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How to configure SQL Database mail to send emails using Office 365 (Exchange...
IntroductionSQL Server has a feature called database mail. This feature allows the database server to send emails to any external entity using SMTP server. The problem happens if you have installed an...
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Windows Azure – Remove Virtual Disks
This is very famous issue when you create many Virtual Machines on Windows Azure, after deleting the VMs the virtual disks (VHD files) are still there.So far there is no way to remove these VHD files...
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Securing Dynamic Data ASP.NET SQL Azure Published Web Site with ACS and...
The Scenario I wanted to implement an Azure web site that is using the Azure Access Control Service and integrates with an external identity provider to authenticate and authorize users. At first I...
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Install Active Directory in Windows Azure in four simple steps
Introduction:There is a very long and complex way to install Active Directory in Windows Azure environment described in details in Windows Azure documentation here...
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Use Facebook as an Identity Provider for SharePoint 2013 – Part 1
Introduction:This blog will describe in details how to use Facebook as an identity provider to login into your SharePoint application.There are many ways to integrate you SharePoint application with...
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Use Facebook as an Identity Provider for SharePoint 2013 – Part 2
At this stage we are done configuring the Facebook part.Continue Configuration Steps:Now we need to create a signing token certificate. This is used to sign tokens issued to SharePoint Web...
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Use Facebook as an Identity Provider for SharePoint 2013 – Part 3
At this stage, we are done configuring the Azure PartContinue Configuration Steps:Go to your SharePoint FarmCreate a new web applicationMake sure the claim authentication will be as the...
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Use Facebook as an Identity Provider for SharePoint 2013 – Part 4
At this stage, we are done with configuring the SharePoint PartDemo:Go to your SharePoint Site Collection you created in part 3.From the drop down list, select Facebook AuthenticationYou will be...
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ITPro: How to Convert your Surface RT to Surface Pro – Part 2
In Part 1: I’ve explained how to install Remote Desktop services on the server and fix common error that you may face, that was the preparation for this part where we are going to configure RemoteApp....
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ITPro: How to Convert your Surface RT to Surface Pro – Part 1
From long time I’ve started to have all my labs on Windows Azure (will share that experience in another blog), my main motive was to get rid of my heavy ugly laptop to a light and thin one. My first...
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ITPro: How to Convert your Surface RT to Surface Pro – Part 3
In Part 1: I’ve explained how to install Remote Desktop services on the server and fix common error that you may face, in Part 2 we finished configuring Remote Desktop Services and publish...
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VHD Disk Requirements in Windows Azure Pack (WAP)
There are some prerequisites for VHD Disks that need to be ready before decide to present VHD Disk in WAP to be used why Virtual Machine Provisioning that will save you a lot of troubleshooting time if...
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Windows Azure Pack – Implementation Issue – ACTIVE (OUT OF SYNC)
Recently I faced an issue while building a complete Windows Azure Pack solution to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), initially everything was working properly while I was doing testing after...
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Windows Azure Pack – Implementation Issue – Failed to create VM from sysprep...
I went through another very interesting issue while WAP implementation during stabilizing a WAP production environment, although we able to create standalone virtual machine from different templates,...
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Windows Azure Pack – Implementation Issue – G2 Hardware Profile could not be...
Another minor issue I found while stabilizing Windows Azure Pack IaaS environment, it was noted that when try to create standalone virtual machine by selecting a sysprep vhdx from gallery in WAP you...
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Enable .net framework 3.5 on windows server 2012 R2 VM created in Azure...
To install SQL Server on Windows Server 2012 R2 VM Server in Azure, .net framework 3.5 should be installed first on the same Server. .net framework 3.5 can be installed using below two steps: 1. DISM...
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Run two PowerShell scripts on a same VM through custom script extension at...
Introduction– This blog post illustrates the method through which you can run two different PowerShell scriptson a same VM through custom script extension at different stages /time of deployment in...
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Import Database schema in Azure SQL DB from .SQL files programmatically with...
Introduction – This blog post illustrates the method through which you can import your database schema and tables into empty Azure SQL DB ( PaaS ) programmatically. Currently azure SQL DB support...
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Install and Configure Exchange 2013 Server Transport Role
When Exchange 2013 was released couple of years back there were many changes in Exchange 2013 Architecture notably consolidation of many Exchange roles in previous versions of Exchange into CAS and...
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SCOM Advanced Authoring : Powershell Discovery from CSV file – Explained...
SCOM is exceptional tool which allows IT Administrators to customize the monitoring scenario to any extent. To have a customized monitoring solution, one must understand the authoring capabilities in...
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