I had the opportunity to assist a customer in their decision making process as they looked for a SharePoint security management tool.
A long list of SharePoint blogs, and a new SharePoint Social App
In an effort to keep myself up to speed with what's going on across the SharePoint world, I compiled every SharePoint blog I could find into a Google Reader Bundle. I also created an Android app which reads this same list. Below are the blogs this feed subscribes to: Andrew Connell [MVP SharePoint], http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/Default.aspx Boston SharePoint Salon, http://www.bostonsharepointsalon.com/... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2010 Web Parts and Their Features
Below is a list of all of the "out of the box" web parts that comes with SharePoint 2010. The column on the right highlights which Site Collection Feature you have to activate to enable the web parts. Some web parts will require additional farm solutions like SQL Reporting. Business Data Business Data Actions -... Continue Reading →
Using PowerShell to access SharePoint Sites, Users, and Groups
In this post I am going to dive into some of the basics of accessing your SharePoint sites using PowerShell. This is a pretty basic concept, but something that I think is worth knowing. Understanding the basics allows us to dive deeper into the more complex stuff. So let's start! On one of the SharePoint... Continue Reading →
Loading SharePoint lists from Excel using PowerShell
One of my biggest headaches with developing and testing in SharePoint is my lack of test data to work with. Sometimes I need to generate a load of test data so I can perform searches or test performance on custom code. Like in this blog post, I needed to load up a bunch of fake... Continue Reading →
PowerShell Script: Match SharePoint Service to Application Pool (w3wp process)
A little while ago, I wrote a post on Determining which w3wp process goes to which SharePoint Service. I have since decided to create a PowerShell script which encapsulates the entire process into one simple command! There it is! The script grabs the running SharePoint services, the running IIS application pools and matches them up.... Continue Reading →
How Can I Help?
Thanks for visiting my blog. Over the years, I've come to love the SharePoint community. The people are great, and I depend upon the vast resources available to help me get the job done. Now I want to give back. When you post to the forums at sharepoint.stackexchange.com, I'm committed to helping out whenever I... Continue Reading →
Determining which w3wp process goes to which SharePoint service
This post was originally posted on SharePoint 365, which has since been retired. SharePoint runs its service applications on IIS application pools, which in turn creates multiple w3wp processes running on your servers. When looking at Task Manager, you will see a long list of w3wp processes. Similar to As you can see in... Continue Reading →
Using PowerShell to play with SharePoint Items
As a developer or administrator working with SharePoint, sometimes I need to know exactly what the data is doing, what on earth is it thinking. I may want to manipulate the data real quick without going to the website. This post may also very helpful if you're working against SharePoint's web services, as you can look... Continue Reading →
Initial Topology Planning: Site Collections vs Subsites
This post was originally posted on SharePoint 365, but that site has since been retired. Should I configure my intranet using a single site collection and multiple sub sites or a use multiple site collections? There are huge pros and cons for each scenario, all of which should be seriously considered as you plan out... Continue Reading →
