Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Online

Windows PowerShell has proven to be the go-to when it comes to efficient administration of SharePoint platform. Currently Microsoft is providing a sub-set of the on-premise shell to support the administration of its SharePoint Online counterpart; mainly SharePoint Online 2013.

Microsoft has all of the up to date documentation released here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161362.aspx

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SharePoint Server Search - Error Starting

Problem I recently ran into this snag at a client site while setting up the Search Service Application. I was able to create the service application without a problem however when I attempted to start the SharePoint Server Search service (Manage services on server page) I kept getting Error Starting . After taking a peak at the logs I found the following: An attempt to start/stop instance of service SharePoint Server Search on server did not succeed. Re-run the action via UI or command line on the specified server. Additional information is below. Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) I double/triple checked the permissions and made sure that my Farm Administrator account was a member of WSS_WPG and WSS_ADMIN_WPG groups, and that those groups had full control permissions to the C:\Windows\Tasks and C:\Windows\Temp folders. Resolution I nearly lost hope when I remembered my old lost friend called STSADM.EXE. Just like in the old da...

SharePoint 2013 - Can't access the site externally in Internet Explorer ("Page cannot be displayed")

Synopsis Before we start talking about the problem let's understand the setup here. We have a SharePoint 2013 intranet site that is also configured for access outside of the corporate network. Employees use the same URL to visit the site both internally and externally via standard ports (80 and 443). Internal URL: http://sharepoint.domain.com Public URL: https://sharepoint.domain.com The site URL has been added to the Local Intranet zone in Internet Explorer for passing domain credentials. Alternate Access Mappings have been configured in such a way that if a user requests the site over HTTP they are automatically re-directed to HTTPS. Internal URL Zone Public URL for Zone https://sharepoint.domain.com Default https://sharepoint.domain.com http://sharepoint.domain.com Default https://sharepoint.domain.com Web application has been configured to use Kerberos protocol for authenticating incom...

Remove Orphaned Web Parts - MissingWebPart

At some point you may have encountered an error like this while browsing through the SharePoint Health Analyzer or if you are attempting to test your content database (i.e., Test-SPContentDatabase) prior to mounting it. Message reads something like this: One caveat is that the log message never reveals the Location of the culprit web part. Luckily we can utilize T-SQL to query the content database and reveal the location of the web part in question. Query the Content Database To do this fire up the SQL Server Management Studio either locally from your machine or while logged on to the SQL Server back-end of your SharePoint farm, open up the new Query window and enter the following statement: USE < Content_Database_Name > SELECT AllDocs.SiteId,WebId, Webs.Title as 'Web Title', ListId, DirName,LeafName FROM AllDocs inner join AllWebParts on Alldocs.Id = AllWebParts.tp_PageUrlID inner join Webs on Alldocs.WebId = webs.Id...

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