• SharePoint Performance Monitoring

    This is an AS-IS post on how to setup Performance Monitoring for SharePoint Servers. Ensure that the instructions in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281884 are followed. This will allow for the Process ID value to be included as part of the process...
  • Tactical Performance for SharePoint and SQL - References

    SharePoint Configuration References Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx SharePoint 2010 Best Practices http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/8666.sharepoint...
  • Activating Windows with PowerShell

    You want to activate Windows using PowerShell? Here you go: $computer = gc env:computername $key = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" $service = get-wmiObject -query "select * from SoftwareLicensingService" -computername $computer $service.InstallProductKey...
  • Renaming SharePoint 2013 Search databases

    If you have had trouble moving your SharePoint 2013 Search Databases using the TechNet article below. Move the Search service application databases in SharePoint 2013 This article may help. First: The original databases need to be online...
  • MinimaList SharePoint WarmUp Script

    In the spirit of Minimalism I have decided to create the simplest SharePoint warm up script that I could. There are plenty of warm up scripts on the web. Many of them are convoluted and difficult to manage. This shouldn't be that difficult. All you need...