Better Together
Will Feaser's blog on all things SharePoint-, BizTalk-, or SQL Server Business Intelligence-related.
Scaling SharePoint 2013 Search databases
A few months ago, I had the need to scale out a SharePoint 2013 Search topology. TechNet has a very...
Date: 08/30/2017
Notes from the Field: Upgrading SharePoint
Over the years, much has been written about upgrading SharePoint. TechNet has some very good...
Date: 04/11/2017
One-time Timer Jobs fail to start
I recently ran into an issue with a SharePoint 2013 farm in which one-time timer jobs were failing...
Date: 10/06/2016
Unable to start SharePoint Search Host Controller
I recently encountered an issue with the SharePoint Search Host Controller service being unable to...
Date: 07/08/2016
Updating the User Information List
SharePoint site collections contain a hidden list called the User Information List (UIL). This list...
Date: 11/23/2015
Monitoring Active Directory Import for SharePoint 2013 User Profiles: Part 2
A while back, I wrote a post that covered the basics for monitoring the SharePoint 2013 Active...
Date: 11/17/2014
Site Collection Backup/Restore when using Local Term Groups
The introduction of service applications, starting in SharePoint 2010, has created a set of...
Date: 10/04/2014
Removing a user's site collection administrator privileges and security group memberships
A peer of mine, Jonathan Dimino, recently wrote a post on his TechNet blog to provide a PowerShell...
Date: 08/11/2014
The Undocumented "Feature" of Mount-SPContentDatabase
Today we are going to look at an undocumented (as of 8/6/14) functionality related to the...
Date: 08/06/2014
Monitoring Active Directory Import for SharePoint 2013 User Profiles
Managing user profiles in SharePoint 2010 presented many challenges to administrators. If you ever...
Date: 08/04/2014
Configuring Kerberos so SSRS 2012 reports can consume SharePoint 2010 as a data source
I recently had the need to configure Kerberos constrained delegation for SQL Server Reporting...
Date: 10/03/2013
Sandboxed Solutions - Who is Sharing My Process Space?
I recently ran into an interesting scenario with SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed Solutions while working a...
Date: 08/30/2013
SharePoint 2010 Web Analytics – Changing the Schedule
If you ever tried to change the processing schedule or manually run the processes for the SharePoint...
Date: 02/07/2013
Federating People Search results from a separate Search Service Application
The introduction of service applications in SharePoint 2010 created a wide range of possibilities...
Date: 12/13/2012
Getting and Analyzing Timer Job History
While troubleshooting a SharePoint 2010 outage for a customer, I had the need to determine whether...
Date: 09/19/2012
The mysterious credential prompt
I ran into a strange credential prompting scenario in SharePoint 2010 that took several hours to...
Date: 11/02/2011
Fab 40 Employee Training Template and student names with apostrophes
One of my clients has been getting a lot of use from the SharePoint 2007 “Fab 40”...
Date: 06/07/2011
SharePoint Records Center site and InfoPath promoted properties
I ran into an issue at a customer site that took a bit of research to resolve. The scenario is that...
Date: 04/27/2011
Unable to delete SharePoint 2007 site because "user canceled the action"
Ever try to delete a SharePoint 2007 site via the browser and get an error message stating that the...
Date: 04/20/2011
Issue with unregistering for a class in SharePoint 2007 Fab 40 template
One of my customers is using the “Employee Training Scheduling and Materials” template that comes...
Date: 01/11/2011
Issues caused by removing web parts from standard Survey pages
One of my current customers is leveraging the Survey capabilities that come out-of-the-box (OOB)...
Date: 09/16/2010
SharePoint Designer 2007: Unable to restore web with space in URL
I needed to move a sub-site with custom permissions to another location within the same site...
Date: 04/09/2010
InfoPath 2007: Creating a no-code unique identity value
On a recent project, I had the need to have InfoPath 2007 create a unique integer value...
Date: 02/10/2010
InfoPath, Visual Studio 2008, and the hidden modal dialog
I was recently doing some InfoPath 2007 development in Visual Studio 2008 (sp1) for a client. ...
Date: 02/01/2010
Getting the permissions right - SSRS in SharePoint Integrated mode
Recently, I was working on securing SSRS reports when running in SharePoint Integrated mode. Two...
Date: 07/21/2009
SSRS reports fail after SharePoint host header change
I came across this issue on a project the other day. Hopefully this will save someone some time....
Date: 07/16/2009
Adding a custom column to Site Settings
Many of you have probably encountered the need in SharePoint 2007 to add custom links to the "Site...
Date: 07/01/2009
Using the database view to simplify SSIS packages
On a couple of my recent projects, I was responsible for developing the SQL Server Integration...
Date: 06/25/2009