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Creating & Managing Virtual Training Sessions Just Got Easier
Now that the cloud promises software-as-a-service, servicing everywhere, many corporate software trainers and consulting shops are challenged to deliver reliable, high-quality instruction anywhere in the world. They need to get the infrastructure and software configured…
Why Students Love Learning via the Cloud
(Last updated in 2018) Ten of thousands of students and corporate trainees worldwide are today getting virtual technical training online via cloud-based training platforms. These students are getting valuable hands-on experience using real, full-functioning applications,…
“Out of this World Corporate Virtual Training, Wherever You Are”
CloudShare’s virtual IT training solution powers thousands of software training sessions each month,from large-scale events to impromptu meetups and online virtual classes. June’s “User of the Month”, Marshall Butler, has used this flexibility to build…
Laboratory in the Sky? Why Cloud Based Labs Are Replacing Conventional Ones
Learning technical skills requires a lot more than memorizing concepts. Students need hands-on experience using tools themselves. Comfort with these tools often comes only after some safe, self-paced experimentation. That’s why technical lab work is…
How to deal with permissions in SharePoint using the Client Side Object Model and PowerShell
This time I am sharing a PowerShell script about how to get the list of all SharePoint Groups and all the users per group in a SharePoint site using the Client Side Object Model in…
VM Environment Template Updates — Visual Studio 2015 & More!
CloudShare’s VM environment templates are one of the easiest way to start a project – grab a pre-configured virtual machine or an entire multi-machine environment, and skip straight to the customization. The CloudShare template team…
Build, Test, Repeat!
Building test environments should be easy — not just simple if it’s a simple configuration, or simple for experienced IT. When on-premise infrastructure, legacy code, and new projects are involved, building and testing becomes complicated….
SharePoint: How To re-start SharePoint Timer Service using PowerShell / Custom Code!
In this article I will show you how to re-start al the instances of the SharePoint Timer Service in a SharePoint farm by means of PowerShell and the Server Side Object Model. Both approaches are…
How to create and update SharePoint Property Bags from a CSV file!
As you know, SharePoint Property Bags are a powerful mechanism we have available in SharePoint to create and define configuration properties at the different logical levels in the platform architecture: Farm, Web Application, Site Collection,…
How To Import Search Query Suggestions using PowerShell!
Undoubtedly, SharePoint search is one of the most powerful features available in the platform not only for the out of the box features but also for the multiple extensibility points provided. In this post we…
How to determine the size of the SharePoint Content DBs in a SharePoint Farm!
One of the most common administration tasks when managing a SharePoint environment is to have under control the sizes of the SharePoint content databases available in a SharePoint farm. Although there are several possibilities to…
Analyzing SharePoint Solutions with MOSCAF – Part II
In this article I will continue talking about how to use the capabilities provided by MSOCAF (Microsoft SharePoint Online Code Analysis Framework) for auditing a SharePoint environment in terms of .WSP solutions deployed. If you…