Shenanigans with SharePoint

Mike Morrison's Grab-bag of SharePoint Treats

Replace TypeScript with ES2015 for SharePoint Framework Applications

I am a huge fan of TypeScript. For large projects it is indispensable. However, most SharePoint...

Author: Mike Morrison MSFT Date: 01/21/2018

Adding Site Collection Admin in CSOM in a SharePoint 2013 App

My Microsoft Consulting Services buddy (David Weinstein) and I couldn’t find any documentation on...

Author: Mike Morrison MSFT Date: 01/22/2014

Why the SharePoint 2013 App Model is better than sliced bread

  • > I was responding to a post on the Apps for SharePoint forum, and it ended up being so long...

Author: Mike Morrison MSFT Date: 02/23/2013

Node.js errors with WebMatrix on IIS 8 (Windows 8 RTM)

After installing Node.js to try my hand at some server side JavaScript using WebMatrix, I was...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 09/06/2012

Considerations for configuring application pools in SharePoint

I usually recommend my customers group similar web applications into the same application...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 08/28/2012

Disable SharePoint 2010 list throttling at the list level

You can disable list throttling at the list level in SharePoint 2010. Note that in order to do this,...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 08/28/2012

Getting all values from a Choice field in SharePoint 2010 using JavaScript

I recently ran into an issue where I needed to get possible values for a SharePoint 2010 choice...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 07/12/2012

Determine the edition of SharePoint Server 2007

To determine which edition of SharePoint Server 2007 is installed for the purposes of inventory, the...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 06/22/2012

Determine which SharePoint 2010 Products and SKUs are installed

To determine which SharePoint 2010 Products are installed for the purpose of inventory or...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 06/22/2012

Set the Crawl Component to use a dedicated web front end (WFE) for crawling in SharePoint 2010

In SharePoint 2007 it was fairly easy to set the indexer to crawl a dedicated WFE. In fact it was in...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 08/05/2010

ULS Data Collection Requirements

The ULS logging is one of the most effective ways to find out what is going on “under the...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 11/23/2009

Data Collection Requirements for Performance Monitor

All Servers Please ensure that the instructions in https://support.microsoft.com/kb/281884 are...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 11/20/2009

IIS Data Collection Requirements for Windows 2008

  1. Start the Internet Information Services (IIS) manager on each machine. The easiest way to...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 11/20/2009

IIS Data Collection Requirements for Windows 2003

  1. Start the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager on each machine. The easiest way to...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 11/20/2009

Improve performance of Content Query Web Parts with ViewFieldsOverride

The content query web part is a powerful tool.  As a Support Escalation Engineer I get to see...

Author: Michael Morrison3 Date: 11/18/2009