mylifeinaminute.com » Microsoft http://www.mylifeinaminute.com You can learn a lot in a minute Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:33:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Using Lync for Mac 2011 with BPOS http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/12/06/using-lync-for-mac-2011-with-bpos/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/12/06/using-lync-for-mac-2011-with-bpos/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:22:49 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=1157 It is possible to use Lync for Mac 2011 with Microsoft Online Services (despite what Microsoft will tell you).

The following configuration steps will allow you to connect to the BPOS OCS servers:

  1. Install the Lync for Mac 2011 client.
  2. Open the preference pane and select the Account tab.
    Click the Edit… button under the Server Settings heading.
  3. In the Advanced Server Settings dialog, enter pool1.oconline.microsoftonline.com:443 in both the Internal Server Name and External Server Name fields.
  4. Close the preference pane and select the Microsoft Lync window. Enter the following information:
    • Email Address: user@contoso.com
    • User ID: RED001\user_contoso.com
    • Password: Your password

  5. Click Sign In and …

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]]> http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/12/06/using-lync-for-mac-2011-with-bpos/feed/ 0 Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Videos http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/06/28/windows-phone-75-mango-videos/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/06/28/windows-phone-75-mango-videos/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:43:12 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=936 Engadget has posted in in-depth preview of the latest Windows Phone 7.5 Mango build. Some of the videos are below, but the whole preview is worth checking out.

Social Networking

Multitasking

Maps

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]]> http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/06/28/windows-phone-75-mango-videos/feed/ 0 Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.WorkflowManagerException http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/23/microsoft-resourcemanagement-workflow-hosting-workflowmanagerexception/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/23/microsoft-resourcemanagement-workflow-hosting-workflowmanagerexception/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 20:24:49 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=902 After applying the August 2010 Cumulative Update to a few SharePoint 2010 farms (better late than never), a number of errors were occurring in the event log on the server running the Forefront Identity Manager Service (FIMService) and the Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service (FIMSynchronizationService).

First up, the User Profile Synchronization Service could not be started. The following errors where appearing in the event log on the service hosting the FIMSynchronizationService:

The Forefront Identity Manager Service cannot connect to the SQL Database Server.

The SQL Server could not be contacted. The connection failure may be due to a network failure, firewall configuration error, or other connection issue. Additionally, the SQL Server connection information could be configured incorrectly.

Verify that the SQL Server is reachable from the Forefront Identity Manager Service computer. Ensure that SQL Server is running, that the network connection is active, and that the firewall is configured properly. Last, verify the connection information has been configured properly. This configuration is stored in the Windows Registry.

and

Detection of product ‘{90140000-104C-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}’, feature ‘PeopleILM’, component ‘{CF90B971-D78A-4794-8F90-EB5FB5028DDA}’ failed. The resource ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\SQL\DatabaseSettings.sql’ does not exist.

The NETWORK SERVICE account needs to be granted “Read & Execute” rights to the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0 on the server hosting the FIMSynchronizationService.

After the service has been started, the next set of errors will begin appearing the in event log with a regular frequency:

Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.WorkflowManagerException: Forefront Identity Management Service does not support workflows of type ‘Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.SequentialWorkflow, Microsoft.ResourceManagement, Version=4.0.2450.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35′.

and

Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Service: Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.WorkflowManagerException: Forefront Identity Management Service does not support workflows of type ‘Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Activities.SequentialWorkflow, Microsoft.ResourceManagement, Version=4.0.2450.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35′.
at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.HostActivator.ActivateHost(ResourceManagementWorkflowDefinition workflowDefinition)
at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.WorkflowManager.StartWorkflowInstance(Guid workflowInstanceIdentifier, KeyValuePair`2[] additionalParameters)

A quick trip to the MS Support portal leads to the wonderfully titled KB article “Event ID 3 is logged in the Application log if you run the User Profile Synchronization service after you install hotfix package 2281364 or 2352342 in SharePoint Server 2010“. Due to a mismatch in the WorkflowDefinition table in the FIM sync database and what has been deployed to the file system, your servers will now throw the errors shown above once a minute. You’ll have to weigh whether it is worth it to rebuild your User Profile Service Application or live with the errors.

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]]> http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/23/microsoft-resourcemanagement-workflow-hosting-workflowmanagerexception/feed/ 0 Microsoft IT SharePoint 2010 Deployment Using Automated Processes http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/10/microsoft-it-sharepoint-2010-deployment-using-automated-processes/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/10/microsoft-it-sharepoint-2010-deployment-using-automated-processes/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 02:23:45 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=896 Another video from the internal Microsoft SharePoint team. Most interesting? Microsoft was not scripting their SharePoint 2007 deployments.

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]]> http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/10/microsofts-next-generation-intranet-ngi/feed/ 0 Updated SharePoint 2010 Documentation http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/05/updated-sharepoint-2010-documentation/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/05/updated-sharepoint-2010-documentation/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 02:10:05 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=850 Microsoft has a few new updates out today on the Download Center related to SharePoint 2010.

Downloads

]]> http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/05/05/updated-sharepoint-2010-documentation/feed/ 0 Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/19/microsoft-operations-framework-mof-4-0/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/19/microsoft-operations-framework-mof-4-0/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:15:28 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=839 Microsoft has just released the latest version of their Operations Framework (v. 4.0). For those not familiar with MOF, the best place to start would be the implementation guide. While some parts of might seem simplistic at first, it does help to evaluate against your current operational processes. For instance, when implementing standard changes, can you or staff truly validate all of the changes that occur within your IT organization in a consistent manner? And are those verification processes (or even how to implement a standard change) known to your organization as a whole? Better yet, does your organization have a definition for standard changes?

Background

MOF 4.0 is practical guidance for IT organizations. With the release of version 4.0, MOF now reflects a single, comprehensive IT service lifecycle—it helps IT professionals connect service management principles to everyday IT tasks and activities and ensures alignment between IT and the business.

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What is the SDL?

The Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process guidance illustrates the way Microsoft applies the SDL to its products and technologies. It includes security and privacy requirements and recommendations for secure software development at Microsoft. It addresses SDL guidance for Waterfall and Spiral development, Agile development, web applications and Line of Business applications. IT policy makers and software development organizations can leverage this content to enhance and inform their own software security and privacy assurance programs.

In the documentation are recommendations for materials related to security and privacy best practices, including:

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]]> http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/17/microsoft-security-development-lifecycle-sdl-version-5-1/feed/ 0 Common Criteria Supplemental Admin Guidance for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/11/common-criteria-supplemental-admin-guidance-for-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/11/common-criteria-supplemental-admin-guidance-for-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:14:39 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=820 If you’re interested in some guides for further hardening your Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 installations, Microsoft has just released their Common Criteria Supplemental Admin Guidance for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

What is Common Criteria?

From Wikipedia:

Common Criteria is a framework in which computer system users can specify their security functional and assurance requirements, vendors can then implement and/or make claims about the security attributes of their products, and testing laboratories can evaluate the products to determine if they actually meet the claims. In other words, Common Criteria provides assurance that the process of specification, implementation and evaluation of a computer security product has been conducted in a rigorous and standard manner.

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]]> http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/11/common-criteria-supplemental-admin-guidance-for-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2/feed/ 0 SharePoint 2010 Downloadable Content http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/08/sharepoint-2010-downloadable-content/ http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/2011/04/08/sharepoint-2010-downloadable-content/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:24:37 +0000 Scott http://www.mylifeinaminute.com/?p=785 Microsoft provides a number of free resources for “getting to know” SharePoint 2010. Note that the most of the CHMs are updated monthly.

Downloadable Books

Downloadable CHM

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