Trial Period Expired in Search Server Express 2010
One of the FAQ on SharePoint 2010 forums is for an alert generated by the Health Analyzer in the Search Server Express 2010 installation instance.
Download Search Server 2010 Express
For businesses who are not ready to invest in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 product, Microsoft have an alternate solution for free – Microsoft Search Server Express 2010.
PowerShell To Backup Site Collection
With Windows PowerShell you can now back up your SharePoint Site Collections either one off or using scripts that can be scheduled.
Although you can use the Central Administration to back up your site collection as a once off task, you get additional options using Windows PowerShell, such as using SQL Snapshots for backing up SharePoint 2010 Site Collections.
Backup-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak
Get-SPSiteAdministration http://server_name/sites/site_name | Backup-SPSite -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak
Backup-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak –UseSqlSnapshot
Note: You can use the UseSqlSnapshot parameter only if you are hosting your content database on SQL Server Enterprise Edition / SQL Server Developer Edition.
Windows PowerShell also gives you the flexibility of backing up several site collections using the thread parameter.
PowerShell To Change SharePoint Diagnostic Log File Location
The following PowerShell cmdlet will get all the diagnostic configuration values
Get-SPDiagnosticConfig
If you want to change the location of your diagnostic configuration log use the following PowerShell cmdlet
Set-SPDiagnosticConfig -LogLocation D:\SharePointLogs\
Aussie First Internet Facing Site on SharePoint 2010
Last week or so, my good old mate, Ivan Brebner launched Digital Atmosphere public facing site on SharePoint 2010 Foundation (Beta)!
Congratulations to Ivan on this launch! I believe this is not only Aussie First but possibly the first SharePoint Consulting company (in Asia Pacific) to launch on SharePoint 2010 Foundation (Beta).
Check out the site which has been customised by Ivan himself and has a good mix of Silverlight as well!
Digital Atmosphere http://mysp.in/brebinator
SharePoint 2010 Beta and Exchange 2010 VHD Download
Early this week (Monday), I had tweeted that SharePoint 2010 Beta and Exchange 2010 Download was available for Microsoft Partners – SDPS. If you are following me on http://twitter.com/alpesh you know about it! This download has now been made available for everyone.
To quote from the download page:
Overview
This download contains a two Virtual Machine set for evaluating and demonstrating Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
Virtual machine “a” contains the following pre-configured software:
1. Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard Edition x64, running as an Active Directory Domain Controller for the “CONTOSO.COM” domain with DNS and WINS
2. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition with Analysis, Notification, and Reporting Services
3. Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2
4. Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Ultimate Edition
5. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition Beta 2
6. Microsoft Office Web Applications Beta 2
7. FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Beta 2
8. Microsoft Project Server 2010 Beta 2
9. Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2
10. Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2
Virtual machine “b” contains the following pre-configured software:
1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, joined to the “CONTOSO.COM” domain
2. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Active directory has been preconfigured over 200 “demo” users with metadata in an organizational structure.
All of these user profiles have been imported and indexed for search within SharePoint Server 2010, with “contoso\administrator” granted administrator permissions.
SharePoint Server 2010 has been configured in a “Complete” farm using Kerberos authentication and the default SQL Server 2008 instance for data, and has a site collection created using the Team Site template at http://intranet.contoso.com/ and a FAST Search Center at http://intranet.contoso.com/search/.
Performance Considerations
1. If possible, unpack and run the VM image on a separate, fast hard drive (7200 RPM or better) from the operating system of the host machine. If this is being done on a laptop, a second internal drive or external eSATA drive works best, though USB 2.0 (make sure it’s 2.0, 1.1 is too slow) or Firewire is acceptable.
For absolute best performance use a second internal SSD drive.
Instructions
a. Start Hyper-V Manager from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools
b. Confirm that the local host machine appears in the Hyper-V Manager list and select it if not already done
c. Under Actions, click Virtual Network Manager…
d. Confirm that you have created an Internal virtual network named “Internal”. Internal networks limit connectivity to only VMs and the host.
If a suitable not, create one now using the following steps:
i. Click on Virtual Network Manager in the Actions pane
ii. Choose New virtual network in the Virtual Networks pane
iii. Choose Internal from the type list and click Add
iv. Enter a name of Internal and click OK v. Start menu -> right-click Network –> Properties
vi. Click Change adapter settings
vii. Find the adapter with a description of Internal, right-click and choose Properties
viii. Double-click on Internet Protocol Version 4 and enter the following values: 1. IP address: 192.168.150.6 2. Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 3. Default gateway: (leave blank) 4. Preferred DNS server: 192.168.150.1
ix. Click OK
e. Close the Virtual Network Manager dialog.
a. Under Actions, click Import Virtual Machine…
b. Use the Browse button to select the folder where the virtual machine package was extracted. Do not check
c. Click Import and wait for the Import to complete – the import status will appear in the Operations column
d. Select the newly imported virtual machine and click Settings in the right pane of the Hyper-V Manager
e. Confirm (and correct if necessary) that the Network Adapter is connected to the Internal network from step 1d.
f. Close the virtual machine Settings dialog.
Download 2010 Information Worker Demonstration Virtual Machine (Beta)
Help! Farm Admin cannot execute cmdlets in SP 2010 Management Shell
In order to execute farm level cmdlets in SharePoint Management Shell you will need to be given Shell Admin access. Even if you are a farm administrator and you have not been given Shell Admin Access, then you won’t be able to execute farm administrative operation using PowerShell. There are lots of operations that you cannot do via the Central Administration GUI and for which you will require Shell Admin Access.
List who has SP Shell Admin Access
Before you get started with addition, it would be good to check who has Shell Admin access using the following PowerShell cmdlet
get-spshelladmin
Let’s check who is in the farm administrator group for http://server
Even though I am a farm administrator, I could not use SharePoint Management Shell to get a list of users who have SPShellAdmin access.
Give user SP Shell Admin Access
To add a user as Shell Admin, use the following PowerShell cmdlet (logged in as the account that has SPShellAdmin access)
Add-SPShellAdmin -username alpesh
Or simply type Add-SpShellAdmin and press enter. You will be prompted to enter the username! Then type get-spshelladmin to see if you have successfully added the user as SPShellAdmin
Remove SP Shell Admin Access for a user
To remove a user as Shell Admin, use the following PowerShell cmdlet
Remove-SPShellAdmin –username alpesh
Or
Or simply type Remove-SPShellAdmin and press enter. You will be prompted to enter the username!
