Opening a site in SharePoint Designer 2010 fails with unspecified error
When opening a site in Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 the following error occurs: "The server could not complete your request. For more specific information, click the Details button." But when clicking the "Details" button, a window opens that does not specify...
How to configure item level recovery for Sharepoint 2010 with DPM 2010
I know that there are already a couple of articles covering this issue - but since I ran into trouble with exactly this configuration issue I realized that these articles do not cover everything. For example the problems you can run into. To keep the steps to be taken...
Becoming a master. – But why?
Becoming a master. - why? The Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) program offers exclusive, advanced training and certification on Microsoft server technologies to seasoned IT professionals. Complete the program and you can help validate your skills as a technology...
Being a candidate now
Now that all dues are paid I finally became a candidate. A few days ago I received the welcome letter, with information on hotels, schedule, flights, parking, and a lot more in it. The rotation will be from February, 3rd till February 19th. Being there 2 days earlier...
Time to pay
After receiving the acceptance mail, my CIO paid the program fees yesterday. I will attend the rotation in February 2012. So I'm going to travel to the States from February 6th till February 19th. Now that everything is fixed, I can book my flights and the hotel -...
Telephone interview
I just had a 45 minutes talk to the Microsoft Certified Master on Windows Server 2008 R2: Directory program manager - and here are the results: I AM IN! My application was accepted and I can attend one of the next rotations in October or February. So I think it will...
Telephone interview next Monday
Last night I received a mail from the program manager. He is on vacation at the moment but he will review my documents on Monday and is asking for a telephone interview on Monday in the evening hours. Now I have to wait the whole weekend - that is so nail biting...
Documents uploaded
I just uploaded my documents to the sharepoint website I previously created an account for. They'll need about 5 days to review my resume and the documents provided. Now it is not up to me anymore...
Application results: Part 2
After 4 mails and 1 call I got a second "Application: Results" mail last night. I passed it! Congratulations! You have met the pre-requisite exam requirements [...] Now I will have to create an account for a sharepoint site, where I can upload my resume and...
Application results: Part 1
Last night I got the results for my application. We’re sorry. You currently have not passed all of the Microsoft Certified Exams required for the Microsoft Certified Master Program. You are currently missing: Exam 70-219 or 70-297 Please re-apply when you have...
Documents ready
Finally I got my application documents ready. 22 pages of documentation and explanation, plus my first cv since 2005. Now I can apply for the program. The application form can be found at...
Preparing for application
Now that I know what I'll need to apply for the masters program, I just began to write documents or to translate them from German to English. The documents required for application are: Applicant Resume / Curriculum Vitae Two single page documents describing a recent...
Interview with a master
After the last weeks talk to our TAM I got the desired information today. I just had a call with a current MCM. 45 minutes full of information on the program. That was really really valuable to me!
How to display user pictures in Outlook, Sharepoint & Co. using Active Directory?
Newer versions of Sharepoint, Outlook or Office Communicator support showing small user pictures in new mails, contact information or websites using data stored in a user's object in Active Directory. Even Windows can show your user picture for example on the lock...
How to display Active Directory stored user account pictures in Windows?
This topic is little more complex and we'll need different steps to accomplish this feature. First at all you need the pictures for your user objects in the directory. You can use ADSI Edit, Powershell or 3rd party software to put pictures in AD. My blog post "How to...
How to save a user picture in Active Directory with vbScript?
Active Directory offers the possibility to save pictures in a user's object. These pictures can then be used in Outlook, Sharepoint or even self-written applications. Here is how you can do it: This function will read a picture resource from a url (szUrl) and append...
How to set the Windows 7 user account picture programmatically?
Windows 7 offers the possibility to show small user account pictures, for example in the start menu or on the lock screen. Since there is no documented way of setting this picture programmatically here is a solution for developing a small application that can do this...
Collecting information
Today I had a talk to our Microsoft Technical Account Manager. He will prepare some information on the masters program for me and send it over in the next weeks. Let's see what it is all about...
How to connect to and read data from Mailboxes, Calendars, … via Exchange Web Services and vbScript?
I offen wondered how I can programmatically read items from mailboxes stored within Microsoft Exchange Server. Some time ago I used Outlook with some macros that accessed the information I needed. But what if Outlook does not run? Or what if the computer crashed - who...
How it began.
In April 2011 I completed my MCITP: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008. When I saw the Microsoft "Chart your Career – IT Professional" - Poster (© 2010 Microsoft Corporation) I thought there has to be more than that. 3 weeks of classroom courses, 5...
iPhone apps won’t open after update to 4.3.3
Yesterday I updated my Apple iPhone to iOS 4.3.3 (no, it is not jailbreaked). After that I noticed that none of the installed apps run any more. Of course the built-in apps ran fine (like Maps, App Store, Calendar, Mail, Messages, Clock, Contacts, iTunes, Calculator,...
How to reset HP ILO (Integrated Lights Out)?
Sometimes it happened to me that the HP ILO (Integrated Lights Out) is unresponsive. Not only the remote console but the whole web interface. In the past I used to shut down the server, unplugged it, plugged it in again and booted it. Well this is pretty uncool in...
How to disable Windows 7’s default printer management?
When working with hundreds of computers and users you may have found 'your' way of managing printers. But Windows 7 sometimes (may be together with its users) thwart your plans. Since there is a configuration dialog in the start menu called Devices and Printers from...
How to (re-)set identity column value in SQL Server?
When you use identity columns in SQL server you may have recognized that when deleting all table data your identity value stays at its latest position. Sometimes this is useful, sometimes it is not. Then you need to set this value to your preferred starting point....
What to do with ‘suspect’ tapes in MS DPM 2007 and 2010?
Sometimes it happens that Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007, 2010 and 2012 mark a tape as 'suspect'. Normally this should happen when 2 different tapes have the same barcode... If you do know that there are not 2 identically labeled tapes in your library then you...
Certificate problems with vbscript and xml http calls
May be some of you already got stuck with the problem about xml http calls, vbscript and secured websites with certificate problems - the others surely will... There are some problems occurring right often. For example the host name does not match the subject name of...
SCCM failes to login at SQL database
Sometimes it happened to me, that our Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 (sccmsrv01) failed to login at our dedicated MS SQL 2005 2 nodes cluster (cluster: sqlclu, node 1: sqlclu01 and node 2: sqlclu02). Everything you could find in the sql logs...
How to do ‘replaceall’ in VBScript?
As you might know the vbscript replace function does always search only "one round". Here is an example, what exactly I mean: Lets assume you want to correct the following string by replacing all "double-l's" by "single-l's": str = "Littllllle worllllllld!" The code...
How to access WMI namespaces on remote computers that require encryption?
When you have a look at my vbscript bitlocker post and try to use it on remote machines you may not get any results but an application eventlog entry similar to this one here: Event Source: WinMgmt Event ID: 5605 Access to the [...] namespace was denied. The namespace...
How to use environment variables in Powershell?
Sometimes you need to use an environment variable (eg. username, userprofile, computername, ...) in Powershell. The location where environment variables are stored is "env:". This behaves similar to a hard or flash drive. You can list its content or browse it by using...
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