Enable Multilingual User Interface (MUI) in SharePoint 2010

Creating a multilingual SharePoint 2010 site is extremely useful when working for global SharePoint deployments. It allows a logged-in user to change the language to one of the supported alternate languages configured. All the standard SharePoint user interface elements are translated with this feature. Like:     Ribbons     Site Settings Page    …

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How to Restore Deleted Site Collection or Subsite in SharePoint 2010?

In SharePoint 2007, There was a wonderful tool from Codeplex: Site Delete Capture https://governance.codeplex.com/ to back up sites automatically when they gets deleted, So that we can restore a deleted site collection in SharePoint 2007. In SharePoint 2010 SP1 and later, Microsoft added native support to capture/restore site collections or Sub-sites in…

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Update Wrong Old URL in SharePoint Alerts on SharePoint Migration or URL Change

After upgrading from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010, existing SharePoint alerts stopped working and only newly created alerts worked!!! We got to Fix Alerts after SharePoint migration, manually. Tried these trial and errors: Tried editing existing alerts, just changed its Name, It worked! Tried Turning Individual Alert ON and OFF – Yes,…

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Extract and Download All Installed Farm Solution Packages (WSP Files) in SharePoint

There were many solution packages installed in my current SharePoint environment. During a server replacement, we noticed that the WSP file for a particular solution is missing in TFS! (Our version control repository!) To extract and download all installed solution WSP files, use these PowerShell scripts: Export all Farm Solutions (WSP) from…

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How to Embed and Integrate YouTube Videos in SharePoint Content Editor Web Part?

It’s a frequently asked question to me, guys asking: “I need to add YouTube videos in my SharePoint site”. In fact, it is very simple to implement. So I’m going to walk-through on how to embed YouTube videos in SharePoint, just using the content editor web part. 1.   Go to YouTube.com and…

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