The Cloud Engineer: October 2012

$mySiteWebapplicationUrl = "https://mysite.normanbauer.com/"
#current Url of your mySite website

$mySiteOldUrlValue = "http://mysitetest:80/"
#former Url where your pictures do not reside any more

$mySiteNewUrlValue = "https://mysite.normanbauer.com:443/"
#current Url where your images can be found now

$mySite = Get-SPSite $mySiteWebapplicationUrl
$SPServiceContext = Get-SPServiceContext $mySite
$userProfileManager = New-Object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($SPServiceContext)
$userProfiles = $userProfileManager.GetEnumerator()

foreach ($userProfile in $userProfiles)
{
  #if pictureurl is not empty replace the old url part with the new one
  if ($userProfile["PictureURL"] -ne '')
  {
    $oldPictureUrl = $userProfile["PictureURL"].toString()
    $newPictureUrl = $oldPictureUrl -Replace $mySiteOldUrlValue, $mySiteNewUrlValue
    write-host "oldPictureUrl = " $oldPictureUrl " --> newPictureUrl = " $newPictureUrl
    $userProfile["PictureURL"].Value = $newPictureUrl
    $userProfile.Commit()
  } 
}

Monday, October 15, 2012

Manage SharePoint using Microsoft Management Console

So you love the mmc, here is a neat trick to add Central Administration SharePoint to your MMC. First note the URL you need to add to the MMC. In this case adding the url for central administration, just copy the URL for later use.

Start your MMC by typing mmc in Search programs and files textbox

Select File > Add\Remove Snap-in

Select Link to Web Address > Add

Type your URL or paste if copied earlier > Next

Give it a friendly name > Finish

Select OK after adding all the snap-ins

Select your new link and congrats Smile

Friday, October 12, 2012

SharePoint 2013 First Look

LATEST UPDATES
Good Article on New Features
http://www.sharepointpromag.com/article/sharepoint-2013/sharepoint-2013-improved-features-cheat-sheet-145004

Office Reaches RTM! and downloaded from Technet!

http://blogs.office.com/b/office-news/archive/2012/10/11/office-reaches-rtm.aspx
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=1035

Changes from 2010 to 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742(v=office.15).aspx

SkyDrive Pro
Download
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39050
Good Overview
http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2013/01/08/explaining-skydrive-pro-cloud-storage-for-the-business-user.aspx
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=1033
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/search.aspx?q=sharepoint+preview+2013

Well the time is here.
In preparation I installed Windows Server 2012 and created both Windows 2008R2 SP1 VM and Windows Server 2012 VM full install and core install
Core Install

UPDATE – Here is server core 2012 – Hardest part is to get the remote management tools to communicate. I tried several options using the following links.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wincat/archive/2012/05/02/what-needs-to-be-configured-to-do-remote-disk-management-of-a-server-core-installation-in-windows-server-2012-via-powershell.aspx
http://4sysops.com/archives/server-core-enhancements-in-windows-server-2012/

NOTE: Do you want to get rid of that annoying server manager in Windows Server 2012? Server Manager > Manage > Server Manager Properties and check the box

Using a fresh Win2012 Server I tried to mount the file as a virtual DVD with no luck. The file downloaded as an IMG file not ISO. First issue was an easy fix, just rename with an ISO extension.

A reboot is required during this process. I also noted that a reboot after is also required or you get an error when trying to install SharePoint 2013. I found the fastest way is using PowerShell just type shutdown /r /t 0

The splash screen appeared and just clicked to install the perquisites.

The file transfer above seemed to take forever as well as the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard seen below.

If you get an error message installing the standalone version … Note that I have received an error with both win 2008R2 or Win 2012.

… you need to run the following manual psconfig with the appropriate switch. Appears that this is an oversight from Microsoft and more about this issue in the reference section from Tomblog After that runs successful, then start your configuration wizard (found in Start Menu 2008R2 or App in 2012

Using the GUI created a web application and site collection.
Time to Play with my first SharePoint 2013 Team Site – Good Luck

STSADM – not dead yet

New Features on My ToDo List

Themes – New Theme Engine – Preview - no longer need PPT
Web Content Management – Dreamweaver support – iframe
Browser – Support IE 9/8 Firefox Chrome Safari (limited) – NO IE 7/6
Mobile – Classic/Contemporary views – Push Notifications
IPAD support
Social – Micro-blogging #hashtags @mentions like
Search - New content search web part add functions to old content web part – FQL syntax

Reset Admin Password fix (also reset passwords in services) Use Managed Accounts!
http://nassharepoint.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/sharepoint-site-error-service-unavailable-http-error-503-the-service-is-unavailable/

References
http://www.ericharlan.com/Moss_SharePoint_2007_Blog/how-to-install-sharepoint-2013-a220.html
Issues
http://tomblog.insomniacminds.com/2012/07/17/sharepoint-2013-standalone-installation-issue/