RCormier's SharePoint Blog

How-to: For-each for Hash Tables in PowerShell

Have you ever encountered a situation where you may need a dynamic array – perhaps because you’re...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 03/14/2018

SharePoint Online and CSOM: A quick reminder to read error messages properly!

This blog post is going to describe what I found to be a pretty confusing error message, that you...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 12/20/2016

How to: Parse Health Analyzer [OrphanApp] Entries

This post is going to provide a quick overview of how we can parse through messages in the health...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 11/29/2016

Test-SPContentDatabase: Cannot open database [DatabaseName] requested by the login. The login failed.

This blog post is going to cover a scenario where a, perhaps, confusing error message is returned to...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 11/28/2016

How To: Perform Bulk Uploads of Files to SharePoint

This post is going to discuss how to perform a bulk file copy from a folder on the file system to a...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 05/01/2013

How to: Perform Bulk Downloads of Files in SharePoint

This post is going to discuss how to perform a bulk file copy from a SharePoint library to a folder...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 03/30/2013

How to Copy SharePoint Documents Between Site Collections Using PowerShell

This post is going to discuss copying SharePoint list items between site collections using...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 11/16/2012

Search Returns An Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

This post is going to talk about how to resolve the 'Object Reference not set to an instance of an...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 11/13/2012

Creating Claims-Based Web Applications in SharePoint 2013

This post is going to talk about how to create claims-based web applications in SharePoint 2013....

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 10/30/2012

You Shall Configure your MAXDOP When Using SharePoint 2013

In this post, I'm going to talk about why and how to configure your Maximum Degree of Parallelism on...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 10/24/2012

How to Determine Where a User Has Been Granted Access in SharePoint 2010

This post is going to discuss how to determine where a user has been granted access to your...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 10/23/2012

Domino URL commands break SharePoint Mobile View

This post is going to discuss an issue I ran into where certain links in a links list can cause...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 10/03/2012

This post is going to discuss how to fix navigational links after relocating a site collection...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 09/26/2012

How to Update Inactive User Profile Information in SharePoint

This post is going to discuss user profile synchronization, and how to update user profile...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 09/08/2012

How to Create SharePoint Web Applications with PowerShell

This post talks about creating SharePoint web applications with PowerShell. Though the concept is...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 09/01/2012

Time for a refresh!

Some of you may have noticed… but I haven't posted in quite some time. I actually have a few...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 08/27/2012

How to Create A SharePoint User Profile Service Application with PowerShell

This topic is going to discuss creating a new user profile service application in SharePoint Server...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 05/10/2012

How to Stop All Instances of the Incoming E-Mail Service

This topic is going to discuss how to stop all instances of the "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 05/08/2012

How To Generate An Object Cache User Account Report using PowerShell

This blog post describes how to generate a report of all Object Cache User Accounts for all web...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 04/25/2012

PowerShell: How to Report on All Web Templates Used In All Webs

This blog post describes how to generate a report of all web templates used in all webs. The sample...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 04/24/2012

How to Recover Passwords for SharePoint Managed Accounts

This post talks about how to recover passwords for managed SharePoint accounts. This can also serve...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 04/20/2012

PowerShell: Creating and Joining SharePoint 2010 Farms

Creating and Joining SharePoint 2010 Farms using PowerShell. This is something anybody working with...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 04/09/2012

PowerShell: How To Install SharePoint Server 2010 Using PowerShell

In this post, I just want to take a few minutes to talk about how easy it is to install SharePoint...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 04/09/2012

How To Populate AD Properties and Display Profile Pictures in SharePoint

How to use a VBScript to update the ExtensionAttribute1 property in Active Directory and use that...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 03/21/2012

PowerShell: How to Export Web Application Policies

      This Script is used primarily to export web application policies to a...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 02/29/2012

Interesting Side Effects of the Move-SPUser PowerShell Cmdlet

Recently, I was doing some user migration work in a SharePoint 2010 environment and I ran into...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 02/23/2012

RCormier is joining the community!

Hey everyone, First of all, I would like to thank Mike Watson for his encouragement and help in...

Author: Roger Cormier Date: 06/06/2008