W00t! Installing SPS as part of project server was more than a bit messy. www.microsoft.com/office/preview now has STSv3 available as an independent download. I am installing it right now (I feel like a kid in a candy shop…)
In addition to looking at Project Server 2007 (which looks overly complicated… and still required IE for full-featured web access… bleagh!), I have been eyeballing STS3, the next version of Sharepoint.
Very Cool!
Here are some first impressions/highlights:
Default template for Blogs and Wikis
The Wiki resembles MediaWiki (it uses the same [[link]] syntax. The Blog looks much like [...]
WDS has a native utility for converting legacy RIS images to WIMs. I am trying it using the Spring 2006 CAP image.
Oh look… it does not work! I have submitted a bug using the Beta reporting tool. Hopefully someone will pick it up.
I have brought up a new test server to give Project Server 2007 a whirl. Here are some of the gotchas in the install process:
Install required "Windows Workflow Foundation, Beta2". I downloaded v2.2 from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5C080096-F3A0-4CE4-8830-1489D0215877&displaylang=en
Also required is ASP.NET 2.0, which is installed with the .NET Framework 2.0 components (available on Microsoft Update, [...]
I finally was able to generate an image of my Win2k3 VMWare reference system using Ximage (soon to be renamed “ImageX”).
In the past I had many problems, although not strictly related to the utility itself:
Networking in VMWare workstation for the WinPE 2.0 beta in the Vista AIK will not function! Apparently this is [...]
The Catalyst team asked me to evaluate and install an SSH/SFTP/SCP service for them on all of the CATXXX Windows servers. After some evaluation and testing, we settled on bitvise WinSSHD. To “save time” I decided to try scripting the install.
Here is the process that I came up with:
for /f %%s in (catserv.txt) [...]
It always helps to know what you are doing…
After much head bashing and tooth gnashing, I discovered that the real reason that most people recommending a solution to this problem present a client-side redirect is pretty simple:
When browsers swith from a http:// rooted URI to a https:// rooted URI, they effectively assume that they are [...]
Upon reviewing my earlier notes on building installers, it appears that I left out some useful info on how to build the darned administrative installation point that I am using to wrap up the patched installer. Since I had the “opportunity” to work on a v10.1.0.400 installer today, I will take this opportunity to [...]