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Updating SharePoint Managed Metadata Columns with PowerShell
This post shows how to update a field with a managed metadata term. BackgroundAs with all software projects, requirements change as soon as you deliver. We created a huge list based on a nested folder...
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What Every SharePoint Admin Needs to Know About Host Named Site Collections
This post intends to tell you everything you need to know about host named site collections so that you can decide if they are appropriate for your environment. This post is NOT telling you to run out...
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Setting Object Cache Accounts in SharePoint 2010
This post will show how to set the PortalSuperUser and PortalSuperReader accounts for SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell.BackgroundI frequently create web applications in my SharePoint 2010 environment...
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Inside the SharePoint 2010 My Site Cleanup Timer Job
This post will discuss what the SharePoint 2010 My Site Cleanup Timer Job is, what it does, and how to manage it. If you need to implement your own cleanup process, this post will also provide...
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Setting Up FBA and SQL Membership in SharePoint 2010 with PowerShell
This post provides PowerShell script to easily configure SQL FBA in SharePoint 2010. A long time ago, I wrote a blog post that shows how to configure the SQL Server Provider for FBA in SharePoint 2010....
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Configuring Access Services 2013 on Premises
UPDATE: See White Paper: Office 2013--Access Services Setup for an On-Premises Installation for updated guidance for configuring Access Services 2013 for the RTM version. Recently I co-presented the...
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Creating High Trust SharePoint Apps with Microsoft Office Developer Tools for...
This post shows how to create a High Trust app using Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 - Preview 2 tools. During SharePoint Conference 2012, Scott Guthrie announced the release of...
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Enable Exchange Mailboxes for All Users in an OU
This is more of a note to myself than anything, but what the heck, why not share it with everyone else?I frequently build new SharePoint farms for development and testing, and I usually create a new...
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Configuring LDAP for FBA in SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 with PowerShell
This post provides PowerShell script to easily configure forms based authentication using LDAP in SharePoint 2010 or 2013.A long time ago, I wrote a post that shows how to configure the SQL Server...
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How I Became a SharePoint 2010 MCM
I recently attained the Microsoft Certified Master for SharePoint 2010 certification. I have long wanted to write about the experience, but honestly didn’t know how to begin. After quite a few...
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SharePoint 2013 User Profile Sync for Claims Users
I have been working with claims authentication quite a bit lately, and something that can be frustrating when using claims authentication for Forms Based Authentication (FBA) or SAML claims is that...
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Fixing People Picker for SAML Claims Users Using LDAP
One of the things that frustrates customers when implementing claims authentication in SharePoint is how the people picker works for SAML claims users. If you try to add a SAML claims user to a group...
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My Deck from SharePoint and Windows PowerShell
I am presenting tonight to the Arizona PowerShell User Group on “SharePoint and Windows PowerShell”. Here is the agenda for the talk:Adding SharePoint snap-in to ISESharePoint Nouns and...
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Add Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell Snap-In to All PowerShell Windows
This post will show you how to ensure Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" has been executed in all PowerShell windows.BackgroundI have been doing a lot of work in PowerShell lately, and...
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Extract a WSP Solution from SharePoint 2010
This post shows how to download a WSP from SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell.BackgroundA customer of mine had a scenario where they needed to download a WSP from SharePoint 2010. In the Central...
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Consolidate SharePoint 2010 Application Pools
Working with a customer, we saw that they had 20 or so web application pools, each with 1 web application each. The software boundary for SharePoint 2010 is to have no more than 10 web application...
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Creating SharePoint Folders and Items with PowerShell
I was working on a customer problem and needed a very large list to try to reproduce a problem. I typically fire up Visual Studio and create Yet Another Console App. You know, one of the hundred or...
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SharePoint Error 6398 - You do not have permission to run 'SP_TRACE_CREATE'
Working with a customer, we noticed a large number of errors in the Windows Application event log for error 6398. The errors look like:The Execute method of job definition...
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Iterating Large SharePoint Lists with PowerShell
In a previous post, I wrote about creating a large list with PowerShell. Now that the data is in SharePoint, how do you get the data back out?As a reminder, here is the structure that I created, where...
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Updating SharePoint Managed Metadata Columns with PowerShell
This post shows how to update a field with a managed metadata term. BackgroundAs with all software projects, requirements change as soon as you deliver. We created a huge list based on a nested folder...
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