When creating a new virtual SharePoint farm, several servers will be required in most cases: AD – if the farm is in a lab or is in a completely greenfield environment SQL – Not essential in a research/development environment, but…
Hyper-V Boot Failed
The first time I tried to install Windows Server 2012 R2 on a Generation 2 VM I ran into the following error: The ISO image was mounted as a virtual DVD drive But pressing a key was not accepted by…
Replace a GUID in a DB
Working with SharePoint, Project Server or Dynamics databases, or any other database for that matter sometimes involves replacing GUIDs. Although it is not supported in a production environment, it can be a useful action in a development environment. The issue…
SharePoint behind a Proxy
I was recently involved in the build of a large SharePoint 2013 farm that is behind a Proxy server. Initially, there was no access through to the internet so the install was done using an offline install. This allowed everything…