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This is a small post how you can create the DNS records for Exchange Autodiscover in the Genotec Hosting Control Panel.

1. First login to the HCC (Hosting Control Center).
2. Navigate to Domainnames and choose your domain
3. (OPTIONAL) If you not already have, create a new A record for your mailserver (for example mail.the-it-crowd.ch)
   
4. (OPTIONAL) If you not already create a MX record for your domain, create a MX record
   
5. Create a CNAME for your autodiscover domain. Normally this is pointing to your mailserver. You could also use the allready exisiting mail.the-it-crowd.ch A record. But I would recommend you to create this CNAME.
   
6. Create the Autodiscover SRV record
   TYP: SRV HOST: _autodiscover._tcp.the-it-crowd.ch. DATA:
   0 0 443 autodiscover.the-it-crowd.ch.
   

You can add your own Domain to your Office 365 account. If your domain is hosted at Genotec, you can simply create the DNS records for your domain with the DNS editor Genotec provides in the Hosting Control Center.

Under Domainnames, yourdomainname.com you can create a new TXT entry to verify your domain. For example:

After you have verifyed your Domain you have to add some other DNS Records for Exchange and Lync Online to work.

Here the DNS records for Exchange Online:

And here the DNS Records for Lync Online:

Remember to add the dot at the end of hostnames.

If you use a Hosted SharePoint 2010 and you try to open a Word Document or try to open a Document Library with Explorer SharePoint prompts for login credentials even you are already logged in. To stop this behavior in Internet Explorer you can simply add your SharePoint Site to the Local Intranet Zone.

This is because SharePoint uses Windows Authentication. We deiced to use Windows Authentication because only Windows Authentication allows you to easily use the full feature set of SharePoint Foundation 2010.

1. Open Internet options and click on the Security tab and choose Local Intranet
   
2. Now click on Sites. On the first Windows choose Advanced
   
3. Now add your SharePoint Site URL
   
4. Restart Internet Explorer

Some days ago, I made a post about “How to use Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace 2010 with Genotec Hosted Sharepoint“. If you work on a Mac you can also use Microsoft Document Connection for Mac, which is included in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac.

This shows you how you can use Document Connection for Mac with Hosted Sharepoint from Genotec.

1. Start Microsoft Document Connection and connect to a SharePoint Site
   
2. Add the  Addresse of your hosted Sharepoint Site
   
3. Add your Credentials
   
4. And now you are connected to your Site Collection
   

This guide will show you how to add a Genotec Hosted Sharepoint 2010 to your Sharepoint Workspace 2010.

1. First Startup Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace 2010
   
2. Add a new Sharepoint to your Sharepoint Workspace
   
3. Add the Domain of your hosted Sharepoint (sharepointhosting.ch, Hostedsharepoint.ch or your own Domainname)
   
4. Add your User Account and Password. Its Important that you add the Domain before your Username (CP\username)
   
5. Now wait until your Site is synced with your computer
   
6. Now you can see your Sharepoint Site Collection in the Launchbar and you can start working with Microsoft SharePoint Workspace.
   

Thats how you can connect a Genotec Hosted Sharepoint 2010 to your Sharepoint Workspace. I recommend that you use the “Remember my credentials” checkbox because your computer is not in the same Active Directory Domain.

Today I moved my office from one room to another room.

New photo added to Virtual Home.

This is a very small line of code to count Sharepoint 2010 Site Collections with Powershell.

(Get-SPSite -Limit all).Count

By the way, we at Genotec AG are offering a Hosted Sharepoint 2010 solution based on Powershell automation.

Last Monday we added support for the .NET Framework 4 to our Windows Shared Hosting Server at Genotec. Today the official Press release was published.

We also added support for:

• .NET Framework 4
• ASP.NET MVC 2.0
• Silverlight 4
• New Versions of Persits AspMail, AspPDF, AspJPEG

Genotec: .Net Freamwork 4 for Webhosting (German)

Der in Allschwil/Basel ansässige Internet Service Provider Genotec AG lanciert mit .NET Framework 4 die neueste Version des Microsoft Entwickler-Frameworks.

Mit dem Ziel stets neue Features und aktuelle Produkte zu integrieren, hat Genotec das .NET Framework 4 von Microsoft lanciert. Ab sofort steht allen Windows Webhosting-Kunden der Genotec dieses Angebot zur Verfügung.

«Die neue Version von .NET lässt Projekte im Windows-Umfeld noch einfacher und mit vielen neuen Features erstellen. Unsere Kunden werden grosse Freude daran haben.» so Thomas Betz, Entwickler bei Genotec. Die neue Version mit vielen Features überzeugt auf der ganzen Linie. Zu den wichtigsten Neuerungen zählen unter anderem Codeverträge, eine DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime), neue Diagnose und Leistungstools sowie eine verbesserte automatische Speicherbereinigung. Die komplette Abwärtskompatibilität rundet den sehr guten Eindruck des .NET Framework 4 ab.

Verfügbar ist das .NET 4.0 bereits ab dem kleinsten Angebot für CHF 9.90 pro Monat. Mit dem Shared Hosting Entry erhalten Kunden ein Webhosting mit bis zu 10 Domains, komplettes Mailhosting inkl. Webmail, tägliches Backup, Statistiken sowie der kompletten Integration ins Hosting Control Center von Genotec und weiteren Features.

Über Genotec AG:
Der Schweizer Internet Service Provider Genotec AG wurde 2001 gegründet. Das Unternehmen beschäftigt 36 Mitarbeitende und betreut in den eigenen Rechenzentren in Zürich, Basel, Bern und Allschwil über 50’000 Domain- und rund 500 Serverkunden. Genotec ist ein BAKOM-registrierter Provider und als «Microsoft Gold Certified Partner» zertifiziert. Genotec wurde von der simsa mit dem Gütesiegel «Swiss Quality Hosting» ausgezeichnet und ist providerliste.ch geprüft.

Seit 2008 ist Genotec neu bei Computerworld in den Top-500 der stärksten IT-Firmen der Schweiz gelistet.

Weitere Informationen zur Genotec: www.genotec.ch

Pascal Leu, Product Manager
Genotec AG
Binningerstrasse 95
CH – 4123 Allschwil
Tel. +41 (0)848 321 123

E-Mail: pressemitteilungen@genotec.ch