Intro I haven't researched to see if this topic has been heavily documented but feel like putting my 2 cents of input so hope this helps you. One of Microsoft's big pushes for SharePoint 2013 for On Premise is to consolidate multiple web applications...

Intro I’ve been spending a lot of time lately testing SharePoint + SQL Always On scenarios and found some really interesting and important things regarding SharePoint 2013 Workflows. Before diving into the issue and solution, let me quickly recap...

The purpose of this blog series is to consolidate and provide a simple flow on how to setup Provider Hosted App Infrastructure and understand the basics around Packaging and Deploying provider hosted apps. I assume you have setup the infrastructure for...

Intro This is blog is broken up into a 2 part series covering the following areas: Part 1: Setting up the infrastructure for Provider Hosted Apps + Development (review this first) Part 2: Create a basic Provider Hosted App in Visual Studio 2013...

Intro I know this post is probably somewhat dated but if I can save those that will be deploying SharePoint 2010 instead of SharePoint 2013, this article is extremely relevant. It also might add additional weight to why we have decreased the # of web...

Intro to Host Name Site Collections (HNSC) First, I know several resources are out there published and all provide value. I feel like putting my own spin on Host Name Site Collections for SharePoint 2013 and I hope this helps you. Host Name Site Collections...

Several things haven't changed in 2013 SharePoint search.   Search is still uses a componentized model that is still based on a Shared Services architecture. Simply stated, you still provision a Search Service Application + Proxy. The Search...

Several things have changed in SharePoint 2013 Search. As you might already be aware, we merged and built upon the core SharePoint 2010 Search product and Fast Search for SharePoint 2010 into a single product\engine simply called SharePoint 2013 search...

I recently went through the process of applying the latest SharePoint 2013 Cumulative Update on my multi server SharePoint 2013 Farm.   To my surprise, I found the total time to apply the patch (install the bits) took over 5 hours per SharePoint...

This is my first of many SharePoint 2013 blogs and I’m starting with Search.  I like the new Search UI for users and the look is so much cleaner with the hover panel, search blocks, etc..  I’m really curious how customizing the Search refinement...

I ran into an interesting problem where accessing the 2010 Search Service Application administration page returns a 503 Server unavailable for the Crawl Status.   Usually, a 503 indicates that the application pool is stopped that is hosting a site...

I’m baaaaackkkkkkk,  lol.   I apologize for taking about a 6 month break but I’m back and will have some new fresh blog content starting now.   I recently ran into an interesting scenario with a request to change the Host Header...

I recently ran across an interesting issue where InfoPath forms were calling OOB SharePoint 2010 web services. In particular, these forms contained one or more fields which called SharePoint OOB web service. These forms were published to web applications...

SharePoint Administrator’s running this script want to perform the following tasks for a specified site: 1. Add new Headings and Links to the Quick Launch Bar 2. Add new links to existing Headings on the Quick Launch Bar 3. View the Quick Launch layout...

SharePoint Administrator's that run this script usually want to answer one of the following questions:     1. Is Anonymous Access enabled anywhere in my Site Collection.  If so, where?     2. I want to confirm Anonymous...

This is a summary to provide a glimpse of the Client to Server interaction when a user attempts to open a word document from a SharePoint 2010 Document Library.   A lot of decision making goes behind each attempt when factoring in client Operating...

I know troubleshooting Search Query issues in SharePoint 2010 can be a difficult tasks.  Usually, the problem I’m asked to tackle is why are my queries slow?   I wanted to provide some additional detail and a behind the scenes look at what...

I recently had a request to provide a SharePoint Administrator the ability to export out a crawl log to a CSV file using PowerShell.  Luckily, I found Vijay’s (Thanks Vijay!) post which saved me a ton of time: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/spses/archive...

I apologize it’s been so long since I’ve published any new blog content.  I recently moved into a new position in Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer.  I’m really enjoying it so far and will start pumping out new blog content soon.  For...

Troubleshooting SharePoint Performance issues are probably the most challenging issues for a SharePoint Administrator to troubleshoot. Collecting Performance Monitor output can take time because not only must you understand the options available in the...

Snapshots and SharePoint 2010 are a great thing in that they provide an additional level of fault tolerance for any SharePoint 2010 farm.  A SharePoint Administrator can quickly restore Sites, Lists, or items from a snapshot.   This out...

I’m excited to kick this series off because I really think PowerShell rocks. The goal of this series is to provide some automation for SharePoint Administrators to perform various deployment and/or troubleshooting tasks. To use the script simply copy...

I recently worked on an interesting issue with SharePoint 2010 Content Types. The specific request was the following: A request to create an additional Content Type in a Document Library that wasn’t visible to other Document Libraries within...

The manage access requests feature is great for allowing users that don’t have permissions to a SharePoint site requests access. This link is exposed when users attempt to access a site they don’t have permission to. Clicking on...

We have two main issues with provisioning User Profile Service Application. First, props go out to Sheyi at Microsoft who’s done some extremely valuable work in discovering, troubleshooting, and communicating these issues. Also, I need to give props...