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SharePoint – After Patching – A Simple Sample Test Script

Ok don’t get too excited, this is short and sweet and off the cuff for a customer. It is a test script (like an actor reads a script) of items that could/should be checked, to ensure SharePoint was healthy, after patching or major work. This isn’t everything one should do, but could be useful to others as a starting point…

 

 

 

 

Server/Farm Validation Checks

  • Ensure you can get into central admin
  • Check License and build Number (ensure it is as expected)
  • Ensure all expected SharePoint Services are started (Search, Excel, etc.)
  • Ensure you can get into SSP
  • Check event logs for errors since application of patch
  • Test List Search
  • Test Document Search (DOC, DOCX, XLS, etc.)
  • Test PDF search
  • Create a test sub site
  • Create a test list
  • Populate with content

   

End User Functionality Checks

  • Test various search strings
  • Test/validate healthy SSL
  • Test List Search
  • Test Document Search (DOC, DOCX, XLS, etc.)
  • Test PDF search
  • Create a test sub site
  • Create a test list
  • Populate some lists with content
  • Test system/owner pages such as Advanced Permissions, Site Columns, Site Content Types