This post provides step-by-step instructions to help you understand how to successfully run the example PowerShell script available in the Microsoft download center "CSOM-EnumerateSiteUrls.ps1", which uses the SharePoint client side object model (CSOM) and Search to gather a list of personal sites in Office 365 SharePoint Online. Enumerate Site URLs in SharePoint Onlinehttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44294 File Name: CSOM-EnumerateSiteUrls.ps1 Version:…
Month: July 2015
Pros/Cons of 3 Options to Change URL and Bindings for a Web Application in SharePoint Server
In this post I discuss pros and cons of 3 options to change a URL for a SharePoint Server web application. I do not recommend using Option 1, and explain why below. Whether to use Option 2 or 3 will depend upon your particular scenario and requirements, and there’s pros and cons for each option. …
Supported Way to Configure Additional URL for a Web Application in SharePoint Server
Example Scenario: You want to add another user-friendly URL (http://inside.contoso.com) to an existing SharePoint 2010 or 2013 web application in addition to the default URL (http://servername:5555). Then users can access the web application using either the default or user-friendly URL. To be in a Microsoft supported state, every alternate access mapping URL in SharePoint must have a…
Recommendations for SharePoint Setup User Account and SharePoint Farm Administrators Group
SharePoint Setup User Account Per Microsoft published TechNet guidance for SharePoint 2007/2010/2013, the Setup User Account must be a generic domain account that’s granted special permissions to perform initial SharePoint farm installation and configuration. The Setup User Account would be used to run setup to install SharePoint software on each server. And then, to the…
Security Best Practices for Project Online & Project Server 2013 in Project Permissions-Mode
What are best practices for setting up and administering security in Project Online and Project Server 2013, when using project permissions-mode? Following are some general security best practices for Project Online & Project Server 2013: Use Active Directory synchronization for ease of administration. Don't change existing groups, create your own custom groups. Don't delete default…
Best Practices for Authorizing User Access to SharePoint Sites Using SharePoint Groups/Permissions/Inheritance
The Office support topic “Introduction: Control user access with permissions” explains three SharePoint security features that work together to help you control user access to sites and content on sites. These features are: SharePoint groups Permission levels Permissions inheritance and site structure Using these three features, what are best practices for SharePoint security design and…