K2

Unable to install SQL Server 2019 – SQL Install Error: The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI server

The other day I was doing K2 5.5 installation on top of Windows Server 2019 and somehow that install beat all the records in terms of weird issues I run into, and even after re-provisioning server and starting from scratch I had to do resolve quite a few of them. One of those errors (not Unable to install SQL Server 2019 – SQL Install Error: The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI server

Removing K2 node from K2 farm

Just a quick note on removal of a node(s) from K2 servers farm. When you run K2 uninstall on one of the nodes, and obviously when you suddenly lose one of your nodes (server failure without ability to restore it), information about it still stored in K2 database and additional steps are required in that Removing K2 node from K2 farm

Unable to run SharePoint 2019 installer when Office 365 is installed on the same machine

I recently spend some days having fun with good old on premise software and it really makes one appreciate infra as a code and provisioning everything in the cloud, fast. 🙂 The problem is that most of the vendors of on prem software have more focus on introducing their cloud offerings and do not want Unable to run SharePoint 2019 installer when Office 365 is installed on the same machine