Enable Developer Dashboard using Powershell

$spDevDash = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService.DeveloperDashboardSettings;
$spDevDash .DisplayLevel = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPDeveloperDashboardLevel]::OnDemand;
$spDevDash .RequiredPermissions = ‘EmptyMask’;
$spDevDash .TraceEnabled = $true;
$spDevDash .Update();

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Fantastic 40 Templates on SharePoint 2010

The "Fantastic 40" templates were created for WSS 3.0.

Microsoft has no plans to upgrade them for SPF 2010, however TechSolutions has migrated many of the templates and made them available here http://www.techsolutions.net/Blog/tabid/65/EntryId/18/Fab-40-for-Sharepoint-Foundation.aspx

Custom MySite Host in SP 2010

If you use the SP 2010 wizard to install SharePoint 2010, you end up getting a site with the name of the server and "my" site collection, all in a single database. The best practice is to delete this web app, which means you will delete the mysite site collection as well.

Steps:

1) Create a new web app - http://sharepoint.mycompany.com
2) Create Site Collection under the web app in step 1
3) Create dedicated MySite Web App - http://mysite.yourcompany.com
4) Create Site Collection My Site Host template under enterprise tab under web app in step 3

Please see more info here -- http://sharepointgeorge.com/2010/configuring-my-site-sharepoint-2010

Enjoy!!!

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Create a content type search refinement panel in SharePoint 2010

Out of the box there is a refinement panel for ‘Result Type’ however this is different to the content type, e.g. Word as opposed to Proposal. So the challenge was to create a new refinement panel to replace the Result Type refinement panel. Note, it was to replace in my case but there’s no reason why it can’t be in addition to:

Great article on getting this done:

http://www.glynblogs.com/2011/01/create-a-content-type-search-refinement-panel-in-sharepoint-2010.html


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Enjoy!

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2.0

The Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administer and manage Microsoft® SharePoint® Foundation 2010 and Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010.

SharePoint Diagnostics Studio is awesome!

Download the toolkit from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=718447d8-0814-427a-81c3-c9c3d84c456e&displaylang=en

P.S. Try it on your dev/test farm before moving to production...

Enjoy!

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SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Arriving in June 2011

Service Pack 1 in late June 2011 ..  Site Recycle Bin, StorMan is back :-)

Enjoy SP 2010 SP1

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SharePoint 2010 Reporting Services Integration Authentication Fix

Server 1 (WFE), Server 2 (APP & Central Admin), Server 3 (DB w/ Report Server) - NTLM install
 
In SharePoint Central Administration -- General Application Setting - Reporting Services Integration

Selected the RS URL and "Trusted Account", domain user name & password (Server 3, local admin domain account for RS access)

Everything will work fine including activation of the features on existing site collections BUT when you click on Set Server Defaults, you will end up getting The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized

Fix

KB article has the answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871179/en-us

On Server 2 (App & Central Admin)

To work around this behavior if you have multiple application pools that run under different domain user accounts, you must force IIS to use NTLM as your authentication mechanism if you want to use Integrated Windows authentication only. To do this, follow these steps on the server that is running IIS:

1. Start a command prompt.
2. Locate and then change to the directory that contains the Adsutil.vbs file. By default, this directory is C:\Inetpub\Adminscripts.
3. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
   cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/NTAuthenticationProviders "NTLM"
4. To verify that the NtAuthenticationProviders metabase property is set to NTLM, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
   cscript adsutil.vbs get w3svc/NTAuthenticationProviders
   The following text should be returned:

   NTAuthenticationProviders       : (STRING) "NTLM"

Happy Monday!

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