I’m trying to copy some code from Reflector into OneNote 2010. Unfortunately, OneNote requires the Windows Desktop Experience. What a bummer. Now my VMs need to have the DE feature installed.
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OneNote 2010 Requires the Windows Desktop Experience
Posted by David Frette on January 15, 2011
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Use PowerShell to quickly show your SharePoint Features
Posted by David Frette on December 30, 2010
I wanted to know what features were installed on my farm. Not just farm-scoped features, but all feature scopes. So I wrote some quick powershell to tackle the job.
Here is a screenshot of the code for easier reading.
Script to display all SharePoint features
Here is the code so that you can copy/paste.
clear-host;
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
write-host "Farm scoped features"
# This will display all Farm scoped features
#Get-SPFeature -Farm
# This will display a specific Farm scoped feature if it exists
Get-SPFeature -Farm | where { $_.Id -eq "319d8f70-eb3a-4b44-9c79-2087a87799d6" }
write-host
foreach ($webapp in get-spwebapplication) {
write-host "Web Application " $webapp.url
# All WebApplication scoped features
#Get-SPFeature -WebApplication $webapp.url
# specific WebApplication scoped feature if it exists
Get-SPFeature -WebApplication $webapp.url | where { $_.Id -eq "0ea1c3b6-6ac0-44aa-9f3f-05e8dbe6d70b" }
write-host
foreach ($site in $webapp.sites) {
write-host "Site Collection " $site.url
# All SiteCollection scoped features
#Get-SPFeature -Site $site.url
#specific SiteCollection scoped feature if it exists
Get-SPFeature -Site $site.url | where { $_.Id -eq "7094bd89-2cfe-490a-8c7e-fbace37b4a34" }
write-host
foreach ($web in $site.AllWebs) {
write-host "Web " $web.url
# All Web scoped features
#Get-SPFeature -Web $web
# Specific web scoped feature if it exists
Get-SPFeature -Web $web | where { $_.Id -eq "00bfea71-1e1d-4562-b56a-f05371bb0115" }
write-host
}
}
}
write-host "Done"
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3 Quick Steps to import a Data Taxonomy into the Managed Metadata Service in SharePoint 2010
Posted by David Frette on May 26, 2010
1. Open the Term Store Management Tool (Site Actions > Site Settings > Term Store Management) an download the sample import file. (Remember, Service Applications are configured on a per Web Application basis, so use any site collection inside a WebApp configured with your MMS.)
2. Insert your data. In the photo below, I demonstrate creating a term called USA. Under that, I create the term Alabama. Under that, 4 cities. Then under USA, a term called Alaska. The point is that the we have a hierarchy. Using the import file, we can go 7 layers deep.
3. Save the file, head back into the Term Store Management Tool, select/create a group, and Import the file.
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Taxonomy Update Scheduler Timer Job
Posted by David Frette on May 26, 2010
How SharePoint Updates listitems when the Managed Metadata changes.
First, be sure to have configured a Managed Metadata Service and have a termset to use.
Second, go to a site collection and configure a Managed Metedata field to use that termset.
Create a list item and assign it a value for the Managed Metedata field. Take note of the value.
Now locate the Timer Jobs in Central Admin > Monitoring. Scroll down or page over to the Taxonomy Update Scheduler jobs. I disabled all of the Taxonomy jobs for this demo.
Here are a list of my Web Applications. You can see how each Web App (image below) has a Taxonomy Update Scheduler job (image above) assigned to it.
Now go into your Term Store Management Tool (via /_layouts/termstoremanager.aspx”>http://<siteurl>/_layouts/termstoremanager.aspx ) and update the value.
The original value was Houston.
The updated value is Houston, Tejas.
Back on the site, it still shows the old value, Houston.
If we go into Central Administration and open up the Taxonomy Update Scheduler job, we can Enable it. Then we can Run Now.
After a few seconds, the Taxonomy Update Scheduler Timer Job will have completed. And after F5’ing our list view, we’ll see the updated value.
So that’s how changes to the MMS are pushed down to content.
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Recap of SharePoint Saturday Houston
Posted by David Frette on May 20, 2010
SharePoint Saturday Houston was May 1. I’ve been pulling my thoughts together for a couple of weeks now. I want to evaluate each aspect of the event in highlight. I am not going to discuss each bullet point on a blog. If you have questions or varying opinions, I’d sure love to hear them in the comments.
Let’s begin with facilities. The Norris Center is an awesome facility for a conference this size.
- It has 5 rooms for tracks, each holding 50 to 100 people
- It has an enormous lunch room
- It is well run
- They had great food and plenty of it: snacks, excellent lunch, and refreshments in every room all day
The quality of speakers was remarkable.
- I’m not going to name any names.
- We had a good balance of local representatives and people from around the region, and a few from each coast
- We had great topics with people who are considered some of the experts in their fields
- We had general, case study, architecture, administration, and developer’s covered
The schedule. 
- Here’s where I fess up. I was part of the committee who decided to have tracks go until 6pm. That was a mistake.
- We would have been better off with one less time slot and a little longer presentation sessions.
- Nonetheless, the session content was great, we had plenty of time to sit down and eat, and we still had time to give away the swag!
Supporters (Vendors)
- The vendors were awesome. They contributed the funds to make this happen. And from what I heard, they felt it was a good investment.
- They did a great job of engaging with the guests
- They did not make you feel obligated to talk to them (SPC, PDC, etc, the vendors were a bit more grabby)
- I feel like they respected people and valued their time.
Volunteers
- Volutneers were great.
- I think we needed just a couple more “runners” if you will.
- They were helpful and very accomodating.
Overall, this was a great event. I am glad that I was able to be a part of it!
See you at Houston TechFest on October 9, 2010!
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SPS DC
Posted by David Frette on May 13, 2010
Tomorrow I am flying out to Washington, D.C., in order to speak at SharePoint Saturday DC, aka, SPSDC. It should be a fun time. I look forward to presenting on MMS and all the wonderful questions and insights that attendees bring.
If you are going to SPSDC, but sure to say hi.
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STSADM to PowerShell mapping
Posted by David Frette on May 2, 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff621081(office.14).aspx
For those joining me in learning powershell for SharePoint, here is a handy reference on technet mapping the ststadm commands to PowerShell commands.
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SQL Server R2 RTM
Posted by David Frette on April 26, 2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 officially RTM’d.
I’ve been working with the SQL CTP and SharePoint Beta, and the BI story is pretty incredible. Here’s a quote that’s pretty accurrate (it’s not as easy as they make it sound, but the BI capabilities are still pretty impressive).
With the release of SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft is introducing powerful new managed self-service BI capabilities, bridging the gap between IT professionals and end users by leveraging familiar tools such as Microsoft Excel 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. With the new BI technology named PowerPivot, end users can bring data from virtually anywhere and manipulate large datasets with ease while still enabling IT to monitor and manage user-generated BI solutions.
As soon as the code his MSDN, it’ll be time to rebuild the SharePoint 2010 SQL server.
TechNet blog found here: http://bit.ly/SQL2008R2RTM
Press Release found here: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/apr10/SQL08RTMPR.mspx
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Use PowerShell to Get ManagedPaths in SharePoint 2010
Posted by David Frette on April 24, 2010
Just a quick post here. I wanted to get a list of all Managed Paths in my SharePoint 2010 farm.
So I first saw
Get-SPManagedPath
Next, I found it’s parameters by using
get-help get-spmanagedpath
Note: If you use it without a parameter, it prompts you for the web app url. Kind of neat. The PowerShell ISE actually displays a dialog window, while the PS> cmd prompt asks for a parameter.
Knowing that I could get a list of web applications from somewhere, I found
get-spwebapplication
And then piping each webapplication’s “url” property to another commandlet will get me what I’d like. And that is a listing of all managed paths in my farm.
get-spwebapplication | foreach { Get-SPManagedPath -WebApplication $_.url }
From there, it was all playing with the script to save both the web application url and the managed path. Here’s what I came up with:
And here is the code if you need to copy and paste it.
clear-host
write-host "------ BEGIN -----"
write-host ""
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
$a = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$webapps = get-spwebapplication
foreach ($webapp in $webapps)
{
$paths = Get-SPManagedPath -WebApplication $webapp.url;
foreach ($path in $paths)
{
$a.Add( $webapp.url + $path.name );
}
}
#Write out the results if you need them
$a
write-host ""
write-host "------ END -----"
Next stop, creating a managed path with PowerShell.
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