Search Host Controller Service ‘Starting’ does not start

I’ve tried everything from Registry Permissions to unprovisioning search and recreating search. Finally i found the solution. Do not use port 808 for any Web App. Apparently Windows Communication Foundation Service uses port 808 and Search SP 2013 Host Controller uses WCF.  ULS logs had “Could not connect to net.tcp://server/ceres/hostcontroller/nettcp” Read more

SharePoint 2013 BI on mobile devices

We can build our mobile BI solutions based on SQL Server as a data source in the following (different) ways: IIS (Internet Information Services; as a very low cost solution): SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services; note: limited use for the Apple platform, details are described below) SharePoint Server: Excel Services Read more

Sign as Different User in 2013

To add the option to sign in as a diff user in 2013 follow these steps: Locate the file \15\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\Welcome.ascx   Add the following element before the existing element with the id of “ID_RequestAccess”: <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat=”server” ID=”ID_LoginAsDifferentUser” Text=”<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>” Description=”<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>” MenuGroupId=”100″ Sequence=”100″ UseShortId=”true” />     Save the file. Do on Read more

Increase ROI with TV Marketing

Analyzing Offline-Marketing like TV-Campaigns The Online world is no longer measured or judged separately. Online and Offline Marketing actions are combined in 360 Overviews of Marketing campaigns – or at least they should be combined. And, as we know Online influences Offline as well as Offline influences Online. That said, Read more