In using Dashboard Designer, I was having problems with the drop-downs for databases and tables when creating datasources. Using ULS Viewer and the Windows Application Event Viewer I was noticing a lot of errors referencing; this implementation is not part of the windows platform fips validated cryptographic algorithms. On the […]
Displaying PDFs in the browser from Sharepoint 2010
SSRS Sharepoint Integrated Mode Missing Subscribe Button
Ran into an issue when running SQL 2008 R2 Reporting Services in Sharepoint 2010 Integrated Mode. Only those with Full Control permissions could see the Subscribe option in the Actions Menu. However, users could Manage Subscriptions from the Item drop-down menu in the Report library. By default, the OOB Permissions […]
A weekend with the HP Touchpad
Error adding PerformancePoint content to Web Part Page
There is now a HotFix that addresses this issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2597936 Original Post: Came across an odd bug when adding PerformancePoint content to a standard Web Part Page. “The selection is not a valid PerformancePoint” whatever… Took my a while to realize that for some reason the Location path was using […]
SharePoint 2010 returns a 503 – Service Unavailable
I was configuring an new Sharepoint 2010 install; after a reboot of the web front-end machine, IIS returned a 503-Service Unavailable HTTP status message. SharePoint was broken! See previous blog post; I had created and used a new Farm Account and Service Account. I saw elsewhere, that it may be […]
User Profiles Synchronization Service in SharePoint 2010 Standalone Server
First, you need to have a Farm account which in Farm Administrators group and local Administrator. Go to Central Admin, Under Users head click “Manage the farm administrators group” and add the service account in. then Click the “Configure service accounts”, add new managed account in by clicking the “Register […]