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function Add-UserProfilePicture
{
    <#
        .Synopsis
            This is a simple approach to uploading a binary file into an active directory users AD object.
        .Example
            C:\> Add-UserProfilePicture -user "Joe Bloggs" -picture "C:\images\Joe_Bloggs.jpg"
        .Notes
            Name: Add-UserProfilePicture
            Author: Petro Margaritis

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# If you are unsure what the names of your OABs you can run the following command
Get-OfflineAddressBook
# This will list all of the attributes for the OAB
(Get-OfflineAddressBook “Default Offline Address Book”).ConfiguredAttributes | sort-Object name, type
# If you want to change the type assigned to the ThumbnailPhoto, you will first need to remove it
($thumbAtt = (Get-OfflineAddressBook "Default Offline Address Book").ConfiguredAttributes).Remove("thumbnailphoto,Indicator")
# Update the Offline Address Book
Set-OfflineAddressBook "Default Offline Address Book" -ConfiguredAttributes $thumbAtt
# Add the new type for the thumbnailPhoto attribute
$thumbAtt.Add("thumbnailphoto,Value")

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# This will create thumbnails from the user profile images saved in the My Sites User Profile pictures library
Update-SPProfilePhotoStore –MysiteHostLocation http://mysites -CreateThumbnailsForImportedPhotos 1

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function Restart-SPTimerService
{
    <#
        .Example
            C:\>Restart-SPTimerService -serverName "SharePoint1"

            This script will restart the Timer Server on the nominated server (-serverName) and will created a log.txt file with the result
        .Notes
            Name: Restart-SPTimerService
            Author: Petro Margaritis

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$BDCProxy = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy | where
{
  $_.GetType().FullName -eq ('Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedService.' + 'BDCServiceApplicationProxy')
}

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Get-SPBusinessDataCatalogThrottleConfig –Scope Database –ThrottleType Items –ServiceApplicationProxy $BDCProxy | Set-SPBusinessDataCatalogThrottleConfig –Maximum 100000 –Default 50000

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Get-SPBusinessDataCatalogThrottleConfig –Scope Database –ThrottleType Items –ServiceApplicationProxy $BDCProxy

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#Query whether the Web Applications Application Pool account has an SPN
SETSPN -l <DOMAIN>\<ApplicationPoolAccount>
#The Output of the above command will look like this if an SPN has not been registered to the domain account
Registered ServicePrincipalNames for CN=<Domain>,OU=<AD Folder>,DC=<Domain>,DC=<level prefix>:

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#Set SPN for the Intranet 'Application Pool Account' on the Contoso Intranet WebApp
SETSPN -A HTTP/intranet.contoso.com contoso\IntranetAppPoolAcc
#Set SPN for the My site 'Application Pool Account' on the Contoso Mysite WebApp
SETSPN -A HTTP/mysite.contoso.com contoso\MySiteAppPoolAcc

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#Query the desired Application Pool Account to confirm SPN has been registered correctly
SETSPN -l <DOMAIN>\<ApplicationPoolAccount>