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Secure Store Service Error in SharePoint 2010 : Secure Store Service is not accessible

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

I have been noticed that one of our SharePoint 2010 installation has a problem when trying to click on Secure Store Service in central administration.

The problem is : Try to click on SSS service in Central Administration and you will get an error page.

How to check the exact problem: I checked the event log in my server and i found the following error:

The Secure Store Service application Secure Store Service is not accessible. The full exception text is: The HTTP service located at https://PORTALURL/b04c52908ae5479596745e86b13875d4/SecureStoreService.svc/https is too busy.

To cause of the problem: the SSS service is not provisioned correctly, and to fix it:
Select the secure store service and from the ribbon click on properties. Verify the information that you have and click on OK. this action will provision the required DB and other service application configuration for this service.

This action will take around 5 minutes or depends on the performance of your server.

You don't need to re-install or run the configuration wizard for this fix.

Hope this helps :) Happy SharePointing...

Integrate External SharePoint 2010 List to Outlook 2010

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

A friend of mine asked for how to integrate SharePoint 2010 external list that is configured to pull information from an external system into outlook 2010.

So, To begin the office 2010 has unique and enhanced integration with sharepoint 2010, If you are able to configure SharePoint 2010 to pull data from external data using BCS Exteranl List. You will be able to manage this list in outlook 2010.

First, When you create external list that is designed to be used in outlook the ECT ( Exteranl Content Type ) has to be with type Office item type and select from the options: Task, Post, Appointment or contact.

How to connect to external list using SPD:
1) Open SPD with the SP site.
2) Select External content type and click on External content type from the ribbon.
3) Type the ECT name and select the office item type from the list.
4) select the data source and do the mapping.
5) Note: You have to map the fields to the appropriate office mapping.
6) Save your ECT and click on Create Lists and Form from the ribbon.
7) Now you have the ECT and the list in the SharePoint Site.
8) Before test the list, set the permission to the External list from the central admin -> application management -> application services -> select BCS -> select your list and click on set permissions - > provide the required permissions per user.
9) Visit your SP site and click on lists link and select your list to check it.

Note: I went through how to create ECT and External List in SP 2010. There is more tips and security best practices for above items - Please check MSDN how to setup BCS with SSS service.

How to get the created external list on your outlook ?
1) Select your list.
2) Select List tab and click on connect to outlook.
3) an Add-In will be installed and configured to your outlook 2010 to the list.

Now, You will be able to manage the list once the configuration is done and outlook will be launched automatically once SP 2010 is done with the configuration.

Another Question: How can i change the mapping for the created ECT ?
The only thing you need to do is to open SPD and select your ECT - > Read Item and then click on Edit Operation from the ribbon and change the ECT field mapping and save it.

Tip: if you have your outlook 2010 is opened, and you right click on the contact list and run the sync option you won't be able to get the new mapping fields. Close the outlook and open it again.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Mostafa Arafa
twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

System Services/ Service Applications in SharePoint 2010

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

In this post, I’d like to share some thoughts about SharePoint 2010 terms in regard of planning your SharePoint Farm. I will show in details the differences between some terms such as: System Services, Application Services, Cross-farm services, Single-farm services, Services associated or not to a service applications and How to configure each of them in your SharePoint Farm.
If you are familiar with SharePoint 2007, Service applications are the equivalent to Shared Services in SharePoint 2007.
1) System Services: In SP 2007, some common services were combined under Shared Services service (search, user profile…etc.), in SP 2010, each service is a standalone application, called Service Application. In SP 2010 you can configure each service application alone. Some of these system services are associated or not with a service application.
To configure System Services in SP 2010, follow these steps:
1) Open SP 2010 Central Admin
2) Select System settings
3) Click on Manage services on server
You will be able to select the servers within the farm and Start/Stop them
2) Web Application and system services: Once you create a web application in your farm, all system services are associated to your web application, You can configure which service application would you like to associate with your web application, to do so:
1) Open SP 2010 Central administration
2) Select Application Management
3) Click on Manage configure service application association
4) Click on your web application and select the required system services required
5) Select custom from the drop down list to start configure the system services associated with your web application

3) Cross-farm services vs. Single-farm services:
Cross-farm services: are the services that can be shared across different farms within the organization such as: User Profile, Managed Metadata, BCS, Search, SSS and Web Analytics.
Single-farm services: are the services that can be configured only within only one farm such as: State service, Master data services, Performance Point, Excel Services, Access Services, Word Services, Word Viewing, Power Point and Visio Service.

Regards,
Mostafa Arafa
twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Maestro Detalle con Listas Externas en SharePoint 2010

haaron — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Aunque ya teníamos disponible en SharePoint 2007 la funcionalidad para crear maestro detalle mediante conexiones entre WebParts hoy quiero mostrar cómo crear un maestro detalle con listas externas en SharePoint 2010.

Aqui el video con mayor resolucion:

Business Connectivity Services y Outlook 2010

haaron — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Desde hace años que se tiene la visión de utilizar la familia de productos de Office como nuestra interface de usuario para aplicaciones de negocio. Seguramente esto no aplica en todos los escenarios posibles, sin embargo para aquellos escenarios en donde se busca mantener o manejar los datos de personas, calendarios o reuniones, asignaciones o tareas sin duda Outlook y SharePoint dan un paso firme para concretar la visión.

Business Connectivity Services (BCS) nos permite realizar un proceso de correlación de datos externos con tipos de contenido soportados por SharePoint como calendario, tareas o listas que a su vez desde la versión 2003 y 2007 están soportados con Outlook para poder utilizar la funcionalidad nativa del producto más utilizado de la familia Office, el predilecto de nuestros usuarios y permitirles sin capacitación alguna y con alto nivel de confianza utilizar Outlook como su interface de usuario para operar cierto tipo de sistemas informáticos.

En este video presento como podemos utilizar BCS para exponer en SharePoint 2010 y Outlook 2010 datos externos y aprovechar la experiencia de usuario en productos Office en sistemas de línea de negocio.

Business Connectivity Services y Outlook 2010

Aqui el video con mejor resolucion:

Introducción a Business Connectivity Services

haaron — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

En Office SharePoint Server 2007 se llamaba Business Data Catalog (BDC) y ahora en SharePoint 2010 se llama Business Connectivity Services (BCS) la estrategia para lograr la interoperabilidad o integración de SharePoint con otras fuentes de datos externas. Sucede que cuando utilizamos SharePoint como nuestra intranet tarde o temprano se requiere exponer información de otras aplicaciones en algún sitio o portal y BDC ahora BCS es la respuesta para habilitar ese y otros escenarios más como:

Capacidades de lectura y escritura en fuentes de datos externas como bases de datos o aplicaciones de linea de negocio
Capacidades de interoperabilidad con servicio WCF (Windows Communication Foundation)
Capacidades de lado cliente para soporta escenario fuera de línea
Capacidades de extender mediante un API
Capacidades de relacionar datos estructurados con no estructurados

He compilado un muy breve e introductorio video donde se demuestra como en tan solo 8 minutos podemos experimentar a grandes rasgos lo que BCS aporta fuera de la caja.

Introducción a Business Connectivity Services

Aqui dejo también el video en formato WMV con mayor resolucion.

Access denied by business data connectivity

Anonymous — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Hi,

I was trying to create an external list in sharepoint 2010 and i was getting this error: "Access Denied by Business Data Connectivity" when i am trying to view the external list in my sharepoint 2010 site.

The fix for this problem is easy since the cause of this error is : The business data connectivity service is not configured in sharepoint- permissions are not set !

What we will do is to configure the BDC service by set the security permissions on it:

1) open central administrations.
2) select application management.
3) select business data connectivity service.
4) Hover on your application and select set permission from the menu.
5) Add users that will have the permissions to use this BDC Application and assign the required permissions.
6) Click Ok.

Refresh the external list and will works :)

Hope this helps.

Ref.:
http://blogs.msdn.com/bcs/archive/2010/01/28/bcs-team-channel-creating-an-external-content-type-in-sharepoint-designer-2010.aspx

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

SharePoint 2010 Data Manipulation Techniques

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

27th March 2010 we had a successfull event of SharePoint Saturday - Arabia (@SPSArabia) hash tag in twitter, and event site url:
http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/arabia/default.aspx

On this event we had more than +150 attendees and the quality of presenters was really hight, and the content is really fresh and new.

My session topic: SharePoint 2010 Data manipulation Techniques
"In this session will experiment different data manipulation techniques in SharePoint 2010 using server and client object model and the differences of using different model to query your data. Also, Using LINQ is one of the most favorite features for .NET developers in SharePoint 2010 and how can you retrieve master-details data in simple query in your code.
"

As i got the message from my attendees to post my slides and the solution for my demos.

Presentation url:
http://cid-4bc94054914a6469.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Blog%20Code/SPSatrday%5E_SP2010%5E_SharePointDataManipulationTechniques.pptx

Solution Code for my demos:
http://cid-4bc94054914a6469.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Blog%20Code/SP2010Arabia.zip

Hope this helps and enjoy :)

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

Video de Business Connectivity Services y Outlook 2010

haaron — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Aquí un video de Don Juan Balmori del equipo de BCS. Para los que no sepan Business Connectivity Services “BCS “ es la evolución de Business Data Catalog “BDC” en SharePoint.

Ahora BCS simplifica y potencializa aun mas las capacidades de integración de SharePoint con otras fuentes de datos externas para realizar operaciones de lectura y escritura, en particular lo que nos presentan en el video es como exponer el contenido externo registrado en SharePoint a objetos o artefactos de Outlook como calendario, tareas, contactos, etc. permitiendo a nuestros usuarios una experiencia de uso consistente con las herramientas que usamos día a día.

Cabe mencionar que una vez configurada una Lisa Externa en SharePoint 2010 la podemos conectar a Outlook mediante BCS donde tenemos un soporte de sincronización directo y servicios de cacheo local para trabajo fuera de línea.

Sin más dejo el video.