Create a HNSC site collection
Script to create host named site collections NOTE THIS IS NOT THE BEST RECOMMENDED APPROACH BUT IT WORKS….So if you…
Category: PowerShell
Creating a dev environment – Part 5
This video builds the WFE Distributed Cache Minimum Role server using the AutoSPInstaller.
Creating a dev environment – Part 4
In this video we go over filling out the AutoSPInstaller, staging the bits on the SharePoint Application and Search Server,…
Programmatically modify SharePoint Group Members – add and subtract
If you’ve ever wanted to allow admins of your farm a quick way to add a user to a SharePoint…
A little bit about PBSC vs HHSC (path based versus host named, or host header site collections)
Here’s a sample from chapter4 of my new book, Troubleshooting SharePoint Path based site collections are easily identifiable by the…
Reviewing Search History using PowerShell and Out-GridView
Have you ever wanted to be able to review the history of your search service application in a way where…
Provisioning SharePoint 2016 Service Applications using Powershell
The Excel services service application has been removed from 2016 SharePoint and moved into the Office Online Server. You’ll need…
Provisioning Central Admin on SharePoint 2016 with Powershell
The only difference between the powershell for 2013 and the powershell for 2016, when it comes to provisioning Central admin’s…
Create HNSC with Powershell and set some settings
This script creates a host named site collection in a web app that is named SharePoint – HNSC. You can…
Running Distributed Cache in a least privileged way
In a previous post, I mentioned the steps to least privilege the Distributed Cache; but, I really never explained the…
Query/Get/Search the event log of all servers in a farm for a reboot or any specific event ID
Have you ever wanted to find out a list of various event ID’s and output them to a file? Have…
Install Subscription Settings Service using Powershell – SharePoint 2013, 2016
If you ever find yourself needing to install the subscription settings service application in SharePoint, here’s some kickass powershell that…
Provisioning Central Admin Config DB, Content DB, and then SharePoint Service Apps for SharePoint 2013 Foundation
Have you ever had a blast from the past and looked for a script on configuring SharePoint 2013 Foundation? …
Teaching yourself Powershell
There are a lot of really good resources out there to learn PowerShell! One of the best ways to learn…
Troubleshooting an issue
Russ Maxwell has written, another, totally, awesome script! This one will help you when you’re troubleshooting an issue. Here’s a…
Clearing the config cache with Powershell
Clearing the SharePoint Config cache is no longer a manual task and is easier than clearing the saliva out of…
Applying CU’s to SharePoint 2013 Servers with PowerShell
Here’s a very cool script that is a huge time saver for applying the cumulative updates to SharePoint. To use…
A few great SharePoint references
I’m sorry that this week’s blog is just a list of my thoughts on a few really great tools that…
People picker with multiple Forests
I recently was doing some work for an IT department managed by Homer Simpson and poor Homer reported that the…
Convert from PBSC to HNSC
Recently I faced an issue that I created for myself when attempting to convert a path based site collection (PBSC)…
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