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Eric L. Golpe

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May 05

MSDN Blog Posts

I noticed it has been some time since I've cross-posted anything out here on my Spaces blog.
Check out my MSDN blog where you can find several postings from the last few months.
 
Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to sit and blog, but there's always an intention for me to do so.
 I'd like to hear from others any subject / info they'd like to hear more about, so feel free to add a comment or two and let me know.
 
Thanks!
January 08

SharePoint Server Setup Accounts

I've been asked lately what accounts I generally use for setting up SharePoint enterprise server farms.
This is always a hot topic and everyone has their own conventions and thoughts on the matter.

First and foremost, consult the guidance available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263445.aspx for your specific configuration.

That being said, here is what I normally do for 5-6 server setups (WFE/APP & Index/SQL):

DOMAIN\MOSSSQLSVC (SQL Service Account)
DOMAIN\MOSSSETUP (Setup Account)
DOMAIN\MOSSSRVFARM (Server Farm Account)
DOMAIN\MOSSWEBAPP0 (Generic App Pool Identity, add additional accounts as needed... )
DOMAIN\MOSSCAAPPPOOL (Central Admin App Pool)
DOMAIN\MOSSSSPAPPPOOL (SSP App Pool)
DOMAIN\MOSSSSPSVC (SSP Service Account)
DOMAIN\MOSSSRCHCA (External or special Content Access)
DOMAIN\MOSSSRCHSVC (Search Service)
DOMAIN\MOSSSRCHSVCCA (Search Service Content Access)
DOMAIN\WSSSRCHSVC (WSS Search Service)
DOMAIN\WSSSRCHSVCCA (WSS Search Service Content Access)
DOMAIN\MOSSLDAPSVC (Profile Import Account)
DOMAIN\MOSSEXCELSVC (Excel Services)

There you have it.. 14 accounts! Usually all set to some sort of enormously cryptic strong passwords I always forget.  If your not using excel services or crawling external content, you can usually thin it down 2 accounts.

December 05

Ascertaining if "x" public site is running SharePoint

Quick and dirty method:
 
Append "_vti_bin/owssvr.dll" after the site:
 
Example: 
 
This should return your standard SharePoint page if the site is indeed running on SharePoint. 
Most folks don't go through the trouble of redirecting the old Vermeer shadow directories and/or disabling owssvr.dll (which would generally be considered bad for SharePoint..)  You can get some info on the old Front Page extensions remnant here: http://www.synergyonline.com/blog/blog-moss/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=24 
 
Stuff like this made SPS not-so-user-friendly back in 2001, but it is my trick of the day for confirming if a public website is running SharePoint.
( I also like when web admins on .NET boxes leave tracing on and you can use Trace.axd...  but that's me.. )  
 
-E-
September 25

Using Team Foundation Server to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications

The first in a series of technical guidance on SharePoint and TFS has been published to MSDN.

You can find it online now at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc948982.aspx 

Stay tuned for more!

September 20

Zune Will Not Turn On

OK, strange occurrence this evening… which started as last evening’s adventure:

Last night I updated my 80GB Zune 2.0 (I have a Special Edition Black & Stainless model I received from attending a Dynamics AX 5.0 Deep-Dive Airlift). 

I was able to download the new Vista 64-bit 3.0 software from www.zune.net, and install the new 3.0 firmware.  I was pretty pysched because it has new social and gaming features, etc. Sweet..

So I let it charge up, downloaded some new music and tv videos, and was set to bring it to work this morning. (I was hitting the Park & Ride and it would give me something to do on the bus.)  Well, my son beat me to it, and snagged the Zune on the way out to school, while I was in the shower. (Yeah, i was bummed, especially since he shouldn’t be bringing it to school!) 

I got home tonight, and found the Zune dead on the counter.  Now, I figured he drained the battery down, and I plugged it into the USB cord, but nothing.. no charging indicator, and no matter how long I held buttons, it wouldn’t light up. 

A quick Live Search sent me to a KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944126 

I followed the directions in the KB to press and hold the Back button back as you press the top of the Zune pad. When the Zune device begins to turn on, release the buttons.  It started up with the Zune words and everything seems fine again.

Not sure what happened, but the battery was charged.  I suspect the batt got weak and it went to sleep, and my plugging it in recharged it while it was in sleep mode, but I could be wrong. Anyhow.. I will monitor it for the next 24 hours and see what transpires.

-E-

 

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