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 from files in your new SQL server. I’ll write a future post on that and put a link to it … Read More
Testing remote connectivity for PowerShell
Some things to keep in mind: The account you run this with needs to be a member of either Local Administrators or Remote Desktop Users, and needs to be a member of SharePoint Shell admin access – assuming you want … Read More
Creating a Dev environment – Part 2
In this video I demonstrate getting the dev environment able to be opened using RDP connections. Like all my videos, I show some common issues encountered and how to overcome those issues.
Creating a VPN connection with a Namecheap.com hosted domain
Do you want to be able to connect into your home server from anywhere that you have an internet connection and from anyone’s PC? You’ll need admin rights on the PC so that you can create a VPN connection after … Read More
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 steps, I only gave the powershell. In this post, I’ll explain the steps and provide the powershell for each of … Read More
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 a baritone. First of all, thank you to Mickey Jervin, Nick Hobbs, Dwayne Selsig, and most importanty Stephen Swinney, the … Read More
Reset IIS on all servers in a farm
How many times have you been in the middle of a series of updates to your farm, or at the end of an update, or maybe trying to resolve an issue with the magic of IIS reset and felt the … Read More
Security Patches and SharePoint
If you’re ever looking through your event logs and you run across Event ID 2137, definitely heed its advice and run
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psconfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures |
Do not collect $200, do not pass go. One way to quickly tell if you’re going to … Read More
User profile service is not accessible
Recently while editing the preferred search center for MySites, there was a message that the user profile service was not accessible and attempts to save the setting, did not succeed. No fail message was recieved, the screen just closed. … Read More
Script to clean out log files, or any files in a directory based on date
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$fileage = 30 $files = Get-ChildItem 'C:\PathToFiles\subdirectory' -Recurse -Include *.log $files += Get-ChildItem 'E:\AnotherDriveAndPath\Subdirectory' -Recurse -Include *.log ForEach ($File in $Files){ IF(((Get-Date) - $File.lastwritetime).Days -ge $fileage) { Remove-Item $File } } |
If you only want one week, change the file age to 7. Or, if you want 90 days, then change it to 90. The paths to clean specified in this example are meant to be changes and … Read More