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SharePoint Tipshttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/default.aspxSharePoint Tips from our panel of Experts. Feel free to provide your comments, feedback or usage in your environment.enCommunityServer 2008.5 (Build: 30929.2835)Find information faster with Metadata navigations in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/17/find-information-faster-with-metadata-navigations-in-sharepoint.aspxThu, 17 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4587sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4587http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/17/find-information-faster-with-metadata-navigations-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>Metadata navigation is a new feature in SharePoint 2010 that allows you to quickly find and filter content in large document libraries. End users will get a new navigation pane in the left-hand side navigation of the document library when they enable the Metadata navigation. The entries displayed in the pane are the columns that are specified in the Metadata Navigation settings. Clicking on any of the items in the navigation panel of the document library, you can filter the content based on your criteria. </p> <p>You can enable the Metadata navigation from list settings and Metadata navigation settings. The fields that are available in the navigation are Content types, Single-value Choice Fields, and Managed Metadata Fields.</p> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Find%20information%20faster%20with%20Metadata%20navigations%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/ISWksr"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Find%20information%20faster%20with%20Metadata%20navigations%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/ISWksr">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4587" width="1" height="1">Sync Users Information from Active Directories in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/16/sync-users-information-from-active-directories-in-sharepoint.aspxWed, 16 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4586sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4586http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/16/sync-users-information-from-active-directories-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>You can sync User information from the User Directory Store. Simply, use the Set-SPUser cmdlet and use the SyncFromAD switch parameter to enable syncing. </p> <pre><span style="color:#0000ff;">PS</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Set-SPUser</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Identity</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">powershell\user3</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">`</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Web</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">sp01</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-SyncFromAD</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Sync%20Users%20Information%20from%20Active%20Directories%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/J3fVBZ"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Sync%20Users%20Information%20from%20Active%20Directories%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/J3fVBZ">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4586" width="1" height="1">Create a template of your list in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/15/create-a-template-of-your-list-in-sharepoint.aspxTue, 15 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4585sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4585http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/15/create-a-template-of-your-list-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>Some SharePoint lists could be useful to reuse at other locations in your SharePoint environment. Customized SharePoint lists can easily be created as templates so the customized list will be available when other users are creating new lists.</p> <p>You can browse the List, select the List tab in the Ribbon, and click List settings to create a template of a list in SharePoint 2010. ,. Under Permissions and Management, you will find Save list as a template. Simply fill in a File name, Template name, description, and whether you want to include the content or not.</p> <p>When you click OK, the template will be saved as a .stp file in your List Template Gallery of your site.</p> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Create%20a%20template%20of%20your%20list%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/IN2mfC"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Create%20a%20template%20of%20your%20list%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/IN2mfC">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4585" width="1" height="1">Add existing users to Groups in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/14/add-existing-users-to-groups-in-sharepoint.aspxMon, 14 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4584sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4584http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/14/add-existing-users-to-groups-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>You can add an existing SharePoint User to a group using the Set-SPUser cmdlet. Simply specify the group using the Group parameter as shown in the example below.</p> <pre><span style="color:#0000ff;">PS</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Set-SPUser</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Identity</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">powershell\user3</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">`</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Web</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">sp01</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Group</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#800000;">"Design"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20existing%20users%20to%20Groups%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/Lpxgsg"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20existing%20users%20to%20Groups%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/Lpxgsg">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4584" width="1" height="1">Add new service application pools in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/11/add-new-service-application-pools-in-sharepoint.aspxFri, 11 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4521sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4521http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/11/add-new-service-application-pools-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>You can use the New-SPServiceApplicationPool cmdlet to create new Web service application pools in IIS.</p> <pre><span style="color:#0000ff;">PS</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">New-SPServiceApplicationPool</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Name</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">“</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">AppPool</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">`</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-account</span><span style="color:#000000;"> (</span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Get-SPManagedAccount</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">domain\account</span><span style="color:#000000;">) </span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20new%20service%20application%20pools%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/KQeuMW"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20new%20service%20application%20pools%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/KQeuMW">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4521" width="1" height="1">Add Authoritative Pages to improve your search results in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/10/add-authoritative-pages-to-improve-your-search-results-in-sharepoint.aspxThu, 10 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4520sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4520http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/10/add-authoritative-pages-to-improve-your-search-results-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>Authoritative Pages are a way for administrators to tweak search results. When adding Authoritative Pages, the relevancy ranking of a search result is calculated by how many clicks from the Authority Page the sites are located. These pages can then be designated in four different ways: most authoritative, second-level authoritative, third-level authoritative, or non-authoritative.</p> <p>Managing these Authority Pages can be done at the Search Service Application from Central Administration.</p> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20Authoritative%20Pages%20to%20improve%20your%20search%20results%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/KQdGHX"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20Authoritative%20Pages%20to%20improve%20your%20search%20results%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/KQdGHX">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4520" width="1" height="1">Change the account used for your Web service application pool in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/09/change-the-account-used-for-your-web-service-application-pool-in-sharepoint.aspxWed, 09 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4519sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4519http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/09/change-the-account-used-for-your-web-service-application-pool-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>You can change the account used for the identity of a specific service application pool by using the Set-SPServiceApplicationPool cmdlet.</p> <pre><span style="color:#0000ff;">PS</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Get-SPServiceApplicationPool</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Identity</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">“</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">AppPool</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">|</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Set-SPServiceApplicationPool</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Account</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">domain\account</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Change%20the%20account%20used%20for%20your%20Web%20service%20application%20pool%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JDIXfI"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Change%20the%20account%20used%20for%20your%20Web%20service%20application%20pool%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JDIXfI">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4519" width="1" height="1">Improve your search results with Keywords and Best Bets in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/08/improve-your-search-results-with-keywords-and-best-bets-in-sharepoint.aspxTue, 08 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4518sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4518http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/08/improve-your-search-results-with-keywords-and-best-bets-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>An easy way to improve the search relevancy in SharePoint is to use Keywords and Best Bets, which are created by the Site Collection Administrator as a way to promote important information to end users. For example, you might know that a common search query for employees is the word “benefits” to help them find out the different benefits for an employee. </p> <p>But since the word “benefits” is commonly used in pages and documents, the page containing the employee benefits might not show up at the top of your search results. This can be done using Keywords and Best Bets. These are both created by the site collection administrator from Site Settings.</p> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Improve%20your%20search%20results%20with%20Keywords%20and%20Best%20Bets%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/Jqu8bR"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Improve%20your%20search%20results%20with%20Keywords%20and%20Best%20Bets%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/Jqu8bR">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4518" width="1" height="1">Display information about Web service application pools in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/07/display-information-about-web-service-application-pools-in-sharepoint.aspxMon, 07 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4517sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4517http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/07/display-information-about-web-service-application-pools-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>You can use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet to display information about your IIS service application pools. By default, the Name and ProcessAccountName properties are displayed. You can use Select-Object if you want to display all properties.</p> <pre><span style="color:#0000ff;">PS</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Get-SPServiceApplicationPool</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Identity</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#800000;">"Metadata AppPool"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">|</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Select-Object</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">*</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Display%20information%20about%20Web%20service%20application%20pools%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/IyJPR6"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Display%20information%20about%20Web%20service%20application%20pools%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/IyJPR6">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4517" width="1" height="1">Backup and Restore Site Collections in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/04/backup-and-restore-site-collections-in-sharepoint-2010-using-powershell-in-sharepoint.aspxFri, 04 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4482sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4482http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/04/backup-and-restore-site-collections-in-sharepoint-2010-using-powershell-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>In SharePoint 2010 you can take a backup of a site collection using the Backup-SPSite cmdlet:</p> <pre><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Backup-SPSite</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">SP</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">–</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Path</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#008000;text-decoration:underline;">C:\Backup\siteCollection.bak</span> </pre> <p>Restoring a site collection in SharePoint 2010 is just as simple:</p> <pre><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Restore-SPSite</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">SP</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">–</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Path</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#008000;text-decoration:underline;">C:\Backup\siteCollection.bak</span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Backup%20and%20Restore%20Site%20Collections%20in%20SharePoint%202010%20using%20PowerShell%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JQvemI"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Backup%20and%20Restore%20Site%20Collections%20in%20SharePoint%202010%20using%20PowerShell%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JQvemI">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4482" width="1" height="1">Use the max-age Attribute with BLOB Caching to Reduce Client Requests to SharePoint Servershttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/03/use-the-max-age-attribute-with-blob-caching-to-reduce-client-requests-to-sharepoint-servers.aspxThu, 03 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4481sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4481http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/03/use-the-max-age-attribute-with-blob-caching-to-reduce-client-requests-to-sharepoint-servers.aspx#comments<p>When configuring BLOB caching for MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010, it is possible to specify an optional max-age attribute in the web.config element. This attribute determines the amount of time, in seconds, that SharePoint clients should cache resources locally (typically in the browser’s temporary files area) that are served from a WFE’s BLOB cache. For example, the following web.config element instructs clients to locally store .GIF and .JPG images that are retrieved from the WFE for 43,200 seconds (12 hours) before re-requesting them.</p> <pre><span style="color:#000000;"><</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">BlobCache</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">location</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#800000;">"C:\blobCache"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">path</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#800000;">"\.(gif|jpg)$"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">maxSize</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#800000;">"10"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">max</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">age</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#800000;">"43200"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">enabled</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#800000;">"true"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">/</span><span style="color:#000000;">></span> </pre> <p>Resources that are served from a WFE’s BLOB cache when the max-age attribute is used are only re-requested after the max-age interval has elapsed or the browser’s local cache has been cleared. This reduction in client requests being made can save your WFE servers quite a bit of processing at the same time that the end-user experience is improved.</p> <p>Be warned, though: if BLOB cache resources change on the server before the max-age interval has elapsed, clients that are caching those resources locally won’t see the changes. In order for clients to see the changes before the max-age interval has elapsed, a browser cache flush is necessary.</p> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Use%20the%20max-age%20Attribute%20with%20BLOB%20Caching%20to%20Reduce%20the%20Number%20of%20Client%20Requests%20to%20SharePoint%20Servers%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/KaYVtR"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Use%20the%20max-age%20Attribute%20with%20BLOB%20Caching%20to%20Reduce%20the%20Number%20of%20Client%20Requests%20to%20SharePoint%20Servers%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/KaYVtR">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4481" width="1" height="1">Using Custom Columns to your Improve Search Results in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/02/using-custom-columns-to-your-improve-search-results-in-sharepoint.aspxWed, 02 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4480sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4480http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/02/using-custom-columns-to-your-improve-search-results-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>Categorizing content helps users effectively find documents within the site. This can be done via SharePoint through the use of custom columns or meta data. Create these columns at the global level of the site collection and add them to the required content types. The document libraries or lists associated with these content types will then inherit these custom columns.</p> <p>These custom columns can also be set as required fields. For example, you may include a column identifying the Sales Territory a document is related to, making it easier for the Sales staff to filter their search results quickly by their relevant territory. This also improves the ranking of the search results.</p> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Using%20Custom%20Columns%20to%20Improve%20Search%20Results%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JBmT7u"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Using%20Custom%20Columns%20to%20Improve%20Search%20Results%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JBmT7u">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4480" width="1" height="1">Managing sites in SharePoint 2010 Using PowerShell cmdlets in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/01/managing-sites-in-sharepoint-2010-using-powershell-cmdlets-in-sharepoint.aspxTue, 01 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4479sos1http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4479http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/01/managing-sites-in-sharepoint-2010-using-powershell-cmdlets-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>In SharePoint 2010 you can manage sites through Windows PowerShell. You can create new sites in a site collection using the New-SPWeb cmdlet:</p> <pre><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">New-SPWeb</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">SP</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">/</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">TeamSite</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Template</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#800000;">"STS#0"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">–</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Name</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#800000;">"Team Site"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">`</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Description</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#800000;">"Description of Site"</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">–</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">AddToTopNav</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">–</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">UseParentTopNav</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span> </pre> <p>You can retrieve an existing site using the Get-SPWeb cmdlet:</p> <pre><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Get-SPWeb</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">SP</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">/</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">TeamSite</span> </pre> <p>You can configure a site through the Set-SPWeb cmdlet:</p> <pre><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Get-SPWeb</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">SP</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">/</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">TeamSite</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">|</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Set-SPWeb</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Description</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#800000;">"New Description"</span> </pre> <p>And finally, you can remove a site using the Remove-SPWeb cmdlet:</p> <pre><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Remove-SPWeb</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">http</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">//</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">SP</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">/</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">TeamSite</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Confirm</span><span style="color:#000000;">:</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">$false</span> </pre> <p>Setting the –Confirm switch parameter to $false omits the confirmation returned from PowerShell.</p> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Managing%20sites%20in%20SharePoint%202010%20Using%20PowerShell%20cmdlets%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/I5IFu3"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Managing%20sites%20in%20SharePoint%202010%20Using%20PowerShell%20cmdlets%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/I5IFu3">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4479" width="1" height="1">Use SharePoint BLOB Caching to increase performance in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/04/30/use-sharepoint-blob-caching-to-increase-performance-in-sharepoint.aspxMon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4478sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4478http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/04/30/use-sharepoint-blob-caching-to-increase-performance-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>BLOB caching, or disk-based caching, is an out of the box (OOTB) caching mechanism that is built into the MOSS 2007 and SharePoint Server 2010 platforms. It is commonly used to speed-up access to large and relatively static resources that are stored in content databases, such as images, videos, javascript files, and more. Performance improvements are gained by storing these assets on web front-ends (WFEs) once they’ve been requested by a client. This allows SharePoint to serve subsequent requests for such assets directly from WFEs instead of round-tripping to the content database each time a request for such an asset is received. For most SharePoint sites, this type of caching can significantly lighten the load on your SQL Servers and back-end network.</p> <p>BLOB Caching is controlled through the web.config file for each of the IIS web sites that is associated with a Web application, and it is not enabled by default. Enabling BLOB caching is as simple as setting the enabled attribute to true in the web.config element as shown below.</p> <pre><span style="color:#000000;"><</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">BlobCache</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">location</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#008000;text-decoration:underline;">C:\blobCache”</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">path</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#000000;">”\.</span><span style="color:#000000;">(</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">gif|jpg|png|css|js</span><span style="color:#000000;">)</span><span style="color:#000000;">$”</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">maxSize</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#000000;">10</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;">enabled</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">=</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">true</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">/</span><span style="color:#000000;">></span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Use%20SharePoint%20BLOB%20Caching%20to%20increase%20performance%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JQqvBn"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Use%20SharePoint%20BLOB%20Caching%20to%20increase%20performance%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/JQqvBn">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4478" width="1" height="1">Add a new service application pool in SharePointhttp://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/04/27/add-a-new-service-application-pool-in-sharepoint.aspxFri, 27 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT877663eb-a7b3-47d5-aa06-9f5a95897f5f:4439sos0http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=4439http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/04/27/add-a-new-service-application-pool-in-sharepoint.aspx#comments<p>You can use the New-SPServiceApplicationPool cmdlet to create new Web service application pools in IIS.</p> <pre><span style="color:#0000ff;">PS</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">New-SPServiceApplicationPool</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-Name</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">“</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">AppPool</span><span style="color:#000000;">”</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">`</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;">>></span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">-account</span><span style="color:#000000;"> (</span><span style="color:#5f9ea0;">Get-SPManagedAccount</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;text-decoration:underline;">domain\account</span><span style="color:#000000;">) </span> </pre> <p><a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20a%20new%20service%20application%20pool%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/HT4wXO"><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/Site+Images/twitter_2D00_logo.png" alt="Twitter This Tip!" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0px;" /></a> <a target="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=RT+%40SharePointTip+Add%20a%20new%20service%20application%20pool%20in%20%23SharePoint%20http://bit.ly/HT4wXO">ReTweet this Tip!</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://secretsofsharepoint.com/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4439" width="1" height="1">