Leesa’s Blog

Install and configure additional SPMAs

Install and configure additional SPMAs Recently I was asked to connect multiple SharePoint farms to...

Author: LeesaB Date: 11/12/2018

Configuring MIM 2016 Full and Incremental Imports for SharePoint

Recently I was assigned to help get MIM 2016 working with SharePoint 2016. The initial MIM Install...

Author: LeesaB Date: 04/04/2018

Changing the Central Admin URL may affect some service applications (PowerPivot & User Profile)

Recently we decided to change the central admin URL to use SSL and a host header. There are several...

Author: LeesaB Date: 02/14/2018

PowerPivot Refresh and Timer job failures

Recently I was working with a customer in a hardened environment to get PowerPivot working in a test...

Author: LeesaB Date: 12/20/2017

How to be Social in SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2013 introduced several new features around Social. We started with social feature...

Author: LeesaB Date: 09/21/2016

Error "the formula contains a syntax error or is not supported" when attempting to add custom content type to document library after SharePoint Migration.

Recently we had finished a migration from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 and on one of the sites...

Author: LeesaB Date: 05/09/2015

How to determine what "User Rights Assignments" are required by SharePoint 2010

A while ago I worked with a customer that kept having issues with SharePoint "not working".   This...

Author: LeesaB Date: 11/03/2014

SharePoint 2010 ULS (Diagnostic ) logs not working, 0KB is size.

Recently I was working on a test farm and ran across an issue where the ULS log where not being...

Author: LeesaB Date: 10/14/2014

How to manage SharePoint as a non-administror

Companies lately have become more security conscience. While as a whole this is a good thing,...

Author: LeesaB Date: 09/02/2014

How to use a GPO to delegate Windows Services Administration to a non-admin on SharePoint servers.

On a SharePoint computer you will need to add the Feature – Group Policy Management. You will...

Author: LeesaB Date: 09/02/2014

How to use Web Deploy for administration of Application Pools by Non Administrators.

One of the questions I was recently asked was how to manage application pools in IIS when you are...

Author: LeesaB Date: 08/13/2014

Delegating IIS administration to Domain Users (non-administrators)

One of the new features with IIS 7 is Feature Delegation. This allows you to delegate management of...

Author: LeesaB Date: 07/30/2014

User Profile Stops with no Error Messages in the ULS logs

Prior to installing the latest security updates for SharePoint on my lab, I decided to perform my...

Author: LeesaB Date: 06/23/2014

SharePoint 2010 Multiple Authentication prompts, then blank screen.

Recently I was asked to help with an issue where SharePoint kept asking for authentication and after...

Author: LeesaB Date: 06/17/2014

IIS 7.5 Request Filtering and SharePoint 2010

Recently I was asked about implementing IIS request filtering in SharePoint 2010. There are a couple...

Author: LeesaB Date: 06/03/2014