A new feature is introduced in SharePoint 2013 that will allow you to check if a user has rights to use an “Enterprise” feature. It is turned off by default, but if you want to enable it you can using PowerShell. For example, you can create a security group in Active Directory called “HR Managers”…
Just returned today from NYC where I presented “PowerShell and SharePoint”. I was also honored to be a member of a four person panel called “Jumpstart Your SharePoint Community Efforts” including SharePoint Saturday cofounder Susan Lennon, SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles organizer Nedra Allmond, and Sharing the Point founder Paul Swider who travels the edges of…
We had a great SharePoint Saturday Boston over the weekend with a record turnout of 300+ and a sold out event. Big thank you to all the speakers, volunteers, and sponsors for making it all possible! I presented on “PowerShell and SharePoint”. If you missed it, or you want to download the slides or sample…
I ran into Todd Klindt at SPTechCon today and he presented me with an interesting problem. How do you display a list of SharePoint services running in a farm top to bottom and list of servers in the farm left to right in a table indicating which are running using PowerShell. So I thought about…
At SharePoint Saturday Boston, I gave a talk on Automating SharePoint with PowerShell. Here is the description: PowerShell is a powerful scripting environment and language for developers and administrators. SharePoint 2010 has built in PowerShell administration commandlets, but you can use this powerful scripting language with any version of SharePoint. Using PowerShell, Talbott will demonstrate…
