Microsoft has now released the first round of patches for SharePoint 2013 Foundation and Server. Click here for the IT Pro Updates area.
Starting with March of 2013.
Office365 Password Character
While I was helping out a co-worker; we could not get Lync to properly work on the desktop. So during the course of troubleshooting; we reset the password for the Office365 account.
After the password reset, with a different symbol, the Lync client was now happy.
While looking at the original password; it had a \ in the password.
It appears you can change your password in Office365 with a \ symbol. But the Lync client will not log in with a \ symbol in the password string.
Summary: It appears you cannot have the \ symbol in your password if you plan on using Lync with Office365.
Forms Based Authentication SharePoint 2013 Foundation can be done
After further investigation, it was found on TechNet’s website for SharePoint 2013 (as of March 8, 2013) that forms based authentication can be done in SharePoint 2013.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806890.aspx
However, I did find Forms Based Applications is not supported within SharePoint 2013.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj819267.aspx#bkmk_FeaturesOnPremise
I misread the feature list as Forms Based Authentication.
Special thank you to Mike Smith, MCT/SharePoint MVP, for his further research.
Please adhere to Microsoft’s license agreement with regard proper server license that supports your SharePoint 2013 Foundation platform.
I am speaking at the Cincinnati SharePoint User Group on March 7, 2013
I will be speaking at the Cincinnati SharePoint User group on Thursday, March 7, 2013.
Topic: SharePoint 2013 Real Estate – Do you buy, rent, or both?
I will be presenting on the SharePoint 2013 hosting models for on-premise, Office365, and the Hybrid (both on-premise and Office365 tied together) to share insight on features should be reviewed in order to help an organization to choose the right model that fits.
For more information please go to www.cincinnatispug.org for more information.
Trello – Fantastic, free web-based project management tool
A former colleague, Jason Coffey (click here to view his LinkedIn profile), showed me a great, free project management tool set called Trello. Trello has a fresh approach to organizing tasks in a visual manner so you can quickly put your arms around a project.
The company has stated the tool set will always be free. So I have assurance that I can use it without the fear that I may get the hammer of going pay for use route with other great products I have used in the past.
They have a great demo/tutorial that I highly encourage you to look at to understand this new concept. But once you start building your project plan; you will understand why this tool set is popular. It’s easy. You can visually see and understand the stages of tasks in the entire project. I love it!
www.trello.com - It’s now listed under my RESOURCES section.
FIX for Hyper-V Windows 8 Error “Failed while adding virtual Ethernet switch connections”
As I am building my Windows 8 – Hyper V environment to support my various SharePoint servers, I ran into an issue while creating an External switch in my Hyper-V Switch Manager. I ran into an issue while creating an External Switch and attaching it to my WiFi adapter on my laptop.
**Please note: I take no responsiblity for your computer/laptop if it breaks. I did this scenario on my work laptop to support my project work. Please follow my steps with caution.
Failed while adding virtual Ethernet switch connections.
So here was my work around:
- Go to Control Panel
- Go to Hardware and Sound
- Go to Device Manager (Under Devices and Printers Tab) – Run as Administrator
- Go to Network Adapters – Look for your WiFi adapter/device.
- Next, right click on it and click uninstall. (Keep the driver.)
- Next, right click on Network Adapters – Click SCAN FOR CHANGES
(Your WiFi adapter should reappear.)
Reboot your machine.
Next, when I rebooted my laptop; I had to resupply the WiFi password for my connection. I got back on the network.
Then when I create the External Network Switch; I did not receive an error.
If you want to follow a great guide on how to build a SharePoint Farm on Windows 8, please go to my good friend’s blog, SharePoint Ryan!
http://sharepointryan.com/2013/01/23/creating-an-awesome-development-environment-on-windows-8/
Dog Food Conference Columbus, Ohio
I will be presenting the following topics at the Dog Food Conference at the Microsoft Columbus, Ohio office.
- SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 3.0 – Some uses in your SharePoint 2010 environment.
- SharePoint Search Administration – How to help drive user adoption and maximize your SharePoint investment.
- Managed Metadata – How to leverage this aspect in your SharePoint Information Worker world!
Please visit Danilo Casino’s blog for more information about this great event!
SharePoint Saturday Dayton a success!
I am very proud to announce the first annual SharePoint Saturday Dayton was a success!
The turn out was pretty decent. However, we had a nasty storm come through on Friday, June 29, 2012 that brought about a lot of weather related damage and power outages in the area.
This contributed to perhaps a few people not being able to attend. However, the people that did register and was able to arrive at the event seemed to have a great time.
I personally want to thank the SharePoint Saturday Dayton committee members who made this happen. This was a team effort!
- Stacy Deere
- Sean McDonough
- Mike Smith
- Angela Koch
- Clint Richardson
- Nikole Maddin
- Stephanie Donahue
- Allison Chirstman
- Brittany Strole
Thank you all!!!
Tony Maddin
TechnologyFirst June 2012 Magazine
I am very proud to have my first article published within the TechnologyFirst magazine.
TechnlogyFirst is an organization in Dayton, Ohio that supports the Information Technology community within the region.
You may see my article by visiting their website.
http://www.technologyfirst.org/magazine-articles/107-2012-articles.html
Sincerely, Tony Maddin
Need work? Microsoft SharePoint wants you!
I have written an article describing a shortage of SharePoint professionals in a tremendous growth industry.
Here is the link to the article and I welcome feedback.
http://www.thinksis.com/blog/software/need-work-microsoft-sharepoint-wants-you
Happy Memorial Day and Thank You to all Veterans!
