BizTalk: SSO – 0xC0002A04, The application does not exist

While deploying my applicaiton into a locked out enviornment (DR), I ran into an SSO problem (as initially thought).  We were using Microsoft’s Application Configuration utility to manage key value in the SSO. As part of our deployment, we ran into the following problem – with a warning in the event viewer: ======  SSO – [...]

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SQL: Recreate Reporting Services DB

For the life of me, I’m not sure I deleted databaseS related with SQL reporting services (on my dev box). And now, I would like to recreate them. Solution: Navigate to Start → Programs → SQL Server 2008 R2 → Configuration Tools → Reporting Services Configuration Manager Click Databases → Change Databases Click Create new report server [...]

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Installing BizTalk 2010 and Sharepoint on Windows 7

Found this top post from Sandro where he details out step by step instructions installing BizTalk 2010 – with screen shots Ref: Click here =============== Installing Sharepoint on Windows 7 =============== However, as I tried to install Sharepoint on my machine, I get the following error (as expected): To get away with this, I found [...]

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The Microsoft Home

Looking at the Microsoft home video – my initial reaction is :  clunky, over-explained, littered with instructions, and coupled with the repeated insistence that everything is “really cool”. 1. The Conductive charging plate- Text clutter and littered with intructions 2. TV Display:  Music albums collection – very cluttered 3. Digital wallpaper (Themes being applied on [...]

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