July 2011 - Posts

Deploy massive DFSN Target Link Change
Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 16:19 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
When you need to make changes to your user DFS environment, a tool like dfsutil.exe is your friend. Latest when you want to replace your old Windows Server 2003 File and Distributed File Service, you will be faced to add or change the DFS target links...
Windows Live Messenger A-Patch with extended customization
Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 18:19 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
There is a tool on the internet here , which enable users to perform extended customization on Windows Live Messenger. For me it was worth to use it to disable advertisments on Messenger. But there are lot of switches more.  
Architecting a Microsoft Private Cloud
Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 16:33 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
There are many definitions for cloud computing, but one of the more concise and widely recognized definitions comes from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST defines five essential characteristics, three service models and four...
Best Practise Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection
Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 15:06 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Here is a very detailed article from Microsoft MVP Alan Burchill from Australia going through the configuration of Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection. And showing the specific Group Policy Settings to achieve a user friendly feature deployment. A...
Workflow Engine on the Cloud
Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 10:11 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
For a workflow engine on the cloud you need following modules: SharePoint Developer Daschboard (can be activated with STSADM.EXE) BizTalk for Integration of Services SharePoint for Human Interaction AppFabric for Business Process Integration SharePoint...
Office365 SharePoint Migrator
Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 9:05 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Microsoft Partner MessageOps has provided a tool to move content from an On-Premise SharePoint into Office365 in the cloud. More details here .
Do not continue to rollout Exchange 2010 SP1 Update Rollup 4
Published Wed, Jul 13 2011 23:08 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
There is a big issue with this Rollup and you should not deploy it on your Exchange environement. The Microsoft Exchange Team is working on it and will provide a fix on Rollup 5 to be expected in August. More details here .
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Microsoft Virtual Academy – The Training Portal
Published Thu, Jul 7 2011 13:42 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
Improve your IT skills and help advance your career with a free, easy to access training portal. Learn at your own pace, focusing on Microsoft technologies, gain points and get recognition. http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com  
Learning Resources on TechNet
Published Thu, Jul 7 2011 13:38 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
… check it out and find your opportunities to improve your career on IT http://technet.microsoft.com/bb291022  
FrontPage Server Extension 2002 for IIS 7.5 Windows Server 2008 R2
Published Sun, Jul 3 2011 14:00 | Thomas K.H. Bittner
If you use SharePoint Designer or Web Expression or still old FrontPage but you want to run your web sites on Windows Server 2008 or R2 you will not be able to install the former FrontPage Server Extension (FPSE) on this systems. You need updated versions...