Backup and Restore vs Export and Import
Here are a couple ways to copy content around in SharePoint: Backup-SPSite and Restore-SPSite and Export-SPWeb and Import-SPWeb A couple…
Author: Stacy Simpkins
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Searching through ULS logs for a correllation ID (Merge-SPlogFile)
As tempting as it is to start opening ULS logs that surround the time of your correlation ID, you should…
Help to avoid and partially clean up missing server side dependencies
Orphaned items within sites can cause all sorts of issues: Missing Server side dependencies, Sites not replicating correctly amongst farm…
Connect a server to a farm using powershell – SharePoint 2013 or 2010
Log onto each additional server that you wish to join into the farm Open the ”SharePoint 2010 Management Shell” administratively…
Create a SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 two server farm using Powershell
Check out the reference for this post: http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2009/10/sharepoint-2010-psconfig-and-powershell/ It contains what follows in script format; which is much easier…
Searching through a ULS log
Here are a few tips to use when searching through a ULS log for errors and/or correlation ID’s is coming…
Exporting and Importing – Cannot import site due to wrong template
When you’re migrating sites using export-spweb and import-spweb, you might receive an error message on the import, when reviewing the import…
Three very useful powershell commands
PowerShell gains clarity the more you use it. In SharePoint 2010, there are numerous things that are only possible via…
How to delete an orphaned Project Server Site
Let’s say you go to provision a Project Web App via managed service applications, project server server application, and it…
Deploying Fast Search for SharePoint
Pre-requisites: SQL server running Windows SQL Server 2008 R2 Search admin server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Search query server…
Modifying the Deployment.xml file for a FAST 2010 search server farm
Here’s an example of a deployment file for a three server farm, 1 admin, 1 query, and 1 back end…
Getting error message when attempting to view a powerpoint or word doc via the browser
The following was adapted from support.microsoft.com <- this link has detailed steps. If you’re getting error message when attempting to…
Can’t Save site as a template – getting error about the first list; albeit announcements or some other custom list that was created.
If you’re trying to save a site as a template, so that you can use it in a workflow, (e.g for…
SharePoint Virtual Labs and SP 2010 vs 2013
Sorry to be blogurgitating this week. Here’s a really good technet site with a load of virtual labs: SharePoint Server…
SharePoint 2010 Script – UPA rem’d out
Here is a copy of the script that was used during the creation of this video found in the earlier…
Setup and Initial configuration of SharePoint 2010
Pre-requisites: 64 Bit Server running Server 2008 R2 64 Bit SQL Account that has db_creator, sysadim, securityadmin rights in SQL…
What to do when your site has windows update blocked or turned off, via group policy or some sort of proxy
Sorry about the brevity of my posts lately, it’s been busy graduation party season: Problem is defined as:, some…
Creating a Hyper-V virtual server running Server 2012
Pre-Requisites: Obtain a copy of the operating system in ISO format, Have admin access to the physical host 1. Open…
Recipe to create a Home Lab and run a SharePoint Farm (very high level overview)
Ingredients: Virtual Server Host – This is what I currently use in my lab Server Software – Subscribe to TechNet…
Enumerate an Active Directory Group w/ Get-AdGroupMember
When the need to list out the members of an active directory group arises, say management asks, who are the…
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