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October Cumulative Updates for SharePoint 2013
October 2013 Cumulative Update Packages for SharePoint Foundation 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013...
Date: 10/30/2013
Upgrading from WSS 2.0 to SharePoint 2013
There is no direct approach/method to upgrade from WSS 2.0 to SharePoint 2013. The changes between...
Date: 10/30/2013
Default Site Templates in SharePoint Server 2010
Posted @...
Date: 10/04/2013
MOSS 2007 - Find the default view url for all lists in a web app using PowerShell
param( $url = $(Read-Host -Prompt "WebApp Url"))# Default View for lists in All Sites#...
Date: 08/30/2013
Work Management Service Application
The Work Management Service Application provides functionality to aggregate tasks to a central...
Date: 08/22/2013
Service Pack 2 and the June Cumulative Update
A follow-up from last week's post about the release of SP2 for Office and SharePoint 2010: The...
Date: 08/05/2013
Retrieve the list of Content Types in MOSS 2007 using PowerShell
MOSS 2007...
Date: 07/18/2013
“The installation of this package failed” error while installing April 2013 CU (KB 2726992) for SharePoint 2013
There have been issues reported where the installation of April 2013 CU for SharePoint 2013 fails...
Date: 06/17/2013
SharePoint – Key Descriptions
Also posted @...
Date: 06/04/2013
Intermittent "HTTP 403 – Forbidden" error while trying to browse to a SharePoint web app
Consider a scenario where you receive the following error when you browse to a SharePoint web app...
Date: 04/30/2013
“Sorry, something went wrong” error message when users try to navigate to Site Collection Features page
Users receive the following error message when they try to navigate to Site Collection Features...
Date: 04/30/2013
Get a list of web templates and IDs in a SharePoint site
# Find the template name of SharePoint site using PowerShell $web = Get-SPweb https://SiteUrl...
Date: 04/03/2013
March 2013 Public Update (PU) for SharePoint Server 2013 is here
The March 2013 Public Update (PU) for SharePoint Server 2013 and SharePoint Foundation 2013 have...
Date: 03/18/2013
Warm up script in PowerShell for SharePoint 2010 Environment
# Warm up script for web apps along with the site collections within them in SharePoint...
Date: 03/11/2013
Farm Communication in SharePoint
The information provided in this article is available at Plan security hardening for...
Date: 02/27/2013
SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites fails with MSI Installer error code 1603 while installing AppFabric 1.1
When installing SharePoint 2013 prerequisites on Windows Server 2008 R2, the prerequisite installer...
Date: 02/21/2013
Retrieve timer job history for a specified time range using PowerShell
# Retrieve timer job history for a specified time range # Initial settings $Wa =...
Date: 02/14/2013
Create a new Search Service Application in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell
The search architecture in SharePoint 2013 has changed quite a bit when compared to...
Date: 02/06/2013
Running PowerShell on MOSS 2007
If you are running MOSS 2007 on Windows Server 2003 the you have to download and install...
Date: 01/21/2013
Issue found with .NET Framework 3.5.1 Security update KB2756920
After installing the update KB2756920 on a Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows 7 RTM computer...
Date: 01/15/2013
Potential Issues with KB 931125
The KB 931125 package that was posted to Windows Update and WSUS on December 11, 2012, was...
Date: 01/15/2013
SharePoint 2010 Management Shell does not load with Windows PowerShell 3.0
Let’s say that you install PowerShell 3.0 by by installing the Windows Management Framework...
Date: 01/15/2013
Windows PowerShell Command Builder 2.0 is here !!
This is an updated version of the Windows PowerShell Command Builder Windows...
Date: 11/22/2012
October 2012 Cumulative Update Package for WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 have been released
October 2012 Cumulative Update Package for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 have been released...
Date: 11/20/2012
Issues Uploading Large Files To SharePoint
To begin with, the Support for Large Files was one of the enhancements made in Windows...
Date: 11/15/2012
List Template types and IDs in SharePoint
To identify the template Id of the list, navigate to the list and go to the 'All Items' view. In the...
Date: 09/06/2012
PermissionMask check failed - Decoding the permission mask values seen in the ULS logs
As an administrator, you must have had users complaining about permission issues while trying...
Date: 08/15/2012
Unable to send emails to lists and document libraries in SharePoint 2010
This post describes an issue with incoming e-mail to lists and document libraries after installing...
Date: 06/28/2012
"The return URL specified for request redirection is invalid" error when using forms authentication
In SharePoint Server 2007, when you try and login to a forms-based site the...
Date: 05/21/2012
SharePoint 2010 takes the first 3 property restrictions into account irrespective of the number of property restrictions specified in the search query
Using the Enterprise Search keyword syntax in SharePoint Server 2010, you can build a search...
Date: 05/04/2012
Disable Resource Throttling on a List-by-List Basis (PowerShell method)
Here is the PowerShell method to disable Resource Throttling on a list by list basis: $webapp...
Date: 04/18/2012
User Profile Synchronization Database Growing Out of Control
In SharePoint Server 2010, the profile synchronization database keeps growing after...
Date: 12/13/2011
Post-October 2011 CU- Running the 'Update-SPProfilePhotoStore' PowerShell command fails with a 'The pipeline has been stopped' error
After you apply the October2010 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server 2010 (14.0.6112.5000), the...
Date: 11/22/2011
My Links in SharePoint 2010
In MOSS 2007, we’re used to seeing a link in a drop-down box at the top right of our...
Date: 10/11/2011
Configuring Claims and Forms based Authentication for use with an ASP.NET Membership Provider in SharePoint 2010
The steps included in this post are: Configure SQL for membership store Create a new Web...
Date: 09/07/2011
Lists, Libraries, Templates, Web Parts and Site Actions in MOSS 2007
Default Lists & Libraries Available The following table shows all of the lists & libraries...
Date: 07/14/2011
Key Descriptions
Heya folks…..Thought that it would be a good idea to have a list of the definitions (and...
Date: 06/17/2011
MOSS-ActiveX controls
List of MOSS 2007 ActiveX Controls Diagram Launcher Server...
Date: 05/17/2011
PowerShell and PSConfig
Just like the PSConfig command, we can also use PowerShell to configure the SharePoint...
Date: 05/16/2011
Description field of a workflow history list is truncated when the number of characters used goes beyond 255
In Windows SharePoint Services, the description field of a workflow history list is truncated when...
Date: 05/11/2011
Event ID 8311, certificate validation errors in MSS 2010
Technorati Tags: Event ID 8311,certificate validation,local trust relationship,claims...
Date: 05/10/2011
Database layer in SP 2010
Configuration Database The configuration database handles all...
Date: 12/28/2010
Quote of the day: Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex...
Date: 12/28/2010
SharePoint 2010 is now mirroring-aware
SharePoint 2010 has built in support for database mirrors, and allows you to define a failover SQL...
Date: 12/28/2010
New Databases in SharePoint 2010
New Databases SharePoint Shared Services became deprecated in SharePoint 2010, and instead we...
Date: 12/27/2010
Quote Unquote
Quote of the day: A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...
Date: 12/22/2010
How to Setup Mail Enabled Document Libraries in SharePoint 2010
E-mail is an integral part of any SharePoint installation as it is the backbone of communication...
Date: 12/21/2010
Inside a SharePoint Content DB
Below are some of the basic tables within a content database and a very high level diagram on...
Date: 12/20/2010
Setting up load balancing on a SharePoint farm running on Windows Server 2008
Install Network Load Balancing Feature on each Web Front End On each front...
Date: 12/17/2010
Fantastic 40 Application Templates for SharePoint (WSS & MOSS)
What are Application templates Application templates are out-of-the-box custom scenarios...
Date: 12/17/2010