March 2014 - Vlad Talks Tech

March 2014

Win Free Stuff by Completing Microsoft Virtual Academy Modules! [Canada Only]

March 24, 2014

Hello SharePointers, I wanted to share this amazing opportunity for you to win some cool swag from Microsoft Canada, by perfecting your knowledge and learning new skills. It will take you about 10 minutes to complete, and you will get an awesome t-shirt and maybe even more prizes! Read till the end of the post...Read More

SharePoint Server

The Ultimate Script to download Project Conference 2014 Videos, slides and descriptions!

March 20, 2014

by Vlad Catrinescu

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After posting the highly popular SharePoint Conference 2014 script to download the videos and slides, I decided to do the same thing for Project Server for people interested! This is what the script does: Downloads all the Project Conference 2014 Sessions and Slides Groups them by folders Makes sure no errors come up due to Illegal...Read More

SharePoint Server

Project Conference 2014 Sessions are now posted online for free!

March 20, 2014

by Vlad Catrinescu

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A bit late on the announcement, but since most of the SharePoint people have been focusing on SharePoint Conference 2014, not many have realized that Microsoft also posted the Project Conference 2014 sessions online for free. Since many SharePoint Admins also have to manage Project Server, I think this is a pretty relevant topic! To...Read More

Learning

Get a free Virtualization Certification Exam from Microsoft!

March 19, 2014

by Vlad Catrinescu

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Hello Everyone, With Virtualization becoming the standard in the new environments, it’s important that everyone has an idea of what’s running behind your environments. Even if you’re a developer, and especially if you’re an IT Pro, Virtualization skills will become more and more required by business all over the globe. Whether you’re business is on...Read More

SharePoint Server

Change the PowerShell MachinePolicy Execution Policy in Windows Server 2012R2

March 18, 2014

by Vlad Catrinescu

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Background Last week I wanted to try the new SharePoint 2013 SP1 and, as I never install SharePoint without using PowerShell scripts, I tried using the awesome AutoSPInstaller to install my SharePoint. When Windows Server 201 R2 came out, the twitter sphere said that nothing changed except the Execution Policy was “RemoteSigned”. AutoSPInstaller has a...Read More

Powershell

The Ultimate Script to download SharePoint Conference 2014 Videos AND slides!

March 12, 2014

by Vlad Catrinescu

40 Comments

After everyone posted about 10 script versions to download the SharePoint Conference 2014 videos I decided to add some extra value before releasing mine! This is what my script does: Downloads all the SPC14 Sessions and Slides Groups them by folders Makes sure no errors come up due to Illegal File names. If you stop...Read More

Learning, SharePoint Server

SharePoint Conference 2014 Sessions are now posted online for free!

March 12, 2014

by Vlad Catrinescu

2 Comments

Pretty amazingly, Microsoft decided to go the TechEd way and post the SharePoint Conference 2014 sessions for free on channel 9 under one week of the conference being over! To browse and watch the videos go here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014 To download the videos and the slides go here: http://absolute-sharepoint.com/2014/03/ultimate-script-download-sharepoint-conference-2014-videos-slides.html Here are all the videos currently posted on channel9!...Read More

Learning, SharePoint Server