I had a developer working on an install script for a project and part of it was to clear out old files and write the new ones in its place. As part of that the script deleted the entire WSS directory killing SharePoint 2010. Luckily this did not touch the SQL Server that hosts all the databases (I had a backup even if it did though). To restore your SharePoint environment in this case with the least amount of effort is to disconnect the web frontend server from the farm and then rejoin the server. It doesn’t even require a reboot. Everything will be up and running in a matter of minutes.
Shuffle music on WP7
Since I got my HTC Trophy I have tarted to use it as my primary personal media player. Why carry around a phone and my Zune when I don’t have to? One thing I like to do when I am driving or working out it shuffle all of my music. I was having trouble finding the settings for the media player such as shuffle and repeat. They were not in the same place they are on my Zune HD. To use these features you need to open the music and video player and tap the album that is now playing. You will see the album art with song time under it and the list of upcoming songs. If you tap the album art you will get three options and the one on the left of two arrows coming together in an X is the shuffle option. Hope this helps if your were having trouble finding this option.
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Search Company Directory WP7
One of the my favorite features of Exchange synchronizing is access to the company GAL. Microsoft renamed this to Outlook search in WP7. To use this open the people app and tap the search glass and type the persons name. If you don’t see the contact your looking for you will see two options Search Windows Live directory and Search Outlook directory, tap Search Outlook directory. This will search your company address box and find the person you are looking for.
Lync PowerPack
Today I came across the Lync PowerPack which is part of the Microsoft Lync Adoption and Training Kit. This has some really cool features. My favorites are:
1. IM an Expert- Have you ever been working on something an needed to get a quick answer from an person in your company who is an expert in that subject matter? I know I have had to ask a few developers some questions. Wouldn’t it be nice to just send out one IM and not have to go to two or three people for the right answer? IM an expert handles the searching for you and gets the IM to the right person for the question
2. Tabbed Conversation- Before switching to Lync out company was using Live messenger and of of the cool things is that you could have all your conversations in one place. With Lync each conversation is in a new window. Not anymore. You can install this client side add-in and it puts them all in a tabbed view. One note about this one is that once you install it you have to go to the start menu and run the program once to get it working.
3. Conversation Translator- This is helpful is your company has people worldwide who don’t all speak the same language. Now Lync can translate for you.
4. Lync Custom Intranet Site- This is a great resource for the Lync Admin. Instead of having to answer questions from every user they can point people on one site that will help them all. Of coarse there will be some things that this won’t answer but it will answer the repeat questions.
There are a few other great tools that everyone should check out if you are running Lync. Most of these are client side tools and require nothing from the Lync admin, and that also means that they should be useable with hosted versions of Lync.
Use Zune Pass on Windows Phone 7
After waiting a long time for Verizon to get their first Windows Phone 7 device I am very happy to have my Trophy(even after the hassles it took to get it). When I got my first Zune 64GB I signed up for my Zune Pass subscription an have kept it as I have moved through devices. One of my favorite features of WP7 is the built in Zune software and the access to the Marketplace. When I first got my device I started taping around and messing with some of the apps. Then I went into the Zune software and saw there was a new Death Cab for Cutie album and thought cool now I can just download it to my device. The only thing is when I tapped on the item in the marketplace all I could do was buy. I thought something has to be missing here. I thought maybe I need to sync it with my Zune software on my computer first but that didn’t fix it. I left the marketplace and decided I would mess with it later. While arranging my tiles by pressing and holding I thought maybe if I press and hold it will give me some options. So back to the MarketPlace I went. I pressed the album name an up popped a menu and in that menu there was the option to Download.
So to download using the Zune pass in the Zune MarketPlace on WP7 you follow these steps:
1. Find the song/album you want to download
2. Tap and hold the name of the song/album
3. A menu will pop up allowing you to play now, buy, download, and share.
Keep in mind this will only work if you have a Zune pass associated to the live account your device is setup with.
Auto Archive missing
Have to tried to turn on Auto-Archiving in Outlook to notice that the option is just not there? You checked on the folder, tried from the ribbon, and even went into the options menu and it is just gone! This is because of a feature in Exchange called online Archiving. This feature requires an enterprise CAL. This is set by the administrator on a per user basis. This allows for a few great benefits.
1. You can access your archive from multiple computers even Outlook Web Access!
2. Old emails are stored on the server instead of in a PST file on the computer. This saves space on your machine and incase a laptop goes missing or the hard drive fails the emails are safe on the server not lost on the machine.
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