PowerShell script to show the access request email address for all sites
I have written this script to determine whether or not Access Requests are enabled for each site within a given Site Collection, and if so display the email address specified. The colour coded output makes it easy to see which…
Modify the number of backup threads
By default SharePoint is configured to use 3 backup threads. This can be increased to improve performance and reduce the amount of time taken to backup large farms. However, the log files can become more difficult to read. These are…
Script the installation of SharePoint Server prerequisites
If your SharePoint server does not have Internet access then it will not be able to download some of the required components during installation. To workaround this, download the files on another computer and copy them to the PrerequisiteInstallerFiles folder….
Outlook prompts for credentials to open a SharePoint calendar
I have created a shared calendar and clicked the Connect to Outlook button in the Calendar ribbon. I was prompted for credentials continually and the calendar would never open in Outlook. The solution was simple but quite annoying – merely…
Configure alerting for Health Analyzer rules
I don’t log in to Health Anaylzer on a daily basis so have decided to configure alerting for some of the rules to make sure I’m aware of any potential issues. I’m mainly interested in things like low disk space,…
Using ULS Viewer
ULSViewer is an application that allows users to open a ULS (Unified Logging Service) log file and display its contents in a user friendly format. This can be particularly useful when troubleshooting problems with your SharePoint 2010 server. The download…
Change SharePoint log retention period
If, like me, you’ve found that your SharePoint log files have become rather large then you can configure the retention period in order to reduce the amount of space they consume. This can be done with a few clicks in…
Using Microsoft Project to plan a SharePoint deployment
I was using Microsoft Project the other day and discovered it includes a template for a SharePoint Server 2007 deployment. Even though it was written for SharePoint 2007 I think it can still be used to plan a SharePoint 2010…
How to export Survey results to Microsoft Excel
I regularly create surveys in SharePoint for various things but today I was asked to export the results of an old survey into Excel so that the data can be used elsewhere. I haven’t done this before but after a…