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Set SharePoint Content Database in Read-Only Mode

This weekend I am working on a SharePoint 2010 to 2013 upgrade. One of the steps; the beginning steps I will do is set the databases I am upgrading into read only mode to prevent users or automated process from upgrading the database during the upgrade window. Now I could have taken the system offline […]

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Tech Short: CryptoLocker

CryptoLocker is a type of “ransomware” that encrypts the data on an infected computer so that it can’t be read and then demands payment to decrypt it. A CryptoLocker attack may come from various sources; one such is disguised as a legitimate email attachment. When activated, the malware encrypts certain types of files stored on […]

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Tech Short: Data Encryption

Data Encryption is the intentional scrambling of information into unreadable form – until it is later converted back into its original form by the intended recipient. Looking for data encryption tools or info have a look below: GNU Privacy Guard – GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is an open-source implementation of the famed Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) […]

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SharePoint 2013: Upgrade to Claims Based Authentication

Claims-based authentication is an essential component to enable the advanced functionality of SharePoint 2013. To move classic-mode web applications from SharePoint 2010 Products to SharePoint 2013, you can convert them to claims-based web applications within SharePoint 2010 Products, and then migrate them to SharePoint 2013. The procedures in this post will address the issue I […]

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Firefox: Add a Trusted Certificate Authority

By default Firefox has its own certificate store from well-know and trusted commercial Certificate Authorities. So today when I pushed out an internal self signed certificate; Firefox did not reconcile it as valid. To correct this issue I did the following: Launched Firefox Opened the options panel and selected Advanced Selected View Certificates to access […]

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Vyatta is now a Brocade company

This week Vyatta; The award-winning open source network operating system providing advanced IPv4 and IPv6 routing made the move under Brocade. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (BRCD (NASDAQ)) is an American technology company specializing in data and storage networking products. What does this mean to those of us who use and are customers of Vyatta. In […]