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Tag Archives: SQL Server

Configure Microsoft SQL Server to allow remote connection and remote SQL Management Studio access

To get straight to the point. I have been trying to setup Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to allow remote connection and specifically I wanted the SQL server to allow SQL Server Management Studio on a different computer completely outside the network to be able to access this remote SQL Server and manage it fully without [...]

SQL Server Reporting Services Error cannot decrypt the symmetric encryption key & website declined to show this web page

One of our “big and important” clients has approached us with an issue with their system. The problem is that reports are not accessible from the .NET application and CRM that we have built for them. If you try to open reports from these, you get the error in Internet Explorer saying “Website declined to [...]

Microsfoft CRM Error. Can not assign CRM accounts records from one user to another. Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

Yesterday I spent a day at a client site working on various requests and issues. The main issue that took the majority of my time was an issue with their Microsoft CRM 4.0 where some account records are not being re-assigned to a different user. Everytime someone tries to re-assign these accounts, a blank error [...]

Setup .Net NopCommerce Shopping Basket on GoDaddy - Problems with SQL Server and Web.Config

Hey,
http://forums.nopcommerce.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=331
This post is a copy of the entry I posted on NopCommerce Forum. NopCommerce is an excellent FREE .NET shopping basket. I suggest any .NET developer/consultant to have a look at it even before going towards the commerce server route. The company I work for is a Microsoft Gold Partner so they are rather inclined [...]

Error with Report Server

We have been recently approached by a client who had a problem with their report server. If you try to access reports from the reports manager, reports run fine and you can view any report fully and in the right format. The problem arrises when a .NET application tries to open these reports, it just [...]

A list of Important Questions you need to answer before starting any Integration solution or project.

I am currently working on an Integration solution for one of our clients. The solution is a general integration between two systems. The main thing for me was that I wanted to come up with a list of questions that I need an answer for so that I can start planning and designing the integration [...]