SharePoint and related stuff
This blog will be discontinued
Since I left Microsoft by end of february I will no longer continue this blog. The last 10,5 years I...
Date: 04/01/2018
SharePoint 2016 - Zero Downtime patching
If you want to learn how zero downtime patching works with SharePoint 2016 follow this link:...
Date: 08/19/2016
Create sample users in an Active Directory
For SharePoint demo environments or developer boxes it might be usefull to have a couple of users in...
Date: 05/19/2016
The RPC Server is unavailable
When installing SharePoint Server 2016 on Azure hosted VM in a single server Environment with AD...
Date: 05/17/2016
Ten Immutable Laws Of Security
Good to know: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh278941.aspx#EBAA
Date: 01/15/2015
Microsoft datacenter peerings
If you want to know to which networks the Microsoft datacenter networks are connected, check out the...
Date: 11/20/2014
Windows N editions
Always wanted to know what Windows N editions are? Me too ;) Windows N editions allow you to choose...
Date: 10/20/2014
OneNote tags summary
If you are using OneNote throughout your meetings you will often assign tags to your notes....
Date: 12/17/2013
Multilingual termstore usage
I did some testing during customer engagement with having a multilingual SharePoint 2010 termstore....
Date: 06/13/2013
SharePoint automatisiert installieren
Die Installation einer SharePoint-Farm kann prinzipiell völlig herkömmlich über das...
Date: 05/13/2013
Mit Windows PowerShell auf Azure Subscription zugreifen
Für eine Azure Subscription gibt es die sog. PowerShell-Tools, die es ermöglichen, von...
Date: 05/11/2013
Know your content - Part 2
In one of my previous posts I was showing a script to analyze your SharePoint content. This script...
Date: 04/03/2013
Übersetzung Office Menüs 2003 in 2007 / 2010 / 2013
Wer noch den einen oder anderen Menüpunkt aus alten Office-Applikation (<= 2003) im Kopf hat...
Date: 09/17/2012
Link zum Template für die Projektzeiterfassung
Das Template zur Einrichtung einer Projektzeiterfassungs-Site ist im Anhang zu diesem Artikel zu...
Date: 06/18/2012
Create search topology with PowerShell - Part 2
In my recent post I described the initial configuration of a search topology. This posting will show...
Date: 04/24/2012
Create search topology with PowerShell
Managing SharePoint with PowerShell cmdlets is sometimes not the same as doing so from the Central...
Date: 04/19/2012
Calculate calendar week from a date field
If you want to calculate the calendar week number from a given date field you should create a new...
Date: 01/26/2012
Know your content
During a customer engagement I was writing a PowerShell script to analyze the content of a farm....
Date: 01/17/2012
Fetch default values of folders with PowerShell
If you want to fetch folder default values with PowerShell you need to call the Method...
Date: 12/01/2011
How to slipstream SP and CU for SharePoint
If you want to know how to create a correct slipstreamed package of SharePoint including SharePoint...
Date: 08/03/2011
PowerShell - Special characters and tokens
Ever wondered what "cmdlet | % { ... }" means? Follow this link to find an answer:...
Date: 06/23/2011
Gather events from ULS log for specific correlation ID
If you want to gather events from the ULS log that are marked with a specific correlation ID you can...
Date: 05/30/2011
Boot a VHD
With Windows 7 you can boot Windows 7 based VHD file. After having copied the file to your hard...
Date: 04/28/2011
Understanding Hyper-V network configuration
Follow this link to learn how to network configuration works on Hyper-V:...
Date: 04/26/2011
SharePoint 2010 boundaries, thresholds and supported limits
Jeremy Taylor has compiled a good list of SharePoint boundarie, thresholds and supported limits:...
Date: 02/08/2011
Updates for SharePoint & Build levels
A good resource on how to update a SharePoint farm is available at the following link:...
Date: 09/28/2010
PowerShell Cookbook
Very useful: https://www.johndcook.com/PowerShellCookbook.html
Date: 07/22/2010
Configure IIS application pool recycle event logging in IIS 6
https://www.iisadmin.co.uk/?p=17
Date: 07/13/2010
Count the number of MySites
If you want to get the number of MySites just drop the following cmdlet ind your PowerShell console:...
Date: 07/06/2010
Show Computer in Windows Explorer
To get the Windows Explorer started with "Computer" instead of the libraries view, edit the...
Date: 05/15/2010
Content Query WebPart – Helpful links
The Content Query WebPart (CQWP) really makes fun. If you want to aggregate or spread information...
Date: 04/30/2010
Show raw data from CQWP
Read this blog-posting to get to know how to dump the raw data of a content query webpart.
Date: 04/29/2010
Disable loopback check
Everything is described in: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/926642/en-us
Date: 04/28/2010
How to delete a timer job definition
YOU SHOULD ONLY DO THESE ACTIONS ON A NON-PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT If you want to delete a Sharepoint...
Date: 04/28/2010
Get SharePoint Service instances (sorted)
Get-SPServiceInstance | sort-object -property TypeName | ft TypeName
Date: 04/27/2010
Configure a Windows Firewall for Database Engine Access
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175043(SQL.105).aspx
Date: 04/19/2010
SQL-Server Builds, SPs und CUs
Find builds, file versions and cumulative updates for both SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 on that blog...
Date: 04/17/2010
Determine PowerShell version
To determine the PowerShell version you are running just execute the following command: get-host |...
Date: 04/16/2010