My search within the SP2013 search functionality continues… Previously, I posted about Provisioning a new Search application (using Powershell) in SP2013 and continuing with that we will see how to configure Search Result Source using Powershell in SharePoint 2013. Summary: Create a new Site Collection and a Publishing Site with a separate content database Create two

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SharePoint 2013 – Configure Content Source and Search Result Source using Powershell

To remotely manage SharePoint 2010/2013 using PowerShell, perform the following steps: . On the client machine (the management server): Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Client -DelegateComputer * -Force Set-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\Credssp\PolicyDefaults\AllowFreshCredentials -Name WSMan -Value WSMAN/* Set-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\Credssp\PolicyDefaults\AllowFreshCredentialsDomain -Name WSMan -Value WSMAN/* On the SharePoint server: Enable-PSRemoting -Force Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Server -Force Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Server -Force Afterwards it is possible to connect to the server using PowerShell from your management server, using the following cmdlet: Enter-PSSession SPServer -Authentication CredSSP -Credential DOMAIN\username Add the SharePoint PowerShell SnapIn Add-PSSnapIn Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell To see

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PowerShell Remoting for SharePoint

When you are working with products that are using SQL Server databases it is important that the performance is good. By default the SQL Server sets a very bad default-value for size and Growth, and should always be changed! What to put in really depends on the usage of each database. When I configure Microsoft

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Checking SQL database db and log file sizes and growth with PowerShell – from your Windows 7/8