Toggle SharePoint Developer Dashboard using PowerShell

Dear all, the same way that you can Toggle the Developer Dashboard using STSADM.exe, you can also toggle it using PowerShell. It is slightly more complicated, but works just as fine and it’s also faster than the STSADM command. Let’s have a look: $service = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService $ddSettings =$service.DeveloperDashboardSettings $ddSettings.DisplayLevel = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPDeveloperDashboardLevel]::OnDemand $ddSettings.Update() What it does, [...]

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Toggle SharePoint 2010 Developer Dashboard using STSADM

Dear all, The developer dashboard is a very handy tool in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, when it comes to analyzing how your site is loading and finding potential bottlenecks. It displays information about databases, webservices, the current page itself and so on. You can see an example of the developer dashboard here. Once enabled, it [...]

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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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