Reducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Manager CPU usage
In large environments where you use Server Manager, by default it polls the servers you’ve added quite frequently. Increasing this data refresh interval and reducing the Event Log time frame …
Bulk expanding disks after increasing their physical size
About This script deals with expanding the logical volumes in windows after they have been expanded in the hypervisor. It will work on any windows server which you have remote …
Free SharePoint 2010 Foundation add-ons everyone should have
We have several customers who use SharePoint 2010 Foundation and are constantly trying to get the most out of the product, envious of what SharePoint standard and enterprise can do, …
Mount-SPContentDatabase and Test-SPContentDatabase fail with either Invalid object name ‘Sites’ or ‘Webs’
While trying to restore some SharePoint 2010 “content” databases I kept on getting errors about invalid objects… Found some links talking about incorrect SharePoint versions but as it turned out …
Best of Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) UK 2013
Today we are at Microsoft’s Cardinal Place offices in London Victoria for ‘Best of MMS’ – a regular fixture in The Full Circle calendar for a rapid-fire immersion in the …
Edition downgrade for SharePoint Search Server Express 2010 from SQL 2008 R2 Enterprise to SQL 2012 Express
This is just a quick post to highlight issues with two SharePoint Search Server Express 2010 databases when downgrading from SQL 2008 R2 Enterprise to SQL 2012 Express (although applies …
Create a SharePoint group with permissions and add an AD group to it
Requirement Create a SharePoint group in a site collection Assign that group an existing permission for Site Permissions list Add an Active Directory group to that SharePoint group Read the …
How to structure a software media library folder
Most of our commercial customers with The Full Circle (www.thefullcircle.com) aren’t technology businesses so managing software isn’t what they do. Whilst we often perform this as part of a managed …
Best of Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) UK 2012 – Launching System Center 2012
Microsoft Cardinal Place, Victoria, London On May 17th we attended one of our regular annual fixtures ‘Best of MMS’ which is a one-day (at 3 UK venues) synopsis of the …
Cloud Expo Europe 2012
So we were at the Cloud Expo Europe yesterday which we knew wasn’t going to be as good as the IPEXPO in Earl’s Court back in October simply due to …