HNSC is recommended best practice
Straight from Microsoft – USE HOST NAMED SITE COLLECTIONS – recommended in SharePoint 2010 and preferred in SharePoint 2013 Main…
Category: SharePoint Administration
Sometimes Windows Server 2012 will not let pre-requisite installer install
When server 2012 will not allow pre-requisite to run, due to the ASP.NET 3.5 or 4.5, there are two things…
A couple things about distributed cache
Don’t run it on the server that runs search, excel services, or project server. – Per Microsoft run it on…
User Profile Stuck on Starting
Once upon a time, I installed, err I should say, I attempted to install User Profile Service and when I went…
Create a Host Named Site Collection and Set Anonymous
These steps create the HNSC and then explain setting anonymous access: #Step 1, create the web application $applicationPool = “HNSC01ApplicationPool”…
Backup a SharePoint Site Collection (and restore it)
The following assumes you have a Host Named Site Collection. Backup: backup-spsite http://oilshop.beaversoil.com -Path e:\MyServerPath\MyFilename.bak -UseSQLSnapShot -force Technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607901(v=office.15).aspx…
Blast from the Past
Recently, while working with a client, we were in the process of cleaning up the 2010 farm and performing a…
The process does not possess the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege which is required for this operation
Scenario: While installing SharePoint via the GUI you recieve a configuration failed, check the logs message, and there are many,…
Creating Host Named Site Collections
The following is based on the Exam Ref 70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 by Troy Lanphier. Check…
Over the 10 Web App Limit? Consolidate!
How to move service applications back under the “Default SharePoint service app pool” Scenario: Somehow someone accidentally created a new application…
Configuring Web Analytics – the 2010 way
With SharePoint 2013, the web analytics service application is deprecated and removed; since, it is integrated into the new super…
User is unable to checkout a document that previously was able
If you ever run across a scenario where a user advises (note: I did not say complains) that they are…
Powershell Version 3.0 Breaks 2010 SharePoint Shell
Not applicable to SharePoint 2013 If Powershell verions 3.0 is installed on your SharePoint 2010 server, the farm will become…
Retrieving job history over a period of time
$test = Get-SPWebApplication “http://2013app/” $myStartTime = “3/01/2014 12:30:00 AM” $myStopTime = “3/02/2014 3:30:00 AM” #GET ALL BETWEEN THAT TIME PERIOD…
Save server resources, move sites under one web app, remove silos
Save server resources Each application pool requires 400 MB of Ram. When Multiple web applications exist uneccessarily, server resources are…
Remove extended zones
This one-liner will remove the intranet zone, change intranet to internet, custom, extranet, according to what your needs require …
Can’t Connect to configuration database
Have you ever seen the error\message “Cannot connect to the configuration database” when attempting to open Central Administration? This message…
Missing Server side dependencies reference
So you’ve created your SharePoint development farm, least privileged it, and let some developers start using it’s features. Then you let…
Move logging of the operating system drive and right size SharePoint 2013 intranet portal
Here are your steps and you have to do them on each server in the farm: Make sure the…
Backing up a SharePoint 2010 farm
here are a lot of good scripts out there to use for backing up your SharePoint. This one is one…
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