Configuring SharePoint 2010 Beta Service Applications and User Profile Service Synchronization

Welcome back to part 2 of this series in getting the basic bits and pieces of SharePoint 2010 beta up and running. If you recall in part 1, I provided a step by step guide in installing SharePoint 2010 Beta on a Windows 2008 R2 server. Today’s article will extend our setup and I will be providing another step by step guide in configuring SharePoint 2010 Service Applications in particular the User Profile Service in which I will create an Active Directory connection to import our users. Before delving into the step by step guide, let me provide you with a primer on Service Applications in...

Installing SharePoint 2010 Beta on a Windows 2008 R2 Server

Posted by George Khalil in SharePoint 2010 on Nov 24th, 2009 | 0 Comments

With all the excitement around the recent public release of SharePoint 2010 beta, I am sure there are a lot of you who are installing, contemplating installing or have already installed the most anticipated version of SharePoint to date, albeit in beta form. In this introductory 3 part series I will provide you with step by step guides in the installation and basic configuration of SharePoint 2010 which also includes User Profile Synchronization and the creation of your first Web Application and Site Collection. The series will proceed as follows; Installing SharePoint 2010 Beta on a Windows...

Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2 – Part 3 – RD Web Access & RemoteApp

Posted by George Khalil in Windows 2008 R2 on Nov 23rd, 2009 | 0 Comments

Welcome back to the 3rd and final article in this series in installing and configuring your Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2, with the focus of today’s article around Remote Desktop (RD) Web Services (formerly referred to as TS Web Services) and utilising RemoteApp to publish applications to our RD Web Access web page and to the client desktop. For those that missed the previous 2 articles, you can access these from the links below; Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2 -Part 1 – Installation Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2 – Part 2 – RD Gateway RD Web Access is a...

SharePoint 2010 Beta 2 released to TechNet & MSDN subscribers – Rest of the public to follow soon.

Posted by George Khalil in SharePoint 2010 on Nov 17th, 2009 | 0 Comments

This has to be one of the most anticipated releases of the decade, SharePoint 2010 Beta 2. SharePoint Developers, Architects and Administrators have been waiting anxiously to get their hands on the latest beta which may potentially be a “feature complete” release of SharePoint 2010, albeit in Beta form. SharePoint 2010 Beta 2, and let’s not forget Office 2010 Beta with its bits and pieces are made available for download to TechNet and MSDN subscribers. For those that don’t have those subscriptions, the predicted wait may only be a couple of days away, 18th November as stated...

Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2 – Part 2 – RD Gateway

Posted by George Khalil in Windows 2008 R2 on Nov 16th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Welcome to the second article in this series on Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2. We were first introduced to the Remote Desktop (RD) Gateway in the first release of Windows 2008 and as previously mentioned in part 1 of this series, the RD Gateway was formerly known as Terminal Server (TS) Gateway. TS Gateway opened up Remote Access barriers providing access to our Terminal Servers via SSL or port 443, as opposed to the conventional “legacy” VPN access through either IPSEC or L2TP. In Windows Server 2008 R2, not much has changed and in today’s article I will provide you with a step...

Remote Desktop Services in Windows 2008 R2 -Part 1

Posted by George Khalil in Windows 2008 R2 on Nov 12th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Windows Terminal Services has come a long way since its infancy and has improved with every version of Windows, and Windows 2008 R2 is no exception. There are even noticeable differences between Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 and should be highly considered as a worthy upgrade for those currently running older versions of the Windows component. I first began working with Terminal Server technologies back in the day of WinFrame which was a “special” version of Windows NT 3.5.1 that was developed by Citrix. Since then I have worked with all versions of Terminal Server from NT4 to the most...

Exchange 2010 has arrived, What’s New?

Posted by George Khalil in Exchange 2010 on Nov 10th, 2009 | 0 Comments

So word has hit the streets and Exchange 2010 RTM is officially available for download as a 120 trial from the Microsoft Download Centre and from the Microsoft Licensing download site for all Microsoft paying customers. Microsoft Exchange 2010 introduces a number of enhancements and new features over it’s most recent predecessor Exchange 2007 and whilst many customers are still using Exchange 2003, Exchange 2010 has a lot to offer over Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. I first blogged about Exchange 2010 when it was in beta form and you can access these articles below; Exchange 2010 Beta, First...