You’re probably here because you’ve read this excellent post by Ed Blankenship. If you also want to enable Kerberos Authentication support to this configuration there are a few more steps involved. This post will only deal with configuring the Kerberos Authentication as it relates to SQL Server, I will cover the TFS and SharePoint configuration [...]
Read moreAdd or remove an index column with or without re-crawling
May 2, 2012
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The Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Cumulative Update for December 2011 introduces a new procedure that enables you to add or remove an index column with minimal search downtime. You can download the hotfix at the following KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2597067 The FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Cumulative Update for December 2011 [...]
Read moreSharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services Presentation
April 24, 2012
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Here is the PowerPoint slide deck for the BCS presentation I did tonight at the Microsoft Federal SharePoint User Group at the Microsoft Office in Ottawa, Canada. https://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidPowerPointEmbed?p1=1&p2=1&p3=SD25108A9ADA96C9D7!11299&p4=&ak=!ALN0So_2-HeBdk8&kip=1
Read moreWindows Server 2012 Beta “Core” and SQL Server 2012
April 20, 2012
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The quickest way to a failed installation of SQL Server 2012 is not to add the .NET 3.5 Framework feature and make sure you have your media or internet access for the server. In the example below I have the ISO mounted in “D:” dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:d:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess or using PowerShell Add-WindowsFeature [...]
Read moreTeam Foundation Sever 2010 with Project Server 2010 Hyper-V VM
April 19, 2012
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This virtual machine demonstrates the integration of Team Foundation Sever 2010 with Project Server 2010. Four (4) walkthroughs are also included that demonstrate using enterprise project plans in Project Server associated with team projects in Team Foundation Server. Top-Down Planning of Business Requirements with Project Server and Team Foundation Server Managing Project Details in [...]
Read morePatching TFS 2010 Build Agents and Test Agents
April 16, 2012
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A discussion recently arose over how to patch TFS 2010 Test Controllers and TFS 2010 Test Agents. TFS 2010 SP1 will not patch the Test Controller or Test Agent products. In this example I have a virtual machine in my LAB which has both of the lab agents (workflow and testing) installed and configured. [...]
Read morePreEmptive Analytics Community Edition included with TFS Beta
April 7, 2012
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If you’ve downloaded Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Server Beta you have probably noticed the following: Requires a 64-bit Server OS Windows Server 2008 (x64) w/SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 8 Requires Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 10 GB RAM for a full installation (which includes SharePoint, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting [...]
Read moreProcess samworker terminated shortly after starting
March 12, 2012
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FAST Search Service fails to start after applying a Cumulative Update If you apply a Cumulative Update to FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint don’t forget that you will have to execute a PowerShell script to apply the updates to your FAST Search deployment. Install a software update (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) [...]
Read moreFailed to Process Analysis Database ‘Tfs_Analysis’
March 11, 2012
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The following steps are applicable if the following is true: New install of TFS 2010 SQL Server 2008 R2 configured to use individual domain accounts to run the services After this particular install I noticed that in the Application Event Log I was getting the following error message every two (2) hours: Detailed Message: [...]
Read moreDefine a custom workflow to Deploy Database Project(s) from Team Build 2010
January 28, 2012
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A few tips to get you started: Community TFS Build Extensions can be download here from CodePlex. This is a collection of activities you can integrate into your process template. I used this blog posting from Ewald Hofman to configure my Visual Studio 2010 environment to edit the process template. I add the process [...]
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