No Default Subscription?

Set-AzureWebsite : No default subscription has been designated. Use Select-AzureSubscription -Default to set the default subscription. *doh* Again I’ve used PowerShell comandlets for Azure classic instead of Resource Manager 🙁 Reminder: Always check for the magic “Rm” chars in the command, if a resource cannot be found.

Azure Meetup OWL

Nicht vergessen. Morgen findet das Azure Meetup zum Thema Build, Test und Deployment mit Azure in Bielefeld statt. Meetup #2 – Build, Test und Deployment mit Azure <p style="margin:5px 0;font-size:16px"> Wednesday, Oct 11, 2017, 7:00 PM </p> <p style="margin: 0 0 5px;"> <span style="font-size:14px">Arvato Bielefeld / Sennestadt</span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">Fuggerstraße 11 Bielefeld, DE</span> </p> <p> <span style="color:#4F8A10;font-size:16px;">17 Mitglieder Went</span> </p> <div style="margin:5px 0 10px" class="mu_clearfix"> <div class="photo"> <img src="https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/member/8/e/6/b/thumb_268416459.jpeg" /> </div> <div class="photo"> <img src="https://secure.

HowTo use Azure cmdlets in Azure Schedule

A Runbook schedule can be triggered every hour. If you need a smaller interval, like every minute, you can use the Azure Scheduler to do so. So I went to the Azure Portal, created an Azure Schedule instance (with a job collection tier of at least basic, to be able to create schedules that are triggered every minute) and called a Runbook via webhook. The Runbook contains a cmdlet that results in an error 🙁

Azure SQL – Standard Tier IDs

In case you need the ServiceObjectiveId for SQL standard tiers, here is the list for you. Tier name ServiceObjectiveId Standard (S0) f1173c43-91bd-4aaa-973c-54e79e15235b Standard (S1) 1b1ebd4d-d903-4baa-97f9-4ea675f5e928 Standard (S2) 455330e1-00cd-488b-b5fa-177c226f28b7 Standard (S3) 789681b8-ca10-4eb0-bdf2-e0b050601b40 Standard (S4) 3cf14e1a-0a5d-408c-bbc7-f63c5282f735 Standard (S6) ab69b4e3-d7cc-4aa5-87a6-f8b50615a03c Standard (S7) b6ca0894-d2f0-4e40-99f5-0f8a93cc2437 Standard (S9) 0efa88e9-99ff-4e36-a148-8c4b20c0826c Standard (S12 98100e8b-2f8a-4a81-9eb5-4d1e675c5a29 Usually you could change the tier within the Azure Portal. To change them via PowerShell, you can use the above IDs.

Connection Problems to a Secure Service Fabric Cluster

To be able to connect to a secure Service Fabric Cluster via PowerShell, you need to import the certificate specified into your personal certificate store. Otherwise an Exception will be thrown. Unfortunately the Exception does not point into the right direction 🙁 So in case you get an Exception like this Connect-ServiceFabricCluster : An error occurred during this operation. Please check the trace logs for more details. At line:1 char:1

Guest Post on the Arvato Systems Cloud Blog

I’ve published an article on the Arvato Systems Cloud Blog (German) and Arvato Systems Blog (English). Geld sparen mit serverloser Architektur Ihr Unternehmen plant eine großangelegte Digitalkampagne zur Vermarktung eines neuen Produktes? Sie sind nicht sicher, ob die aktuelle Architekturlösung den Ansprüchen ihrer geplanten Kampagne gerecht werden kann? Bei einem Ausbau Ihrer Infrastruktur würden hohe Kosten auf Sie zukommen? How a serverless architecture can help you scale easily and save costs during your next marketing campaign Is scaling up your existing infrastructure very expensive?

Azure Meetup OWL

Am 13.7. wird das erste Treffen des Azure Meetups OWL stattfinden. Wir sind derzeit noch auf der Suche nach einem Ort und den Themen 🙂 Vermutlich wird es um Chatbots und Machine Learning gehen. Wir werden aber auch auf euer Feedback eingehen um Themen für die nächsten Treffen zu finden. Wenn ihr dabei sein möchtet, meldet euch bitte über die Meetup Seite an. Update: Ort: Arvato Systems, An der Autobahn 100, Gütersloh, Tower I

TLS with SharePoint

Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote a post about using TLS with SMTP. See Using TLS with SmtpClient If you’d like to send transport layer encrypted email with you SharePoint farm, you can do so by installing a .NET update and modifying the registry. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rodneyviana/2016/06/28/the-unofficial-guide-for-sharepoint-2013-and-2010-working-with-tls-1-2-only/

Widgets instead of Add-Ins/Apps?

The concept of Add-Ins (formally knows as Apps) in SharePoint puts logic as HTML and CSS to another page. This page is then rendered as iFrame to another SharePoint page. This approach has advantages and disadvantages. You have to decide yourself. A very promising way to put stuff (or WebParts) onto a SharePoint page is the Widget Wrangler. More information can be found on https://dev.office.com/blogs/introducing-widget-wrangler. Conceptually Widget Wrangler implementation is based on similar thinking as PnP App Script Part implementation, which was released few years back as part of the PnP patterns (or at the time it was call App Model Samples).

Change in the User Resolution in SharePoint 2013 People Picker

After a SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 migration our users complained, that in the multiple Active Directory domain environment they havethe People Picker does not resolve the users the same way it did earlier. Only a subset of the users was resolved, users from a few domains were not included in the results at all. Read more about it here.

Treffen der SharePoint UserGroup OWL

Liebe SharePoint UserGroup, es ist so weit. Nach einigen Abstimmungsrunden möchten wir Sie nun am Dienstag, 01. September 2015 zu unserem nächsten Treffen der SharePoint UserGroup OWL herzlich nach Gütersloh einladen. Die Agenda steht nun bereit und sieht folgende Vorträge vor: Ab in die Cloud – Migrationserfahrungen (Referent: René Hézser, arvato Systems) Vorstellung von Nintex für Office 365 (live) (Referent: Henning Eiben, Busitec) Das Treffen findet wie beim letzten Mal auf dem Campus von arvato Systems im Raum Barcelona / Madrid im Tower I statt und startet ab 18 Uhr.

Visual Studio 2015

Visual Studio 2015 has been released 😀 https://www.visualstudio.com A detailed comparison of the version is available here.

Fix “Access Denied” on Registry and Filesystem

Today I installed the May CU on a SharePoint 2013 farm hosted in Azure. After the Installation was done (with a PowerShell script that disables some services to speed up the process), there were Exceptions opening the User Profile Service (UPS) settings page. So I investigated the logs and found many entries about “Access Denied”. Some directly pointed to the registry hive “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\15.0” with the message Requested registry access is not allowed.

Need users in your dev environment?

Often, you’ll need some users with data like picture and manager in your new development environment. Since you usually recycle your dev AD, this doesn’t happen frequently. But if you have to set up a new domain, you’ll want testusers with data. I don’t want to search again, because I found a great resource for creating users here: http://mrhodes.net/2011/10/25/adding-285-contoso-users-with-pictures-to-your-development-environment-active-directory/ Have fun with PowerShell