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  • Office 365 Cmdlets

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    Much of the documentation out there for Microsoft Office 365 (books, blog articles, etc.) still seem to reference “Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell”. If you try to go to this page to pull down such cmdlets, you’re going to be a little let down. They’ve been pushed into the Azure AD Cmdlets to…

  • SharePoint 2013 and Access Services… quick reference guide

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    Looking for some resources on Access Services 2013 for SharePoint? Look no further… okay, so use your favorite search engine of choice whether that be Bing, Google or DuckDuckGo. Here’s a quick compilation for anyone looking of videos and articles that I’ve found useful. Comparisons: The Pros and Cons of the Access App for SharePoint…

  • Forgotten Prereqs

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    If you’re looking for the SharePoint 2013 prereqs that aren’t actually available from TechNet, head over to Todd Klindt’s blog… http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=406

  • Windows Management Framework 4.0 Released

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    Just a heads up that the Windows Management Framework version 4.0 has been released. If you remember the past year or so that it wasn’t until Service Pack 2 was released for SharePoint 2010 that you were able to use Windows Management Framework 3.0 with the application server. In similar fashion, version 4 is not…

  • Blocking the installation of SharePoint 2013…

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    Recently I came across a thread on SPYAM regarding whether it’s possible to block SharePoint 2013 installations using group policy or through the registry. Sure enough it’s possible to use the SharePoint 2010 installation blocking technique for SharePoint 2013 with a minor modification. Rather than having the Registry Key be for 14.0, just modify it…

  • SharePoint 2013 and Windows Server 2012

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    I’m curious but what is the deal with Microsoft requiring that you contact PSS to get one of the software requirements for running SharePoint 2013 on Windows Server 2012. If you notice, in the Hardware and Software Requirements document on TechNet for SharePoint 2013 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx) you’ll notice that there’s a hot fix required for a…

  • Office 365 Security

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    So recently in the download center for Microsoft the Office 365 Security document popped up as being published on 3/7/2013… not quite certain if there were any changes since Microsoft still doesn’t maintain standardization around documents, the download center and change logs, the document was published back in June 2011. If you’ve not read this…

  • Visual Studio 2010 Exam Retirement Dates

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    So you’re still catching up on getting certified on Microsoft technologies that your clients and customers are using … may want to consider either switching over to ludicrous speed or just skipping ahead to the next iteration of Visual Studio exams. Why praytell? Well Microsoft is retiring the exams on 31 July 2013. They (Microsoft)…

  • Office 365 Dedicated – SLAs and SDs updated…

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    Microsoft has published an update for their Office 365 Dedicated Service Level Agreements and Service Descriptions. If you’re not working with an Office 365 Dedicated client, but are instead working with an OnPremise deployment these documents provide a great starting point when defining your O&M strategy as well as helping to define processes and service…

  • Office 365 Dedicated – Content Migration

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    Starting April 15, 2013, Microsoft will no longer process outbound migrations for SharePoint Online dedicated plan customers. Outbound migrations will instead be accomplished by third-party independent software vendor (ISV) solutions, just like Inbound migrations are today.