Process samworker terminated shortly after starting

March 12, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  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) […]

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FAST Search Server, SharePoint

Failed to Process Analysis Database ‘Tfs_Analysis’

March 11, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 3 Comments


  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: […]

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SQL Server 2008 R2, Team Foundation Server
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Define a custom workflow to Deploy Database Project(s) from Team Build 2010

January 28, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 5 Comments


  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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Team Build
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How does the VMPrep Tool Apply Patches

November 4, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  The VMPrep Tool for Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 is located on the MSDN Archive. Assuming your file-share is \\LabMgr, your layout should be as below \\LabMgr\AgentInstaller\ \\LabMgr\TFSInstaller\ \\LabMgr\PatchInstaller\ \\LabMgr\VMPrepTool\ All patches which need to be applied should be present in a folder. This folder should be indicated in the Applications.xml file (found inside […]

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Lab Management, Visual Studio 2010

DevTeach: Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management Session

November 4, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  Yesterday afternoon I did a session on Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management (targeted at the ITPro).  If you are looking for the links that were on the resources slide from the PowerPoint deck.  I will post them here (plus a few more).  Visual Studio ALM MVP Etienne Tremblay from Montreal also sat in on […]

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Lab Management, Microsoft Test Manager, Team Build, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio 2010
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The converter framework returned the following error: CE_BACKENDUNAVAILABLE

November 1, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  Actually the exact error message was the following: Errors: The attempt to create a page from that document failed with the following error: Converting the document to a page failed. The converter framework returned the following error: CE_BACKENDUNAVAILABLE Need to publish a word document as web page?  SharePoint 2010 can do this out of […]

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SharePoint Server
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SharePoint 2010: Message: A security problem occurred.

October 31, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  Message: A security problem occurred. Line: 2: Char: 12311 Code: 0 URI: http://hostname/_layouts/sp.ui.dialog.js?rev=XXX. If the script is debugged in the browser the javascript line that throws the error is a=b.getAttribute(“href”). This error occurred on a client site we support and tracking down the issue was extremely frustrating.  It only happened with clients using IE7 […]

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SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Server
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SharePoint 2010: The user does not exist or is not unique.

October 26, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


If you are seeing the error message above, chances are you set an incorrect value or values configuring the object cache user accounts for one of your web applications. If you want to reset them back to their default values you can run the following STSADM commands or use the PowerShell script below. Note: %1 […]

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SharePoint Server
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Visual Studio 2010 SP1 TFS 2012 Compatibility GDR

October 21, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


UPDATE: 2012-09-12 A new GDR has been posted.  This new GDR update includes previous CUs and adds compatibility for VS 2012 and Windows 8.  The full list of fixes can be found here. Here is a list of some of the fixes and improvements: Adds support to the TE 2010 client to allow it to […]

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Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012

The 2011 SharePoint Conference

October 12, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  The sessions that stood out for me were the following, here they are in no particular order: From Web Content Management to Customer Experience Management: How to Optimize External Web Site and Deliver a Search-Driven Experience Speakers: Stephen Powers and Leslie Owens both of whom are Analysts at Forrester Application Lifecycle Management: Automated builds […]

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SharePoint Server
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