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SharePoint 2013 Lab Build - Part 4 - Security Configuration

Date: 05 Aug 2012 | 1 Comment | Tags: ,,, | 2013,SharePoint,SharePoint 2013 | 
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Probably the most critical and overlooked portion of SharePoint installation is security. Without a well thought out security strategy and a plan of action, it is likely that SharePoint 2013 will not behave as expected and users will receive unexpected login prompts while administrators will be denied access to areas where they should have access. In this article, baseline security sufficient to run a SharePoint lab, but still "least privileges" ready, is demonstrated using three accounts.   SharePoint 2013 Lab build – 8 Part Series SharePoint 2013 Lab Build - Part 1 - Getting...



Enabling Fly Out Menus In SharePoint 2010

Date: 07 Oct 2011 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,, | 2010,MOSS,SharePoint | 
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So I have noticed that Google refers lots of people to my blog for “Fly Out Menus”. I imagine many of you are disappointed when you find that the article is for enabling the fly out only on the top of the page also known as the Top Nav and is not an article regarding the left hand side Current Navigation or Quick Launch, if this is, indeed, your intention then refer to this article: Quick Launch Fly-Out Menus. However, if you are simply attempting to display the quick launch menus across the top of your page in the so-called Global Navigation then you are in luck, read further. To enable fly out menus...



Geneva Error - Exception: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel.Configuration.MicrosoftIdentityModelSection’ to type ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel.Configuration.MicrosoftIdentityModelSection’.

Date: 14 Jul 2010 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,, | 2010,Installation,SharePoint | 
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I was lazy and decided to uninstall my Beta SharePoint, delete all of the databases, then re-install SharePoint 2010 RTM on my server.  Everything ran perfectly through the install until I ran the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard and received the error shown below. Task configdb has failed with an unknown exception 07/14/2010 10:39:47 8 ERR Exception: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.IdentityModel.Configuration.MicrosoftIdentityModelSection' to type 'Microsoft.IdentityModel.Configuration.MicrosoftIdentityModelSection'. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebServiceSettings.ProvisionWebSiteSettings()...



Creating a State Service Database for SharePoint 2010 Using Windows PowerShell

Date: 17 Jun 2010 | 3 Comments | Tags: ,, | 2010,SharePoint,Uncategorized | 
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Problem SharePoint health analyzer states that the state service is missing its databse. Solution Create the state server database by following the steps below 1) Login to SharePoint farm member server under the credentials of a farm administrator 2) Open “SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (don’t just open PowerShell) NOTE: If you receive the “The Local Farm is Not Accessible” error see the following article: http://www.sharepointassist.com/2010/01/29/the-local-farm-is-not-accessible-cmdlets-with-featuredependencyid-are-not-registered/ 3) Run the following command PS...



Where’s InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint 2010?

Date: 15 Jun 2010 | 15 Comments | Tags: ,,, | 2008 R2,2010,SharePoint,SharePoint 2010,Windows Server | 
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IGNORE THIS ARTICLE - THIS IS RELATED TO PROBLEMS WITH PRE RTM LICENSE KEYS. IF YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM EITHER YOU INSTALLED SHAREPOINT FOUNDATION OR YOU NEED A NEW LICENSE KEY. Problem I have noted that in both my lab and some client machines that InfoPath forms services is not available under general application settings in central admin. It's also not visible under "Manage Service Applications" Solution Manually activate the feature using stsadm: Login to host with admin rights Open command prompt (run as administrator) Run the following command c:\program files\common...