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If you are still running Windows 7 RC (like me), just remember the RC expires on Monday. I’ve been running a backup on my install before I install my black edition from my windows 7 house party. The backup has been running for about 10 hours and its only 40% done! Not sure [...]
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We are testing Office 2010 at work. I should have it by the end of next week along with windows 7. I’m currently running Office XP with outlook 2003. I was using Xobni, but it seem to eat up RAM and caused outlook to have issues closing. The social features of xobni where [...]
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I got SharePoint 2010 installed in a 3 tier architecture (1 web,1 app, 1 db)
I’m going to start a series of post on the issues I encounter, and the solutions I find for them.
I found the Microsoft TechNet forums for the SharePoint 2010 beta. I started posting some questions there.
You can also find [...]
Here’s a few videos from TechNet about SharePoint 2010
Virtualization of SharePoint 2010 Farm Architecture
Overview and What’s New for SharePoint 2010 IT Pros
I successfully got SharePoint 2010 installed yesterday. I’ll write up my experiences on the install process soon.
Right now I’m trying to get the [...]
This year at work the new office wave 14 suite is going to be a huge project and the key piece of it will be SharePoint 2010. I downloaded the beta and using the following two sites started my install today.
http://sharepoint2007tips.com/sharepoint2010book.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485%28office.14%29.aspx
We’ll be running in a three tier architecture starting with a single server in [...]
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I was looking for a way to collect user information with Get-QADUser from other domains. (I’m thinking I need to use the searchscope option but haven’t found the syntax yet) and ran into this little gem
Get-QADRootDSE | Format-List *
The output will give you the DC Function level,the domain function level and the Forest [...]
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Just installed out first Windows 2008 R2 Server. When we tried to install SQL 2008 it needed .NET framework 3.5, but said that we had to install it via server roles. I found this powershell command to install the .NET Framework
servermanagercmd -i NET-Framework-Core
I’ve written (pieced together) a few general powershell commands. Likes like [...]
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We still have win 2000 DCs and some 2003. One of my projects for 2010 will be to remove all 2000 DCs and get ready for 2008 DC deployment late 2010 or early 2011. This guide will be a great read for that project.
Upgrading your network operating system requires minimal network configuration and [...]
At work we will start testing Windows 7 within the IS department Q2 next year. Our current AD forest is still in mixed mode 2000!!! So I have some cleanup and upgrades todo on that before I start working about windows 7 GPO’s. I just need to retire and move the roles of the old [...]
The Directory Services Team at MS has wrong two very good blog post about troubleshooting slow logons for workstations.
Here’s a clip from So you have a slow logon…? (Part 1)
Outdated drivers: Your network interface card (NIC) should use the latest drivers installed.
Outdated operating system (OS) patch level: Your operating system should have the latest [...]
