Here are three ways to remove orphaned site collections in SharePoint 2013, 2010. and 2007. To remove orphaned site collections in SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, or possibly in SharePoint 2013, use one of the applicable method: 1. Detach the content DB and … Read More
Don’t ever do this #%$^ with a SharePoint site In this completely, hypothetical, situation, you are the web administrator for a website named ChiNet. Chinet is an old, antiquated site, but you love it nonetheless and want to move … Read More
Overview Since Windows 2008 R2 only comes in a 64-bit flavor it is impossible to perform an in place upgrade on a Server running on x86 architecture for P2V or for whatever reason. As such, a migration to a new … 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
Sorry about the brevity of my posts lately, it’s been busy graduation party season: Problem is defined as:, some sites have Windows update turned off. Here is the link to the Windows Update catalog where you can search … Read More
Pre-Requisites: Obtain a copy of the operating system in ISO format, Have admin access to the physical host 1. Open the Hyper-V manager (%windir%\system32\virtmgmt.msc) 2. Click new > Virtual Machine from the Actions menu 3. Click next if prompted … Read More
Ingredients: Virtual Server Host – This is what I currently use in my lab Server Software – Subscribe to TechNet (Note: for lab use only, not for production) High Level Overview 1. Either install Windows Server 2012 Datacenter on your … Read More
When the need to list out the members of an active directory group arises, say management asks, who are the members of this group, and you dont have a third party utility or don’t want to pipe a few ds … Read More
At a command prompt type netsh interface ipv4 set address ? Don’t worry it will not harm your pc Almost every command line, Netsh Interface ipv4 set address, will not run if you follow it with a question mark. Case in point: … Read More
The netsh (network shell) command can be your best friend, if you let it. As the world moves to Server Core enviroments, and we will, you’ll need to use this command. It’s been around since the new technology (NT) days, … Read More
Prereq’s: Know your product key, Know your OS, Know how to create a bat file (save a text file with a .bat extension, open notepad, type in the stuff below and then set the save as type to all files, … Read More