Introducing new SharePoint Online Cmdlets

February 24, 2014

So far Micosoft doesn't offer the same amount of cmdlets to manage a SharePoint Online instance as they do for an on-premise installation. As many other SharePoint administrators I can't wait to get new cmdlets. Luckily Jeffrey Paarhuis recently published a project on Microsoft Codeplex and showed how simple it is to manage a SharePoint installation just with client-side libraries and functions. Seconds later I've migrated his functions into my project: https://github.com/janikvonrotz/PowerShell-PowerUp I'll introduce you the new:

How to debug your Node.js application

February 21, 2014

Recently I’ve started developing with Node.js. As a beginner I had to set up an IDE which meets my requirements such as debugging code. I’ve tried several IDE’s such as Microsofts’s WebMatrix or Eclipse Node.js extension. But all of them literally sucked, they were are a pain to install or didn’t work properly.

Luckily I came along this project: https://github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector

Success Factors for a SharePoint Project

February 19, 2014

Right now I’ve led the company internal SharePoint projects for about one year.

I’ve experienced that most of the SharePoint project leaders struggle with same problems.

In order to save you from this unnecessary experience I’ve shared my most important success factors of a SharePoint project:

Update Url within WordPress Post Content

February 10, 2014

Recently I’ve change the url for one of my GitHub projects.

Old: https://github.com/janikvonrotz/PowerShell-Profile
New: https://github.com/janikvonrotz/PowerShell-PowerUp

As you might know, I’ve used this url in several posts. In order to make this obsolete links I have to replace them in every posts.

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Deploy the SQL Server Backup Job

February 7, 2014

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

A clean SQL Server maintenance plan should include three processes, backup, integrity check and index optimize.

You could simply set up a SQL Server maintenance plan within the SQL Server management studio. But be aware that there are better solutions, E.g. Ola Hallengren’s SQL Server Maintenance Solution is my absolutely favourite.

O3M 29 - Brot (Dubstep)

January 27, 2014

Finally! Manage Exchange mailbox permissions with Active Directory groups

January 27, 2014

I’ve tried many ways to assign permissions for an Active Directory group on a Exchange (2010) mailbox, but it’s simply not possible.

Fortunately nothing’s impossible with PowerShell.

The following script can handle this issue by:

Apache vHost with SSL Certicate converted from .pfx Export file

January 27, 2014

This is an simple example for an Apache vHost SSL vHost configuration:

<VirtualHost 192.168.0.1:443>
DocumentRoot /var/www/
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /path/to/certificate.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/keyfile.key
</VirtualHost>

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Run the SharePoint 2013 Service Account Creator

January 27, 2014

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

As many other Windows services SharePoint and SQL Server requires different service accounts in order to run secure and reliable.

There are different concepts and strategies to create service accounts for a SharePoint installation. One of the most reliable solution I’ve found here.

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Designing the Logical Architecture

January 27, 2014

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

I assume that the reader of this tutorial has already defined the business requirements for this SharePoint installation.

The physical architecture depends on the requirements of the logical design. That’s why you have to define you logical architecture first.

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