The Solution Architect

100% uptime, auto-scale and fully reliable WordPress site on Amazon AWS Elastic Beanstalk

INTRODUCTION One of my clients is running WordPress for their website. And they are actually willing to utilise Cloud infrastructure to host their website (ps: some clients do not want to go to Cloud due to potential privacy breach). When we’re talking about hosting in the cloud Cloud, at the end of the day, we’re […]

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SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 RSReportViewer SQL Report Viewer not rendering error

INTRODUCTION A client of mine is upgrading their SP 2010 environment to SP 2016. As part of the migration work, the RDL files also need to be migrated. Installing and configuring the SQL Report Service for SharePoint is rather easy. You just run the SQL Install wizard and choose the SQL Reporting for SharePoint features. […]

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How to Enable RBS Remote Blob Storage for SharePoint 2013, 2016 steps that actually work

INTRODUCTION I’m in the process of configuring SharePoint RBS Remote Blob Storage for a client’s SP 2016 on-premise installation. I thought I would be sharing in this article the steps I took to actually make it work. Some of the articles on the net are only partially working, so hopefully this article can paint a […]

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How to make Drupal Search API index the full rendered HTML content

INTRODUCTION Drupal is somehow a selected content management system by a lot of government bodies in Western Australia. While it’s a great little system, I still feel that it needs a lot of improvements especially around the search area. One thing that struck me was the fact that it did not index the final rendered […]

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How to Install Sitecore Experience Platform 9.0 Update 1

INTRODUCTION Sitecore has released version 9.0 not too long ago. I should say, I’m probably quiet late coming into the game because by the time I wanted to install it, they have already released the Update 1. In this article I just would like to go through with you the install process just simply because […]

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Launching My New Weight Loss Journey and Healthy Lifestyle Blog!

Hi everyone, I’m pleased to announce that I have now started a new weight loss journey and healthy lifestyle blog! I will also continue writing my cycling articles there. Please visit: http://www.procyclistbod.com.au Please also follow me on the social media platforms below: Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRuyHleFdBGhEZEis3oZiUg Twitter – https://twitter.com/procyclistbod Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/procyclistbod/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/procyclistbod/   Cheers! Tommy

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SharePoint calling 3rd party SOAP – An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

INTRODUCTION I have a custom ASMX deployed to SharePoint, within that ASMX was a code to call an another SOAP service (written in PHP). On my mockup ASP.NET website all works well. As soon as I transferred the code to SharePoint, I get this error even though I’ve tried to add the SSL certificate of […]

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The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileImportJob Generic failure

INTRODUCTION My client said to me that their SharePoint user profile is not synching. Upon checking, the “User Profile Synchronization Service” is started, and the User Profile Application Service is also running fine. However, when I clicked the “Start full synchronization”, nothing happens. The status does not change, it remains in “Idle”. Then I checked […]

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Specialized S-Works Amira Torch First Impression Ride Review

INTRODUCTION Some time ago I was chatting with a friend of mine when we were at our coffee stop from one of our weekend morning rides. I would never forget what he said: “Tommy, with bike, there is no such thing called ‘The One’. There is only ‘The Next One’”. Truth be known, that was […]

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Chinese Carbon Clincher OEM Ride Review

INTRODUCTION I have been reading a lot of mixed reviews about the Chinese OEM carbon clinchers. Some praised the value and the quality, while others swore to never use them again. Some of the issues raised were spoke tension issue, de-lamination during hard braking and stiffness issue. I for one have been owning few Chinese […]

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