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How to: Automatically log your PowerShell session every time

How to: Automatically log your PowerShell session every time

Preface At SharePoint Saturday New Hampshire I sat in a packed room and listened as Todd Klindt showed everyone how to install SharePoint 2013 without screwing it up (too badly). The big take away for me was this command that I had not heard about before called start-transcript. The power of start-transcript is that it is able to write everything that you do in a PowerShell session to a log file that you can review later. Todd demo’ed how he…

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Presenting “SharePoint Logging & Debugging: The Troubleshooter’s Best Friend” tonight at NYCSPUG on 3/7/2012

Presenting “SharePoint Logging & Debugging: The Troubleshooter’s Best Friend” tonight at NYCSPUG on 3/7/2012

If you are in the greater NYC area and are looking for a way to put an exclamation point on a great day of geeking out during the Virtual SQL Server 2012 launch, find your way over to the Microsoft offices at the Avenue of the Americas and come hear all about SharePoint Logging & Debugging.  Here is the primer: Troubleshooting and debugging issues in Enterprise SharePoint farms is a daunting task at best. SharePoint 2010 provides the tools to…

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#SPSDenver Wrap-up

#SPSDenver Wrap-up

I was honored to be a two-day speaker at SPSDenver this past weekend and had a marvelous time doing so.  The conference was well organized, properly planned, and extremely well attended.  Credit to Clayton Cobb and his team for putting on such a great event.  From the care of ensuring that they understood every issue that an attendee had to making sure that the fragile egos of the speakers were well cared for to making sure that every sponsor got…

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SharePoint Connections Las Vegas 2011 Wrap up

SharePoint Connections Las Vegas 2011 Wrap up

I just completed my 5 sessions, 3 of which I presented with my great friend Cornelius J. van Dyk, here at SharePoint Connections Las Vegas.  While here we received several pieces of great news: 1.) O’Reilly has green lit our book “SharePoint for Business Intelligence” which will be coming out in 2012 and will revolve around how you can solve business problems using SharePoint 2010, SQL Server 2012, & Visual Studio LightSwitch technologies for Business Intelligence. 2.) We will be…

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SQL Server Default Trace

SQL Server Default Trace

In every version since SQL 2005 there has been a “background trace” enabled by default on all SQL Server installations.  This was a bit of a shocking revelation to me, as I am not a DBA, since every time I have called Microsoft dozens upon dozens of times and talked to tier 3 support / product team members for SQL Server and none of them have mentioned this fact when we have been diagnosing issues in SQL.  We have always…

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Our San Antonio SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast Boot Camp and Conference Slides

Our San Antonio SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast Boot Camp and Conference Slides

My good friend Cornelius J. van Dyk and I just completed our San Antonio, TX stop of our speaking circuit.  We promised we’d publish the slide decks from our Pre-Con Boot Camp and our three sessions at the SharePoint Connections Coast-to-Coast Tour.  Here you go! SharePoint Connections Pre-Con Boot Camp Wish Id Have Known That Sooner! SharePoint Insanity Demystified Heavy Metal PowerPivot Time is money.  How SharePoint Logging will save you both We had a great time presenting, meeting everyone,…

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Speaking at SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast 2011 in San Antonio

Speaking at SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast 2011 in San Antonio

My friend, Cornelius J. van Dyk, and I will be presenting at this year’s SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast conference in San Antonio held May 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency Hill County Resort & Spa. We will be teaching the ITPro Pre-Conference “SharePoint Collaboration Bootcamp” plus presenting three sessions, “Heavy Metal PowerPivot”, “Time Is Money. How SharePoint Logging will Save You Both!”, and “Wish I’d Have Known That Sooner! SharePoint Insanity Demystified”. All 3 of these sessions promise to be fresh…

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SPFLogger–A whole new way to look at SharePoint 2010 Logs

SPFLogger–A whole new way to look at SharePoint 2010 Logs

One of the most amazing, and little talked about, features of SharePoint 2010 is its new logging database and the power that comes along with it.  About 4 months ago I noticed a gap in the market and started talking to 2 friends of mine, David Feldman and Cornelius J. van Dyk, making the statement “I think that this would make for a really neat winforms app.”  After some brain storming we decided to take the idea a different direction…

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Speaking at SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast 2011 in Boston

Speaking at SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast 2011 in Boston

My friend, Cornelius J. van Dyk, and I will be presenting at this year’s SharePoint Connections Coast to Coast conference in Boston held April 25-27 at the Marriott Long Wharf. We will be presenting two sessions, “Heavy Metal PowerPivot” and “SharePoint Logging – The Undiscovered Country”. Both sessions promise to be fresh and exciting so come out and see us if you’re anywhere in the Boston area during that time. We hope to see you there!