New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name “SITPUG Search Service Application Pool” -Account SITPUG\SP_Search

Where “SITPUG Search Service Application Pool” is the name of the application pool that you want to create. I used quotes because there are spaces in the name. SITPUG is the name of the domain and SITPUG\SP_Search is the service account in the SITPUG domain that will be used by the application pool. The result will be something similar to this:

Name                                             ProcessAccountName
——-                                               ——————————–
SITPUG Search Service Application… SITPUG\SP_Search

PS C:\Windows\system32>

To view all the existing application pools you can use the following command.

Get-SPServiceApplicationPool | select Id, Name

You will notice that the left column lists the Ids and the right column lists the names. Here’s an example.

PS C:\Users\SP_Admin> Get-SPServiceApplicationPool | select Id, Name

Id                                                                                         Name
–                                                                                          -——–
4a3524ac-fc36-4b76-ab66-e8b4abca1cfc1      SITPUG Search Service Application Pool
447ba2a3-b5a3-5234-3c34-b47ef6ba5dc4     SecurityTokenServiceApplicationPool
cba42cbe-bb43-3525-8457-ae24846b90c4    SharePoint Web Services System

To delete the orphaned application pool type:

Remove-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity “Name of Orphaned Application Pool”

What’s confusing here is that even though the command uses the switch called Identity, you don’t want to use the “Id”, you want to use the name of the application pool in the above command. For example, if the SeattlePro Search Service was the orphaned application pool that is available for you to use in SharePoint but you don’t see it in IIS 7, you will use the following command to delete it.

Remove-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity “SeattlePro Search Service“

This should get rid of the orphaned application pool and you can recreate the pool by using the old name if you want.

“It transmits data in the millimeter-wave band at a frequency of 28 GHz at a speed of up to 1.056 Gbps to a distance of up to 2 kilometers. The adaptive array transceiver technology, using 64 antenna elements, can be a viable solution for overcoming the radio propagation loss at millimeter-wave bands, much higher than the conventional frequency bands ranging from several hundred MHz to several GHz.”

Before you run to the store looking for the new 5G Samsung phone, I should point out that the new technology won’t be available for at least another 7 years.

“Samsung plans to accelerate the research and development of 5G mobile communications technologies, including adaptive array transceiver at the millimeter-wave bands, to commercialize those technologies by 2020.”

Imagine watching 3D movies and games on your smart phone. How about real-time streaming of ultra high-definition (UHD) content? I have always believed that the wireless technology have been introduced to the consumers way before it was ready. We have been using cell phones for decades and still can’t consistently get a reliable connection even in large cities. Not to mention the security issues related to the wireless. What about the speed? The vendors will sell you phones for $500-$800 so you can watch television or videos on your smart phone but its like watching black and white movies from the 20s on your expensive 3D television. Or worst…..like using Skype instead of a video phone.

You can read the entire story on Samsung’s Web site here.

There are over dozens products in this select group that generate over a $1 billion a year in sales for Microsoft, including the following products listed in alphabetical order.

1.  Azure
2.  Developer Tools
3.  Dynamics (ERP & CRM)
4.  Office
5.  Online display and search advertising.
6.  SharePoint (crossed the $2 billion mark in 2012)
7.  SQL Server
8.  System Center
9.  Unified Communications
10. Windows
11. Xbox

SharePoint is supposedly the only product that have crossed the $2 billion mark. If I am not mistaken, SharePoint was also the first product to cross the $1 billion in sales. You can bet all the tea in China that Office365 will be added to this list shortly.

For more information on this topic, check out Mary Jo Foley’s article. She also has some other interesting stuff in her article.

How to Block SharePoint Installations

To disable the installation of SharePoint Server and related products, configure the following registry key using Group Policy in Active Directory directory services:
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\ SharePoint\DWORD DisableInstall

Setting the DWORD value DisableInstall=00000001 will block the installation. Once you have configured this setting, when a user tries to install SharePoint Server, he/she will get the following error message:

SharePoint installation is blocked in your organization. Please contact your network administrator for more details.

How to Track SharePoint Installations

You can also track SharePoint installations in your organization by using the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) marker. Here’s a description from Microsoft TechNet on how the AD DS marker works.

“An Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Marker called Service Connection Point identifies the SharePoint 2010 Products servers in an organization. To use this marker, create a container in AD DS and set the permissions for the container before you install any SharePoint 2010 Products in the environment. Then, when you or another user in your domain runs the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard as part of installing SharePoint Server 2010, this marker is set, and can be tracked by using AD DS. You must set this marker for each domain that you have in your organization if you want to track installations in all domains. This marker is removed from AD DS when the last server is removed from a farm. You can also set the marker by using Windows PowerShell. The marker contains the URL for the Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service (also known as the topology service application) for the server farm.

You have to grant permission to write to this container to any user accounts or domain accounts that could run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard. If the account does not have permission to write to this container, the following warning will appear in the log file for the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard:

Failed to add the service connection point for this farm

Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.”

For more information on how to create the container in Active Directory and set the permissions using Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit, check out this article.

Windows Server 2012 Datacenter and Windows Server 2012 Standard

There is no major difference between the two. They are both fully-functional editions of Windows Server 2012. They both support the same number of processors and memory. They also offer the exact same features and functionality. For example, both support high availability features like failover clustering. The only difference between the two is the support for the number of virtual machines.

Window Server 2012 Standard edition allows you to run up to 2 virtual machines on up to 2 processors. Windows Server 2012 Datacenter edition is meant for virtualization and private cloud deployments and you can have unlimited number of virtual machines on up to 2 processors.

For more information you can check out this Windows Server 2012 Licensing and Pricing FAQ.

Windows Server 2012 Essentials

The Windows Server 2012 Essentials is the next version of Windows Small Business Server (SBS). In this version, some of the features are stripped down while others are added to support a small business environment.

For more information, including datasheet, FAQs, and benefits of Windows Server 2012 Essentials, click here.

Windows Server 2012 Foundation

Windows Server 2012 Foundation is a special edition that is only available through OEMs. This edition has no virtualization rights and is limited to only 15 user accounts.