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by Martin Hinshelwood
OK, I now have the additional SPN’s added to AD that I mentioned in my post and a listing returns: C:>setspn [servername]Registered ServicePrincipalNames for CN=[servername],OU=Member Servers,DC=[domain],DC=biz: MSSQLSvc/spdata.ep-dev.[domain].biz:1422 MSSQLSvc/spdata.ep-dev.[domain].biz:1433 MSSQLSvc/[servername].[domain].biz:1422 MSSQLSvc/[servername].[domain].biz:1433 SMTPSVC/[servername] SMTPSVC/[servername].[domain].biz HOST/[servername].[domain]onet.biz HOST/[servername] So when I now try to …
by Martin Hinshelwood
If you want to connect to a SQL server using DNS you will need to have both the “SQL Server Browser” service and an SPN setup in your domain to allow authentication. This allows the DNS name that you have …
by Martin Hinshelwood
SharePoint requires SQL Server. That’s a given, but what if you want to move the SQL Server databases to another server? TFS is easy enough to move between servers, but SharePoint is NOT. The only answer I can find is …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I have added an extra event handler to the TFS Event Handler (Prototype), and this makes two. Assigned To Handler The Assigned to handler send a users an email when a work item is assigned to them unless they did …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I found a couple of bugs in the TFS Event Handler Prototype release. As I am still supporting this release (many people use it in production) I have fixed the bugs and uploaded new installers. The config files have not …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I have just uploaded CTP 2 of the TFS Event Handler.This is a fully functional version of the application and I will be releasing documentation for this in due course, but all configuration of team servers and events is handled …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I have just released a new version of the TFS Event Handler. This is a really rough version and you should not be used in a production environment. Event handler system will work in this version, but a manual config …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I have run into a very vexing problem with one of my applications. I was asked to provide an application that would fin all of the permissions set against Active Directory accounts that have been since removed. These normally show …
by Martin Hinshelwood
Or anywhere you can put some HTML. This is really easy and allows you to have something like: As Twitter publish your twit list as an RSS feed you can just add it to FeedBurner and use one of its …
by Martin Hinshelwood
Community Credit is getting a face lift and David Silverlight (yes a man so great that an entire platform was named after him) is asking for contributions to this… So head on over to the community credit forum and get …
by Martin Hinshelwood
This seams to be a common problem, and one that I get many calls from users about: I have a query with our Sharepoint site and was advised that you were probably the best person to ask. I have created …
by Martin Hinshelwood
As I now have a TFS server in the office and we have Go-Live on 1st February I will be revisiting the TFS Event Handler prototype. I think there is too much work in the main code to get it …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I have updated the Xbox Live to Twitter application and it works quite well now. There are currently too many updates as you can see from my twitter on the left of my blog . I will hopefully be adding …
by Martin Hinshelwood
In VB.NET it is actually possible to return an Anonymous type from a function and use it somewhere else. In VB.NET you need to use late binding so you can’t change the “Option strict” compiler option to true as I …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I decided as part of my .NET 3.5 learning curve to rebuild Duncan Mackenzie’s Xbox to Twitter application just for fun… When you call his web service you get a XboxInfo class back that contains all of your Xbox Live …
by Martin Hinshelwood
Your results:You are Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 75% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 70% Wash (Ship Pilot) 70% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 65% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 55% Inara Serra (Companion) 40% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 40% River …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I had been trying to find an application that provided updates to twitter from my Xbox. There is such an application written by Duncan Mackenzie, but I could not get it to work. I tried everything and ended up decompiling …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I had a number of problems installing SharePoint 3.0 Service Pack 1 and then Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 1. In fact, I managed to put my server completely out of action and I have been trying to …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I am sorry to tell you all that I am now (as of Friday past) off for the holiday period. With a little luck and some saved holidays I will not be back in the office until the 3rd January …
by Martin Hinshelwood
Well I think I have found the root of the problem with my Microsoft office SharePoint Server 2007 dev box! It was McAfee plain and simple. Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 SearchEvent Category: Gatherer Event ID: 2424Date: …