In certain situation you want to allow that your SharePoint can utilize the new .NET 4.5 functions – this includes WebSockets for instance. In order to get his running, you have to change the web.config of the corresponding Web Application. Disclaimer: Use this on your own risk and try it in a TEST or DEV environment first – the change can take down your SharePoint Farm or break core functions! Manual approach This is a step by step manual how to set the values that your SharePoint targets .
SharePoint 2013
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.
A good day for automation lovers! @avishnyakov (http://spdevlab.com/) contributed 5 SharePoint packages to my ChocolateySharePointPackages repository. See his blog post here. Added packages! Today I pushed them to the chocolatey gallery and you can install them with 1 line of PowerShell. cinst PowerGUIVSX Installs the PowerGui Visual Studio Extension cint SP2013PreReqs Installs all SharePoint 2013 PreRequisites cinst SPSF Installs the SharePoint Software Factory cinst SPCAF Installs the SharePoint Code Analysis Framework Want more?