Service Applications – Octavie van Haaften

Implementing SSL with PowerShell for existing SharePoint 2013 farm – Part 6

We’re almost there. In this 6th part of the series I focus on re-configuring SharePoint services to use the new HTTPS addresses. Think of Search and User Profiles. User Profiles Let’s start with the User Profile service. The location of the MySite Host has changed. It’s https://spmysites.company.com now. This is...

Programmatically check if SharePoint service is online

Now and then I have to retrieve information from the User Profile Service, such as user profiles. For this I use the UserProfileManager class. But, when the User Profile Service is not available for some reason, the code throws an UserProfileApplicationNotAvailable exception. You could use try..catch strategy to handle alternative...

August 25, 2014 by Octavie van Haaften SharePoint 2013 0

SharePoint 2013 – It’s here!

SharePoint 2013 has reached the public beta. So, what’s new with SharePoint 2013? A lot, I can tell you. I have mainly focused on Search and I will write more posts about this later. But for now I will list some new features regarding Service Applications. Be aware, that this...

July 9, 2012 by Octavie van Haaften SharePoint 2013 2

Setting Up Managed Metadata Service Application

In my last post I wrote about setting up the User Profiles service application. This time I want to show you how to setup the Managed Metadata service application and how to use the managed metadata with your content. For starters…the hub With SharePoint 2010 it is possible to define...

March 23, 2010 by Octavie van Haaften SharePoint 7

Setting Up User Profiles Service Application

For my unit I have set up a SharePoint 2010 machine for evaluating purposes. I defined a portal project to give our management the ability to publish news and give all employees a My Site for personal content. Simple and clear. My colleague started working on the publishing requirement and...

March 12, 2010 by Octavie van Haaften SharePoint 0