To login to a SharePoint 2013/2016 site and force it prompt for login instead of automatically signing in with the current Windows user account, append the above string to your site URL. For example, https://sharepoint.example.com/mysite/_layouts/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true This can be useful to login as a different user. source
This is a collection of snippets of PowerShell that I found helpful when trying to access SharePoint data via PowerShell. Another great resource is probably Shane Young. NOTE: Pretty sure all commands return security trimmed results, so make sure the user you are running as has appropriate permissions, otherwise some results may be omitted. Create […]
Planning / Pre-work Check what patches have already been installed Connect to Central Admin Click Upgrade and Migration Click Check product and patch installation status Review Updates installed on each server to see what patch level has been reached. Download desired patches Compare installed to Microsoft’s SharePoint History List Download the patch(es) that you want […]
To ensure that the People Picker in SharePoint provides results from all appropriate domains, open the SharePoint Management Shell as admin on one of the application servers, then run the following command. In each command, include all domains separated by semi-colons for each URL desired. Repeat for additional URL’s if desired. I do not believe […]
Derived the following instructions from this page. When you get that seemingly unhelpful “Sorry, something went wrong” (#sorrynotsorry) error, here is (what I’ve found) is the best way to proceed. Log in to any of the FE or App server’s in the farm. Open the SharePoint 2013 Management Shell (as admin should not be required) Run […]