MS User voice

It is just what it sounds: a place where the end users can shout to the product group with feedback on products. The product group teams DO READ and consider the expressed opinions. Trust me, I know! You can search and read the already existing ideas, vote on them (up or down!) and add new …

DevOps Demos series: cFileShare module

The cFileShare module is a part of the ALM Ranger DevOps solutions (vsardevops.codeplex.com), which consists of code as config guidance, quick reference posters and supporting resources. cFileShare module contains the cCreateFileShare and cSetSharePermissions resources. These DSC Resources allow configuration of a node’s file share and share permission Rules. Demo #1: cFileShare – get it, install …

SharePoint Online announces 1TB site collections and unlimited tenant storage scale: http://blogs.office.com/2014/03/14/sharepoint-online-announces-1tb-site-collections-and-unlimited-tenant-storage-scale/

Now Available: BK’s Visual Studio 2013 RTM ALM Virtual Machine + Hands-on-Labs & Demo Scripts

Brian Keller has just published his new dev VM. This virtual machine replaces the previous Visual Studio 2013 ALM virtual machine which was based on Preview bits. This is a publicly downloadable set of content, so you may feel free to share this with your customers, partners, etc. It’s designed to be both a tool …

TF30063: You are not authorized to access …

When working with more than one account, you frequently get an error trying to connect to a TFS server. This happens both in the on premises or int the TFSPREVIEW.COM service. The most painful process, suggests you clear all your ached credentials, but this is a real pain, and you'll have to do it every …

VSTS Rangers shipped BRDLite on codeplex

The Build Release and Deploy (BRD) Lite is a set of build process reference templates that allows you to quickly setup a real-world build process in your environment. It leverages extensions from Community TFS Build Extensions, which provide capabilities for your Team Foundation builds such as automatic compile, build version number customization, build packaging, code …

Sharepoint 2013 ITPro Airlift @ Lisbon. Portugal

On the 20th of February, at the LXe building, the Sharepoint 2013 IT Pro Airlift event will be burning down into some neurons yet again :). Two parallel sessions will present the following agenda: 09:00 Welcome and credentiation 09:30 Keynote and  Global Vision 11:00 Coffee Break 11:15 Audit A  Planning & Management Audit B Upgrade …

Quick tip: where is IISAPP?

IISAPP.vbs was a nice script that listed the applcation pools running in a box. This information is quite usefull, namely for debugging processes. The command is no longer available in the most recent versions of the OS, bu there is a work around: appcmd. open a command prompt and run "c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd List WP" and you'll …

Sharepoint 2013 grab bag (capabilities and features)

When a new wave comes along, I usually scout for all the information I can get my hands on. learning from others is a great source, especially in a great community as Sharepoint has built up (quite frankly one of the most share willing community I have ever met). Going forward i came upon a very interesting …

(Yet Again) Sharepoint facts and Numbers – 2013 (aka bounderies)

Following the previous posts regarding facts and numbers of the previous versions of Sharepoint, I'm compiling here a set of information that is most crucial for planning and architecture. These numbers are compiled from faithful sources, all referred bellow. From previous experiences, these numbers sometimes are updated, thus I recommend you to follow and keep an eye …