Failed to initialize session with document engine: Unable to resolve Contentdistributor

June 22, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


If you start seeing this error (below) being logged in the Application Log on the SharePoint Server that hosts the FAST Search Content SSA. Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Server Search Date: 22/06/2012 10:23:01 AM Event ID: 2567 Task Category: Content Plugin Level: Error Keywords: User: like10\_fs_cssaa Computer: SPAPP-01.like10.local Description: Failed to connect to […]

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FAST Search Server, SharePoint

Using friendly DNS Names in your TFS environment with Kerberos Authentication Part 2

June 21, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


This is a continuation of Part 1 of configuring Kerberos Authentication. I’ll continue to step through enabling Kerberos Authentication for the following services: TFS 2010 Application Tier which consists of both the Web Services and Team Web Access To find out the Service Account that is relevant to this exercise in your environment, logon (or […]

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Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio 2010
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Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Team Foundation Server 2012 Compatibility GDR

June 5, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 6 Comments


This patch will provide compatibility for all for the Visual Studio 2008 products that connect to Team Foundation Server 11/Team Foundation Server 2012. Before you apply this patch you must ensure you’ve already applied Visual Studio 2008 SP1, and of course you must also have Team Explorer 2008 installed or this patch does not apply […]

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Visual Studio 11 Beta, VS 2008
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Using friendly DNS Names in your TFS environment with Kerberos Authentication Part 1

May 9, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 2 Comments


UPDATED: June 11th, 2012 Added reference to MSA (Managed Service Accounts) UPDATED: January 14th, 2014 Added link to hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 to use MSAs 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 […]

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SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, Team Foundation Server, Windows Server
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Add or remove an index column with or without re-crawling

May 2, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  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 […]

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FAST Search Server, SharePoint, SharePoint Server

SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services Presentation

April 24, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  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

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SharePoint, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Server
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Windows Server 2012 Beta “Core” and SQL Server 2012

April 20, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


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 […]

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SQL Server, Windows Server
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Team Foundation Sever 2010 with Project Server 2010 Hyper-V VM

April 19, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 3 Comments


  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 […]

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Team Foundation Server
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Patching TFS 2010 Build Agents and Test Agents

April 16, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  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. […]

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Lab Management, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio 2010

PreEmptive Analytics Community Edition included with TFS Beta

April 7, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  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 […]

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Visual Studio 11 Beta
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