SharePoint Diary

Find and Delete Orphaned Site Collections, Items in SharePoint

July 31, 2011 Migration/Upgrade, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

Orphaned Site Collection in SharePoint Orphaned sites are broken sites created in situations like restore interrupt/failure. Often, sites without parent site reference, lists or libraries without site is referred as orphans in SharePoint. These objects are with broken relationship and should be …

Find and Delete Orphaned Site Collections, Items in SharePoint

Reviewed by Salaudeen Rajack on July 31, 2011 Rating: 5

Host Named Site Collections in SharePoint

July 24, 2011 Configuration, Managed Path, Reference, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

What is Host Named Site collection? Host-named site collections are the best option if you want to create multiple root-level site collections within a web application. (Or Unique URL for each site collection). SharePoint supports both path-based & host-named site collections. The primary …

Host Named Site Collections in SharePoint

Reviewed by Unknown on July 24, 2011 Rating: 5

How to Delete a File from SharePoint Document Library using PowerShell?

July 21, 2011 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

Requirement: Delete a file from SharePoint document library using PowerShell PowerShell to delete file from document library: At times you may have to delete a particular file from a library. In one of my case, as part of a deployment, before copying certain files, I had to check whether the p…

How to Delete a File from SharePoint Document Library using PowerShell?

Reviewed by Salaudeen Rajack on July 21, 2011 Rating: 5

Build SharePoint 2010 Farm without Database GUIDs

July 14, 2011 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Database, Tips and Tricks

When setting up SharePoint, often its a annoyance from DBAs perspective, SharePoint adds GUIDs with Database names. Is there a way to build with out GUIDs? Yes, PowerShell is your Friend. Here is how: For Configuration Database: Once the installation is over, un-check the “Run Product &…

Build SharePoint 2010 Farm without Database GUIDs

Reviewed by Unknown on July 14, 2011 Rating: 5

How to Hide User Names in Created by, Modified by Fields in SharePoint

July 12, 2011 Administration, C#, Security, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

Requirement: Had to provide complete anonymous entries in SharePoint task list by masking user names (as in SharePoint Surveys). Here is the Trick: There is a Property for SharePoint List, called "ShowUser". we can set that to "False" using PowerShell or C# object model. …

How to Hide User Names in Created by, Modified by Fields in SharePoint

Reviewed by Unknown on July 12, 2011 Rating: 5

SharePoint Datasheet view in Read-only mode ? Try these Solutions

July 07, 2011 SharePoint, Troubleshooting

Issue: In Datasheet sheet view, users unable to edit anything. Its in always Read-Only mode. Solution: Check the following to fix SharePoint list in datasheet view is read only: Content Approval must be turned OFF Microsoft KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2274841 2. Some…

SharePoint Datasheet view in Read-only mode ? Try these Solutions

Reviewed by Unknown on July 07, 2011 Rating: 5

Opening/Saving Documents in SharePoint is Very Slow - Solution

July 01, 2011 Administration, Configuration, Performance Optimization, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, Troubleshooting

Recently, an end user reported the issue: Opening/Saving Office 2007 Documents to MOSS 2007 is very Slow. Here is his detailed complaint: "Often at work, I sometimes receive a message after 10 minutes or so that 'Excel Is not responding' in the upper corner of the screen. When t…

Opening/Saving Documents in SharePoint is Very Slow - Solution