Steve Schofield Weblog : Sharepoint

Create Policies for Sharepoint and Powershell 1.0

steve schofield — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:50:00 GMT

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Sharepoint")
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Sharepoint.Publishing")

$SiteURL = "http://www.example.com"
$site = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($siteURL)
$web = $site.OpenWeb()
$list = $web.Lists["Cache Profiles"]
$newitem = $list.items.Add()
$newitem["Title"]= "AnonCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Name"]= "AnonCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Description"]= "AnonCachePolicy"
$newitem["Perform ACL Check"] = $false
$newitem["Enabled"] = $true
$newitem["Duration"] = 60
$newitem["Check for Changes"] = $false
$newitem["Vary by HTTP Header"] = "User-Agent"
$newitem["Vary by User Rights"] = $false
$newitem["Cacheability"] = "ServerAndPrivate"
$newitem["Safe for Authenticated Use"] = $false
$newitem["Allow writers to view cached content"] = $false
$newitem.update()

$anonID = ($list.items | where {$_.Name -eq "AnonCachePolicy"}).ID

$newitem = $list.items.Add()
$newitem["Title"]= "AuthCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Name"]= "AuthCachePolicy"
$newitem["Display Description"]= "AuthCachePolicy"
$newitem["Perform ACL Check"] = $true
$newitem["Enabled"] = $true
$newitem["Duration"] = 60
$newitem["Check for Changes"] = $true
$newitem["Vary by HTTP Header"] = "HTTP_USER"
$newitem["Vary by User Rights"] = $false
$newitem["Cacheability"] = "ServerAndNoCache"
$newitem["Safe for Authenticated Use"] = $true
$newitem["Allow writers to view cached content"] = $false
$newitem.update()

$authID = ($list.items | where {$_.Name -eq "AuthCachePolicy"}).ID

$cacheSettings = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.SiteCacheSettingsWriter($site)
$cacheSettings.EnableCache = $true
$cacheSettings.ObjectCacheSize = 200
$cacheSettings.SetAnonymousPageCacheProfileId($site, $anonID)
$cacheSettings.SetAuthenticatedPageCacheProfileId($site, $authID)
$cacheSettings.Update()

$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()

Day of .NET summary

steve schofield — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Attending a local event such as Code Camp, Day of .NET or something similar can be a great way to keep up-to-date on technologies you don't work with everyday. These events are usually one day, free of charge and contain a lot of great information. I attended our local version put on by Chris Woodruff. I attended the Sharepoint session put on by Rick Kierner My current role has me doing a lot of Sharepoint / WSS, among other technologies. Mostly what I'm doing is infrastructure and administration, attending the Day of .NET event introduced me to the developer side. Here are some links mentioned.

http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/148.aspx

Rick Kierner
http://rickdoes.net

40 templates available from MS.

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/templates.mspx

WSP Builder on codeplex
http://www.codeplex.com/wspbuilder

Looking for a place to start (Download the VPC)
www.Mssharepointdeveloper.com

Sharepoint dev wiki
http://www.sharepointdevwiki.com

Sharepoint logs
http://tinyurl.com/3ng88v

I was glad to see Sharepoint has rich logging capabilites, IISLogs (component I wrote) can handle and process logs to keep things under control. Sharepoint has the ability to automatically clean up logs (which is great!). However, if you want to keep a few weeks around and zip them up, IISLogs can do the trick. IISLogsLite 2.0 can handle .log files.

Thanks again Chris, Bill Miller and speakers for putting on a great event.

Cheers,

Steve Schofield

Microsoft MVP - IIS

Cache profile links in MOSS

steve schofield — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:49:00 GMT

I was working in MOSS recently and couldn't see the Caching links. After I activated the Office SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature, the three Caching links didn't show up. I can access them directly. Here are the links.

Output Caching
http://example.com/_Layouts/sitecachesettings.aspx

Object Caching
http://example.com/_Layouts/objectcachesettings.aspx

Caching Profiles
http://example.com/Cache%20Profiles/AllItems.aspx

Additional Resources

Caching in MOSS
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298466.aspx

Output Caching and Cache Profiles
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa661294.aspx

Couple of good Sharepoint links

steve schofield — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:21:00 GMT

I'm working on hardening a sharepoint environment. Here is a good reference. Hardening a system. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262834.aspx Debugging errors under the covers. (This was handy) http://www.sharepointblogs.com/michael/archive...(read more)

View MOSS list in datasheet view

steve schofield — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:31:00 GMT

One of the powerful things about WSS / MOSS is editing list in datasheet view. It's like working with a spreadsheet except it's on the site. I recently got a new laptop and couldn't do this. The error listed below came up. "The list cannot be displayed...(read more)

MOSS, multiple forests and one-way trusts

steve schofield — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:08:00 GMT

I ran into an issue when working on a MOSS farm with the December update for MOSS . Before applying the update, I was running a basic x64 install with SP1. The farm with MOSS had a one-way trust to a user-based domain. The user-based domain didn't trust...(read more)

Bob Fox Backup and Restore Video

steve schofield — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:59:00 GMT

I'm coming up to speed on MOSS and Bob Fox has a straight-forward 20 minute video on backup and restore for MOSS. He shows how use stsadm and the UI. It was a good overview for those coming up to speed on MOSS. http://video.msn.com/video.aspx/?mkt=en...(read more)

Reset the Default AAM (alternate address mapping)

steve schofield — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:29:00 GMT

I needed to update the 'Default' Alternate Address Mapping stsadm -o addzoneurl -url http://www.example.com -urlzone default -zonemappedurl http://www.example-new.com Hope this helps someone. Steve...(read more)

Reference for setting the path variable.

steve schofield — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:42:00 GMT

Since I pretty much do a lot with stsadm. It's work adding the 12 hive to the %PATH% @set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN SS...(read more)

Powershell, Sharepoint and granting SPBasePermissions

steve schofield — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:10:00 GMT

Over the last few months, I've been learning how to automate Sharepoint installs and perform base configurations. Between psconfig , stsadm and stsadm extension by Gary LaPoint, I've been able to achieve pretty much a scripted install. Most of the configuration...(read more)

First usergroup meeting and win a Sharepoint 2007 Best practices book

steve schofield — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:27:00 GMT

I attended a Sharepoint user group meeting on Tuesday 1/6 ( www.wmspug.org ). Becky Bertram presented a interesting topic I knew nothing about. (I'm a Sharepoint newbie). Here is a link to her site. www.beckybertram.com The cool thing they had some decent...(read more)

Sharepoint user group in Grand Rapids MI

steve schofield — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:16:00 GMT

The new position I recently took has me learning more WSS and MOSS. As with other products, I've found the best information comes from the community. If you have more information on MOSS / WSS in the Michigan area, feel free to contact me at steve AT...(read more)

Logging levels in Sharepoint and STSADM

steve schofield — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:20:00 GMT

While I was working on the last post. I wondered how to set the logging via command line back to the defaults. Here is an article I found on how to do logging via of stsadm - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288075.aspx 'This gives you the...(read more)

www.example.com/Pages/Default.aspx gives me a 404 on Sharepoint....How to use logging to find the error.

steve schofield — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:04:00 GMT

I was trying to bring up a new Sharepoint site, when I tried to browse the site ( www.example.com/Pages/Default.aspx ), Sharepoint gave me a generic 'file not found' error. The message wasn't real helpful. Step 1 - I set the two values in the web.config...(read more)

MOSS Command line resources

steve schofield — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:03:00 GMT

I've been doing a lot of MOSS installs lately. I've become quite familar with stsadm. Here are some other 'command-line' resources for MOSS. PowerShell Pack for SharePoint http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/psp4sp/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1363...(read more)