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enumerate all sites and subsites in a web application with PowerShell

2011-11-15T13:09:00.000-08:00

I have been struggling to make a change to each site in my SharePoint 2010 farm. The first step was to list all sites and subsites. get-spsite | get-spweb -Limit ALL I can get that into an array thusly: $allsites= (get-spsite|get-spweb -Limit ALL) Once I have the site list "in memory" as the $allsites variable, I can then run a command on each subsite using a foreach loop.

Multiple results in People Search in SharePoint 2010

2011-10-20T11:28:00.000-07:00

I had an issue in my lab server with User Profiles in SharePoint 2010 (big surprise!). In my troubleshooting, I had added multiple sps3://servername start address entries in my Content Source. I was troubleshooting and added the extra entries with the port and alternate access mappings variations. I solved my other issues with the User Profile service application and with search. I forgot to

Co-authoring an Office 2010 document

2011-10-13T16:00:00.000-07:00

In a recent demonstration to new Office and SharePoint 2010 clients, I successfully demonstrated how two users can edit the same document at the same time. Here's how you do it with Word 2010: Have a SharePoint 2010 document library available. Create a Word 2010 document Select the file menu then Save and Send to publish to the SharePoint document Library Browse to the document library in

Cancel all workflows in SharePoint 2010

2011-09-20T16:07:00.000-07:00

If you've ever had a glitch where custom workflows are all in an error state or other circumstances where you just need to wipe the slate clean of the workflows genreated in SharePoint, use this PowerShell command from the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell:foreach ($wf in $web.Workflows){[Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager]::CancelWorkflow($wf)}

AuthorizationManager check failed when launching scripts in PowerShell

2011-08-01T09:29:00.000-07:00

Recently, I received this error when trying to run a script on my Server 2008 R2 server.AuthorizationManager check failed.At line:1 char:3+ & <<<< ' C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\CONFIG\POWERSHELL\Registration\\sharepoint.ps1 '+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], PSSecurityException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeExceptionI was also unable to run the

Installing Foxit 2.x PDF IFilter in SharePoint 2010

2011-07-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

Installing Foxit 2.x PDF IFilter in SharePoint 2010 has been a bit of an adventure for me to get working. I found the instructions in bits and chunks on several different sites so I compiled the instructions here from start to finish:1. Download the IFilter installer and icon from Foxit.2. Open a command prompt “As Administrator”3. Run IISRESET /STOP (leave the command prompt open)4. Launch the

Console cannot refresh until computer is restarted

2011-07-25T07:08:00.000-07:00

In Windows Server 2008 R2, I periodically get the error "Console cannot refresh until computer is restarted" in Server Manager. Even after a reboot, the error condition remains. I may also see "Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80070bc9" the ReportingEvents.log file and Windows updates will fail.There are several ways to fix this, but the simplest and quickest is to reboot the

enable or disable a feature for all subsites

2011-07-21T08:17:00.000-07:00

I have run into situations where I had to rapidly change features or other aspects of subsites across multiple site collections. How can you do that with PowerShell? It turns out to be quite easy. You don't even need a script. You can run a nested command. Here is the example on how to enable a feature on every site and subsite in the farm:get-spsite|get-spweb | foreach-object {

Hold and eDiscovery feature in SharePoint 2010

2011-07-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

I have been tasked to deploy the Hold and eDiscovery feature for an entire farm so that the legal team in the enterprise can create litigation holds in SP 2010. This feature is managed at the site collection level, but it does not automatically turn on the features on each subsite. I had to come up with a quick solution to enable this for all sites:get-spsite | get-spweb | foreach-object {

cmdlet change in SharePoint 2010 New-SPIISWebServiceApplicationPool

2011-04-22T10:28:00.000-07:00

I hope I can save you the frustration I had in debugging my script:New-SPIISWebServiceApplicationPool -Name ManagedMetadataServiceAppPool -Account domain\userThe term 'Get-SPIISWebServiceApplicationPool' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try

New-SPSite : User cannot be found

2011-04-11T12:01:00.000-07:00

I recently had a bit of a head-scratcher with a "User cannot be found" error when using PowerShell to create a site collection in SharePoint Server 2010. My command was quite simple:New-SPSite -url http://servername/sites/site -owneralias "domain\username" -template "STS#0" -Name "Site Title Here"I received an error "User cannot be found"If I removed the "domain\" the command worked every time:

Update conflict in MOSS 2007

2011-03-31T05:27:00.000-07:00

An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPContentDatabase Name=WSS_Content_name Parent=SPDatabaseServiceInstance is being updated by domain\user, in the w3wp process, on machine server. View the tracing log for more information about the conflict. I was receiving this error in Central Admin when I was trying to increase the maximum number of sites in Manage

Unknown Error when trying to acitvate publishing

2010-11-05T12:48:00.000-07:00

Have you ever received an "Unknown Error" when activating a site collection feature: Office SharePoint Server Publishing InfrastructureUse STSADM to deply the feature:stsadm -o activatefeature -name PublishingResources -url http://websiteIf it fails, run the same command with the -force switch.The run:stsadm -o activatefeature -name Publishing -url http://websiteAgain, if it fails, use the -force

the database name located at the specified database server contains user-defined data

2010-09-27T14:43:00.000-07:00

During a recent SharePoint 2007 install I received the error: "the database name located at the specified database server contains user-defined data." Reusing a shared SQL server in a development environment, I received this error from the Config Wizard (SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard) in MOSS 2007. I specified a unique name for the Config database so what's the problem

Windows Update fails on Server 2008 R2

2010-08-05T12:07:00.001-07:00

I have seen a common issue with Windows 2008 R2 and WSUS where the Windows Update client stops working with the error: Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80070bc9 in the log. During these times, I notice that Server Manager complains that it cannot be refreshed until the server is restarted. I cannot use Windows Update, add roles, or view the roles in Server Manager. The error

ASP.NET exception Event ID 1314

2010-08-05T10:53:00.000-07:00

an unhandled exception has occurred event code 4011On one of my web front-end servers, I was receivning this error. The page was intermittently having trouble loading from one node of the cluster. I was seeing generic Windows SharePoint Error pages, but mostly 403 errors.Adding the servername\Users Read (Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read) permissions to the \bin folder in the IIS virtual

Error when applying CU

2010-07-09T12:33:00.000-07:00

I was in a hurry updating a multi-server farm with the June 2010 CU for MOSS 2007. I launched the config wizard before it was finished on another front-end server. I received this error:unable to upgrade sharepoint products and technologies because an upgrade is already in progressThinking I had already finished the first front-end, troubleshooting generated this message:An update conflict has

Exchange 2010 Product Keys and Licensing

2009-11-12T15:02:00.000-08:00

As part of the post installation tasks, the first two immediate steps include verifying the installation and then registering a product key on the server. The former step requires a little experience on installing Exchange servers. The primary step recommended by Microsoft is to view the Exchange Setup Logs which will be in a folder of similar name on the installation drive. These logs should

Exchange 2010 Installation

2009-11-10T16:35:00.000-08:00

On the day of the RTM release of Exchange 2010, I successfully installed the RC version on a virtual machine. My delay was not due its difficulty. I ran into those virtual machine foibles such as running out of disk space and accidental shut downs by sons who want to get on www.lego.com.It would also have speeded up if I found a comprehensive list of the software prereqs. It may be out there but

Exchange 2010 Preparing the Environment

2009-11-03T04:52:00.000-08:00

In my last blog, I laid out the basic steps of performing a migration to Exchange 2010. Since the most probable customers choosing to migrate will have Exchange Server 2003, the direction of the migration will be based on the following environment:- A single domain Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environment with the highest domain and forest functional levels. - A single Exchange

Exchange 2010 - Planning and Coexistence

2009-11-02T15:03:00.000-08:00

Given my current employment, I’ve got the time to devote to studying Exchange 2010. To hone my skills, I plan posting my notes on this beloved blog to encourage the masses to migrate to Exchange 2010 and hire me to do it.Currently, Exchange 2010 is in the Release Candidate phase of development. This means it is one step before the Release (Ready?) to Market (RTM) or gold standard. Thus it is very

Symantec Enterprise Vault

2009-09-04T11:49:00.001-07:00

A lesson from the field for Enterprise Vault. 8390 Errors. These usually mean that you need to put the DisableLoopbackCheck =1 DWORD in the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa … But not always. Look for name resolution issues in your environment. Cure these two things and you will most likely solve the problems.Need to change your Vault service account password? Use the Site Settings

SharePoint 2007 WSS 3.0 Service Pack 2

2009-07-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

Several of my clients have installed SP2 for MOSS 2007. Aside from a glitch which puts the farm in trial mode--which has been fixed before the 180 days expiration--I have heard nothing good or bad about this release. I did some timings (based solely on logs) on the length of incremental crawls, content deployment, backups, etc. I don't really notice a difference, but I didn't set this up

Notes to SharePoint migration - Phase Two Design and testing

2009-07-08T10:20:00.000-07:00

Once you've completed the Discovery phase of your Notes to SharePoint migrations (see the steps here:http://moss-exchange.blogspot.com/2009/05/notes-to-sharepoint-migration-phase-one.html ) you are ready for the next steps. This phase is where you design the migration. First, you need a target environment. If you already have a SharePoint environment setup, it's likely organized by department

Notes to SharePoint migration - Phase One Discovery

2009-05-31T12:48:00.000-07:00

More and more of the migration projects I am involved with are Lotus Notes to SharePoint.These projects often start out with thousands of Notes, Domino.Doc, or Quickplace applications (or databases as they have been known in the Notes vernacular). It can be veryoverwhelming. Remember the old question: "How do you eat an elephant?" Answer: "One bite at a time." Well, aside from being disgusted