• Search Reporting and SharePoint 2013: Introduction

    Reference Script: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43394 This is the first post in a series of posts all about analyzing search usage in a SharePoint 2013 environment. Lots of the concepts here can apply to any search platform ...read more
  • Problems Crawling the non-Default zone *Explained

    There is an undocumented assumption baked into SharePoint Search that the Default Public URL of a Web Application will be crawled . If you want everything to work auto-magically, crawl the Web Application's Public URL for the Default zone. Otherwise ...read more
  • Do you want SharePoint 2013 in-flight workflows to complete after a Full Farm Fail Over?

    Intro I’ve been spending a lot of time lately testing SharePoint + SQL Always On scenarios and found some really interesting and important things regarding SharePoint 2013 Workflows. Before diving into the issue and solution, let me quickly recap ...read more
  • Building a self-service private cloud using Windows Azure Pack

    This is the first article in a series of blog posts that will guide you through a simple implementation of a self-service private cloud interface using Windows Azure Pack. There are many layers of the application, and the underlying infrastructure, when ...read more
  • SharePoint Search *Quirks: Query Variables

    In several forums, emails, and discussions, I keep seeing this recurring question, " How can I limit results to a specific library [in this site collection]? " Turns out, this was more difficult than I originally thought …until I found ...read more