FeatureAdmin 3
SharePoint Feature Administration and Clean Up Tool
Web site
Please visit the feature admin web site at www.featureadmin.com
Functionality
This is a tool to manage SharePoint features. It allows you to
- See and search available feature definitions
- Quickly get to and search within all locations, where features can be activated in SharePoint (Farm, Web Apps, Sites, Webs)
- Identify, where which features are activated
- Identify and cleanup orphaned/faulty/broken features and feature definitions that often cause issues (e.g. when installing CUs or when exporting and importing sites)
- Activate, Deactivate and Upgrade features (even in multiple locations (bulk), when selecting a parent location)
- Uninstall feature definitions
Downloads
FeatureAdmin 3 for SharePoint 2013 and newer
Get the modern FeatureAdmin 3, which automatically identifies your SharePoint 2013+ farm. If no SharePoint installation is found, it automatically switches to demo mode.
Previous SharePoint versions
SP 2010
- Download release zip (v. 2.4.8) including license and release notes
- Download executable only (v. 2.4.8)
- Download release zip (v. 2.4.6) including license and release notes (recommended for removing orphaned/faulty features)
- Download executable only (v. 2.4.6) (recommended for removing orphaned/faulty features)
SP 2007
- Download release zip (v. 2.4.8)
- Download executable only (v. 2.4.8)
- Download release zip (v. 2.4.6) (recommended for removing orphaned/faulty features)
- Download executable only (v. 2.4.6) (recommended for removing orphaned/faulty features)
Demo
Please download the FeatureAdmin 3 for SharePoint 2013+ and just start it on a computer with no SharePoint 2013+ installed.
Installation
- Requires no installation
- Just (a download/copy of) the EXE file is required
- Please start the EXE file on a SharePoint Web Front End (WFE) with as much as possible rights
- Regarding rights, please also check recommended permissions for running FeatureAdmin
Links
- Homepage
- Source Code
- Release Notes
- License
- Some additional technical Documentation
What others are saying about this tool
- "It's been a very useful yet very powerful tool.", by (SharePoint-)Joel Oleson
- "Swiss Army knife for managing features in SharePoint", by The SharePoint Nomad
- "Tool that can find faulty features and remove them from the system",
{from the book: "Windows Small Business Server 2011 - Das Handbuch", page 187, by Thomas Joos}>
- "... does a great job in listing Feature Definitions across Site Collections and Sub Webs and cleanly uninstalling them.",
- "Tool to remove missing features", by Paul King, Microsoft
- "Oh my God, your product saved my job!", by jasonengberg
- "This tool saved me from pulling out the remaining hair that I have. Worked like a charm.", by rsreagan
- "I loved it. This is the best tool to use when in jamm with orphaned features", by nee2ok
- "Saved my day!!! Thanks...", by vinodkumarpvk
- "Champion! Love it! Thank you SOOOOO much!", by drewberrylicious
- "Excellent tool.", by rarandas
'Features' of the FeatureAdmin Tool
- Allows to cleanup feature definitions with scope:invalid and orphaned activated features - which could otherwise prevent you from a successful upgrade or migration
- Allows to comfortably upgrade all features in your farm with the click of a button
- Made for administrators: requires only .NET framework version 4.52, requires no administration
- Once started, asynchronously loads all feature definitions, locations (farm, web apps, site collections, webs) and all activated features
- Best if started as Administrator with farm admin rights, but FarmAdmin also tries to start with less privileges
- Powerful search and filter for features and locations, to find the features you are looking for