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    • SPDocKit 12
    • SPDocKit 11.1.0
    • SPDocKit 11
    • SPDocKit 10
    • SPDocKit 9.1.0
    • SPDocKit 9
    • SPDocKit 8.0.3
    • SPDocKit 8
  • Requirements
    • SharePoint On-Premises User Permissions Requirements
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    • Server Load Permission Requirements
    • Service Application Permission Requirements
  • Installation
    • Install SPDocKit
    • Upgrade to the Latest Version
    • Uninstall SPDocKit
  • Activation
    • Activate SPDocKit
    • Manage License
    • Activation Privacy Statement
  • Configuration
    • Configure SPDocKit
    • Configure SPDocKit Database
    • Import and Export SPDocKit Settings
  • Create SharePoint Farm Snapshots
    • Snapshots Screen
    • Manual Snapshots
    • Automatic Snapshots
  • Explore Reports & Create Documentation
    • Farm Explorer
      • Farm Explorer Screen
      • Farm Dashboard
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      • Passwords and Product keys
      • Generate an AutoSPInstaller XML Configuration File
      • Change the Limit on Site Topology Report
    • Site Explorer
      • Site Explorer Screen
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      • Permissions Reports screen
    • Analytics and Usage Reports
      • Analytics and Usage Reports Screen
      • Analytics Dashboard
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      • Audit Reports Screen
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      • Best Practices Screen
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    • Subscriptions and Alerts
      • Subscriptions and Alerts
      • Create New Subscription
      • Create New Alert
    • Customizing Reports
      • Customize View
      • Add Comments
  • Compare SharePoint Configurations
    • Compare Wizard
    • Compare SharePoint Farms
    • Compare Servers
    • Compare Web Applications
    • Compare Site Collections
    • Compare SharePoint Permissions
    • Compare Web.Config Files
  • Manage SharePoint Permissions
    • Permissions Explorer Screen
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    • Users and Groups Actions
      • Manage Groups Wizard
      • Group Memberships Wizard
      • Copy Permissions Wizard
      • Move Permissions Wizard
      • Manage Permissions Wizard
      • Remove Permissions Wizard
    • Securable Objects Actions
      • Break/Restore Permission Inheritance Wizard
      • Restore Permissions
      • Copy Object Permissions Wizard
    • Site Collection Actions
      • Site Collection Administrators Wizard
      • Permission Levels Wizard
      • Clean Site Collections Wizard
    • Add Tags
    • SPDocKit Permission Management Event Log
  • Configure & Extend SPDocKit
    • Backstage Screen
    • Options Wizard
    • License Management
    • Role Based Security
    • Extend SPDocKit
      • Install SPDocKit Extensions
      • Download SPDocKit Extensions
      • Activate SPCAF Extension
  • Query & Change SharePoint Settings
    • Queries and Rules Screen
    • Create SharePoint Governance Policy Rule
    • Create SPDocKit Query
    • Change SPDocKit Query Results Limit
    • Create Audit Queries and Rules
  • FAQ
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    • SPDocKit Insights Removed
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  • Known Issues
    • CREATE TABLE permissions denied
    • Custom features missing in reports
    • Data retention not working properly
    • Distributed Cache loading issue
    • Load crashes with NullReference exception
    • Available Windows updates
    • Permissions Wizard issue
    • PowerPivot FileNotFoundException issue
    • SQL Clusters support
    • Storage Metrics report subscription
    • Unaccounted differences in the UPA settings
    • Custom Query issue with URL export
    • Recursive groups issue with export
  • Troubleshooting
    • SharePoint
      • Could not access content database
      • The service application ‘UPA Name’ does not have any proxies that are default in a proxy group
    • Server Load & User Permissions
      • RPC Server is Unavailable
      • Error occurred while loading Web Application
      • Error occurred while trying to load 'Problems and Solutions' and 'Rule Definitions'
      • Error while loading IIS Settings Information
      • Errors while trying to load the SharePoint farm
      • Errors while loading server information
      • Failed at retrieving SQL Accounts from the following servers
      • My permissions loading status is reported as ”Failed”
      • Service was unable to read Active Directory properties
      • SQL Server is unavailable
      • Error adding service account to "spdockit_service_role" database role
    • SQL Server Connection
      • SPDocKit won’t connect to a provided server and database
      • Configure SQL server to listen on a specific port
      • Is SQL Server configured to use a named instance
      • Inbound traffic on TCP Port 1433 needs to be allowed on the SQL
      • Service user does not have rights to connect to the SQL server
      • TCP/IP network traffic not enabled on the SQL Server
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  1. Compare SharePoint Configurations

Compare SharePoint Farms

This article explains how you can use the Compare Wizard to compare different farms or snapshots of an existing farm.

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This section explains how you can use the Compare Wizard to compare different farms or snapshots of an existing farm. Navigate to the Backstage Actions Screen and click the Compare Wizard button.

Compare farm with a previous snapshot

  1. Select Farms as the comparison type and then the Compare farm with a previous farm snapshot subtype. Click Next to continue.

  2. Under the Farm Selection, you can select different, previously taken snapshots and compare them. By default, from version 6.1 onwards, farm snapshots are stored in the SPDocKit database. If you have more than one farm connected to the same SPDocKit database, you will see snapshots from all these farms.

    If you are not using the SPDocKit database, snapshots will be stored in the Snapshots folder defined in Service Settings. The default Snapshots folder is C:\ProgramData\SPDocKit\Snapshots.

    The Farm selection step will list all available snapshots from the SPDocKit database or Snapshots folder. If the desired snapshot is not located in either of these locations, click Import to select a snapshot file from another location. Importing snapshots is a one-time action, so the next time you run the Compare Wizard you will have to repeat the process. If you would like to , click Import in the Snapshots tab.

  3. Click Next to see the farm compare results.

    The Results windows shows the differences between two farm snapshots. Object changes are marked by a different colors. The upper part of the window shows all farm settings in a hierarchical structure, while the bottom half displays the differences between currently selected objects in the upper half.

    Farm compare uses the when displaying changes between snapshots. This template is also used for the Differences report alert that is sent automatically as part of SPDocKit's Subscriptions and Alerts job. If you would like to change which reports are compared, use the little wheel button on the left-hand side. Deselected reports will not be used in future comparisons – both manual and automatic – performed by the SPDocKit Service.

Compare two different SharePoint farms

  1. Select Farms as the comparison type and then the Compare two different farms subtype. Click Next to continue.

  2. Under Farm Selection, select the snapshots you wish to compare and click Next. From version 6.1 onwards, farm snapshots are, by default, stored in the SPDocKit database. If you have more than one farm connected to the same SPDocKit database, you will see snapshots from all these farms.

    If you are not using the SPDocKit database, snapshots will be stored in the Snapshots folder defined in . The default Snapshots folder is C:\ProgramData\SPDocKit\Snapshots.

    The Farm selection step will list all available snapshots from the SPDocKit database or Snapshots folder. If the desired snapshot is not located in either of these locations, click Import to select a snapshot file from another location. This is helpful in situations when you wish to compare snapshots of two farms and the snapshots are not stored in the same SPDocKit database, but on a disk location on SharePoint's servers. Copy the farm snapshots from the non-local farm to any disk location on the local SharePoint server and click Import to use them for farm comparison.

    Importing snapshots is a one-time action, so the next time you run the Compare Wizard you will have to repeat the process. If you would like to , click Import in the Snapshots tab.

  3. The next couple of steps allow you to map the properties of the two farms and perform a detailed comparisons. Grids will be displayed to allow you to map farm servers, accounts, service applications, and more, from one farm to the other. Use the drop down menu to define which farm properties should be paired. Once you have paired them, SPDocKit will remember the mappings you specified and reuse them for each subsequent comparison between these two farms.

    1:N mappings between properties is enabled. This can be very useful when comparing test with production environments. For example, you can map servers on a test farm, which contains only a few servers, multiple times to servers from a much larger production farm.

    The wizard will guide you through the following mappings:

    • URLs, Host Headers, Addresses

    • Database Names

    • Business Data Connectivity Namespace

    • Farm Servers

    • SQL Servers

    • Accounts (service accounts, managed accounts, user policy accounts, search accounts, application pool accounts, object cache accounts, farm administrators, service application administrator accounts)

    • Service Applications

    • Service Applications Proxies

    • Host Names

  4. Click Next to see the compare results.

    The Results windows shows the differences between two farm snapshots. Object changes are marked by a different colors. The upper part of the window shows all farm settings in a hierarchical structure, while the bottom half displays the differences between currently selected objects in the upper half.

    Farm compare uses the when displaying changes between snapshots. If you would like to change which reports are compared, use the little wheel button on the left-hand side. Deselected reports will not be used in future comparisons.

Compare with out of the box farm

  1. Select Farms for the comparison type and then the Compare with out of the box farm subtype to continue the process.

  2. Under Farm Selection, select the snapshot you wish to compare with default farm settings and click Next.

  3. The compare results will appear.

Farm compare uses the when displaying changes between snapshots. If you would like to change which reports are compared, use the little wheel button on the left-hand side. Deselected reports will not be used in future comparisons.

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