Conferences / SharePoint 2013 / SharePoint 2016
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.
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SharePoint 2013
New storage models, profile sync, social features and the operational changes that came with them.
SharePoint 2013 added new service behaviour without removing the old constraints. This topic follows the architecture, identity and patching details that shaped real deployments.
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SharePoint 2007 / SharePoint 2010 / SharePoint 2013 / Tools
A practical ULS reading kit for SharePoint
The old log viewer disappeared, but the diagnostic habit it supported is still worth keeping.
Architecture / SharePoint 2013
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.
SharePoint 2013
Automating Active Directory import for the SharePoint profile service
The profile sync engine is easier to trust when its setup is scripted and repeatable.
SharePoint 2013
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.
Conferences / Presentations / Search / SharePoint 2013
A search talk for the SharePoint UK community
Search is an operations story disguised as a product feature. That was the argument I took to SPSUK.
Architecture / SharePoint 2010 / SharePoint 2013
A working map of SharePoint 2010 and 2013 admin URLs
Knowing the right administrative path saves time, but only when you also know which web application it belongs to.
Outside reading
Useful references
Keep the current product documentation close when applying advice from an older entry.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint administration (opens in a new tab)Operational guidance for service settings, site management and the modern admin experience.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint documentation (opens in a new tab)The starting point for current SharePoint administration, development and hybrid guidance.
- Microsoft Security Response Center (opens in a new tab)Security advisories, update guidance and vulnerability response information.
- Microsoft Tech Community (opens in a new tab)Community discussion, product announcements and practical posts from Microsoft teams.
- Microsoft Learn: SharePoint search (opens in a new tab)Documentation for search architecture, crawling and result management.
- Microsoft Learn: PowerShell documentation (opens in a new tab)Language reference, cmdlet documentation and guidance for repeatable automation.
- PowerShell Gallery (opens in a new tab)A public repository for PowerShell modules and scripts. Review package provenance before use.
- Microsoft Learn: SQL Server documentation (opens in a new tab)Official reference material for database engine configuration, performance and recovery.