Activating features in bulk on the MySite with PowerShell
I recently came across a client who needed to activate a couple of features on their MySites in batches. Given that they have a significant number of MySites already created we needed to find a way...
View ArticleUsing powershell to set SSP profile properties
I recently put together a powershell script that can be used to update a profile property of all of the users stored in the SharePoint SSP. At NewsGator we use a boolean property field to indicate if...
View ArticleComparing Office 365 and Google Apps
I’ve used Google Apps for many years given that it is a reliable way for me to host my personal email for free. I own my own domain (obviously) and I enjoy having the address jason@vallery.net....
View ArticleWhat tools to install on a SharePoint 2010 developer box
I’ve built out SharePoint development environments many times but I’ve never really sat down and made a list of the tools I use before. A good friend emailed me today and asked what tools I have on...
View ArticlePowershell one liner for finding lowest latency domain controller
I needed to find a list of all of the domain controllers in a given domain and then ping them to find which had the lowest latency. This is useful in order to find which DC will respond to LDAP...
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