Quick demo for how to customize the Central Admin GUI default Sync database name (prefilled with GUID) to custom value more readable and admin friendly.
Simply press F12, select the text field, and remove “disabled=disabled” from the <INPUT> HTML element. Now able to enter any value and click “Create” UPS.
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Quick code snippet to share with you guys for rebooting the full SharePoint farm. Invoke remote restart command to all peer machines with any valid SharePoint role, then reboot local machine last. NOTE – SQL not included but can be with adjusting the filter. Cheers.
Add-PSSnapIn "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"
$local = $env:COMPUTERNAME
$localFQDN = $env:COMPUTERNAME + "." + $env:USERDNSDOMAIN
$targets = Get-SPServer |? {$_.Role -ne "Invalid"} |? {$_.Address -ne $local -and $_.Address -ne $localFQDN} | Select Address
$targets |% {Write-Host "Rebooting $($_)"; Restart-Computer $_ -Force}
Restart-Computer -ForceAll scheduled PowerShell files should generate LOGs. “Start-Transcript” is a great cmdlet for this. Adding a few more features can boost operations support. LOGs answer essentials support questions like:
Below is code template I recommend to for scheduled PowerShell jobs to generate a LOG. Key features include:
Thank you to @ToddKlindt for improvements to formula and elapsed time. Cheers.
function Main() {
### YOUR CODE HERE
}
# Open Log
$prefix = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $prefix
$stamp = Get-Date -UFormat "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S"
Start-Transcript "$PSScriptRoot\log\$prefix-$stamp.log"
$start = Get-Date
Main
# Close Log
$end = Get-Date
$totaltime = $end - $start
Write-Host "`nTime Elapsed: $($totaltime.tostring("hh\:mm\:ss"))"
Stop-Transcripthttps://github.com/spjeff/spadmin/blob/master/Practical-PowerShell-LOGs.ps1
When running PowerShell administration jobs for many hours within RDP session, we are open to risk of accidental pause. Other admins might RDP into server, click around, switch windows, and accidentally pause.
Disabling the default “Quick Edit” PowerShell window feature ensures protection for script to continue uninterrupted.
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Fun software I work with every day.
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