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Hi. My name is Paul O'Donnell. I write about SharePoint and use this space to document problems and issues. I can be reached by email.Meta
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How to Install and Configure SharePoint using Windows Powershell
Summary: Several sites already explain how to install and configure SharePoint using Windows PowerShell (see "Related Articles"). But anyone wanting to customize their environment or learn PowerShell will benefit from separately installing SharePoint, its application pools, its service applications, etc. … Continue reading
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How to configure SQL Server client aliases in a SharePoint farm
Summary: This article shows how to configure an SQL Server instance to listen on a non-default port and how to create aliases on application servers. It closely follows Microsoft Technet's "Harden SQL Server for SharePoint environments." Step-by-step Configure the SQL server to … Continue reading
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Direct Links to All SharePoint 2010 Language Packs
Problem Downloading multiple language packs is an interminable process. Microsoft does not provide a single page with all the links. Instead it provides a "launch" page, from which you select the language and then, in a foreign language you most … Continue reading
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An error occurred while enabling Enterprise features
Problem: Attempting to enable enterprise features in SharePoint returns an error: "An error occurred while enabling Enterprise features. Refer to the event logs on your server machines for more details. For more information on how to fix this error, refer … Continue reading
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SharePoint 2010 Backup and Recovery Best Practices Notes
From: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg266384.aspx#section_perf Performance best practices for Sharepoint backup and recovery SQL Minimize latency Use a local disk, separate from disk running SQL Server ...copy to network storage later Network drives ... 1 millisecond or less latency bw disk and SQL … Continue reading
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What are all the SQL Server Services
Question: You are installing SharePoint and the DBA needs to know what SQL Services SharePoint will need. Good question, you think. It depends on what SharePoint services you decide to run. But in order to even have a chance, you … Continue reading
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User Profile Service provisioning checklist
Logged in as SP_Setup? Install SharePoint Run Products & Configuration Wizard SkipFarm Configuration Wizard Install Cumulative Updates Run Products & Configuration Wizard Register Service Accounts SP_ServicesAP account registered? $username = 'DOMAIN\SP_ServicesAP' $password = 'Pa55w0rd' $password = (ConvertTo-SecureString -String "$password" -AsPlainText … Continue reading
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