SharePoint Warm-Up – not needed anymore

Setup: Sharepoint website Problem: When you access first time the website, the response is very slow because IIS need time for  dependencies such as database connections, compilation of ASP.NET code, and loading of modules. Solution:  Application Initialization Module for IIS 7.5 Overview IIS Application Initialization for IIS 7.5 enables website administrators to improve the responsiveness […]

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Sharepoint 2010 setup is not starting on Windows 2012

Setup: Server with Windows 2012 and you want to install Sharepoint Foundation 2010 SP2 Problem: .hta file does not open properly to show the install option. You are asked to save the file. Solution: Go to C\programfilesX86\MSECache\SharePoint2010. Right click splash.hta file and go to  “Open with…” and  select “Choose default program…”.  Expand “More options” and select […]

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Custom ADFS 2 rule to add group names in Claim token

Setup: ADFS 2.0 server configured Problem: The default rule “Send LDAP attributes as Claims” will add sAMAccountName attribute for every group in Claim token. If group name and sAMAccountName are different, you need custom rules to populate the Claim with group names. Solution: Create the following two custom rules:

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