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SharePoint Designer 2013 RTM

Some folks contact me asking where the SharePoint Designer 2013 RTM official build is located. Here...

Author: nathbr Date: 11/30/2012

Nice command to clean-up /Windows Directory

I learned this command from one of my colleagues. The command is incredibly useful for getting some...

Author: nathbr Date: 11/05/2012

SharePoint 2013 IT Pro and Developer training materials released

Hi all, The SharePoint 2013 IT Pro and Developer training materials have been released at TechNet...

Author: nathbr Date: 07/19/2012

SharePoint 2013 Preview Released to Public

Hi all- The SharePoint team released SharePoint 2013 Preview today on 7/16/2012. Here is a link for...

Author: nathbr Date: 07/16/2012

[TechEd 2012: 36

Terabytes: How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint in the Enterprise - Code Samples](../nathbr/teched-2012-36terabytes-how-microsoft-it-manages-sharepoint-in-the-enterprise-code-samples)

TechEd 2012: 36Terabytes: How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint in the Enterprise List of...

Author: nathbr Date: 07/03/2012

TechEd 2012: 36 Terabytes: How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint in the Enterprise

Hi all- Thanks for everyone that attended our session at Tech Ed North America. I really appreciate...

Author: nathbr Date: 06/18/2012

How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint in the Enterprise

Don't miss Jim Adams and myself as we present "36 Terabytes: How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint in...

Author: nathbr Date: 06/06/2012

How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint in the Enterprise - SharePoint Conference 2011 Anaheim, CA

Hi all- Thanks to all that attended our session at the SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, CA....

Author: nathbr Date: 10/10/2011

SharePoint 2010 SP1 Released and Content Database support up to 4 GB

Hi all- Just wanted to give you a quick update that SharePoint 2010 SP1 Released to the public to...

Author: nathbr Date: 07/08/2011

Quickly Figure out a SharePoint Farm Version

Here is a nice quick script that you can run on any SharePoint site to determine the version of...

Author: nathbr Date: 04/15/2011

Chicago's Best of SharePoint 2010 Conference and Detroit SharePoint User Group Meeting

Hi all- I just finished speaking Keynote and Lunch QnA at Chicago's Best of SharePoint 2010...

Author: nathbr Date: 03/07/2011

SP2010 : Large List Throttling over 5000 items - Query to Detect

Hi all- If you are planning to upgrade from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 - you might want to...

Author: nathbr Date: 02/24/2011

Setup a SharePoint Crawl Target Front End Machine Properly in SP2010

Hi all- I wanted to share the steps on setting up a Fast or SharePoint Search Crawl Target in...

Author: nathbr Date: 02/21/2011

Windows Phone 7 App: Orloj Astronomical Clock

Hi all- In my spare time - I worked with my co-worker friend Jim Adams to develop a WP7 App called...

Author: nathbr Date: 02/19/2011

Two SharePoint 2010 - IT Showcase Talks Published: Managing a Parallel Upgrade and Initial Best Practices & Lessons Learned from Microsoft IT's SharePoint 2010 Upgrade

Hi all- I published two IT Showcase talks with Sam Crewdson (MSIT SharePoint Manager) recorded in...

Author: nathbr Date: 02/16/2011

Get a list of all your Site Collections on your Web Application

Here is a quick script for SharePoint 2007 to get all your site collections and their assoicated...

Author: nathbr Date: 01/26/2011

View Webparts on your SharePoint Page

This is a fun little Easter egg to show you which web parts you have located on your page and easily...

Author: nathbr Date: 11/22/2010

June CU Breaks UPA - If you patch the child farm and not the federated farm

In Microsoft IT we encountered an issue with patching our child farm that was federated to a UPA...

Author: nathbr Date: 08/12/2010

Forget your SharePoint Passphrase? No Problem

Getting a high load on your farm and you decide to add a new Web Front End to the mix. Oh no! You...

Author: nathbr Date: 08/11/2010

Remove Blocked File Types on your SharePoint 2010 Web Application

There is a list of blocked file types by default in SharePoint 2010....

Author: nathbr Date: 08/05/2010

SharePoint 2010 June 2010 CU Released & TechReady Presentation

Hi all- The SharePoint 2010 June 2010 CU was released for Foundation & Server Products. Download...

Author: nathbr Date: 07/23/2010

Datasheet view doesn't work for me, I have Office 2010 x64 installed

If you have run into this problem like me, you probably get an error similar to the one below: Text:...

Author: nathbr Date: 07/06/2010

After 2007 ContentDB Upgrade to 2010: Access Denied When Viewing Sites

If you see Access Denied errors after Upgrading your ContentDBs from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010...

Author: nathbr Date: 06/25/2010

Help on getting SharePoint 2010 / 2007 installed on Windows 7

It is nice for demos and testing out quick features to install SharePoint platform on your desktop....

Author: nathbr Date: 06/21/2010

Scripting Installing/Removing/Updating Solutions on 2010

Here are the scripts replacing some of the legacy STSADM commands (borrowed content from Patrick's...

Author: nathbr Date: 06/16/2010

Script Outgoing Email settings in 2007 and 2010

SharePoint doesn't have a cmdlet for this feature yet. I created a bug for the developers to create...

Author: nathbr Date: 06/15/2010

Hi all- Here is a link to the Presentation my group put on in New Orleans at the Tech Ed 2010 Event:...

Author: nathbr Date: 06/14/2010

TechEd 2010 - Visual Screenshot Tool

Here is the public code I demoed during TechEd 2010: How Microsoft IT upgraded SharePoint 2010 for...

Author: nathbr Date: 06/09/2010

IT SharePoint Blog

Hi all- My name is Nate Bruneau, I am a Service Engineer for Microsoft IT. I wanted to share my...

Author: nathbr Date: 05/26/2010