Powershell

In this article I will show you how to create SharePoint 2010/2013 Search Content Sources with a handy powershell script and why you should care. This is my 100th blog post and therefore it has to be something with SharePoint Search - something good. I had the idea for the script on my mind for quite a while now, but there was no project and no time to create it - until now.

Another essential SharePoint tool found its way to the chocolatey gallery – this time it’s the awesome and feature-rich SharePointLogViewer. Key Features: View multiple SharePoint log files at once Search by any field Filter the log by any field File drag & drop support Live monitoring for entire farm Export filtered log entries Bookmark log entries Get popup notification of SharePoint log events from system tray Receive email notifications on errors Redirect log entries to event log Supports SharePoint 2007, 2010 and 2013 Installation After installing chocolatey you can install SharePointLogViewer with one line of Powershell:

Almost weekly there is a new tool that you can install with the very awesome chocolatey. In the case you have not heard about chocolatey, its a package manager for Windows similar to apt-get for linux - in other words: You can install tools/software with 1 line of Powershell.