MMA - Microsoft Musings by Alan
Tables without a clustered index are not supported in this version of SQL Server. Please create a clustered index and try again.
If you're using SQLAzureMW against the latest release of Azure SQL, you need CU5 applied to the...
Date: 12/24/2014
Move an Azure virtual machine between subscriptions or data centers / geos
I couldn't find this on the web, but found the link internally, so I'm hoping the title here and web...
Date: 12/16/2014
Windows Phone app for Desktop: "We couldn’t find your Podcasts library, but you can create a new one using Windows Explorer, and we’ll use that."
Solution: Create a new Library. Library must be named “Podcasts” Library must be of type...
Date: 12/17/2013
Internet Explorer IE print res://ieframe.dll/preview.js
I got this error in Win 8.1 and none of the solutions I found online fixed it. What I found was that...
Date: 11/08/2013
Office 365 EWS Unauthorized
Are you logging in with UPN and Password only? Have you granted yourself rights to the impersonation...
Date: 09/27/2012
Hibernate in Windows 8
Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options > Change/Chooose what the power buttons...
Date: 08/17/2012
"the microsoft online services directory synchronization tool must be installed on a domain joined computer running windows server 2008 or later"
Are you trying to install DirSync on a domain controller? Think again. Must be a member server....
Date: 08/11/2012
Office 365 DirSync Directory Synchronization "stopped-server-down"
Check that your cloud service account (the one you provided when running the wizard, to...
Date: 08/09/2012
Technical Project Management - Progress Reporting
In technical projects, PMs can easily get caught up in status reporting by percentage complete. This...
Date: 07/13/2012
New-MoveRequest. The call to net.tcp [server name] prod.outlook.com/Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService [server name] prod.outlook.com ([IP])' failed. Error details: The socket connection was aborted.
Saw this at a customer. They had something odd with an authenticating proxy in IE. They changed to...
Date: 06/25/2012
Technical Project Management - Risks, Issues, and Actions
In project management, risk equals action. Too often, risks are looked at as things to watch out for...
Date: 05/07/2012
Technical Project Management - Incentives
Incentive plans are, by definition, designed to motivate employees to behave in ways that align with...
Date: 04/23/2012
Technical Project Management - Operating Level Agreements
When conducting a project that requires coordination with an internal entity that is...
Date: 04/08/2012
Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Screen Capture Error: "output path not valid"
This solved it for me!...
Date: 03/21/2012
Technical Project Management - Continuous Clarification
This is the first in a series of blog posts on technical project management. I spent the last six...
Date: 02/06/2012
DirSync "Coexistence MSI installation failed. msiexec returned 1603 Unable to uninstall the Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool."
Not the best error message, I'll give you that. Server management, add features, and enable .NET...
Date: 01/03/2012
The attempt to connect to ... using "Negotiate" authentication failed
From EMC, error message - The attempt to connect to https://ps.outlook.com/PowerShell/PowerShell.htm...
Date: 12/13/2011
Unable to establish a trust between the federation server proxy and the Federation Service
Error: "Unable to establish a trust between the federation server proxy and the Federation Service....
Date: 10/26/2011
Secrets
I feel the need for secret information that I have no real need to know, simply so that I can...
Date: 08/27/2011
Corrupt Windows 7 Libraries
This article fixed it for me. Basically, I was trying my documents to a webdav location, which hosed...
Date: 08/14/2011
AD FS 2.0 Federation Server Configuration Wizard Error
Errors: An error occurred during an attempt to perform the configuration task: An error occurred...
Date: 07/27/2011
What if you move Hyper-V files before Exporting the Machine?
Go to the “missing VM folder\virtual Machines” and take note of the file {GUID}.xml (In...
Date: 07/21/2011
Outlook stuck on "loading profile"
Short answer: Closing Office Communicator (Lync) fixed it for me. Source:...
Date: 05/12/2011
"DNS name does not exist" error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR
If you get this while trying to join a box to the domain, point the box to the DC's DNS IP. Fixed it...
Date: 04/26/2011
Security Policy Settings Greyed Out
Solution: (1) Goto Start>Run type in gpmc.msc (Group Policy Management) (2) Expand your Domain...
Date: 04/26/2011
"Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer"
Solution: Start the WebClient service. source
Date: 04/03/2011
Add Roles Wizard for WSUS, Stuck on "searching for updates"
I was having general Internet connection issues. So I replaced the Hyper-V network adapter with a...
Date: 03/02/2011
Multiple Wireless WAN (WWAN) Devices Were Detected on Your Computer
Got this message on my Dell box with an internal dial up card, when trying to use my new USB760....
Date: 12/03/2010
Correct Format for Sending Parameters to SSRS via Query String
I always seem to have trouble finding the right answer to this online. This worked for me:...
Date: 11/27/2010
Online/Offline Apps: Windows Azure and Windows Phone 7
In this video, I take you through the development and deployment of a Windows Phone 7 app, which...
Date: 11/22/2010
Visio 2010 Crash
Visio 32-bit on Windows 7 was crashing a lot. I'd lose a ton of work repeatedly. Found this which...
Date: 09/22/2010
MMA
It's been a while since I posted to Microsoft Musings by Alan. I was locked out of my account when...
Date: 09/21/2010
IE 8
Well, finally they got the browser to the point where it's on par with Firefox. I spoke to the IE 8...
Date: 05/28/2009
TFS / Project Server Connector - Error 401, Unauthorized
Another one of those problems I was banging my head against for days... no reference on the web to...
Date: 03/24/2009
Dope
Saw this at TechReady 6. Glad they released it. Just... wow.
Date: 03/16/2009
The ultimate real time strategy game platform
I'm thinking Startcraft III.........
Date: 03/04/2009
Outlook 2007 - "Inline" Communicator
Dope. https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Communicator4Outlook
Date: 02/23/2009
Hello World!
I worked for a Microsoft Partner for about 10 years, and I would run into the msdn blogs all the...
Date: 02/18/2009