggestions and or experience is welcome and appreciated!


Thank all who responded, information was great and did help make sure we covered all bases.  Change went very smooth, all working well now.
  • Changed type sanman071 Friday, March 23, 2012 1:38 PM Work finished
  • Edited by sanman071 Friday, March 23, 2012 1:40 PM

Reply:

From the platform perspective, the risk is this: if you don't deactivate the old NIC and if the system is addressed via the old IP, it will still be receiving traffic on the old NIC, but will sent (outside of the local subnet) via the new NIC, creating asymmetric routing. That usually makes communication slower and prone to packet loss. The issue is hard to pinpoint when it creates problem and goes away when old NIC is deactivated.

As far as I know, Exchange relies on DNS exclusively. I'd go all-out and switch the old NIC off as soon as DNS names are re-registered, forcing DNS refresh across peer systems. The backout plan is trivial, and the issues that will manifest immediately are much easier to deal with. So your plan looks good.

-= F1 is the Key =-


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Reply:

Changing IP should work fine > make sure your DNS gets effects immediately

Everything should be fine then .

Satheshwaran Manoharan | Exchange 2003/2007/2010 | Blog:http://www.careexchange.in | Please mark it as an answer if it really helps you


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Reply:


Hi

   You needn't restart exchange service.
  You just need to modify DNS recorder in time.  

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Reply:
Hi
   Do you have anything to update your issue ?

Terence Yu

TechNet Community Support


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Network Interface Speed incorrect

Connection speed is reported incorrectly in Adapter Status.  Issue occurs on Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II.  Issue may occur when adapter is used with Hyper-V as Windows Server 8 does not accurately report the use of a virtual adapter.  Connection speed is reported correctly when similar NIC is NOT used with HYPER-V.

Using a separate virtual adapter entry may allow 'accurate' connection speed for physical adapters.


Reply:

Hi,

Thanks for posting here.

How incorrect it was, have we verified the connection speed of that NIC ? how did we collect these data ?
Perhaps you can show us the detail information about that , screen shot is preferred. We can upload to SkyDrive and pause the link here .

Hyper-V Virtual Switch overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831823.aspx

Thanks.

Tiger Li

Tiger Li

TechNet Community Support


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How to deploy my sharepoint Web Application in sharepoint 2010.

Hi All

I have developed a sharepoint web application and now i have to deploy globally such that it is available to internet users.....

This is my we app URL... "http://demo2010a:11111/sites/sales/SitePages/Home.aspx".

Kindly help me from creating solution to deploying completely....

Thanks in Advance

Regards, Shreyas R S


Reply:
You should be able to extend the above web application to Internet users by leveraging this link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261698.aspx

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Reply:

Hello Mahendran

Thank you for your answer..... sorry for late reply...

I wanted to know how to deploy my site..... but above link explains how to extend a web app....

Regards, Shreyas R S


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Map Network Drive Not Available When Needed

One of the great things about the new Windows Explorer ribbon interface is that it makes a lot of the common commands readily available.  However, there is a really big inconsistency when it comes to certain ribbon features depending on what has the focus.

An example of this is the "map network drive" feature that is presented when the focus in on Computer.

When browsing a UNC path, the "map network drive" icon is not available.  It is at this time when it should be available to facilitate mapping a drive letter to the current UNC path.




Reply:

I noticed that too.  I would suggest that the Computer tab always be present and the whole ribbon be customizable like Office 2010....with ALL the good stuff being able to be pinned.

You could have right-clicked a share and mapped but it still isn't available for a folder.  Maybe a Network Tools context tab(like Disk Tools in your screenshot) whenever you are browsing the network.


  • Edited by dgobe Saturday, March 10, 2012 4:19 PM

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Reply:
I definitely noticed the problem of the map share item not being
available.  I just right click on "Computer" to map a drive, but it
really should always be available.
 
Bob Comer - Microsoft MVP Virtual Machine

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Reply:

I agree, the functionality of mapping a network drive isn't really tied to what you're looking at right now.

My guess is that Microsoft may believe more entries along that otherwise empty bar showing full-time would lead to cognitive overload.

 

-Noel

Detailed how-to in my eBook:  
In development:

Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options

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Reply:

Of course after I submitted feedback using the Connect Feedback tool, I then noticed that Map Network Drive is available under the "Easy access" drop down when a UNC path has the focus.  Note quite the same as having the actual icon, but I guess it is better than nothing.


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Windows 8 - Why are some power users kicking up such a stink, even when productivity is not effected

Windows 8 - Why are some power users kicking up such a stink, even when productivity is not effected?

I get it change is scary, it requires a bit of learning. But seriously some people have written off Windows 8 completely, simply because they associate the start screen as something for children or hipsters, and haven't considered efficiency as the same as ever on the desktop.

I have written an article about this and my general impressions of the Consumer Preview (including lots of images), including some suggestions for Microsoft around features to tweak, and improve.

http://bradenjennings.com/2012/03/11/windows-8-consumer-preview-thoughts/


Reply:

I'm keen to see what's going to happen with the release candidate. Hopefully they can work out a way to please a wider audience.

I think if they position it well in advertising, and have an excellent first boot tutorial, and easily accessible there after, the current implementation could work. The hot corners could be improved, with tweaks making easier activation, and harder to deactivate - thus more functional that currently.


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Reply:

Efficient productivity is a subjective term.  For some, it can mean a minor annoyance; for others it could be a solid show-stopper.

Having used Windows 8 CP since release on several of my primary machines, I can honestly say (that for me), the new Start Menu is more of a pain than a help.  Yes, I know how to customize, navigate, with the new Start Menu.  Even know most of the keyboard shortcuts.  However, the screen change from the normal desktop to the colored (yes, I know the color can be modified to your liking) Start Menu is too jarring.  I actually find myself doing the best that I can to avoid the start menu.

As of now, the Start Menu is not too user friendly.  Take for example when I search for "power options."  When I type "power" at the Start Menu, the search results are no longer listed in one results window as before, I now have to click on the appropriate category.  At first this is not bad, but after a few times, this becomes very, very annoying.

 

I will say that Windows 8 has definitely delivered on some other promised aspects.  The new file copy dialog and performance is outstanding.  Copying and moving files locally and across the network seems almost exponentially faster--I really enjoy this feature/upgrade.

The new task manager is wonderful.  Even better is that the old one is still available if necessary.  With a little more tweaking, the new Task Manage could be the one place to manage the entire system.

My productivity has neither decreased or increased; my frustration, however, has definitely increased when it comes to fighting ingrained muscle memory.


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Reply:

A solution to that search problem, would be to make the default search called "General", this would search both apps, setting, and files, but not third party apps. User could request to only search for apps, settings, or files, by selecting the existing buttons.


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Did Microsoft mistake my workstation for a tablet?

Metro isn't just a bunch of colorful rectangles, it's an  OS--WinRT. Metro apps aren't desktops apps. WinRT is designed to run on ARM devices, which in turn are built to run "life-style" applications. The applications I use on my workstation, whether for work or relaxation, are desktop applications (many are Microsoft products). They will never be ported to Metro, will never run in WinRT, will never look rectangular and green. WinRT wasn't designed to run them. Likewise, my workstation wasn't designed to run WinRT. I have multiple disks, 3 hi-res monitors, several external devices, GPUs, and lots of RAM. Every time I open Metro, WinRT effectively lobotomizes my platform: one screen, no visible disks, limited I/O, limited memory resources, one app at a time and a sandbox with high walls. I'll never download a Metro app to my desktop machine because the platform isn't designed for WinRT. An ARM-based tablet with GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, Bluetooth, cameras, touch screen, Wi-Fi and near-field  is. That's were I'll download a Metro lifestyle app and be happy to use the Metro Start screen.

So why is Metro/WinRT running on my Windows 8 workstation? It's running right now--I can see it in Process Explorer. I'll never use it to run a Metro app, so why force me to use the Metro shell when I'm sitting at my desk? Which is why it irritates the hell out of me on my workstation--it's stupid.  An extra process that provides no value on a workstation except to run a user shell meant for a completely different piece of hardware and a completely different user experience.? An extra user shell on top of an existing user shell, the Desktop? Did anybody at Microsoft really think this through?

Metro/WinRT on a desktop just doesn't make sense. Please offer a Windows 8 Professional version without Metro/WinRT. You can even charge a premium over the W8 version meant for the hoi polloi--I'd gladly pay  it.

Hz

Exchange 2003 and 2010 coexistence, calendar sharing

Dears,

We are having an Exchange 2003 and 2010 coexistence environment, with Exhcange 2003 and 2010 in multiple sites, A User using outlook 2007  with a mailbox on Exchange 2003 in Site A, cannot open a shared calendar on Exchange 2010 in Site B, as we have firewalls between sites A and B i need to know which traffic does opening a shared calendar generates, to which Exchange 2010 server does the outlook 2007 connects (Mailbox or CAS) or does Exchange 2003 server connects to Exchange 2010 server on belhalf of the user and to which Exhcange 2010 server ?

Your Help is highly appreciated.

Regards

Amr


Reply:

Opening a shared calendar ( as opposed to simply viewing Free/Busy) requires RPC (port135).

See:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232134.aspx

Understanding the Availability Service

and

Port Used in Exchange Server 2003:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124075(v=exchg.65).aspx

 

Exchange Network Port Reference:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331973.aspx


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Sync-all Files With Windows 8

Since Win8 is a multi-platform OS .. As a Microsoft end-user for business/enterprise, it would be really handy to be able to sync not just user profiles but also the MS Office files/Acrobat files/media files via the internet/bluetooth/usb between all of the Win8 PCs/Tablet/Mobile devices a user may own. Cloud computing I feel is unsecure and needs an internet access, thus the need to keep file stored internally (company network or device memory/disk). Desktop/Notebook computers would have the ability to create/delete/read/edit, tablet/mobile would have at least the view ability (with ability to send/receive emails via Outlook App,if possible also edit documents) -  if I create/add/delete/edit a document/file from one device, the change should sync to all devices. ... Hope this becomes reality, I feel this sync functionality would be a huge benefit to a lot of business/enterprise users' using Microsoft products.



  • Edited by CdaFish Sunday, March 11, 2012 9:19 PM

Cost Resource Updates - Programmatically - 2010

Is it possible to make updates to Actual Costs for assigned Cost Resources for a specific time period programmatically?  I can do this from the client using a task usage or resource usage view, but I'd like to make this update programmatically.  Any thoughts?

 

Thanks!


Reply:

Hi Joe,

What do you want to do exactly?

As I understand, you want to fill in cost values in the timephase part of the task or resources usage view?

Please let me know!

Regards 
Wim


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at No comments:

space between 2 rows

space between 2 rows

Currently I am working on tabular report. I want to provide space between every 2 rows. as below:

1 3070 01/02/2012 ARS 10-R213 Cost Item Debit 1202020 8271.52 8271.52 307003010V AR0001 Depreciation 2201
1 3070 01/02/2012 ARS 10-R213 Cost Item Credit 5030000 8271.52 8271.52 307003010V AR0001 Depreciation 2201
2 3070 01/02/2012 ARS 10-R213 Cost Item Debit 1202020 63938.99 63938.99 307003010V AR0001 Fixed 2201
2 3070 01/02/2012 ARS 10-R213 Cost Item Credit 5030000 63938.99 63938.99 307003010V AR0001 Fixed 2201

how can I do this??

kmp


Reply:

Hi One Possible solution could be you can write sql script which will bring null rows after every two rows... it may be possible using row number functionality or like that....

I will try it out and come with possible solution..

Hope this helps!!!

thanks


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TLS / SSL Patch for Windows 2008 Server

Need a patch as recomended by Venability Assesment for below

1. The remote service encrypts traffic using TLS / SSL and permits
clients to renegotiate connections.  The computational requirements
for renegotiating a connection are asymmetrical between the client and
the server, with the server performing several times more work.  Since
the remote host does not appear to limit the number of renegotiations
for a single TLS / SSL connection, this permits a client to open
several simultaneous connections and repeatedly renegotiate them,
possibly leading to a denial of service condition.

2. The remote service encrypts traffic using TLS / SSL but allows a
client to insecurely renegotiate the connection after the initial
handshake.  An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to leverage
this issue to inject an arbitrary amount of plaintext into the
beginning of the application protocol stream, which could facilitate
man-in-the-middle attacks if the service assumes that the sessions
before and after renegotiation are from the same 'client' and merges
them at the application layer.

 

Please help !

 

 

  • Changed type Bruce-Liu Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:51 PM

Reply:
is this batch recommended by vulnerabilityassessment? did they mention a batch number?

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Reply:
We are suffering from this condition and would like a fix, please.

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FAST Search for SharePoint indexing XML Content

Hi All,

   I'm sure there has to be a way to do this with FS4SP but can't seem to find it yet :).

I have an XML document with multiple nodes a.k.a multple documents.  Using the File traverser it was easy enough to index and FAST was able to make documents with a single XML file.  Example below should be two seperate documents in the index.  Can't seem to find a way to do this with FS4SP, meaning the below will combine the two documents into one indexed document.

The command I run is: docpush -c sp C:\Content\Small.xml

<Documents>
    <Document>

      <Title>Document 1</Title>

      <Date>2011-01-01T08:00:00Z</Date>

      <Size>128</Size>

      <Body>This is the first test document. alpha bravo charlie delta echo foxtrot golf hotel.</Body>

      <Text4>alpha bravo charlie delta</Text4>

    </Document>
    <Document>

      <Title>Document 2</Title>

      <Date>2011-01-01T08:00:00Z</Date>

      <Size>128</Size>

      <Body>This is the second test document. alpha bravo charlie delta echo foxtrot golf hotel.</Body>


      <Text4>alpha bravo charlie delta</Text4>

    </Document>
</Documents>

 

Any thoughts to this?


Reply:

Take a look at this one:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdev/archive/2012/01/25/creating-a-custom-xml-indexing-connector-for-fast-search-server-2010-for-sharepoint.aspx

I have not used it myself yet, but it does say:

>>Indexes XML files that contain multiple XML elements that should be indexed as separate items or documents. >>Note: This is unlike the method described in Custom XML Item Processing, in which each XML element must be >>stored in an XML file.

Igor Veytskin


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Reply:

Thanks Igor,

  I'll look into this one.  I tried it and get a "No Custom Connectors Registered".  The steps are pretty simple though.

Smitty.


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64-bit Edition of Data Mining Add-ins for Excel available from Download Center

An updated version of the Data Mining Add-ins for Excel has been released as a part of the SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack.

Feature Pack page

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29065

Add-ins download page

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29061

This update provides support for 64-bit editions of Office.

This release of the add-ins does not require installation of SQL Server 2012. In other words, you can use these add-ins if you want to use the 64-bit edition of Office but connect to 2008 R2 instances of Analysis Services.

If you have an existing older version of the add-ins, the installer will offer to upgrade.

SQL Server UE, Data Mining


Reply:

Hi Jeannine,

Thanks for sharing the update with us here. Your post seemed to only sharing information without any question. If so, please change the thread type to General Discussion.

Thanks,
Jerry


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Reply:

Thanks Jerry!

And thanks to all those who contacted me privately to let me know about the typos in the download page.

I've let the release manager know about the errors so hope to see it fixed soon.

SQL Server UE, Data Mining


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Server Error,The status code returned from the server was: 500

Error Message: 'Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerServerErrorException: An unknown error occurred while processing the request on the server. The status code returned from the server was: 500'

This error is thrown if the page execution(i.e, a process in database and page is waiting till the result) takes more than 2 mins. If it takes less than 2 mins its working fine.

Application working fine with local server. But problem arises with live server. Is the Problem due to any kind of 'Time Out' settings.

Please tell me possible cause of problem, or way to find the cause of the problem.

  • Moved by Karel ZikmundMicrosoft employee Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:40 AM Please use http://forums.asp.net (From:Building Development and Diagnostic Tools for .Net)

Reply:

Hi Firos,

your question is Regarding asp.net Forum. So Please post your question in Asp.net forum for best answer

http://forums.asp.net/

Regards

Kayden


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Amazing Boot Times

You know, a lot has been said & written regarding Windows 8 boot time being fast & faster than Windows 7.  I can offer a fairly reasonable A-B comparison.  I am running x64 7 & 8, duel-boot, on the same box.  @ this point their content, things installed & running, about the same.  But, the boot times are no where near the same!!  The Win7 is several times higher than the Win8.

My last 2 bot times were 37964ms then, after disabling WLM & Skype from running @ start-up, 36380ms!!

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com


Reply:

*LOL* 38s fast? *LOL* my Vista boots in 18s completely (15.7s to desktop and 18.9s to boot completely and this is no SSD, it's a traditional HDD). 

<timing bootDoneViaExplorer="15761" bootDoneViaPostBoot="28961" osLoaderDuration="1096" postBootRequiredIdleTime="10000" postBootDisturbance="3200"

Your brown nosing sucks. We know that you love everything MS does.

"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code"


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Reply:
Well, 1st of all "brown nosing" isn't in the picture.  & in actual fact I do not necessarily "love" everything MS does.

Simply was a comment or observation to jibe w/ material written & or testing data suggesting to expect faster boot times in Win8 and that mine were strikingly much better than, my Win7 values.

& certainly, those Vista boot times you're getting are very good.

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com


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Reply:

Andy may or may have brown nose.

But MS has moved into Clouds and lot are paranoid. I don't care about boot times. We dont boot/reboot unless required and yes troubleshooting is pain in ***** with every OS. First impression of Windows 8 looks good, still playing with it.


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Reply:

Boot times are indeed impressive.

I think also we are moving away from the idea these days of cold booting a PC at 9am, then fully shutting it down at 5pm when we leave the office.

For starters, I use a netbook, and rarely shut down at all.
People are expecting phone device-like instant on behaviour nowadays from their computing devices, so I hope we are starting to see that with Win8 too.


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Reply:
We are , indeed!  And it's 'Best Practice' to not shut putters on & off, anyway.  RAM usage is damned impressive, too!!

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com


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Reply:

Start up (not restart) - 39.5 secs.

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com


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How to retrieve managed metadata using Client Object Model of Sharepoint 2010?

Hi all,

I would like to know about the client object model and most precisely the retrieval mechanism...How to retrieve the managed metadata fields of listitem/documents using Client object model of SharePoint 2010?Could you please provide me any code snippets regarding this retrieval?


Any help would be appreciated..Thanks in advance!

Regards;

Reply:

Here is an MSDN blog article which can help lead you in the right direction for accessing the Managed Metadata using the Client Object Model

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdev/archive/2011/11/18/how-to-work-with-managed-metadata-columns-by-using-the-sharepoint-client-object-model-kaushalendra-kumar.aspx

Chris

Chris


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Some Remaining Challenges for Microsoft Word in the Publishing Industry

I'm not writing to obtain help as much as I'm writing to offer what I hope will be received as helpful information. As a technical communicator, I've used Microsoft Word for over 16 years to write large and small documents. I've used mail merge, If-Then-Else fields, IncludeText fields, document properties and Building Block Organizers to create a single-sourcing strategy that matches anything that Adobe FrameMaker can do with conditional text. I've also used Microsoft Word with SharePoint to create an effective enterprise content management approach that is based on solid industry practices.

Nevertheless, I continue to come across people who refuse to use Microsoft Word, because they perceive it as an inferior tool. Here is a list of the top five complaints I hear:

  • It's not made for large documents (may be true, but I've created documents with several hundred pages in Word)
  • The autonumbering issue still hasn't been resolved (a legitimate complaint)
  • Conversions to HTML and XML contain proprietary, Microsoft code (also a legitimate complaint, though misunderstood)
  • It doesn't support Darwin Information Typing Architecture (also true)
  • Microsoft Word is volatile (still true, but less so today)

I will continue to use Microsoft Word, because most of the business world uses it, and clients come first. On the other hand, I'd like to see these issues addressed in Office 15. As far as the publishing industry is concerned, these changes are long overdue. I can respect the desire to the Word interface extremely intuitive for the majority of the user base. I applaud that initiative, but Microsoft must attend to its power users as well. This is where I'd like to offer some suggestions.

The first one is for Microsoft Word to support a comprehensive approach to enterprise content management, which includes structured authoring in HTML, HTML5, XML and DITA. Investigate tools such as AuthorIt, Adobe Technical Communication Suite, Madcap Flare. Now that we are well into the 21st Century, Microsoft Word should become a one-stop publishing shop for a variety of paper-based, pdf, web and mobile content. It will have to do that if Microsoft wants it to remain competitive. To this end, it may be useful to consider grafting some of the functionality in SharePoint Designer into Microsoft Word. It would also be nice to have a choice between generating Microsoft HTML and XML and open-source code for each medium.

Microsoft Word should also improve the stability of autonumbered headings and numbered lists. Captions for figures and tables work without a hitch, but headings and numbered lists are another story. Writers should not have to deal with the nagging issue going back and correcting autonumbered lists that restart or continue from previous lists in a file. They shouldn't have to abandon autonumbering and return to manual numbering. Autonumbered headings and lists still don't work, and they need repair.

Other volatility issues should also be cleaned up, but I think the last few versions have been significantly less prone to blowing up and corrupting files. Moreover, the cryptic codes that appear in the accompanying error messages do not help users to understand whether they're asking for too much from their computers or something is wrong with their installation of Word.

What I envision for Microsoft Word is a platform that will publish directly to the web with mobile content, podcasts, video casts and other multimedia presentations. One possible strategy is to improve the integration between Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. As of now, PowerPoint lacks Track Changes and rich-text editing capabilities for the notes. For team efforts, this lack of functionality creates problems. Instead of being able to review automarked changes to a PowerPoint, you are at the mercy of notes left by the last person who changed the presentation. Has Microsoft thought of merging PowerPoint with Microsoft Word? It may be time.

It is my sincere hope that Office 15 will include these and other changes. I have others, but the ones I've listed are enough for now. I'd like to be able to tell those Adobe people that FrameMaker is no better than Microsoft Word, but it sure costs a lot more.




  • Changed type David Wolters Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:30 PM OP is not looking for help
  • Edited by BillGraham61 Thursday, December 14, 2017 8:34 PM

How to have Outlook 2003 automatically resize images to 1024 x 768 px

Hello. I have advised staff numerous times regarding sending large jpeg/png attachments to use the "attachments options" toolbar to resize to "Large" unless the file is for rinting but I am still having staff forget to use the toolbar and they are saturating the internet connection.

When the attachment options toolbar pops up, the default is "Don't resize, send originals".

Is there any way to have that combo box default to "Large", that way, all images will be resized automatically and they would have to manually change the box to "Don't resize, send originals" only when they needed to (which is about 1% of the time).

Thank you!


Reply:

This is more of an Outlook request, I'd post on the Outlook forum, -

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/outlook/threads

I'd also look into GPO/ADM template for Office/Outlook.  The above forum would not more about this.

Sukh


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Reply:

I have asked the question in the clients section, apologies.

Thank you, please close this thread. I would mark as answer but for some reason I cannot see where to do so.


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Exch 2010 Spam filter rejecting MANY messages this morning (Friday 3/9)

Many of my clients reporting this today- messages being rejected as spam.  Was there an update last night?  Anyone else seeing this?

Reply:

Nothing reported by customer I manage.

Check to see if they are genuine or not?

Sukh


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Reply:

Question regarding your setup -- is forefront your only level of email level spam filtering or are you using an additional level of protection for emails to be filtered before reaching your domain?

Jamal M. Saleh

Lynn, MA

  • Edited by JS-1980 Monday, March 12, 2012 4:00 PM

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Time tracking in project server

The current out of the box timesheet is very user unfriendly!  Very difficult to work with.  The grid lines cannot be modified and it is confusing to look at the project and task across to the actual box vs the planned.  I know you can filter out the planned, but we want to timekeeper to see the planned when entering actual time.  What are my options to alter this view?  We need a easy-to-use dummy proof time card or else the process will fail.  Appreciate any help here as others must have the same issue!

Reply:

Hi Joe,

Most of the time when I hear this type of complaints, the source of the problem is that the planned work for the resources is not well planned for the current time period. I think the PM should "prepare" (plan or re-plan) the resources' work! If remaining work is remains in the past, or if planned work is not leveled (manually or automatically) for the visible time period, the resources will get buried under tasks. As such, the timesheet interface in PWA is not user friendly enough. So the clue is to "prepare" the planned work for the current time period in a realistic way!

However, dependent on the kind of resources which have to report time, the timesheet interface of PWA is not simple and robust enough. In this cases, I think it would be better to enter the actuals via another person (other Default assignment Owner). If this is not possible, I would consider developing a custom interface... 

Regards
Wim


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Failover Cluster

Hi Everyone

Recently an interviewer asked a question when (in which situation) we can do the manual fail-over.

I gave few answer but he was not satisfied.Can any give me the answer of the same.

Regards

Vijay

  • Changed type Vincent Hu Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:17 AM

Reply:

Without the context of the question, it is hard to formulate an answer.  Was the interviewer asking about technical barriers to moving groups or was he wanting to learn what you know about Enterprise operations management?  The answers are different for the same question depending on what context the question happened in.

Geoff N. Hiten Principal Consultant Microsoft SQL Server MVP


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When XP Pro (sp3) system is joined to domain, System Restore TAB is missing

By default, the System Restore feature in created when XP Pro is installed, right?

Even after the system is completely patched beyond sp3, the System Restore TAB is present under any local admin account created.

This is verified by RIGHT click on My Computer, left click on Properties, see and click on System Restore TAB.

After the system is joined to the 2008 domain and restarted, and one logs into a local admin account OR the domain account (with Administrators Group privileges), the  System Restore TAB is not present.

The 2008 Group policy (for System Restore) has not been edited. It has been left at the default setting which is 'not configured'

I have tested this with freshly formatted system and the results are the same.

Joining the system to the domain seems to affect whether the SR will be present. When I place the system back into a WORKGROUP (ie. "un-join" it from the domain), the SR is now present.

I have tried everything listed on the google search page results of "System Restore Tab Missing in XP-Pro!"

Any fresh ideas as to why this is happening (with proof,  not speculation) ??

THX.

-WG


Reply:

If it only occurs when you join to the domain, then it has to be some policy that is taking effect. Have you tried combing through a gpresult log using the verbose settings?




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Reply:

Yes, it was a group policy, but not one that you would expect.

Gpresults did not help.

Without the SR and trying to access it, I received the error message "You do not have sufficient security privileges to restore your system". (Others reported this error message as well.)

When I attempted to check the properties of the security event logs, I would frequently, but not always, receive an access denied or security log corrupt message.

I was looking for something unusual in the policies now.

Under the User Rights Assignment policy, I found a security setting that listed several top IT staff members instead of the default setting.

The policy with the explanation was:

"Manage auditing and security log

This security setting determines which users can specify object access auditing options for individual resources, such as files, Active Directory objects, and registry keys.

This security setting does not allow a user to enable file and object access auditing in general. For such auditing to be enabled, the Audit object access setting in Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policies must be configured.

You can view audited events in the security log of the Event Viewer. A user with this privilege can also view and clear the security log.

Default: Administrators."

We changed it to the Default: Administrators and the System Restore returned after a few reboots or running gpupdate at the command line.

Who would have thought that this policy would effect the System Restore in any way?

I didn't nor did anybody else make the exact connection.

-WG


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Exchange 2010 Hub/Cas memory

IS there any recommendations on how much memory to run in a hub/cas (split role on one server).  The operating system is 2008 r2 standard so is limited to 32Gb on that side but will Exchange cope ok with that amount of RAM or is it a case of too much RAM isn't always the best?

Thanks


Reply:

Take a look at:

Understanding Client Access and Hub Transport Combined Role Configurations in Capacity Planning

8-16GB depending on your load should be enough in most cases.


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With that much RAM I'd have 2 servers doing the HUB/CAS role.  Just to give you an idea, for maiboxes with around 4K-6K up to 16GB is fine.

Sukh


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Troubleshooting: Not able to create enabled Active Directory accounts

Troubleshooting: Not able to create enabled Active Directory accounts: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/8111.troubleshooting-not-able-to-create-enabled-active-directory-accounts.aspx

Timothy P Macaulay, MCSD, MCSD.NET, MCAD, MCP

How can Tape management be improved?

If you got suggestions for tape management improvements please share them. I will submit your ideas to the DPM product group regarding how DPM can be more developed regarding tape management.

No suggestions are a bad suggestion! Share them please.

Please email me your suggestions to robert.hedblom@gmail.com

Thank you in advanced


Best Regards

Robert Hedblom

MVP DPM

Check out my DPM blog @ http://robertanddpm.blogspot.com


Reply:

Hello,

first of all many thanks for the possibility to add some suggestions.

My problem(s) start with the complete missiong of any GUI for the Tape Management. I mean where can i see (exept in the SQL MgmT Studio in a Tbl View) how many tapes DPM is using or wich tapes have ever been used from DPM by name and or expire Date.

So what is missing is a GUI for the Tape Management : What Tapes does DPM know and the expire Date of the Tapes

Then a complete import and or export of the Tape Libary would be neccessary in order to migrate the DPM Server to another . For example if one of my DPM Server crashed (the database is not usable any more after several inicdents) i want to export the tape information in order to be still able to do a restore from tape the next years. This information is totally gone . . .

That's the first 2 things that came up directly if you ask me for any improvement . .

Cheers and all the Best

Jan


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What works, what doesn't

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/compatible-vm-products/ff0259e8-42b9-4652-86c9-bd91ac08d86c

The following virtualization products have been tested and verified to install and function in basic scenarios with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.  Note that in some cases, special options need to be selected while loading Windows 8 Consumer Preview in the virtualization product.

Functional:

•    Hyper-V in Windows 8 Developer Preview

•    Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2

•    VMware Workstation 8.0.2 for Windows

·         Note Do not use the "Easy Install" option when setting up the Windows 8 virtual environment using VMWare Workstation.  Use the new virtual machine wizard, and select the option for "Windows 7".

•    VirtualBox 4.1.8 for Windows 

·         Note Use the VirtualBox config manager to "enable PAE/NX" when setting up the Windows 8 virtual environment.

•    Parallels Workstation 6 for Windows

•    Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows

•    XenDesktop 5.5

Non-functional:

•    Microsoft Virtual PC (all versions)

•    Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions)

•    Windows 7 XP Mode

•    VMWare Workstation 7.x or older


  • Edited by rseiler Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:37 PM
  • Changed type Miya YaoModerator Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:41 PM

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Functional:

•    VMware Workstation 8.0.2 for Windows

·         Note Do not use the "Easy Install" option when setting up the Windows 8 virtual environment using VMWare Workstation.  Use the new virtual machine wizard, and select the option for "Windows 7".

good point. Thanks :)

"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code"


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64 Bit Windows 8 Does NOT work with Vmware ESXi 4.1 selecting Windows 7 option for the new virtual machine wizard.  It errors out with a HAL Initialization FAILED.

  • Edited by sarcolan Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:23 AM

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32 Bit Windows 8 Does NOT work either with Vmware ESXi 4.1 selecting Windows 7 option for the new virtual machine wizard.  It errors out with a HAL Initialization FAILED

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Reply:

VMware Workstation 8.0.2 for Windows:

Finally got it working using the following settings:

Guest operating system: Other

Version: Other 64-bit (obviously I'm installing Windows 8 CP x64)


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Reply:

VMware Workstation 8.0.2 for Windows:

Finally got it working using the following settings:

Guest operating system: Other

Version: Other 64-bit (obviously I'm installing Windows 8 CP x64)

Can't get x64 to work, but did get x32 with these settings. NIC drivers not working though...obviously VMware Workstation 8.0.2 for Windows does not support W8.

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Not having much success with VirtualBox and x32;

Robin


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Check out the ZD blog link in the thread linked above. That's a decent procedure for Vbox with the notable exception of Step 8 (the one about the chipset), which you shouldn't do since it will likely cause the VM to hang periodically.

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Thanks rs, I'll follow up on that link. In the meantime, I used another desktop and got the win8 desktop and server VM's up and running. Although I was requested to provide a product key for the desktop, WTF?

Robin


Got desktop going with key from "x-64 product key thread". Still following up up ZD thread for intial install problem on other computer.
  • Edited by robinz Friday, March 2, 2012 5:54 PM update:

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Reply:

I updated VMWare Workstation to version 8.0.2, and I made sure to select Windows 7 when going through the install process, but I received the following error message regarding the product key. What should I check and/or do in order to get this to work?


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Reply:
Select other 64 bit OS so you can do the install manually.  The error
you got means that VMWare didn't know the new install screens in
Windows 8 and couldn't continue with an automated install.
 
Bob Comer - Microsoft MVP Virtual Machine

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Reply:
You're welcome.
 
Bob Comer - Microsoft MVP Virtual Machine

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Reply:

"I updated VMWare Workstation to version 8.0.2, and I made sure to select Windows 7 when going through the install process, but I received the following error message regarding the product key. What should I check and/or do in order to get this to work?"

I had the same problem and found a resolution from another forum:

Remove the floppy drive device (Which on my VM was installed by default).

After I did that the VM started up with no problems at all..





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how to loop through multiple sheets in Excel work book Using SSIS

how to loop through multiple sheets in Excel work book Using SSIS .. ??

Reply:

Following is the appropriate forum for your question:

SQL Server Integration Services

Article: Looping Through Excel Files And Sheets in SSIS

Kalman Toth SQL SERVER & BI TRAINING


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Reply:

Hi,

Check these

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlintegrationservices/thread/1ffeeabd-0c8e-4a3b-a701-f0c56ed076c7/

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic637794-148-1.aspx

I hope this is helpful.

Elmozamil Elamir

MyBlog

Please Mark it as Answered if it answered your question
OR mark it as Helpful if it help you to solve your problem
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http://elmozamil.blogspot.com


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microsot outlook contact

i am create a new mail and type the address  but not show the address in alphabet

  • Moved by Max Meng Monday, March 12, 2012 2:23 AM moving to a more appropriate forum (From:Office 2010 Setup and Deployment)
  • Changed type Max Meng Saturday, March 24, 2012 2:25 PM not a question
  • Moved by Max Meng Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:59 AM off-topic (From:Outlook IT Pro Discussions)

Reply:

What's your question?

You can upload a screenshot if you feel hard to explain.

Max Meng
TechNet Community Support

  • Edited by Max Meng Monday, March 12, 2012 2:13 PM

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Report server issue

We have a Windows 2008 R2 SQL server running as a virtual server and it also runs the report server. There is also a virtual server running our external Web Server. Although both web servers are both on the same domain, the web server has restricted acces to the SQL Server. The problem we have just come accross during development is  , Any Internal user can access the 'https://DomianName/ReportServer2005.aspx without a problem, however when the web server calls for a report we get a The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized.
Response URI: https://DomainName/ReportServer/ReportExecution2005.asmx

Both the  external website and internal sites are using forms authentication, although i have made no amendments to any report server config files. In the report manager I have added domainName\MachineName$  for the web server in the site security.

Can anyone give me any guidance on this. The webserver will only be calling reports in one directory and with one user name and password

Dont ask me .. i dont know

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