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Tips, Tricks and Lessons Learned
Dennis BottjerSharePoint Solution Architect
SharePoint 2013
Introductions
Dennis started his career, years ago, as a help desk professional for an architecture firm and experienced, first hand, the struggle of small business & technology. Through that experience and his education in MIS at OU, he gained a keen skill as a developer & a passion for designing business applications. Over the course of 10 years, Dennis moved on to work for several corporations and Fortune 500's like Bank of America, leading teams to develop SharePoint & custom software solutions on a much larger scale.
Today, Dennis spends the bulk of his time consulting with ThriveFast's diverse clients. Occasionally, he'll take the night off to attend or speak at a conference or event like 'SharePoint Saturdays' or to read a good book.
Leadership: President of the Tulsa SharePoint Interest Group.
@DBottjer DennisBottjer.com
Agenda
PowerShell
General
Performance
Where is my STSADM?
SharePoint PowerShell
Fact: Not If, When.
Why use?
Use ISE
Additional Tips & Demos
1. It’s repeatable, across farm and environments
2. Documentation3. Power of .NET4. Get rid of Ugly Guids (DB Names)
Why Use PowerShell?
Use the ISE
No Editor, Just Command Prompt?
Solution:
1. Use the SharePoint Management Console (PS)2. Use Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -
EA 0
Issue: PowerShell Doesn’t Know SharePoint
Save Me…
SharePoint General
Suite Bar Updates
Hide the Quick Launch
Hide the ‘Recent’ Heading
Run Config Wizard from Command Line
Employee Pics from AD
Open in Windows Explorer
Solution:
$wa = Get-SPWebApplication “http://WebAppURL”$wa.SuiteBarBrandingElementHtml = "IncWorx Consulting"$wa.Update()
Issue: Suite Bar Text Reads “SharePoint” Instead of Company Name
Solution:
Insert this code into a Script Editor Webpart <style type="text/css"> #sideNavBox {DISPLAY: none} #contentBox {MARGIN-LEFT: 0px}</style>
Issue: Hide The Quick Launch With CSS
Solution:
1. Make a copy of the default master page. 2. Add a reference in your Master Page to the most
recent jQuery.min.js. 3. Next, search for the tag in your master page.
Inside that tag, place this bit of code:
$(document).ready(function() { var recentLi= $("#ctl00_PlaceHolderLeftNavBar_QuickLaunchNavigationManager div ul li").filter(function(index) { return $("span span", this)[0].innerText == "Recent"; }); if (recentLi != undefined) { recentLi.hide(); } });
Issue: Hide The Recent Heading
Solution:
psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -wait
Issue: Running SharePoint Config Wizard GUI Fails
Solution:
Update-SPProfilePhotoStore -CreateThumbnailsForImportedPhotos 1 –MySiteHostLocation http://my.company.com Note: Run as Admin
Issue: Employee Pics Stored in AD Aren’t Showing on Profiles
Solution:
1. Add Desktop Feature2. Restart Server3. Make sure webclient Windows Service is
running
Issue: Open in Windows Explorer Doesn’t Work on My Server
Help, SharePoint is Slow…
SharePoint Performance
Set Search Performance Level
Rebuild Indexes
SQL Statistics
Automatically Detect Settings
Set DB Auto Growth
Solution:Is noderunner.exe is running and using
tons of memory?
Run: (SharePoint Management PowerShell)
Set-SPEnterpriseSearchService -PerformanceLevel Reduced
Issue: SharePoint Environment is Unbearably Slow
Solution: SharePoint does not exist without SQL Server and SQL Server Indexes become fragmented.
1) Establish a Maintenance Plan that rebuilds your indexes.
2) Use T-SQL to script the Rebuilding of Indexes Example: http://bit.ly/GSYMAW
Issue: SharePoint Environment is Unbearably Slow
Solution:
1. Rebuild Indexes (See Previous Slide)2. DO NOT Enable Auto-Create Statistics
Issue: SharePoint Environment is Unbearably Slow
Solution: In IE Disable “Automatically Detect Settings.”
1. In Internet Explorer, Go to the upper right corner and click on the Gear:
2. Then select Internet Options Tab, and choose the connections tab as shown below:
3. Click LAN Settings:
4. Uncheck the first check box “Automatically detect settings” if this is checked, and click ok on all open screens.
5. Close and Re-Open Internet Explorer.
Issue: Document Viewing and Uploading is Slow
Solution:
1. Set autogrow to a fixed size, not percentage.2. Set fixed size based on expected total database
size.
Issue: SharePoint Ignores the Model DB and Auto Growth is Enabled by Default
Dennis Bottjer@DBottjer
Thank You!
Tips, Tricks and Lessons Learned
SharePoint 2013
