Limit the number of concurrent site upgrades
If you are upgrading from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 you may wish to limit the number of sites that can be upgraded concurrently. The example below uses the Set-SPContentDatabase PowerShell cmdlet to set the limit to 5: $var =…
Installing Reporting Services for SharePoint 2013 to support Power View
Today I am installing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS) to enable the Power View feature in SharePoint 2013. There are three steps to this process: Install, register and start Reporting Services Report Server Create a Reporting Services Service…
SharePoint 2013 – Search Query Suggestions not working
If you find that query suggestions do not work in your SharePoint 2013 Search then here are a few things you can try. Enable search suggestions 1. Log into Central Administration 2. Navigate to Manage Service Applications -> Search…
SharePoint 2013 – The tagging service is currently unavailable
Today I tried to post something on my News Feed using a hash tag, but was promptly hit with the following error message: Something went wrong The tagging service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. I was also unable…
SharePoint 2013 – configuring the Workflow Service
Today I have installed the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Management Service, as out of the box I can only create SharePoint 2010 Workflows in SharePoint Designer. Before starting I have: Created a service account in Active Directory and added it to…
SharePoint 2013 – Increase the Distributed Cache size
In order to improve performance I am increasing the cache size for the Distributed Cache Service using the Update-SPDistributedCacheSize cmdlet. Here are the steps to do so: 1. Update the cache size: Use-CacheCluster Update-SPDistributedCacheSize -CacheSizeInMB 2048 2. Stop the service…
SharePoint 2013 – Distributed Cache stuck on Starting
I have added a new cache host to a SharePoint 2013 farm using the Add-SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance cmdlet. However, in Central Administration the service shows that it is stuck on Starting. If I use the Get-SPServiceInstance cmdlet then I can see that…
SharePoint 2013 – Sign in as a different user
In SharePoint 2013 Microsoft removed the ‘Sign in as a different user’ option. Whilst there are a number of ways to get it back, some of them are unsupported. My preferred method is to use the Alt Login feature by…
SharePoint 2013 – Error running Update-SPProfilePhotoStore
I am attempting to import user profile pictures from Active Directory but when running the Update-SPProfilePhotoStore cmdlet it generates an error. Here is the command I am running: Update-SPProfilePhotoStore -CreateThumbnailsForImportedPhotos 1 -MySiteHostLocation http://mysite.mydomain.local and this is the error message: UserProfileApplicationProxy.ApplicationProperties…
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