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Reporting Services 2008 R2 SSL wildcard errors: ‘You are not authorized to view this page’ + ‘The underlying connection was closed: could not establish Trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel’

Recently, my DBA asked if I could fix Reporting Services. When users try to view reports – specifically, they click on the drop down and choose Security, then Properties, the site goes from https to http.

At this point the link below is http, not https. To fix that, I had to dig into Reporting Services … [Read more…]

Server 2008 – Explorer ignores “Open in same window” solved

We’re well on our way to using only Server 2008 here. In fact, I had a few extra unused 2003 machines laying around, and decided to upgrade them to 2008 for various tasks. Shortly after the initial configuration (update, join domain, run through my server checklist, etc) I noticed the Explorer windows were opening in … [Read more…]

IT Action Plan template

Two years ago I shared a server config template; today, by request, I’m sharing the IT Action Plan template. This Microsoft Word template is useful for putting together your implementation plan for a larger project, one where you have several angles to consider and differing audiences who want to know you’re on top of things.
There’s … [Read more…]

Server Config Template

Update 2010 May 27: Added another template, the IT Action Plan template. –rhogaboom
One of the things I really enjoy doing is documentation. Other people have said that’s the last thing they’d like to do.
I was tidying up a server configuration template I use, and decided to share. This is Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike … [Read more…]