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Introducing More Powerful, Flexible CloudShare!
Dear CloudSharers! We are happy to announce a significant service enhancement to all CloudShare customers. Our goal is to provide developers, testers and managers with a cloud platform that is easy to operate, transparently priced…
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…
CloudShare Automation: Quality Testing Simplified
As software continues to “eat the world”, everything in the development and deployment process is scrutinized and subjected to automation. Whether you find this revolutionary or business as usual, it’s worth considering: What can be…
Cloud Comparison: Cost of CloudShare vs Azure Dev/Test VMs
(Last updated in 2018) Last week we began comparing CloudShare’s virtual labs to general purpose systems like Azure IaaS, pointing out the key features of a virtual lab: automated provisioning, saving, clone, suspension and sharing…
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,…
Cloud Comparison: CloudShare Labs vs. Azure Dev/Test VMs
Over the next few weeks, we will discuss CloudShare’s place in the cloud. Our goal is to sharpen the contradictions among these platforms, explain the benefits of virtual labs and highlight CloudShare’s unique features. First,…
How To Convert a date in ISO 8061 format to a DateTime format!
This time I would like to share a quick tip with you that allows you to solve typical problems you can find when working with dates in your SharePoint code: how to convert a date…
Creating a CloudShare Team Labs Environment with SAP HANA, SAP Data Services and Hortonworks Hadoop
BIG DATA AND IN-MEMORY DATABASE Nowadays when you are looking for Big Data techniques you get in touch with Hadoop. If you are googling for an In-Memory Database you will find SAP HANA. These are…
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…
The Road to Continuous Integration and Deployment!
The Road to Continuous Integration and Deployment! Don’t stay behind, your #Dev / #Test team could be much better! Hear all about it from our VP R&D: http://techblog.cld.sr/?p=88 [ Promo Code – CI/CD ]
Want to know how vagrant radically improves integration tests?
CloudShare’s Dev team leader with the answer. Checkout this neat article: http://techblog.cld.sr/?p=111 [Promo Code – vagrant]
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…