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What is Cloud and Why (wip)

(work in progress)

 

Consider some global shifts happened in IT during last decades:

  • Service-Oriented Model
  • Virtualization
  • Automation
  • Faster Networks

All of that allows Clouds exist

Consider also

  • Fuzzy Organization Boundaries – Remote Workers
  • More Complicated Software
  • High salary for IT professional
  • Business must change faster 

All of that lead to Clouds concept

Imagine ideal Data Center – where everything is automated and where you can find any service… 
How much it will cost to build that Data Center?

 

 

TBC…

SharePoint and Artificial Intelligence

Cognitive Search – Azure Search with AI – 15 minutes video by Scott Hanselman and Rob Caron

Follow the blogs:

Chris McNulty, Microsoft – Enrich your SharePoint Content with Intelligence and Automation

Eric Dixon, Microsoft – Intelligent Search: Adding AI to SharePoint Search

David Lavenda, Harmon.ie – Is Microsoft Search the Solution to Finding Information in Office 365?

 

UPA to UIL sync

[Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.WSSProfileSynch]::ScheduleSiteForFullSynchronization()

[Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.WSSProfileSynch]::ClearSyncDataForContentDatabase()

 

SPO vs SharePoint on-prem

Microsoft “cloud first” initiative led us to the situation where SharePoint on-prem (SharePoint 2019) is just a branch (sub-project) of SharePoint Online project.

So “Hybrid” SharePoint environment is just a combination of two similar products – one in on-prem and the other one – in the cloud.

TBC…

Office Online Server (OOS)

Office Online Server unattended setup

Scenario:
1) you need to install Office Online Server as a part of process (Powershell script or DSC configuration)
2) you cannot use system (C:) drive. I.e. OOS must be installed on, e.g. D: drive

Solution: use “config.xml”.

Config.xml example:

<Configuration>
    <Logging Type="verbose" Path="d:\tmp" Template="OOServerSetup(*).log"/>
    <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" />
    <INSTALLLOCATION Value="d:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\"/>
    <Setting Id="USINGUIINSTALLMODE" Value="0"/>
    <Setting Id="SETUPTYPE" Value="CLEAN_INSTALL"/>
    <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never"/>
</Configuration>

Command-line run example: 

setup.exe /config d:\config.xml

Powershell script example:

Start-Process "d:\source\OOS\setup.exe" -ArgumentList "/config d:\config.xml" -Wait

Powershell DSC configuration example:

include ” <INSTALLLOCATION Value=”d:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\”/>”
into “d:\source\OOS\Files\SetupSilent\config.xml”, so when your LCM will run

        OfficeOnlineServerInstall OOSInstall
        {
            Ensure = "Present"
            Path = "d:\Distrs\OOS\setup.exe"
        }

by default “d:\source\OOS\Files\SetupSilent\config.xml” will be used.

 

 

 

 

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references:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeonlineserver/deploy-office-online-server

 

note: 
Install the following software:
Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013
Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Extention.dll
is not required?

I.e. OOS farm will work, but report Unhealthy…