Matthias reports that release 2 of the useful SharePoint Utility Suite has been released on Microsoft's SharePoint Web component directory site. The SharePoint Utility Suite is a set of tools geared towards SharePoint administrators. Here is the list of the tools available in the package:

  • SharePoint Portal Server Content Source Add tool 1.0 
    An example of how to add Content Sources programmatically in SharePoint Portal Server 2003
  • SharePoint Portal Server Indexer Property Sequence Number Checker 1.0 
    This tool will check the PropSeqNum values for indexes on the index server, and compare the values on all related Search Server
  • SPSPropConfig  1.0 NEW to Release 2!! 
  • WSS\DeleteSite   
  • List Refresh Tool  
    Rebuilds a list for you in case you need to apply the latest template changes on the list.
  • Document Library file extractor 1.0 
    Extract files recursively from a document library out to the local file system
  • SharePoint Web Pruning tool 1.0 
    Removes all necessary subwebs recursively for a web at any level in the site collection, without the need to do this manually.
  • SiteBuilder test tool 1.5 Updated in Release 2!! 
    Create a series of Site Collections and nested webs for testing purposes
  • SharePoint Site Manager 1.1 NEW to Release 2!! 
    Allows the administrator to batch backup, delete, restore and repartition sites across content databases.
  • SharePoint User Util 2.2 Updated in Release 2!! 
    User Maintenance tool for Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server