If you ever run into an issue where you or one of your fellow admins went to deploy a solution using PowerShell and did not use the correct parameters, or it was attempted to deploy a solution that was already deployed … Read More
To move IIS to a different drive is a fairly straightforward procedure. This blog – -> http://blogs.iis.net/thomad/archive/2008/02/10/moving-the-iis7-inetpub-directory-to-a-different-drive.aspx has detailed the steps very neatly. In a nutshell, and to adapt them to a SharePoint install, here is what I recommend. 1. Run … Read More
Here are a couple ways to copy content around in SharePoint: Backup-SPSite and Restore-SPSite and Export-SPWeb and Import-SPWeb A couple things to keep in mind: Backup Restore SPSite is best used on Top sites, so use Backup and Restore SPSite if you … Read More
As tempting as it is to start opening ULS logs that surround the time of your correlation ID, you should avoid that practice, unless you have lots of time on your hands. Here is an easier and more effective way … Read More
Orphaned items within sites can cause all sorts of issues: Missing Server side dependencies, Sites not replicating correctly amongst farm servers, trouble with cumulative updates, odd web part behavior, and who knows what else. It’s been my experience that server … Read More
Log onto each additional server that you wish to join into the farm Open the ”SharePoint 2010 Management Shell” administratively (right-click and select “Run as administrator”). The shell will load with a message that the local farm is not accessible. … Read More
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 to use. This post just breaks it down. Pre-requisites: Install the SharePoint binaries on each server in your farm. Harden … Read More
Here are a few tips to use when searching through a ULS log for errors and/or correlation ID’s is coming up null: 1. Open your ULS.Log in notepad or notepad ++ and search on the just the first 8 digits, … Read More
When you’re migrating sites using export-spweb and import-spweb, you might receive an error message on the import, when reviewing the import log, and in your shell, similar to this: FatalError: Cannot import site. The exported site is based on the template … Read More
PowerShell gains clarity the more you use it. In SharePoint 2010, there are numerous things that are only possible via PowerShell. These are three PowerShell command-lets that I find very useful in administering SharePoint and this example is one way … Read More
Let’s say you go to provision a Project Web App via managed service applications, project server server application, and it fails. There is a chance that the particular site you are trying to provision is orphaned within the Project Server … Read More
Pre-requisites: SQL server running Windows SQL Server 2008 R2 Search admin server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Search query server running Windows Server 2008 R2 These are the abbreviated high level steps to deploy fast, based on this page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381267%28v=office.14%29.aspx … Read More
Here’s an example of a deployment file for a three server farm, 1 admin, 1 query, and 1 back end server, The file above is based off the multi server example found on this page: thttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381240(v=office.14).aspx#BKMK_ConfigureAMultipleServerDeployment The xml shows how … Read More
The following was adapted from support.microsoft.com <- this link has detailed steps. If you’re getting error message when attempting to view a PowerPoint or word doc via the browser, perform the following: 1. Check that PowerPoint Service and Word Viewing … Read More
If you’re trying to save a site as a template, so that you can use it in a workflow, (e.g for Project Server new site creation, or just as some sort of custom site for your users) and are unable to … Read More
Sorry to be blogurgitating this week. Here’s a really good technet site with a load of virtual labs: SharePoint Server 2010 Introduction to SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Developing KPIs and Scorecards with PerformancePoint Services Web Content Management Visual Upgrade Advanced … Read More