SharePoint 2013 Master Page Training this September

Instructor Heather Solomon has put together a new class focused solely on master pages for SharePoint 2013. In addition to more traditional ways of creating and editing master pages, SharePoint 2013 introduces the Design Manager and other new tools for file generation, editing and management.

This information packed 2-day course will explore the very different routes for creating, editing and managing your custom master pages for SharePoint 2013. This course, the SharePoint 2013 Master Pages Experience, is built for web developers and web designers looking to create master pages in SharePoint 2013 or upgrade their existing SharePoint 2010 master pages to 2013.

Read all about the SharePoint 2013 Master Pages Experience, including course syllabus.

How to register

Please register for an online course using any major credit card on our online registration system. You can sign up multiple people at once.

Send them a message if you need any fancy paperwork for your accounting processes and they will send it over. The online registration system will generate an online invoice for you that you can print or email to a recipient.

Common FAQs

How long is online training?

Each day is broken into two 3-hour sessions with a 2-hour break in-between. The schedule is 9:00AM – 12:00PM Central and 2:00PM – 5:00PM Central. Learn more about our online delivery training style.

What if I am not available to attend all the sessions?

Every session is recorded and posted for students the same day. You will be able to easily catch up or even re-review sessions at your leisure.

Windows Server, VDI, Big Data, IT Security Bulletin: August 2013

Is Your Server Dying? 7 Backup Features You Must Have

How to Unlock Powerful Data Search Analytics 

How to Stop Hackers: 3 Critical Actions Items After Discovering a Breach

How Old is too Old? The Essentials of Managing IT Assets

Gartner Report: Endpoint Data Backup Vendor Comparison

The Fastest Way to a Secure Data Migration 

What Most Backup Vendors Don't Want You to Know

9 Reasons Why You Should Monitor Your Network/Servers From The Cloud

How the Windows Phone and Tablet Are Putting Your Network in Danger

10 Tips to Minimize the Impact of a Security Breach - IT Action Plan

The Mobile Security Strategy Guide

Email Security 101 - Why Your Sensitive Files Are Already in Danger

How to Secure Your iPhones, iPads & Androids from New Cyber Threats 

7 Security Settings You Have Wrong

3 Reasons to Virtualize Servers: The Architect's Guide to Data Storage

DEBUNKED: The Top VDI Security Myths

What to Ask Yourself Before Implementing Virtual Desktops

Free Firewall Browser: The Best Free Tool for Firewall Troubleshooting

SharePoint 2010- New Document requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater. To add a document to this document library click the Upload Document button

Problem description:

If I try to use the drop-down for a document to select "Edit in Microsoft Word" I get a "'New Document requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater. To add a document to this document library click the Upload Document button" error.

Platform entities:

Windows 7 64 bit

Office 2010 64 bit

IE 8 64 bit

SharePoint Server 2010

Error message:

New Document requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater. To add a document to this document library click the Upload Document button.

Troubleshooting done:

-Tried unregistering and re-registering the "owssupp.dll" file  but no results and faced the same error.

-Confirmed SharePoint Open Documents Add-on is enabled or not but no results

-Tried to add the SharePoint component by means of add/remove programs but faced the same error.

-Checked the compatibility mode of the browser but no results.

Resolution:

-Uninstall the current IE version i.e. 64 bit

-Install the IE with 32 bit version.

Note: if you do not have rights to download and install the IE software then please contact your IT support and get it install.

Reference: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sharepointjoe/archive/2011/04/08/sp2010-ie-9-now-officially-supported-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

If you have any other resolution apart from above mentioned then request you to share so that it would be useful for the entire SharePoint communities. Thank you.

Applies to:

-SharePoint Server 2010.

-SharePoint Foundation 2010.

Download Internet Explorer 10 + Download Internet Explorer 9 + Download Internet Explorer 8 + Download Internet Explorer 7

IE10

Get Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7
Get Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 64-bit edition

IE9

Get Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7
Get Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 64-bit edition
Get Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista
Get Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista 64-bit edition

IE8

Get Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP
Get Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition
Get Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista
Get Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Vista 64-bit edition

IE7

Get Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP
Get Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition

Repair IE10 in windows 7

1.   Close all Internet Explorer and Explorer windows that are currently open.

2.   Start Internet Explorer.

3.   On the Tools menu, tap or click Internet options. If you don't see the Tools menu, press Alt.

4.   In the Internet Options window, tap or click the Advanced tab.

5.   Tap or click Reset. If you're using Windows Internet Explorer 6, click Restore Default.

6.   In the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box, tap or click Reset.

7.   Select the Delete personal settings check box if you also want to remove browsing history, search providers, Accelerators, home pages, Tracking Protection, and ActiveX Filtering data.

8.   When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, tap or click Close, and then tap or click OK.

9.   Exit and then start Internet Explorer.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, Thank you.

What is the VMware vSphere Storage Appliance

A: Not every IT environment is large enough to need a SAN. Some businesses don't have the budget to afford one or the in-house experience to use one effectively. However, almost every environment that plans a move to virtualization also desires that move to include high availability for VMs.

 

This use case is one of the primary reasons for the release of VMware's vSphere Storage Appliance. This appliance is intended to be a collection of either two or three ESXi hosts that store their VMs within locally attached storage. Using built-in replication, VMs created atop one host are automatically available atop other hosts as well. This replication enables VMware's high availability functionality to migrate VMs from a failed host to a working host, without the need for shared storage on a SAN.

 

Reference: http://windowsitpro.com/virtualization/q-what-vmware-vsphere-storage-appliance

 

Q: What are the important limitations in the VMware vSphere Storage Appliance?

A: With the release of vSphere 5.0, VMware also quietly released a product called the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA). This product intends to provide failover capabilities for VMs, but without requiring shared SAN storage. It's intended for use by smaller IT environments that either can't afford a SAN or lack the experience to use one effectively.

 

Although the VSA can indeed enable a high availability-like experience atop locally attached storage via its built-in replication, it does so with some significant costs. Consider the following limitations carefully:

 

·         The VSA doesn't support memory overcommit.

·         The VSA, once installed, prohibits adding additional storage to a VSA cluster.

·         The VSA creates a useable partition that's equivalent to the amount of disk space in the server that contains the least quantity of disk space.

·         The VSA isn't intended to be installed onto existing ESXi hosts; it prefers a "green field" installation onto essentially unconfigured hardware. ESXi hosts can't run VMs before creating the VSA cluster.

·         The VSA, in combination with VMware's RAID requirements for locally attached storage, requires a 75 percent storage overhead for redundancy. This requirement means only 25 percent of deployed storage is actually available for use.

·         The VSA can be configured in a two- or three-server configuration that, once installed, can't be altered.

·         VMware suggests you don't run vCenter Server within VSA as a VM because the loss of a datastore could prevent access to the VSA Manager. As a result, an additional and separate physical computer or VM is required to run vCenter Server and the VSA Manager.

·         The VSA reserves 33 percent of CPU and memory resources on a three-host cluster and 50 percent of CPU and memory resources on a two-host cluster for high availability admission control.

 

Reference: http://windowsitpro.com/virtualization/q-what-are-important-limitations-vmware-vsphere-storage-appliance

 

Q: Can I install VMware vSphere Storage Appliance without EVC Enabled?

 

A: VMware's vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) is a new product, released at the same time as vSphere 5.0, that's intended to provide an alternative virtual infrastructure for IT environments that don't have a SAN. As an appliance, VMware recommends installing this product onto hosts that are essentially unconfigured.

 

One component of the VSA's installation checks to see if each host can be a part of the same cluster that has VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) turned on. Although this verification is extremely important for production environments, EVC isn't supported when evaluating the VSA's software atop VMware Workstation. As a result, a slight hack is required to disable the EVC verification.

 

To disable the EVC check, navigate to C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\tomcat\webapps\VSAManager\WEB-INF\classes and open the file titled dev.properties. Modify the line evc.config=true to evc.config=false.

 

Reference: http://windowsitpro.com/virtualization/q-can-i-install-vmware-vsphere-storage-appliance-without-evc-enabled

 

Q: Can I migrate services from my Windows Server x cluster to a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster?

 

A: Microsoft provides an n-2 cluster migration support. This means the migration of clustered services is supported from two versions back.

 

This means that for a Windows Server 2012 R2 target, cluster then services can be migrated from Windows Server 2012 clusters (n-1) and from Windows Server 2008 R2 clusters (n-2). It's important to note that migrating cluster services doesn't copy storage--when migrating services, the cluster storage is moved from one cluster to another. Only the resource configurations, which are effectively registry values, are moved from the source to the target cluster.

 

If you have an older cluster, for example Windows Server 2003 R2, and want to move to Windows Server 2012 R2, then one option is to stand up a temporary Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster and use that as an interim hop for the migration of services to Windows Server 2012 R2.

 

Reference: http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2012-r2/cluster-migration-compatibility