How to Set Up Search Architecture in SharePoint Subscription Edition After Migration
Search doesn’t come with you after a SharePoint migration — the index cannot be moved, and everything must be re-crawled from scratch. This post walks through configuring the right SPSE search topology for your farm size, throttling the first crawl to protect farm performance, and remapping content sources using production-ready PowerShell scripts. All scripts are…
Adding SharePoint Content Databases to a SQL Server Availability Group: The Correct Seeding Sequence
SQL Server Availability Groups are the only Microsoft-supported high-availability path for SharePoint Subscription Edition — and the seeding sequence is unforgiving. This post walks SQL DBAs and SharePoint architects through every prerequisite, the complete backup → NORECOVERY restore → AG join workflow, sync mode selection, and the two PowerShell scripts that automate the entire operation…
The SharePoint Migration Cutover Playbook: Step by Step
A complete, minute-by-minute SharePoint 2019 → Subscription Edition cutover playbook. Covers the timed execution timeline from T-60 to T+60, all five PowerShell scripts with code and commentary, a GO/NO-GO decision table, and a step-by-step rollback sequence — everything your team needs to run the maintenance window without improvising.
Cut Your SharePoint Database Migration Window from 25 Hours to 4 Hours with Parallel Backup and Restore
Running 50 SharePoint content databases through a sequential backup-and-restore cycle takes roughly 25 hours — a migration window that doesn’t fit any realistic production weekend. This post covers four PowerShell scripts that implement a throttled parallel execution pattern, compressing that window to under 4 hours without saturating your SQL Server or storage infrastructure. Includes the…
SQL Log Shipping for SharePoint 2019 to Subscription Edition Migration: Step-by-Step Setup Guide
SQL Server log shipping is the database-layer engine that makes zero-downtime SharePoint migration possible — keeping your secondary SQL instance continuously synchronized while you prepare, so final cutover shrinks from hours to minutes. This post covers the full lifecycle: configuring log shipping across all SharePoint content databases using a CSV-driven PowerShell script, monitoring restore latency,…
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Hi All, is it possible to retrieve SPO audit log using custom SPFx Webpart from a particular site collection audit report by site collection owner/admin? Possible today it automatic way to get the audit report every month for each site collection?
You can use graph api to get some data for the reporting. If u want to automate u can use power automate.