Lync Online Features

Lync online is next-generation cloud Communications services that connect people in new ways, from virtually anywhere.Lync is integrated of Office communicator and Live meeting.

Features of Lync online​ 

1. connect with others through lync contact photos, activity feed and interactive contact card in office
2. move easily from instant messaging into ad-hoc online meetings, including audio, video and screen sharing
3. conduct online presentation including audio, video, screen sharing and a virtual whiteboard
4. Invite external contacts to easily join online meetings via a pc or web based client
5. connect with customers and partners through IM, audio and video federation
6. View presence status and click to communicate from within Microsoft Outlook, Office SharePoint, and other Office applications.
7. Connect with Windows Live Messenger contacts using IM, audio and video calls directly from Lync

Outlook Social Connector is not updating Sharepoint My Site Feeds

I have configured User profile service and My Site inSharepoint 2010and I have installed Outlook Social Connector to all Client Machine. When the Sharepoint User Made the Changes in Activity Feeds in Sharepoint My Sites,  it was not updated in the users outlook Social connector. So i have done the below steps in sharepoint server 2010.

1. Open Central Admin Site and Click Monitoring
2. Select "Review Job Definitions" and Enable the " User Profile Application - Activitiy Feed Job"  Timer service.

Sharepoint Config/administration database status in Suspend Mode

I have received the " Cannot connect to the Sharepoint configuration  database " Error Message when opening the Central admin site and Finally found that " Sharepoint_config" Database was in Suspend Mode.

I ran the following SQL Query Script on the Sql Management, before running the query, please take the backup of the .mdf and ldf file.

– Use the Master database
Use Master

– Verify that database has issues
EXEC sp_resetstatus ‘SharePoint_Config’

– Put the database in emergency mode
ALTER DATABASE SharePoint_Config SET EMERGENCY
DBCC checkdb(‘SharePoint_Config’)

– Set the database in single user mode
ALTER DATABASE SharePoint_Config SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE

– Repair the database with data loss
DBCC CheckDB (‘SharePoint_Config’, REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS)

– Set the database in multi-user mode
ALTER DATABASE SharePoint_Config SET MULTI_USER

– Verify that database is reset
EXEC sp_resetstatus ‘SharePoint_Config’

Now the Sharepointconfiguration database mode should be running smooth and you could open the central admin site as well.

I have Reffered the below urls for the issue.

http://nikspatel.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/sharepoint_config-suspect-mode-cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-error/

http://sharepointexists.blogspot.com/2011/01/sharepointconfig-database-in-suspect.html

http://prakashmadarla.blogspot.com/2011/05/sharepoint-central-administration.html

MSCRM 2011 Integration with sharepoint for document management

      Below steps for integrating MSCRM 2011 with Sharepoint for Document Management

      1.       Download and install the CRM list component for SharePoint on the SharePoint site.

2.       Activate the CRM list component feature in the SharePoint site

3.       Now go to the CRM online site or CRM on promise site

4.       Go to the Settings Area and select “Document Management” and select “Document management settings”

5.       In the document management settings page, Give the SharePoint site url where you have installed CRM list component and Click Next

6.       Now the url get validated

7.       Then  select folder structure based on specific entity  and click next

8.       Now the document library creation will happen in SharePoint once you give the confirmation.

9.       Once the document library creation is done, click finish.

   

10.   Now go the CRM record which you want to create a folder and storing the document in.

11.   Click on document in the left navigation and click OK button for confirmation dialog box

12.   Now the folder created in the SharePoint where the user wants to store document.

         

Failed to create the configuration database.One or more types failed to load

I have got the following error message when running the sharepoint configuration wizard on MOSS 2007 "Failed to create the configuration database.
An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException was thrown.  Additional exception information: One or more types failed to load. Please refer to the upgrade log for more details.
Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException: One or more types failed to load. Please refer to the upgrade log for more details"

Cause:
            I hae installed MS office 2010 on that machine. So that sharepoint getting the Error message.

Resolution:
                I have uninstalled the MS office 2010 and ran the configuration wizard.

I have refer the below link to fix this issue http://www.networksteve.com/enterprise/topic.php/Failed_to_create_Configuration_Database_for_MOSS_2007_on_Windows/?TopicId=3887&Posts=12

Installing and configuring ADRMS in MOSS 2007

  Installing and configuring ADRMS in MOSS on windows server 2008 OS

Installation of AD RMS (Active Directory Rights Management Services) can be performed using the Server Manager utility, by adding the AD RMS role to the server:

1. Open Server Manager (To open, click on Start and then Control Panel and then Administrative Tools and then Server Manager).

2. In the Nodes pane, select Roles and then click the Add Roles link in the tasks pane.

3. Click Next at the welcome page.

4. On the Select Server Roles page, check the box for Active Directory Rights Management Services. If prompted to add additional services and features such as IIS or the Message Queuing Service, choose to add the Required Role Services and then click Next to continue.

5. Review the Introduction page, and click Next to continue.

6. On the Select Role Services page, select which components to install. In this case, only the core AD RMS role service is installed. Click Next to continue.

7. On the AD RMS Cluster page, choose to Create a New AD RMS Cluster and then click Next to continue.

8. On the Select Configuration Database page, choose whether to install the limited Windows Internal Database service (not recommended) or to create an RMS database on a separate server running SQL Server 200x.

9. On the Specify Service Account page, choose which service account will be used for RMS (Rights Management Services) by using the Specify button. It cannot be the same account that is used to install AD RMS.

10. On the subsequent page, select Use AD RMS Centrally Managed Key Storage and then click Next.

11. Enter a strong password when prompted, and click Next to continue.

12. Confirm which IIS website (Default Web Site for a dedicated build) will hold the AD RMS web services, and click Next to continue.

13. Type in the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) that will be used for the AD RMS service. For this example, enter rms.companyabc.com, and then click the Validate button. The FQDN must already be set up to resolve to the IP address of the IIS website on the RMS server. Click Next to continue.

NOTE: Using an SSL certificate for an HTTPS connection to the RMS server is recommended, and can be enabled from this wizard.

14. Enter a descriptive name for the RMS cluster, and click Next to continue.

15. On the AD RMS Service Connection Point Registration page, click Next to register the Service Connection Point (SCP) in AD DS.

16. If installing IIS at the same time, accept the defaults for setup by clicking Next, and then clicking Next again.

17. Click Install to finalize the installation wizard. It may take some time for the installation to complete.

18. Click Finish when the wizard is complete. Restart the server and log back on to complete the install.

Configure IRM on MOSS server:

                                                        Go to the Central admin site -> Operation - > Information Rights Management ->Select “Use the default RMS server specified in Active Directory” ->Click OK.

Check the IRM functionality working on SharePoint site:

1.       Open the SharePoint site -> select the shared document where do you want enable IRM->go to the document library settings ->information rights management->Enable “ Restrict permission to documents in this library on download” and give the policy name and description and Click Ok.

2.       Upload the word document to the Enable IRM document library

3.       Download the uploaded document from the document library

4.       When opening the document, it should show that the document protected.

5.       You could not make the print of the document as well.

NOTE:

1.        IRM protector is not available in windows SharePoint services and Foundation 2010 in out of box but we could use custom IRM protector on both.

2.       IRM protector available in SharePoint server’s edition in out of box.

Login failed:The login is from an untrusted domain

I have received the following error message "ERROR “Unknown SQL Exception 18452 occured. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below. Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication.” in Event Viewer when sharepoint server trying to connect SQL server.

        

Cause:

           This issue because of connectivity issue between AD and SQL server.

 

Resolution:

               

1. check the time zone and date and time between AD and SQL server, if any changes, please correct it and restart the client machine

2.Still if you face the issue, run the following command on client machine

gpudpate /force

gpupdate /sync

 

3. Still if you face the issue, rejoin the SQL machine in th domain(in my case, i have rejoin the domain)