AJ Alacan

So I bought a 3D printer and started printing a bunch of stuff. Here’s my account on thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/valarok/makes    

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…

run this command to disable app store Set-SPAppStoreConfiguration -Enable $false

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…

There was no option to edit user profiles. Under Manage User Profiles. The result of users would be listed, but the menu dropdown to edit was not visible. Profile properties also had the same issue. Properties did not have a menu option to edit. Solution: Add Central Admin to IE Read more…

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…

I was able to create and publish a 2013 workflow. I created a simple workflow that only added comments to the workflow history. So it should work… but I kept getting this error: HTTP Unauthorized to http://sitename/_vti_bin/client.svc/web/lists/getbyid(guid’guid’) Correlation Id: id Instance Id: id I tried everything. After going thru the Read more…

I’m going to list my favorite 3rd party solutions. It might help others to know I’ve either used it or recommend it. Metalogix Doc Ave SharePoint Solutions and of course CodePlex.com  

m in the process of building a quadcopter. For those that aren’t familiar with that. It’s a multirotor rotorcraft with more than two rotors. I started with a mini quad hubsan x4 to practice and learn how to control and fly a quad, then like others i went to high Read more…

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…