Use Microsoft Log Parser for trolling through the Event Viewer

Sifting through the thousands of entries in a server’s local Security Event log for a specific message can be a very time consuming experience.

Unable to open Sharepoint folder in Explorer with > 10K files

A document repository in Sharepoint with more than 10,000 files cannot be opened in Explorer View due to a “network resource” error.

Build scripts for SQL

Using continuous integration build servers for standard development projects (e.g. C#, Java, python, etc…) is very common. Applying the same methodology for sql database scripts is less so.

Introduction

Load Testing With Apache JMeter

Apache JMeter Overview

JMeter is a simple yet powerful open source tool that provides the ability to perform load testing on an application. Although typically used for performing stress tests on web based applications, JMeter is…

vCheck — VMWare Daily Report

vCheck is a series of scripts (or plug-ins) written by Alan Renouf that can be used to report on the status of your VMWare environment. It can be run from VMWare’s Powershell.

Sharepoint search results are ordered incorrectly when called from code

This particular problem has not been fully resolved. I found a workaround — see lower down — but the issue itself is still perplexing. If anyone has any views or opinions please feel free to comment.