Working in a multi domain environment, I needed the NETBIOS name of the server domain. I eventually got a very simple VisualBasic code block to work in Powershell, but found out it was not what I was looking for. A differentiation did give me what I needed but it proved to be a method not… Read More »
This week a problem occured on our SharePoint environment due to human error, but with unexpected SharePoint behavior driving the cause and troubling the solution. Somehow it is possible to update the SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer property ProviderSignoutUri with an invalid value, and all subsequent repair actions will fail, as well as many SPTimerjobs. All give the same… Read More »
When dealing with passwords in unattended installations, the challenge is always if the password is securly stored. One way to deal with it is to use “Read-Host -AsSecureString” on the target server from within the script. But when dealing with a lot of passwords in 1 script, this will cause a lot of prompts. You… Read More »
The most cited and advised way to convert a pfx certificate file to crt, is to use openssl. For a Windows server I will look at alternatives using Powershell. On a Windows server, openssl isn’t available, but if a small external download is an option, you can still find a Windows ported version of openssl, it really… Read More »