You can check IIS version by simply typing http://localhost into Internet Explorer, or you can browse the registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InetStp\ and check for the VersionString registry value.
Many clients are using custom stored procedures or third party tools to backup databases in production environments instead of using database maintenance plans. One of the things that you need to do is to maintain the number of backup files that exist on disk, so you don’t run out of disk space. There are several techniques for deleting old files, but in this tip I show how this can be done using PowerShell.
In some cases there may be a need to make a SQL Server table read only. There are several different options for doing this and in this tip we cover various ways that you can make a table read only in a SQL Server database.
Problem: Recently we have installed the SQL Server 2008 Reporting Service on the Windows Server 2008. Reporting Service installed and configured successfully but while browsing the http://servername:80/reports it is getting failed with the error HTTP 500. Below error recoded into the Reporting Service Error log.
Unable to validate data. at System.Web.Configuration.MachineKeySection.GetDeco dedData(Byte[] buf, Byte[] modifier, Int32 start, Int32 length, Int32& dataLength) at System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(Str ing inputString)
Solution:
It looks reason for the above error is two different encryptions (FIPS and AES) and decryption algorithm is trying to do the validation and because of that reporting service is unable to load the reporting service URL. I have resolved the issue by following the below steps.
Reporting Service will fail to load if any of the below condition will be true.
The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\fipsalgorithmpolicy registry value is set to 1.
ASP.NET 2.0 uses the RijndaelManaged implementation of the AES algorithm when it processes view state data
You can follow one of the below fix. Either disable the FipsAlgorithmPolocy or add the mentioned machine key into the web.config file. Browse the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\fipsalgorithmpolicy and changed value 1 to 0.
Open the reporting service web.config file and add the below <machinekey> into <system.web> section.
<machineKey validationKey=”AutoGenerate,IsolateApps” decryptionKey=”AutoGenerate,IsolateApps” validation=”3DES” decryption=”3DES”/>
Next step is to restart the reporting service and IIS. You can restart the IIS using IISRESET command and reporting service using NET START/STOP command.
NET STOP “SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)”
NET START “SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER)”
Most of us know, how to give the password to the excel file. But we are not giving it J, As best practice if you are exporting data to excel file and sharing with the client, never forget it to make it password protected.
To make the excel file password protected follow below steps.
Step 1: File -> Prepare -> Encrypt Document
Step 2: Enter and Re-enter the password.
Step 3: Save the file.
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