SharePoint IT Pro
This site are the ramblings of an Ex-PFE and now a Program Manager specializing in SharePoint, PowerShell for SharePoint, SharePoint Administration and Business Intelligence in SharePoint.
User Profile Service fails to start ('ERR_CONFIG_DB' / SynchronizeMIIS encounters an exception)
For all those people that have spent an extensive amount of time trying to get the User Profile...
Date: 01/20/2016
Which Server is being accessed via the Load Balancer / NLB
I was asked this question today and tried the following solution which seemed the simplest. Create a...
Date: 12/07/2015
Add or Modify SharePoint 2013 / 2016 Search Topology using a PowerShell built User Interface
Welcome to the SharePoint Search Topology Add / Modification Sample tool PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CODE...
Date: 04/29/2015
SharePoint 2013 Search - Clean up inactive Topologies
If you have ever had to change or reconfigure your SharePoint 2013 search you probably don't know...
Date: 01/21/2015
Change from multiple web applications to Host Named Site Collections in an existing farm
This is far simpler than one might think and will help you align to the SharePoint Product Line...
Date: 01/20/2015
SharePoint 2013 - User Profile Service Stuck on Starting
There are really fantastic and well known articles on User Profile Configuration and Stuck on...
Date: 10/30/2014
Warm-up Script for Web Front End Servers (WFE) in Load Balanced SharePoint Farms
There are many PowerShell scripts available to warm up SharePoint environments but they do not all...
Date: 09/29/2014
SharePoint - PowerShell to configure SuperUser and SuperReader accounts on all Web Apps
I have seen many examples but not enough that spells it out so below you can copy out the script and...
Date: 09/29/2014
DisableLoopBackCheck when routing through a Load Balancer (PowerShell sample included)
This post on this blog are provided “AS IS” with no warranties - Editing of the Registry...
Date: 09/15/2014
Move PowerPivot to a dedicated server but with Kerberos configured
SharePoint 2013 PowerPivot can now be configured on a standalone server i.e. not part of the farm....
Date: 04/17/2014
[UPDATED] Kerberos - SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012 / 2014 (Always on) for Business Intelligence
This article has now been updated to include SQL 2014 Always On availability groups requirements...
Date: 04/10/2014
SharePoint 2010 and 2013 PowerShell Back-up Script
I have been asked several times for a Farm backup script and I have been meaning to get to it, so...
Date: 04/08/2014