Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office web apps could allow remote code execution MS14-001

Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office web apps could allow remote code execution MS14-001: January 14, 2014

Link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS14-001

Known issues and additional information about this security update

The following articles contain additional information about this security update as it relates to individual product versions. The articles may contain known issue information. If this is the case, the known issue is listed below each article link.

·         2827224 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word 2013: January 14, 2014

·         2837577 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word Automation Services in SharePoint Server 2010: January 14, 2014

Note: After you install this security update on all SharePoint servers and SharePoint services, you have to run the PSconfig tool to complete the installation.

·         2837596 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word Web App: January 14, 2014

·         2837615 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Office Compatibility Pack: January 14, 2014

·         2837617 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word 2007: January 14, 2014

·         2837625 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word Automation Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013: January 14, 2014

Note After you install this security update on all SharePoint servers and SharePoint services, you have to run the PSconfig tool to complete the installation.

·         2863834 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word 2013 primary interop assembly (PIA): January 14, 2014

·         2863866 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word 2003: January 14, 2014

·         2863867 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Microsoft Word Viewer: January 14, 2014

·         2863879 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Office Web Apps Server 2013: January 14, 2014

·         2863901 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Microsoft Office 2010: January 14, 2014

·         2863902 MS14-001: Description of the security update for Word 2010 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2: January 14, 2014

Business Intelligence Enhancements in SharePoint 2013

 Business Intelligence Enhancements in SharePoint 2013

                                 

Power Pivot: Introduced in SharePoint 2010, Power Pivot now offers deeper integration with Excel Services, giving users the ability to create relationships between data from different sources. This allows users to view complex data in a more refined, normalized form.

Power View: Excel Services 2013 takes better advantage of the new Microsoft data modeling and visualization engine that sits a top the SQL Server Reporting Services add-in to SharePoint.

Business Connectivity Services: Users can now connect diagrams directly to external data, opening a wealth of opportunities for user-driven data displays. Because SharePoint can provide and control access to key data, administrators can easily share data sources through the SharePoint interface.

Dashboard Designer: Tool to define data sources and regions on a page to hold such artifacts as filters, grids, charts and graphs. With the push of a button, it creates Web Part Pages and connected Web Parts that represent the dashboard.

Ipad Interface: The iPad is now a first-class client to Performance Point dashboards, meaning executives using the popular tablet can now access Performance Point dashboards using the interactive form factor, including ability to use touch intuitively and effectively.

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Applications for SharePoint

Applications for SharePoint          

Download applications for SharePoint from below link.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/store/results.aspx?qu=sharepoint&av=osu150

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The Security Token Service is not available. The Security Token Service is not issuing tokens. The service could be malfunctioning or in a bad state

The Security Token Service is not available. The Security Token Service is not issuing tokens. The service could be malfunctioning or in a bad state.

(Or) 

An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: Could not connect to http://localhost:2843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc.TCP error code 10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
(Or) 

The Managed Metadata Service '' is inaccessible.

Solution:

           Go to InetMgr(IIS manager)

1.    start the "SharePoint Web Services" site

2.    start the "SharePoint Web Services Root" application pool

3.      Do IIS reset.          

                        

                                                                         
                                                    

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Lost SharePoint Farm Passphrase

Lost SharePoint Farm Passphrase

Sometimes,Unfortunatly we forgot the pass phrase given, there is no way to get the old pass phrase but we can generate the new pass phrase by using the PowerShell. Follow the below to get the new one.

Make sure that the account you are logged in as:

1.     Farm admin

2.     Local admin on server

Run the following commands to get the new one.

·         $passphrase = ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText –Force

·         Set-SPPassPhrase -PassPhrase $passphrase –Confirm

                 

MS Article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607568.aspx

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