Drives are running out of free space
The SharePoint Health Analyzer has been warning me for some time that my drives are running out of free space so now I need to do something about it. Here is a screenshot of the error: This one is easy…
How to create a Wiki Page Library
A SharePoint Wiki Page Library can be used for many things including departmental manuals and documenting procedures. This is mainly because it is quick and easy for groups of people to create pages and link them together. Today I’m creating…
Configuring SharePoint Workspace
SharePoint Workspace, formerly known as Microsoft Groove, allows you to take SharePoint lists and libraries offline. This is particularly handy when working on a laptop between offices without access to the SharePoint server itself. It allows you to make changes…
Enabling SSL on a SharePoint site
With any public-facing web server these days it is best practice to use SSL to make sure traffic is encrypted. SharePoint is no exception so today I’m going to generate an SSL certificate and attach it to my site. I…
SharePoint 2010 Licensing
Several people have asked me about SharePoint licensing. Given that SharePoint 2010 is available in three editions (Foundation, Standard and Enterprise), each offering a different set of capabilities to meet different needs, it can be quite difficult to understand what…
Adding custom themes
There aren’t many themes to choose from in SharePoint but it’s easy to upload custom themes. Just follow these steps: Open your SharePoint site Click Site Actions Click Site Settings In the Look and Feel section, click Site theme At…
Backing up a site collection from the command line
In addition to backing up my SharePoint site collection with Symantec BackupExec, I will occasionally use the command line tools to backup to file. This is quite easy to do in just a few steps: Logon to the SharePoint server…
Using Symantec Backup Exec to backup SharePoint
As I use Symantec BackupExec on my network I have purchased the agent for SharePoint. This will allow me to backup the entire server or farm with the ability to perform a granluar restore. To backup the SharePoint server efficiently…
SharePoint 2010 Regional Settings and Locale
Every time I install SharePoint 2010 I have to remember that by default the time zone and locale are set to American and need to be changed. To change the locale and time zone following these steps: 1. Log in…
File-Level Antivirus Scanning and SharePoint 2010
In order to prevent unexpected behaviour or performance issues I am going to exclude various files and folders from scanned by my Antivirus software. This process will differ depending on the Antivirus solution in place so instead of providing a…
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