Hi and welcome to part 2 of my series on showcasing the utility of Flow. Specifically, we are updating managed metadata fields – which is something that neither PowerApps or Flow can do natively as I type this. Having said …
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Hi budding PowerApps and Flow users… One (current) issue affecting both PowerApps and Flow is that neither support Managed Metadata Columns properly. I have a method to get around this issue, but it will take more than one post to …
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Hi all You would think that after years of installing SharePoint in various scenarios, that I would be able to get past step 3 in the configuration wizard (the step that creates the configuration database). But today I almost got …
An obscure “failed to create the configuration database” issue… Read more »
Hi all Welcome to the fourth post about the adaptive change that cloud computing is going to have on practitioners, paradigms and organisations. The previous two posts took a look at some of the dodgier side of two of the …
The cloud is not the problem-Part 4: Industry shakeout and playing with the big kids… Read more »
What can Ikea fails tell us about cloud computing? My next door neighbour is a builder. When he moved next door, the house was an old piece of crap. Within 6 months, he completely renovated it himself, adding in two …
The cloud is not the problem–Part 3: When silos strike back… Read more »
I’ve been nerding it up lately SharePointwise, doing the geeky things that geeks like to do like ADFS and Claims Authentication. So in between trying to get my book fully edited ready for publishing, I might squeeze out the odd …
Hiya A few months back I posted a relatively well behaved rant over the ridiculously complex User Profile Service Application of SharePoint 2010. I think this component in particular epitomises SharePoint 2010’s awful combination of “design by committee” clunkiness, along …
Consequences of complexity–the evilness of the SharePoint 2010 User Profile Service Read more »
Okay so this post is going to seem way out of place because it has utterly nothing to do with SharePoint and instead focuses on Microsoft Exchange Server. To explain why I have to give you a quick history lesson. …
Wow, isn’t the SharePoint 2010 User Profile Service just a barrel of laughs. Without a bit of context, when you compare it to SP2007, you can do little but shake your head in bewilderment at how complex it now appears. …
More User Profile Sync issues in SP2010: Certificate Provisioning Fun Read more »
I have been doing a bit more tech work than normal lately – SP2010 popularity I guess, and was asked to remediate a few issues on a problematic server that I hadn’t set up. The server in question had a …
Index index everywhere but not a result in sight. Read more »