new error when logging into the UI...

[JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0.]
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue() +1212
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader.ReadForType(JsonContract contract, Boolean hasConverter) +106
Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Boolean checkAdditionalContent) +795
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType) +261
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(String value, Type type, JsonSerializerSettings settings) +170
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(String value, JsonSerializerSettings settings) +53
Toems_ApiCalls.TokenApi.Get(String username, String password) +1253
Toems_FrontEnd.Default.WebLogin_Authenticate(Object sender, AuthenticateEventArgs e) +997
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Login.AttemptLogin() +144
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Login.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e) +107
System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args) +50
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +5028

finally found the issue...

connectionString="Data Source=sql.dmz.int.wakkawakka.us/"INSTANCE NAME HERE";

yes firewall is disabled in windows and dmz rules have been expanded for necessary ports for lan / wan access to IIS front end... we are running ms sql 2016.

we are using two servers for our deployment and can not get a connection to the DB

mssql DB is located at sql.dmz.int.wakkawakka.us
dbname - TheOpenEm DB User -
site is located at em.wakkawakka.us

IIS host shares exchange frontend and other iis related web hosting.

reason for seperation is the fact we run sql in house for other applications and have it on a dedicated server (24 cores 256gb ram)

i am constantly getting this error during the verifydb...

Win32Exception (0x80004005): The system cannot find the file specified]

[SqlException (0x80131904): A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server.

connections string configuration

<connectionStrings>
<remove name="LocalSqlServer" />
<!-- Microsoft SQL Server EXAMPLE -->
<add name="toems" connectionString="Data Source=sql.dmz.int.wakkawakka.us;Initial Catalog=theopenem;Integrated Security=False;User Id=openem_db_login;Password=??IllNeverTellYou!!;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

As I just started the MSP side of the business any help would be greatly appreciative!

Would anyone be interested in the automation scripts that i use to update exchange automatically if so i will upload them so they can be integrated to the project... scripts came from powershellgallery.com and have been modified to download from my server vs MS servers and also check a plain text website for current versions to compare from. I think this would be cool to integrate to the project but unsure if anyone else would have a use for it... the scripts when combined with a batch automatically as well upgrade the server once the download is complete.

@theopenem_admin Did you see that the writer of the project has decided to walk away from the project and has allowed it to be forked see attached from github...

Remotely has become a second full-time job, one for which I don't get paid. The total donations I've received over the last 3 years, while greatly appreciated, only amount to what I earn in 3 days at a regular job.

~ removed to get to the point ~

Of course, anyone is free to fork the repo and continue development, so long as the original license is respected. I won't, however, be taking any pull requests, as I wish to maintain full ownership of the codebase.

Thank you for understanding, and best wishes to everyone.

this is the application i was looking into integrating with theopenem https://remotely.one/ as i do love its light weight remote capabilities. Any suggestions on the integration process?