Beside the Point
A discussion of SharePoint-related concepts from multiple perspectives.
AppFabric Caching (and SharePoint): Configuration and Deployment (Part 2)
Part 1: AppFabric Caching and SharePoint: Concepts and ExamplesPart 2: AppFabric Caching (and...
Date: 03/27/2013
AppFabric Caching and SharePoint: Concepts and Examples (Part 1)
Part 1: AppFabric Caching and SharePoint: Concepts and ExamplesPart 2: AppFabric Caching (and...
Date: 03/27/2013
SharePoint Apps PowerShell Helpers
Setup Details Post Download the scripts referenced in this post via the attachment at the end....
Date: 12/10/2012
Getting Started with Azure Active Directory
So you’ve heard the rumblings about Azure Active Directory and would like to find out more on...
Date: 10/23/2012
Request ADFS Security Token with PowerShell
In the course of my work I often have need to investigate end-to-end protocol flows. For example, I...
Date: 10/17/2012
The SharePoint Federation Authentication Module (SPFAM)
SharePoint Claims Authentication Series 01 - SharePoint, Claims, WS-* and the Windows Identity...
Date: 05/24/2012
WS-Federation Authentication Module (WSFAM) and SharePoint Extensions
SharePoint Claims Authentication Series 01 - SharePoint, Claims, WS-* and the Windows Identity...
Date: 05/10/2012
SharePoint, Claims, WS-* and the Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)
SharePoint Claims Authentication Series 01 - SharePoint, Claims, WS-* and the Windows Identity...
Date: 05/03/2012
Better SharePoint Lists and List Items in PowerShell
Those who've read some of my previous articles or attended my PowerShell trainings know how much...
Date: 02/08/2012
The Timer Recycle Job (job-timer-recycle)
Namejob-timer-recycleTitleTimer Service RecycleDefault ScheduleDaily at 6:00...
Date: 01/10/2012
The SharePoint Administration Service and SPAdministrationServiceJobDefinition
The Timer Service Recycle, Password Management, and Application Server Administration Service...
Date: 01/08/2012
PSObject and the Adapted and Extended Type Systems (ATS and ETS)
A proper title for this post could have been "What is PowerShell?" The PSObject layer and the...
Date: 11/22/2011
SharePoint Timer Job Locks and Scope
With this post it's time we take our best shot at discussing a somewhat confusing topic - SharePoint...
Date: 11/13/2011
SharePoint Timer Service: Config Refresh and Internal Jobs
In describing the invocation and execution of timer jobs within SharePoint's Timer Service...
Date: 11/01/2011
The SharePoint Timer Service
As a single unified logical entity, a SharePoint farm requires a mechanism to run tasks necessary to...
Date: 10/26/2011
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the SharePoint Topology Service
Well, let's get the hard part out of the way first and admit that my earlier post explaining and...
Date: 02/19/2011
Understanding and extending the SharePoint PowerShell snapin
SharePoint 2010 introduces the new, powerful SharePoint Management Shell, helping administrators...
Date: 01/10/2011
SharePoint 2010 Certificates and Certificate Authority
SharePoint Certificate Authority and Root Certificate To properly understand the out-of-the-box...
Date: 11/30/2010
Decrypt secure strings in PowerShell
Before I show you how to decrypt a SecureString quickly in PowerShell, let's explain why this is...
Date: 09/21/2010
Modify SharePoint web.config files via PowerShell (on Hey Scripting Guy)
It's Guest Blogger Week at the Hey, Scripting Guy blog this week, and today they're featuring an...
Date: 09/14/2010
HTTP Request Throttling in SharePoint 2010 (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this series on HTTP Request Throttling, we discussed how to retrieve and modify...
Date: 09/14/2010
HTTP Request Throttling in SharePoint 2010 (Part 1)
SharePoint Web servers can generate a pretty heavy resource load, consuming processor time, memory,...
Date: 09/13/2010
The SharePoint 2010 Health System: A Quick Primer
SharePoint 2010 introduces the SharePoint Health framework, a formalized API and user interface for...
Date: 08/15/2010
PowerShell Remoting for SharePoint
Well, well, well, if it isn’t our friend the double-hop authentication problem again rearing its...
Date: 05/26/2010
Turn Developer Dashboard on/off via PowerShell
I couldn’t find a simple way to turn the developer dashboard on and off via PowerShell - there’s a...
Date: 05/15/2010
Double-hop authentication: Why NTLM fails and Kerberos works
A common scenario in SharePoint is the need to retrieve data from back-end data sources – external...
Date: 05/08/2010
How SharePoint integrates with the ASP.NET Infrastructure
SharePoint is built on top of ASP.NET. There are several key classes/objects in the SharePoint...
Date: 05/01/2010
Calculate Time-to-First-Byte with PowerShell script (Ping-Url)
Technorati Tags: powershell,sharepoint One of the ways the Microsoft IT team monitors performance of...
Date: 05/01/2010