Wondering mind
The thoughts of a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer on anything and everything SharePoint.
PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte
Hello All, This past Saturday (9/15/2012) I got a chance to present at the 2nd PowerShell Saturday...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 09/19/2012
SharePoint Tidbit - August 2012 Cumulative Update release for SharePoint
Hello All, So it is that time again when the SharePoint group releases the Cumulative Updates for...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 09/11/2012
SharePoint Tidbit - Simple ways to present data using SharePoint 2013 and Exchange 2013
Hello All, Something I noticed with SharePoint 2013 that I find very exciting is how it is...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 09/06/2012
SharePoint Tidbit - SharePoint Communities, what is all the fuss
Hello All, So if you have been reading up on SharePoint Server 2013 you may have heard of people...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 08/28/2012
Speaking at PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte, NC
Hello All, If you think you maybe in the neighbor you should come join me for this amazing event...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 08/02/2012
SharePoint Tidbit - Navigating the search pages
Hey, When I read this I thought it was absolutely genius and thought I would pass it on to you. The...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 07/18/2012
SharePoint Tidbit - SharePoint 2013 Public Beta is here
Hello All, So the Public Beta has finally made it, there is a ton of exciting changes. From the look...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 07/17/2012
Administrative permission for User Profile Service Application
Hello All So recently I had a customer ask how the administration permissions worked within the User...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 07/09/2012
SharePoint Tidbit - Slipstreaming SharePoint install...
Hello All, I know it is not really slipstreaming but the end result is the same and slipstreaming...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 06/22/2012
What port does PowerShell remoting use?
So I had written a script for a customer to update all the SharePoint servers in a farm and then run...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 06/20/2012
SharePoint Tidbit - April CU re-released
Sending out this update that the April 2012 CU has been updated and re-released. If you wish to...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 06/14/2012
SharePoint Diagnostic Logging - Part 1
So who has recently looked at Diagnostic Logging in SharePoint 2010? And who has sat there and...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 06/11/2012
My PowerShell Library
Hello All, So as I have been writing scripts for different things I have started to build up...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/01/2012
Library - Function New-LogFile
So working with a customer on a bunch of scripts to manipulate SharePoint and we needed a standard...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/01/2012
Library - Function Add-Logfile
So continuing along with file manipulation I created a function that will write to our log file as...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 03/01/2012
Removing enterprise features from your farm
UPDATE: After discussing this with some colleagues we figured out that even after disabling the...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 02/23/2012
Being published on HeyScriptingGuy Mar. 3, 2012
Great news on Mar. 3, 2012 I will have an entry published on the HeyScriptingGuy blog, check it out...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 02/22/2012
How to elevate permissions for your shell within a script
At one time another you will right a script where you need to have it run from an elevated shell and...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 02/16/2012
How to know what WFE your connected to….with a Load Balancer
So a few days ago a customer asked me how they can figure out which one of their Web Front Ends...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 11/29/2011
The mystery of the missing tag
So I recently had to troubleshoot an issue where the ability to Tag internal objects in SharePoint...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 11/22/2011
Arguments what are they good for
If your like me you have slowly (or maybe quickly) been getting frustrated with using arguments in...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 11/16/2011
Being published on HeyScriptingGuy
Great news on Nov. 12, 2011 I will have an entry published on the HeyScriptingGuy blog, check it out...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 11/06/2011
Governance is it policing or self-preservation
So I recently was having a discussion with an administrator about their SharePoint 2007 environment,...
Author: Chris We - MSFT Date: 10/04/2011