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Granting permissions to the User Profile Service Application using PowerShell

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The 'Connection Permissions for User Profile Service Application' modal window displayed in Central Administration
In my previous article I explained how access permissions to the User Profile Service Application are required if you want to programmatically configure Navigation of a Publishing Site in SharePoint 2010. In the article I showed you how you can configure grant required permissions manually. There are however scenarios when you might need to configure those permissions in a structured and repeatable way. Find out how to grant permissions to the User Profile Service Application using PowerShell. Read more »

Programmatically configuring menu items in SharePoint 2010 revisited

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Exception displayed in a PowerShell window
A while ago I wrote about how you can programmatically configure menu items in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell. Unfortunately it turns out that it doesn’t always the way you would expect it to. Find out how to get the script working in your SharePoint environment. Read more »

Products Configuration Wizard failed and you have no clue why

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Products Configuration Wizard error message
When upgrading your SharePoint 2010 environment to a Service Pack or a Cumulative Update there is a chance that the update process fails. Although the error message contains a link to a log file it is of a little help leaving you without a single clue what went wrong. There is however one more place where you can take a look to know exactly what caused the upgrade process to fail. Read more »

Optimizing the process of deploying SharePoint Packages to minimize the impact on farm’s availability

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The Install SP Solution cmdlet in a PowerShell window
If you have deployed SharePoint Packages in the past, you know, that, unless you have a second farm, deploying SharePoint Packages means outage to your Web Applications. There are however a few things that you can control to minimize the impact on the availability of your websites. Read more »

Provisioning Publishing Pages using PowerShell

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The Import Publishing Pages PowerShell script opened in Visual Studio 2010
A while ago I presented you the Mavention Export Page extension that allows you to export preconfigured Publishing Pages so that they can be provisioned using Features. If, however, creating Features is too much overhead to you and you are more of a PowerShell guy, you might wonder how to provision exported Publishing Pages using PowerShell. Read more »

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