• CIE v4.0 is now available!

    CIE v4.0 platform showcases the following products:                        

    • Windows 8 Enterprise
    • Consumer Preview version of the new Office
      • Office 365
      • Office 2013
      • Exchange 2013
      • SharePoint 2013
      • Lync 2013
      • Project 2013
      • Visio 2013

    It is now available for download for CIE facilitators and partners.

    https://www.microsoftcie.com/

  • Deleting unused application pool in SharePoint 2010

    There is no GUI available in the SharePoint Central Administration website to delete a SharePoint 2010 application pool.

    Deleting the application pool from the Internet Information Services (IIS) manager is also not helping as you will still get the error when trying to create a new application pool with the same name.

    The only way is to delete the application pool entry from SharePoint is via PowerShell command.

    Here are the steps:

    1. Launch the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell with administrator privileges
      (Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products -> Right click on SharePoint 2010 Management Shell -> Run as administrator)
    2. Run 'Get-SPServiceApplicationPool'
    3. Run 'Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity <Name of the application pool>'
    4. Run ‘Remove-SPServiceApplicationPool’
    5. Input the Identity <name of the application pool>
    6. Input 'Y' to delete the application pool