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 -ForceQuick reference below for the 7 Microsoft calendar overlay colors available in SharePoint Online as of 1/19/2020. User Voice community has requested ability to add custom colors, but not yet implemented. Upvote if you like at https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/601165-suggestion-archive/suggestions/11317953-select-own-hex-colors-for-calendar-overlay. Notes on how to create Calendar overlay at https://blog.virtosoftware.com/how-to-color-code-sharepoint-calendars/.
| Microsoft Color | |
| Dark Teal, #00485b | |
| Blue, #0078d4 | |
| Dark Green, #288054 | |
| Olive Green, #767956 | |
| Red, #ed0033 | |
| Dark Purple, #682a7a | |
| Dark Teal, #006984 | |
| Dark Green, #134029 | |
| Brown, #3b3c2a |
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When creating a new SharePoint 2013/2016/2019 server, the IIS web role needs to be installed with certain features enabled. Below is PowerShell one liner to accomplish that. Cheers.
Add-WindowsFeature NET-HTTP-Activation,NET-Non-HTTP-Activ,NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45,NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-Common-Http,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-App-Dev,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Asp-Net45,Web-Net-Ext,Web-Net-Ext45,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Health,Web-Http-Logging,Web-Log-Libraries,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Http-Tracing,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Filtering,Web-Digest-Auth,Web-Performance,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Dyn-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Mgmt-Compat,Web-Metabase,WAS,WAS-Process-Model,WAS-NET-Environment,WAS-Config-APIs,Web-Lgcy-Scripting,Windows-Identity-Foundation,Xps-Viewer -verbose
Fun software I work with every day.
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