Sharepoint - User Profile Synchronization failed to Start
Friday, March 18, 2011 | Author: vrey
To start the User Profile Synchronization service
  1. On the Central Administration Web site, in the System Settings section, click Manage services on server.
  2. On the Services on Server page, in the Server box, select the synchronization server (see the Profile Synchronization Planning worksheet).
  3. Find the row whose Service column value is User Profile Synchronization Service. If the value in the Status column is Stopped, click Start in the Action column.
  4. On the User Profile Synchronization Service page, in the Select the User Profile Application section, select the User Profile service application (see the Profile Synchronization Planning worksheet).
  5. In the Service Account Name and Password section, the farm account is already selected. Enter the password for the farm account (see the Profile Synchronization Planning worksheet) in the Password box, and enter it again in the Confirm Password box.
  6. Click OK.
However, there is some issue that will cause service failed to start. When you look at Event Viewer, application log, there is an issue there, see it below.

Taxonomy Picker issue

Symptoms:

Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0

Solution:

Thanks to Xiaofeng Wang MVP

I still have the same issue in RC. Even though there is no error when you peform various operations on the site UI, but you may find this error in the system Event Log. Here is my resolustion:

Go to :\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES,

Open TaxonomyPicker.ascx in any text editor,

Locate the following line :

<%@ Control className="TaxonomyPickerControl" Language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker&#44;Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>

> Replace '&#44;' with ',' , the correct line should look like

<%@ Control className="TaxonomyPickerControl" Language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker, Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>

Source: http://it-burns-when-i-sp.blogspot.com/2010/10/taxonomy-picker-issue.html
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Checking Sharepoint 2010 version
Thursday, March 17, 2011 | Author: vrey
See the article How To: Detect the Installed SKU of SharePoint 2010 on MSDN. It has a list of GUIDs for each SKU:

* BEED1F75-C398-4447-AEF1-E66E1F0DF91E: SharePoint Foundation 2010
* 1328E89E-7EC8-4F7E-809E-7E945796E511: Search Server Express 2010
* B2C0B444-3914-4ACB-A0B8-7CF50A8F7AA0: SharePoint Server 2010 Standard Trial
* 3FDFBCC8-B3E4-4482-91FA-122C6432805C: SharePoint Server 2010 Standard
* 88BED06D-8C6B-4E62-AB01-546D6005FE97: SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Trial
* D5595F62-449B-4061-B0B2-0CBAD410BB51: SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise
* BC4C1C97-9013-4033-A0DD-9DC9E6D6C887: Search Server 2010 Trial
* 08460AA2-A176-442C-BDCA-26928704D80B: Search Server 2010
* 84902853-59F6-4B20-BC7C-DE4F419FEFAD: Project Server 2010 Trial
* ED21638F-97FF-4A65-AD9B-6889B93065E2: Project Server 2010
* 926E4E17-087B-47D1-8BD7-91A394BC6196: Office Web Companions 2010

You can look for these within the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\WSS\InstalledProducts.

You can also use the PowerShell command get-spfarm | select Products to output GUIDs for the installed SKUs.

Source: http://www.sharepointoverflow.com/questions/3886/how-to-detect-the-edition-of-sharepoint-2010-installed
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Up-Inspired Floating House (14 photos)
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | Author: vrey


Our awesome partners over at National Geographic sent over these incredible photos, as they just wrapped up creating a real-life version of Pixar's animated hit film Up. It's pretty amazing what human beings are capable of...



Yesterday morning, March 5 at dawn, National Geographic Channel and a team of scientists, engineers, and two world-class balloon pilots successfully launched a 16' X 16' house 18' tall with 300 8' colored weather balloons from a private airfield east of Los Angeles, and set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. The entire experimental aircraft was more than 10 stories high, reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet, and flew for approximately one hour.



The filming of the event, from a private airstrip, will be part of a new National Geographic Channel series called How Hard Can it Be?, which will premiere in fall 2011.






























National Geographic's website

Source: My Modern Met
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