Dave Mc's Blog

  • Passed Sharepoint 2010 Beta Exams

      I had the opportunity to take all of the SharePoint 2010 Exams as Beta Exams in May and having just got back from holiday I found 4 nice emails telling me I’d passed them all.  So in a fit of vanity I’ve decided to add the various logos on the right hand side… more …

  • Relax and Remember …

      It’s a bad time to be an English Football fan, but I was trawling through YouTube tonight and found this gem of a video of Paul Scholes goals!  My favourite is the Beckham/Scholes Corner/Volley combo against Bradford (3 min 10 secs into the video) – absolute pinpoint timing/accuracy from both players at the top… more …

  • “Access is Denied ” Error during SharePoint 2010 in-place Upgrade.

      This was a disappointment, initially.  I built a fully functioning 2 server SharePoint 2007 including full Kerberos configuration, User Profiles, Search and Excel Services all working.  I ran an in-place upgrade, but it failed miserably around 25% with a curious "Access is Denied" error.  The full log entry from the upgrade log file… more …

  • SQL Server and SharePoint Version or Build Numbers

    I keep having to look around for these, so I’m putting them up here as the definitive lists I use for version numbers.  To see the SQL list you have to register at SQL Central (FREE).  A good SQL Server version guide : http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server+2008/63491/ A good MOSS 2007 Build Number List is at http://share-point.blogspot.com/2009/09/mosswssv3-sharepoint-2007-build-numbers.html A… more …

  • SharePoint 2010 “Unable to process Create message” Error When Creating User Profile Synchronization Connection

       I was following Spencer Harbars great article A Rational Guide to implementing SharePoint Server 2010 User Profile Synchronization for a second time and kept running into the "Unable to process Create message" when trying to do Step 13 on Configure Connections and do a Sync (Import).   As Spence says in the article you… more …

  • 2010 – A Scottish Odyssey: Part 4 – White Outs, Sunshine and Local Ales

    At the end of Part 3 I had a fantastic stay in the Forest Way Bunkhouse as a guest of Iain.  I woke up the next morning and enjoyed a fantastic breakfast cooked by Iain.  My feet felt good, I felt good.  I packed my rucksack with some additional provisions which I’d purchased from… more …

  • “Access Denied” when creating Managed Service Account using Powershell

      Following Spencer Harbar’s advice when configuring the User Profile Synchronization Service in SharePoint 2010 I decided to use Managed Service Accounts in Windows 2008 R2, was hit with an issue striaght away.  I entered the command   >New-ADServiceAccount -name spcontent -AccountPassword(ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "{your password}" -Force) -Path "CN=Managed Service Accounts,DC=RIDGIANDM,DC=RIDGIAN,DC=CO,DC=UK"   which was correct,… more …

  • Poweshell Error “The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered”

      If you’re trying to connect to a SharePoint Farm using Powershell and you’ve added in the necessary cmdlet library by typing:   > Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell   when you type   > Get-SPFarm   you may  get the following error:   The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered.  … more …

  • 2010 – A Scottish Odyssey: Part 3 – Bogs, Logs, VW Vans and Tesco Workers

    After the unscheduled visit to Inverness described in Part 2, I was able to continue my tour of Wester Ross with new boots and a renewed determination that I could complete the trek I’d set out to do. I decided however on a change to the itinerary.  Due to the poor state of my… more …

Meet the blog host, Dave Mc.

Dave Mc muses about history, travel, writing, coaching, technology and life, family and the world around us. You may agree with his opinions, you may not, that’s life …