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Developing Stream Analytics Jobs in Visual Studio
Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio came out a couple months ago (here) and today I got a...
Author: MutazAG Date: 05/30/2017
Keep your own MachineKey values in SharePoint 2010 web.config
In some cases you may need to have specific MachineKey values in the SharePoint web...
Author: MutazAG Date: 05/29/2012
Add User Policy using Powershell
# This script will add to user policy for a web application in SharePoint 2010 # and...
Author: MutazAG Date: 05/28/2012
New-SPSite and New-SPClaimPrincipal
Self note: new a new site and set my account as an owner: $web =...
Author: MutazAG Date: 05/28/2012
Import IIS Logs into SQL Server
I often need to analyse SharePoint IIS logs for different purpose, mainly for capacity planning. The...
Author: MutazAG Date: 09/28/2011
New SharePoint 2010 training content
Microsoft just published two new training content for BI and Composites in SharePoint 2010....
Author: MutazAG Date: 09/02/2011
Installing SP1 and June CU for SharePoint 2010 and Office Web Apps
(cross posting from:...
Author: MutazAG Date: 08/07/2011
Office 365 Jump Start Videos
Microsoft published great Office 365 Readiness and Training videos at:...
Author: MutazAG Date: 07/25/2011
Check the build level status of components within your SharePoint 2010 farm
To check the upgrade status of your farm after applying the latest SP and CU: Get-SPProduct - this...
Author: MutazAG Date: 07/21/2011
Talking about SharePoint 2010 large scale deployments, identity, ALM and deployment best practices at MS tech.ed 2010
My colleague Kuldip Obhan and my self presented at tech.ed 2010 in Australia on lessons learned...
Author: MutazAG Date: 09/15/2010
Sync the user display name from the profile service down to the content dbs
this script will sync the user display name from the user profile service and update the user...
Author: MutazAG Date: 04/28/2010
Reprovision service applications
when upgrading a 2010 Beta deployment to RC i ran into issues related to using office web apps. i...
Author: MutazAG Date: 03/09/2010
First Look demos: Microsoft Project 2010
three new First Look demos for Microsoft Project 2010 are published now. the demo videos cover three...
Author: MutazAG Date: 09/19/2009
Add a Publish command to Project Web Access home page
This post shows how to add a publish command to PWA, this command will trigger a dialog box for...
Author: MutazAG Date: 09/02/2009
Outlook 2010, makes people's life better!
A big big fan of Outlook my self, outlook by far is my number one favorite software ever! and I love...
Author: MutazAG Date: 08/31/2009
“Typing Arabic has never been this easy!”
This is one of the best innovations I’ve seen for a while! Microsoft Maren is a Windows...
Author: MutazAG Date: 07/02/2009
Customising Content Query Web Part (CQWP) and Discussion Boards
I had a requirement to customise the CQWP in a way to display the number of replies on a discussion...
Author: MutazAG Date: 06/05/2009
SharePoint is not returning federated search results. Proxy settings required on the server.
Search centre in SharePoint collaboration sites has built in federated search result page that pull...
Author: MutazAG Date: 03/20/2009
How-To: Self service site creation?
Creating a new site collection usually requires a farm admin permission level since the tools to do...
Author: MutazAG Date: 03/03/2009
error: “The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation “
this is a common DCOM error that often seen in sharepoint deployments. the error details form the...
Author: MutazAG Date: 02/11/2009
SSP Admin cannot manage existing BDC applications?
A newly created SSP admin with full set of permissions on BDC gets access denied messages when...
Author: MutazAG Date: 12/14/2008
patterns & practices: Application Architecture Guide 2.0 (The Book) - Home
was released few weeks ago, includes a good little section on architecture decisions you often...
Author: MutazAG Date: 12/10/2008
PowerShell SharePoint deployment scripts
cross posting from the Norwegian MCS IW team: It is an pleasure to announce the first of our...
Author: MutazAG Date: 12/09/2008
Patterns and Practices: SharePoint Guidance
The patterns and practices SharePoint Guidance is here, this guidance helps architects and...
Author: MutazAG Date: 11/14/2008
SSRS 2008 and Report Builder 2.0
Today i finally had a chance to look at SSRS 2008. some of the new features that i already like...
Author: MutazAG Date: 11/11/2008
"Command Prompt" here!
here is a very handy registry edit that will add a "Command prompt" and "12 Folder" commands to your...
Author: MutazAG Date: 11/09/2008
Outlook search - start "finding"
Seriously, stop looking for that old email you got from a customer or a friend by navigating through...
Author: MutazAG Date: 11/04/2008
"Configuration of SharePoint Products and Technologies failed" error
I kept getting this error while trying to install WSS v3/Project Server 2007 side by side on a...
Author: MutazAG Date: 10/02/2008
MOSS and WSS SDK 1.4
the new MOSS SDK 1.4 and WSS SDK 1.4 are now released and can be downloaded here: Download the MOSS...
Author: MutazAG Date: 08/30/2008
Caching Settings in SharePoint -- where are they?
they're here, under Site Collection Administration in site settings: Can not see it there?...
Author: MutazAG Date: 07/26/2008
Keeping up to date with technical content published on Technet.
use these RSS feeds to keep up to date with the newly published content on technet: Newly...
Author: MutazAG Date: 07/22/2008
DCOM Error in every new MOSS setup!
the error in the event view is: The application-specific permission settings do not grant...
Author: MutazAG Date: 06/07/2008
SharePoint Content Deployment Error: The specified name is already in use.
When creating content deployment paths on MOSS you need to make sure that the site collection...
Author: MutazAG Date: 06/07/2008
Reporting Services and WSS Lists
In this one, I will demonstrate how to use SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to pull data from a...
Author: MutazAG Date: 06/07/2008