SharePoint Documents are all checked out

I wanted to write a PowerShell script to check all the documents back in that had been checked out.  Turns out that is not as straight forward as I had hoped. First search came up with this: Office Discarding Check Out Using PowerShell Then when I tried to run the command (from the server console,… Continue reading SharePoint Documents are all checked out

Operations Manager 2012 R2 Management Pack Dependencies

I am not proficient at managing Ops Manager.  I am at best a competent tinkerer.  I have been needing to do some clean up on our Ops Manager installation, and clear some management packs that are not used, or just used to generate noise that we subsequently ignore.  That is a bit of an annoying… Continue reading Operations Manager 2012 R2 Management Pack Dependencies

Upgrade of System Center Operations Manager Server OS

Our Operations Manager installation is an upgrade from 2007 through (currently) 2012 R2.  The operating system was Server 2008 R2.  I like to stay current, so I was interested in figuring out how to upgrade to Server 2012 R2.  When I did a search on it, I found that there were recommendations on how to… Continue reading Upgrade of System Center Operations Manager Server OS

The Good and the Bad of Microsoft Ignite (IMHO)

I have been attending a Microsoft conference each year since 2003.  (I think I missed one year because of a child being born close to the same time as the conference.)  Until last year, the conference that I went to was the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS).  I am an infrastructure guy so that conference seemed… Continue reading The Good and the Bad of Microsoft Ignite (IMHO)

Goals (or interests) for this year

I said I want to make it to 175 posts (from 148 posts).  I have been thinking (for at least 5 minutes) that one way to do that is to write about some of the things that I want to work on.  Then I could share my progress, as well as the lessons learned from… Continue reading Goals (or interests) for this year