Clear Config Cache one server at a time
The script below will clear the config cache on each server. It waits until all servers are ready and then…
Author: Stacy Simpkins
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AutoSPInstaller Review
The auto SP Installer download used to include the folder structure. That is no longer the case. Let’s say…
What account is the farm account and how in the @#$% do I change it?
Here’s a quick and dirty way to find out the farm account (Get-SPFarm).DefaultServiceAccount.Name If that account looks something like…
Re-creating the SharePoint Web Services Site
https://blogs.msmvps.com/haarongonzalez/how-to-restore-the-sharepoint-web-services-iis-web-site-if-accidently-deleted/ The above blog post explains that it is possible to, erroneously, remove the SharePoint Services website from the file…
Remove Server from farm
The best methods to remove a server from the farm are to either use the psconfig wizard or run Disconnect-SPconfigurationDatabase…
Migrating a Search Service Application
If you ever have to migrate a search service application from one farm to the next. Do two things: …
SysKit’s Security Manager for SharePoint
Another great tool From the creators of SPDocKit, comes one of the best SharePoint security management tools yet to hit…
Register-SPWorkflowService : Failed to query the OAuth S2S metadata endpoint at URI ‘what the @#@$@##?’ is going on
If you have followed the instructions on this site to create the workflow management service and you can see the…
TelNet not working
If you’re trying to test connectivity between servers on a specific port and you go to use TelNet and receive…
Got Trusts? Need Info about the Domain and it’s trust relationships
The following blog post is just a re-blogurtation of this post https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/16067.nltest-to-test-the-trust-relationship-between-a-workstation-and-domain.aspx 1.NLTEST can be used to show this…
Who’s been logging into machines in my domain? And when were the accounts created?
If you’re looking to find out who has been logging into machines in your domain, this powershell will tell you…
SysKit nailed it right on the head when they called their new SharePoint Monitoring product, Insights!
If you liked SPDocKit, you will absolutely love SysKit Insights! From the creators of SPDocKit, comes one of the best…
Could not load type ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Marketplace.corporatecuratedgallery
Imagine that you are getting this message:(or, maybe you don’t have to imagine, because you are actually getting it) Sorry,…
Got Web.config Mods? Site won’t start? App Pool starts and stops?
When your site wont start or is not loading properly there may be modifications to the web.config that have caused…
Modifying a SharePoint 2013 or 2016 Search Topology – After Index Reset
The following blog post works best with an empty index. In other words, it works best before your first full…
Fixing degraded search index replica’s in a ginormous search farm
Credit for this post: Scott Fawley, SharePoint Guru Here is a handy script that MS sent while troubleshooting a Search…
SharePoint 2013 Service Applications with ability to add a prefix
After you finish running this script, you’ll need to create the work management service application, app management service application, subscriptions…
Migrating a Managed MetaData database
To move the managed metadata database, take a copy only backup of it from your SQL server and then restore…
Creating or Re-Creating Managed Accounts (w/ Powershell)
When creating a farm using powershell, you need to create the managed accounts that your service applications will use. Here’s…
CU Updates, Big Farm, Lots of DB’s, Mounting Databases
Let’s say you have this ginormous farm with hundreds of databases and you want to update the farm to a…
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