Travis Smith

SharePoint Patches Installed; Missing Patches??

Microsoft SharePoint

During SharePoint patch installation, either manually or via cumulative update (CU), sometimes you may get a message that states some patches are required and/or missing; however, you may have just finished installing all the patches. Resetting IIS or rebooting the machine will not necessarily fix this (resetting IIS definitely won't). So what do you do? Just run this PowerShell command in the SharePoint PowerShell window: ... Read More

New Web Application Does Not Create IIS Site

Microsoft SharePoint

New web applications created by PowerShell (e.g., manually or AutoSPInstaller in my case) or via Central Administration were not creating IIS sites on a small farm (2 WFE, 2 AS). While the web application and even the site collections were successfully created, the IIS site was not being created resulting in the infamous 404 IIS white page. Here are the steps I used to troubleshoot: Checked ULS logs: No issues found or recorded Checked the Timer service: Timer Service was up and running ... Read More

Enable PHP LDAP in Windows Azure

Development, WordPress

By default, Windows PHP does not include PHP LDAP (php_ldap.dll) as part of their configuration. And when you check phpinfo(), you will see the PHP ldap extension only under CURL. To enable PHP LDAP (php_ldap.dll) in Windows Azure, you must follow these steps: Download a non-thread safe V9 version of PHP from php.net (PHP 5.4.x) and locate the php_ldap.dll from the etc folder (or download php_ldap.dll, php 5.4.34 PHP LDAP php_ldap.dll). Create new folder call bin at the root of ... Read More