Increase PerformancePoint Services Availability: Associate a Failover Database

Dear all, while you can plan and organize availability on farm level by configuring Network Load Balancing and also SQL Server database mirroring and failover clustering, you do also have the possibility to plan for high availability on service application level, especially for critical service applications like PerformancePoint. In order to perform this, you must [...]

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SharePoint 2010: Connecting to an Existing Configuration Database and More with psconfig.exe

Hi folks, just a quick one this time:   How do we connect a server to an existing configuration database? Simply by issuing the psconfig.exe command:   psconfig.exe -cmd configdb -connect -server <Server_name> -database <Database_name>   Please note that this will disconnect the server from the farm it is currently connected to!   Similarly, you [...]

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Useful PowerShell Cmdlets for Configuring SharePoint Server 2010 – Cheat Sheet Part 1

Dear all, Especially when starting out in configuring a freshly installed or upgraded SharePoint Server 2010, a lot of configuration tasks await you as an administrator or configurator. Some tasks can be carried out using PowerShell, some can only be carried out using the Central Administration, and some both. This post provides you with a [...]

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