Announcing the Release of Nauplius.SP.UserSync 1.2
Nauplius.SP.UserSync is a timer job that synchronizes the User Information List with Active Directory. It is targeted at SharePoint Foundation 2010 and 2013, where the User Profile Synchronization...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Release of Nauplius.SharePoint.BlobCache 1.5
Nauplius.SharePoint.BlobCache is a SharePoint 2010 and 2013 solution that helps you manage the BLOB cache and all available settings, both documented and undocumented. New with this release is a...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 – Bug with Alert Me on a Discussion Item
If you attempt to set an Alert on a specific Discussion Post, like this: You will end up a yellow screen of death, like this: [crayon-529245f16fca6929960484/] This bug appears to be ‘long standing’,...
View ArticleNew SharePoint 2013 Cmdlet: Update-SPHelp
Update-SPHelp is a new PowerShell cmdlet that shipped with the October 2013 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2013. There are only a couple of options with it, namely the -Force parameter allowing you...
View ArticleTargeting the Search Crawler to a Specific Server
In many medium to large SharePoint deployments, search is a critical piece of the farm architecture. An underperforming search instance can lead to severe discoverability issues as well as potentially...
View ArticleVisio Services Missing Images
In SharePoint 2013, Visio Services may throw errors in the Application Event Log. This event appears to happen when you open the Web Part Options for the Visio Web Access web part:...
View ArticleThe Magic of Get-SPProduct -Local
Many of us have run into that situation where you’ve installed an update, started the Config Wizard, and you get a message that such-and-such server doesn’t have these updates. But they’re installed,...
View ArticleNo Activity in User Profile Synchronization During User Sync
I had one client where during User Profile Synchronization, profiles were not being pulled in. After they checked the miisclient (located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 December 2013 Cumulative Updates
SharePoint Foundation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2849961/en-us SharePoint Server 2013: Project Server 2013: Office Web Apps 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2850013/en-us Office 2013...
View ArticleNew Release: Crawl Target Solution for SharePoint
Based on my previous post regarding targeting a crawler at a specific server running the Foundation Web service, I have built a Central Administration-UI to allow SharePoint Administrators to do this...
View ArticleNew Release: Nauplius.SharePoint.FoundationSync 2.0
A new release of the Nauplius.SharePoint.FoundationSync solution is now available! This new release brings synchronization of Active Directory group information to the User Information List, as well as...
View ArticleTop 10 Posts of 2013
A lot has happened this past year, and I wanted to highlight the top 10 posts on this blog by traffic in 2013, as well as a few of my favorite posts. Installing SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2012 on...
View ArticleSharePoint Private Properties in PowerShell
Welcome to the New Year! Hope everyone is having a great start! Now back to SharePoint… Yet Another Originated From the MSDN/TechNet Forums Question (these are always fun). So there was a question...
View ArticlePowerShell for People Picker Properties
As many SharePoint Administrators are aware, especially those dealing with one-way trusts or Selective trusts, the peoplepicker-* properties are very familiar to us. Since at least WSSv3, if not...
View ArticlePeople Picker Troubleshooting Tips
This is a fairly common issue I see on forums, so I thought I’d have a pre-emptive post that is easy to reference. There are a handful of People Picker issues, where a particular user, group, or all...
View ArticleTroubleshooting User Property Issues
Let’s ignore SharePoint Foundation for a bit, because that doesn’t automatically sync with Active Directory anyways (besides the initial add). Typically, with Standard and Enterprise, SharePoint...
View ArticleUnable to Move User Profile Property
When you look at the User Profile Property list in the UPA Manage User Profiles, notice the below defaults. Of note is the Resource Account SID property. It is not possible to move properties above...
View ArticleSharePoint and the Web Application Proxy Role
Windows Server 2012 R2 includes a new role, the Web Application Proxy Role. This role is meant as a replacement for such technologies as Microsoft TMG and UAG, containing some of the functionality of...
View ArticleWhat is the SharePoint Configuration Cache?
SharePoint has what is known as the Configuration Cache. Sometimes we get recommendations to clear it, especially when timer jobs don’t appear to be operating properly. But what exactly is the...
View ArticleUsing SharePoint Automation Services Slides
Yesterday I spoke at the Puget Sound SharePoint User Group about Word Automation Services and PowerPoint Automation Services. Below are the slides. In addition, the demos used on the slides were...
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