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…
Category: Troubleshooting
Adding .NET Framework 3.5 to Windows Server 2012 R2 to Allow SQL Install to complete
Today I ran into the old “cant install SQL, your server needs 3.5 Framework error.” And for a few minutes…
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…
How many people are connected to my SharePoint?
Have you ever wanted to know how many people are connected to your SharePoint without downloading any program? Well, if…
How to provision User Profile Service and avoid stuck on starting
Correct order Make sure to provision the service in the correct steps (start ups service, create the service app, start…
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…
Machines suddenly unable to talk to each other in home domain – Resolution
File this one in the “Why do they always blame everything on SharePoint, when SharePoint doesn’t work” Today I…
The field with Id {2de1df7b-48e1-4c8e-be0f-f00e504b9948} defined in feature {6e1e5426-2ebd-4871-8027-c5ca86371ead} was found in the current site collection or in a subsite
I’m writing this post today; because The field with Id {2de1df7b-48e1-4c8e-be0f-f00e504b9948} defined in feature {6e1e5426-2ebd-4871-8027-c5ca86371ead} was found in the current…
Removing Workflow Manager from your Production SharePoint
I can’t stress enough, how much of a mistake it is to run up a Workflow Management farm for 2013…
Search Wildcard not happening? Getting weird results in SharePoint Search?
Normally when you install your farm the Search Web parts features get activated during that install. This was true for…
SharePoint Updates, Ikea Furniture, and Plastic model Airplanes (e.g. read the instructions)
Yesterday when running the Post setup configuration executable (psconfig.exe) I encountered the following happy-happy joy-joy moments. I hadn’t created the…
January CU breaks stuff and false alarms
If you work at a company that mandates Microsoft Security patches get installed on all servers, like some major health…
“There are no products affected by this package installed on this system.”
Grey wizard or PSconfig Sometimes when your farm gets out of wack, as SharePoint farms with multiple admins tend to…
Remove a workflow farm if it’s on your Production farm – In a Nutshell.
Who would do such a thing? If you’re ever in your IIS manger and notice that there is a workflow…
Adding additional distributed cache hosts
Here’s one successful method of adding an additional distributed cache host to a cache host cluster. It’s optional to perform…
Where’d that Workflow Farm go?
Hopefully, you documented the names of your servers, their resources, the network they reside in, and to which SharePoint Site…
Modify the view of SharePoint Discussion board.
NOTE: These instructions only apply to SharePoint farms that are Pre July 2014 CU, if you are working with…
Reset your index with PowerShell
As this great blog on repairing the SharePoint 2013 On-Prem reset index stuck resolution, states it’s best to reset your…
Working with paused search index
When you want to know what search is up to, check it out with the management shell and these handy…
Creating a Search Service Application and topology with PowerShell in SharePoint 2013 or 2016 – IN SAME APP POOL AS OTHER SERVICE APPLICATIONS
You can use this script to create a new search service application after you have removed your search service application. …
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