Category: Troubleshooting
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Automation of Password Updates…
Recently I stumbled upon a SharePoint 2010 environment setup a long time ago where the managed accounts and accounts in general were setup a little funny… in particular the issue was that the profile service stopped syncing. I asked the administrator what the issue was and they stated that they’d setup the system to use…
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Recycle Bin Misperceptions
I have to say that it boggles my mind on a regular basis when I start talking to end users during a session or when interviewing users in client engagements to find out that they don’t quite understand how the end user and site collection administrator recycle bins work. Most of the time I find…
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Surrounding Infrastructure–the bane of the IT Pro Detective Work…
We’ve all been there, we get a call from our client, customer, project manager or colleague at 630 in the morning stating that the portal is down. Typically this is done in such a manner that involves a terse conversation asking how long you’ve known the system was down and when you were going to…
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PrereqInstaller Windows Script Host error? Say What?
Yes, that’s correct, if you’ve decided that you’re going to build out your SharePoint environment in an Internet disconnected environment, or on an island as I prefer to call it… be sure that your environment isn’t locked down such that you can’t even run the prereqinstaller to configure your server application roles. So you say…
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TaxonomyPicker.ascx bug (SP2010 RTM)
Please note the update! So apparently others have stumbled upon this but when doing my rebuild of RTM over the weekend I noticed a nifty little error popping up in the event log that raised a little concern with regard to the TaxonomyPicker user control. Looking at the error, you’ll notice that it states the…
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Expiring Service Accounts…
Recently I read an article regarding service accounts and how they should never be set to expire. Bold statement that in some respects I agree with. In the context of the author, I completely understand their frustration with the identity management system not properly alerting the end user that their account was about to be…
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Making Sense of Troubleshooting and Preventive Medicine…
If you’ve ever had to troubleshoot a SharePoint issue within the realm of the third iteration of SharePoint’s platform, then you know that there’s more than just what you’ll find in Central Admin that sometimes requires tinkering to resolve problems. I’ve dealt with everything from timer jobs not firing off due to daylight savings time…
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