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When SharePoint 2013 stops following sites after patching
A patched profile service can leave the follow button looking healthy while the request fails underneath it.
Building Blocks / an independent notebook
Practical notes from the SharePoint engine room.
Field notes on farms, search, identity, SQL, upgrades and the unglamorous work that keeps a SharePoint platform standing. Written by Benjamin Athawes between 2010 and 2016.
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- field notes
- 26
- topics
- 2010 to 2016
- archive span
A working map, not a vendor diagram. Every layer has an owner, a failure mode and a question worth asking early.
Fresh from the archive
Recent field notes
02
Cloud search reaches the on premises SharePoint farm
The most interesting search announcement of 2015 was not a bigger index. It was an index shared between two worlds.
03
What the Azure SharePoint farm template really gives you
A few clicks can produce a working farm. They cannot decide whether that farm belongs in production.
04
A practical ULS reading kit for SharePoint
The old log viewer disappeared, but the diagnostic habit it supported is still worth keeping.
05
What stayed with me after the 2014 SharePoint conference
The slides fade quickly. The useful residue is a short list of changes that affect how a farm is designed and operated.
06
Host named site collections and MySites in SharePoint 2013
A cleaner URL model is worth having when the boundary between the farm and its identity service is planned deliberately.
07
Renewing an ADFS token signing certificate for SharePoint
A certificate renewal is a short task with a long blast radius. The preparation decides whether anyone notices.
08
When BitLocker encrypts only part of a volume
Encryption can turn a recoverable disk problem into an unrecoverable one. The backup comes first.
09
Automating Active Directory import for the SharePoint profile service
The profile sync engine is easier to trust when its setup is scripted and repeatable.
10
Why I leave SharePoint 2013 shredded storage alone
A setting can be changed without being a good idea. This one is usually best left at its default.
Earlier entries
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The card catalogue
Browse by topic
Twenty six subject files, from ADFS to Windows 8. Pick a thread and follow it through the archive.
ADFS
1 note
Architecture
6 notes
Certifications (MCTS/MCITP)
5 notes
Conferences
7 notes
Content Deployment
1 note
Disaster Recovery
1 note
Hardware
1 note
IIS
1 note
ISA / TMG
1 note
Networking
3 notes
PowerShell
2 notes
Presentations
3 notes
Search
2 notes
Security
1 note
SharePoint 2007
2 notes
SharePoint 2010
26 notes
SharePoint 2013
7 notes
SharePoint 2016
1 note
SQL
3 notes
Tools
1 note
Top 10
1 note
Uncategorized
20 notes
Upgrading
2 notes
Virtualisation
1 note
WAN Considerations
1 note
Windows 8
2 notes
The date stamp
Follow the calendar
Every entry is filed by month. The archive begins in August 2010 and closes in January 2016.