Issues after restoring MOSS to a previous VM snapshot
We restored our VM MOSS farm this morning from a snapshot taken a couple of months ago. Various issues occurred. Please note i am still working through some of the errors and will update this post as i find the answers.
- I could no longer login to the server because the snapshot was older than 30 days - the computer account for the server had expired and so needed to be reset and reconnected to the domain. See this blog for steps to fix this.
- The MOSS environment although appearing correct in Central Administration was not configured in IIS. The Central Administration site was the only site appearing in IIS even though all the web applications were still there.To fix this:
- Delete the old web application using Central Administration.
- Delete all the SSP web apps & DBs, apart from the default SSP which cannot be deleted.
- Recreate the web applications with Temp DB names.
- Recreate the SSPs with new DBs.
- Change the default SSP to one of the newly created SSPs, then delete the original default SSP inc DB, then recreate it's web app and set back to the default updating any associations as required.At this point I ran in to some issues recreating the SSP with the following errors. First of all the SSP failed to provision with the error:
Provisioning failed: A transport-level error has occurred when sending the request to the server.
Case Study : Coca Cola Enterprises on SharePoint Online!
Message from Cory:
Its only been about 25 months since I posted. Lets just say business is good and it keeps me busy 
A quick update - I am now Senior Escalation Engineer for SharePoint Online in the Online Services Division at Microsoft. Here is recently released case study on one of our customers Coca Cola Enterprises and their success with our service
Coca-Cola Enterprise migrates to Microsoft Online Services
http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/details/470b9f4c-bac8-4be9-b22a-d1a6953ef6a7
Email in the Cloud-Google vs Microsoft
Now is the time that enterprises were seriously looking into different ways to save during the recession times and for IT it is most important task on the table and considering the various options of jumping from On Premise to Exchange Cloud or from Exchange to Google Docs. What ever the choice could be but utlimately it is the email in the Cloud.
I have been hearing a great number of stories about the head on collision between the Microsoft and Google. A battle that can benefit you to save more. Here is a side by side comparison
SharePoint On Premise and Exchange Server in the Cloud
Today's Buzz word in the IT CIO's agenda is "Cloud" (Cloud Computing). Even I just heard a few days back about the Ash Cloud which was a Big thing and attained a lot of attention worldwide. In My opinion any thing realted to Cloud is always a Big thing.
Recently I was asked to do the research and submit a summary report on the combination of SharePoint on Premise and Exchange Server as a hosted option in the Cloud.
First thing what I know is that Microsoft has the BPOS for SMB's as SaaS. This comes with a bundled up package of SharePoint, Exchange and Office Live meeting.
But our major concern is where do we stand if we go for Exchange Azure and have our SharePoint on premise. We have been using Groupwise for almost quite some time till today and migrating from Groupwise to MS Exchange in the Cloud may not be as easy as it looks. I suspect most of us won't get there without a significant amount of help, time, and money.
So we decided to do additional research on closing the loop between SharePoint on Premise and Exchange Azure with all the deviations, Complaince and Complaints. One thing we wanna make sure is we wouldn't be asked for any additional tools to integrate the On Premise SharePoint data to the Exchange Cloud.
Any help in this regard is greatly appreciated.
Will update the content as soon as we finalize the report and having all possible solutions in hand.
After speaking to Jason Medero and couple of other SharePoint folks at the NJSPUG today, there shouldn't be any problem talking to your outlook client as long as the active directory user profile info has been tied up with the respective email ids.
Is the Cloud the Right Choice for my Company?
Is the Cloud the Right Choice for My Company
A lot of people, myself included, have wondered why SaaS and cloud seem to be catching on more readily than ASPs at the start of the decade. Maybe we weren't ready then. SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) may have helped with this, in part.