August 2014 CU for SharePoint 2013 has been released

The KB articles for August CU are available at the following locations:

• KB 2883081 - SharePoint Foundation 2013 August 2014 CU
• KB 2883086, KB 2883085, KB 2883078, KB 2880559, KB 2760213 - SharePoint Server 2013 August 2014 CU
• KB 2883083 - SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server August 2014 CU
• KB 2883093 - Office Web Apps Server 2013 August 2014 CU (KB delayed)

The Packages for August 2014 CU are available through the following links:

• Download SharePoint Foundation 2013 August 2014 CU: 2883081
• Download SharePoint Server 2013 August 2014 CU: 2883086, 2883085, 2883078, 2880559, 2760213
• Download Project Server 2013 August 2014 CU: 2883083
• Download Office Web Apps Server 2013 August 2014 CU: 2883093

After installing the fixes you need to run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm.

Notes:

Be aware that all Update for SharePoint 2013 require SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 OR March 2013 PU for SharePoint 2013 to be installed first.

·       This CU does NOT include all SharePoint 2013 fixes previously released! It is recommended to install July 2014 CU before installing this CU.

·       The CU does not include SP1! You can install SP1 before or after installing this CU.

·       After installing the fixes you need to run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm.

·       Be aware that for SharePoint Server you have to install the SharePoint Foundation fixes as well! Same for Project Server where you have to install the SharePoint Foundation and the SharePoint Server fixes.

July 2014 CU for SharePoint 2013

The KB articles for July CU are available at the following locations:

KB 2882999 - SharePoint Foundation 2013 July 2014 CU

KB 2882989 - SharePoint Server 2013 July 2014 CU

KB 2882990 - SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server July 2014 CU

KB 2883003 - Office Web Apps Server 2013 July 2014 CU

The Full Server Packages for July 2014 CU are available through the following links:

Download SharePoint Foundation 2013 July 2014 CU

Download SharePoint Server 2013 July 2014 CU

Download Project Server 2013 July 2014 CU

Download Office Web Apps Server 2013 July 2014 CU

After installing the fixes you need to run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm.

Note:

Be aware that the SharePoint Server 2013 CU contains the SharePoint Foundation CU. And the SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server CU contains Project Server CU, SharePoint Server CU and SharePoint Foundation CU.

June 2014 CU for SharePoint 2013

The KB articles for June CU are available at the following locations:

KB 2881063 - SharePoint Foundation 2013 June 2014 CU

KB 2881061 - SharePoint Server 2013 June 2014 CU

KB 2881062 - SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server June 2014 CU

KB 2881051 - Office Web Apps Server 2013 - be aware that Office Web Apps Server 2013 fixes will be released with a different cadence to SharePoint in the future.

The Full Server Packages for June 2014 CU are available through the following links:

Download SharePoint Foundation 2013 June 2014 CU

Download SharePoint Server 2013 June 2014 CU

Download Project Server 2013 June 2014 CU

Download Office Web Apps Server 2013 June 2014 CU

After installing the fixes you need to run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm.

Note:

Be aware that the SharePoint Server 2013 CU contains the SharePoint Foundation CU. And the SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server CU contains Project Server CU, SharePoint Server CU and SharePoint Foundation CU.

Microsoft MVP Award: 5th Times in Row

I am very happy to inform you all that I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Award five times in a row. First time, I got this award on 1st July 2010 and getting it consecutively since then.

The novelty of receiving the famous “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2014 Microsoft MVP Award! ” email may fade by the fifth time, but the feeling of being honored by the Award, being humbled by the amazing fellow MVPs I can be associated with, and the whole-day grin on my face does not fade at all.

Starting my fifth MVP year feels special. Five years is a lot! I am humbled and honored to have been presented with this award. There are too many people for me to name here to whom I owe a debt of thanks & appreciation, so I will simply say thank you to the SharePoint Community as a whole. I have to give the credit for this award to the people who have given them most, and that is my amazingly supportive parents, without-whom I would not be able to do any of the community work that I do.

Grateful to Microsoft and to everyone that have been supporting me in my professional and personal growth. THANK YOU!

The PerformancePoint Services service application has not been configured

If you have configured your farm recently and planning to use Performance Point functionality then you must have notice this error:

The PerformancePoint Services service application has not been configured and is required to use the PerformancePoint features.  The service can be configured from "Manage Service Applications" in SharePoint Central Administration.

The above error message is self-explanatory as it’s conveying that the performance point service application has not yet configured in your farm and we need to do the configuration first before we go ahead and use it in full fledged manner.

Note:

If you find a different solution, please report it as a comment to this post. Be sure to double-verify it: undo your solution and verify that the problem comes back, then redo it and verify that the problem goes away.

Today in this article, I will elaborate how to configure this service application and get rid of this error message.

Two core points are mandatory to get this working as:

1.    Performance Point Service application

2.    Performance Point Services

How to configure Performance Point Service application?

a)    Open the Central Administration

b)    Application Management section

c)    Click on Manage Service Applications.

d)    Click New

e)    Click PerformancePoint Service Application.

f)     Type a name for the service application

g)    Select the Add this service application's proxy to the farm's default proxy list check box.

h)   Select the Create new application pool option

i)     Type a name for the application pool.

j)      Under the Configurable option, select the managed account to run the application pool.

k)    Click Create.

l)     Click OK.

That’s it – by this way PPS service application will be created.

Finally second most important point i.e. Performance Point Services

1.    In Central Administration

2.    System Settings section

3.    Click Manage services on server.

4.    Select the server that you want.

5.    Click Start next to PerformancePoint Service.

Done – check your performance point functionality now and it should be up & running without any issues.

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.

Product Applies To:

·         SharePoint Server 2010

·         SharePoint Server 2013