The OneDrive for Business Update KB2889866 has been pulled due to issues relating to Sync. It is replaced by KB2889931. Please see http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/arch… for more details.
Error: Specified value is not supported for the domainname parameter.
I came across the below error when trying to create a new web application via PowerShell against a 2013 farm. "Specified value is not supported for the domainname parameter error when creating web apps" This appears to have been caused by the machine loosing connectivity to the domain so even though my server was domain... Continue Reading →
Deleting Site Collections in Office 365
By default deleting a site collection in Office 365 just moves the site collection to the recycle bin for 30 days, but there is not an option in the admin screen to remove it from the recycle bin. This is fine, unless you want to use the same url for a new site collection. In... Continue Reading →
Upgrading SharePoint Online\Office 365 site from 2010 to 2013 using PowerShell
As of the 27th February existing Office 365 tenants are able to self-upgrade their sites to the updated wave 15 version of SharePoint online. Sites can be upgraded on an individual basis using the UI, but if you want to upgrade multiple sites as part of a process it is (in my opinion) easier to... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2013: Creating a Publishing Page and assigning a page layout using PowerShell
The following PowerShell can be used to create a publishing page and assign a page layout. #Get SPWeb $spWeb = Get-SPWeb("Site URL"); #Get Publishing Web $pubWeb = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb]::GetPublishingWeb($spWeb) #Finds the appropriate page layout $pl = $pubWeb.GetAvailablePageLayouts() | Where { $_.Name -eq "Page Layout Name"} $pages = $pubWeb.GetPublishingPages(); #Create the page; $page = $pages.Add("Page Name", $pl)... Continue Reading →
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