Friday, April 14, 2017

Windows Third Party Vendor List

The following are a list of favorite or replacement tools both Microsoft and third party tools for the base tools in Windows. 
Make sure to test in your environment first!

WSUS

Shavlik
http://www.shavlik.com/company/trials/
comments: “ love it”

Install and Update All Your Programs at Once
https://ninite.com/

Backup and Restore

Robocopy
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145(v=ws.11).aspx
comments “ love it very fast”

References

http://randelhall.blogspot.com/2011/11/setup-windows-server-2008-r2-as.html

http://randelhall.blogspot.com/2010/06/great-file-unlock-tool.html

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Moving a SharePoint Site

Moving a site in SharePoint can be tricky.  There are several methods to try out.

Content and Structure or Template Create/ Use Method

http://sharepointmaven.com/how-to-move-sites-in-sharepoint/

Export / Import Method

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428301(v=office.16).aspx

Backup / Restore Method

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748655(v=office.16).aspx

Template Method

If it is a simple site you might be able to create a template using content and then just create site with the new template with content. 

Moving a Site in Office 365

http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/180402/move-or-copy-a-o365-sharepoint-subsite

Moving a Site in SharePoint 2016

PowerShell to Copy site with content to another site collection

http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/145668/copy-site-with-content-to-another-site-collection

Moving SharePoint subsite to root of site collection using Deployment API

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38130966/moving-sharepoint-subsite-to-root-of-site-collection-using-deployment-api

Rename Site Collection

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/34032.sharepoint-2016-rename-site-collection-url-best-practice.aspx

Rename a Site
http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=372

Content Deployment

Source

Create 1 site collections named source

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Add Feature

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Using Powershell remove unwanted features

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Features Removed

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Target

Create 1 site collection named target.  NOTE: Site collection but must be without a template on a new content database

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Using Central Administration Under General Application Settings

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For Demo Only … Configure content deployment … Do not require encryptions and Disable Source Status Check
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… Configure content deployment paths and jobs … Create a path and schedule job … wait

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Success

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References

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/tothesharepoint/2013/07/15/changes-to-content-deployment-in-sharepoint-server-2013/

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/116fc404-b06c-448b-969f-0f9d04927c47/create-content-deployment-path-error?forum=sharepointadmin

Setup Guide
http://docshare01.docshare.tips/files/24461/244619740.pdf