Lync Attendee

Lync Attendee is a conferencing client that allows non domain or external users to fully participate in Lync Server meetings including video conferences. The Lync web app does not allow Video, only audio. Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendee – Admin Level Install Lync 2010 Attendee Hotfix KB 2752160 (Admin level install) Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendee – … Read more

Future Battery Technologies for solar systems

http://www.wholesalesolar.com/deep-cycle-battery-info.html Future Trends Companies world-wide are quickly adjusting to the increased global market for solar systems by developing batteries that are better suited for photovoltaic systems.  At some distant point in the future, it is likely that lead-acid batteries will become extinct, as newer technologies in lithium ion and Nickel metal hydride continue to evolve.  … Read more

Deep Cycle Battery FAQ

http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm What is a Battery? Types of Batteries Battery Lifespan Starting, Marine, or Deep Cycle? Deep Cycle Battery as a Starting Battery? What Batteries are made of Industrial Batteries (fork lift type) Sealed Batteries Battery Size Codes Gel Cells (and why we don’t like them) AGM Batteries (and why we do like them) Temperature Effects … Read more

Service Manager 101 – Focus on Incident Management

Excellent article on Incident Management for Service Manager! http://blogs.technet.com/b/antoni/archive/2012/08/13/service-manager-101-part-1-incident-management.aspx System Center 2012 – Service Manager 101: Focus on Incident Management System Center 2012 – Service Manager (SCSM) includes Incident Management, Service Request fulfillment, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management and Activity Management out of the box.  Most Customers like to start with Incident Management.  During … Read more

Back Up Your Firefox Profile with about:support

Type about:support in your Firefox address bar. Just click the Show Folder button to go straight to the profile folder for that Firefox installation. Backing up your profile is as simple as copying that folder (Make sure firefox is closed). For Windows users, you can also try MozBackup to backup and restore.

Configuration Manager – SQL Server version

Configuration Manager sites require a supported SQL Server version with required hotfixes for site database operations to succeed. Before Setup can continue, you must install a supported version of SQL Server on the specified site database server. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=232936 https://www.google.ca/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=zec&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=fflb&biw=1920&bih=877&q=SQL+Server+2012+cumulative+update&oq=SQL+Server+2012+cumulative+update&gs_l=serp.3..0i7j0j0i7j0l7.1786.2021.0.2138.2.2.0.0.0.0.113.197.1j1.2.0.les%3B..0.0…1c.1.3.serp.OFbNuVZJJ0c

Windows 2012 – Install Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is required for the management point and distribution point site system roles. BITS is not installed, IIS 6 WMI compatibility component for IIS7 is not installed on this computer or the remote IIS host, or Setup was unable to verify remote IIS settings because IIS common components were not installed … Read more

Configuration Manager – SQL Server sysadmin rights

Either the user account running Configuration Manager Setup does not have sysadmin SQL Server role permissions on the SQL Server instance selected for site database installation, or the SQL Server instance could not be contacted to verify permissions. Setup cannot continue. By default, SQL doesn’t enable network connectivity.  You have to enable it under TCP/IP properties … Read more

Configuration Manager Required SQL Server Collation

Configuration Manager requires that you configure your SQL Server instance and Configuration Manager site database (if already present) to use the SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation, unless you are using a Chinese operating system and require GB18030 support.  For information about changing your SQL Server instance and database collations, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=234541.  For information about enabling GB18030 support, see … Read more