Configure the SP2013 server

I must say that I am not too fond of the Metro style in SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013. It looks very simple and ugly, but I will probably get used to it… I have always branded SP sites to have the company look & feel (which sometimes is hell as you all know who have worked with …

Installation steps SP2013 Preview

Launch the Splash screen Install the prereq’s Restart when asked Continue installation after restart Then launch Splash screen again, and install SharePoint Server 2013 You will first get this “error” message… you must restart before you can continue installation. Enter the product key which you will find on this page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973397.aspx Put the index files on …

MOSS MA not found

I got this error when I clicked on “Create new connection” in the User Profile Services App, to setup a new connection to the AD. If you get it, just restart the User Profile Synchronization Services under “Services on Server” in CA.

News feed with CQWP

How come I always tell the company I work or consult for, that I am not a developer.. and then I always end up developing stuff anyway? For my part, it is more of a frustration part, because it takes so much time to develop than to use the out of the box functionality. But …

Setup connection filter on AD

If you want to reduce the amount of user profiles that are imported from AD, then a good way is to filter the AD connection. Then you can filter out disabled accounts and for example, accounts that does not have a mail address. Go to you AD connection in the User Profile Service Application and hover …

Cmdlets I use most often

I love the power of PowerShell. And I use it a lot to do stuff, it is much easier and faster than using CA. And I find myself googling Microsoft or other pages over and over for the same commands, because I simply cannot remember the parameters and it is faster to just google it. So …

Why managed metadata sucks

Why is it that you often start doing things in SharePoint that you find really useful, and when you have almost reached your goal – the whole idea just falls? This happened to me when I setup a taxonomy for a department, we built the trees and deployed them to the libraries. All looked really …

SP1 and June CU installed

Always a challenge to install service packs, and today (after having a snapshot of my new SP installation) I installed, in the following order:SP Foundation SP1, rebootSP Server SP1, rebootRun Config wizard, rebootRestart USP – worked (but you need to have the farm admin account in Local Admins group)New snapshotCU for Foundation, rebootCU for Server, …

Unattended service account

I have setup a new SP 2010 server farm this week, and it all went very well actually. But if you use the correct account settings and configure most of the things manually (like the dreaded UPS) then everything should work just fine. There are some messages in the Health Analyzer that needs to be …