How to Rename a SharePoint Group using PowerShell?

Requirement: On a marketing site, site owner wanted to rename "Marketing Members" group name to "Marketing Managers" as it makes more sense to him. How to Rename a SharePoint Group? To rename a SharePoint 2013 user group, Navigate to: Site settings >> Site permissi…

Enable Barcodes in SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007

Bar codes are part of SharePoint Information Management Policies (IMP) feature. If you need bar codes for your document, here are the steps to enable bar codes on SharePoint document library. Steps to enable bar code in SharePoint: In SharePoint 2013 (In SharePoint 2007 / SharePoint 2010 too!…

Migrate from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 - Step by Step

So you are excited by SharePoint 2013's new features and tend to migrate from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013? Well, this article walks through moving from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 step by step, assuming all necessary migration preparations and planning strategies are done, lets …

Create SharePoint Site Collection in New / Existing Content Database with PowerShell

Requirement: Create site collection in new database Having a dedicated content database for each site collection is recommended for larger SharePoint site collections. Create site collection in new content database in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell: As the Central Administration doesn't…

Configuring Workflow Manager in SharePoint 2013 - Step by Step Guide

Introduction By default, SharePoint 2013 doesn't come with the SharePoint 2013 workflow engine. We get only SharePoint 2010 workflow platform type in SharePoint Designer 2013. So, we got to manually configure SharePoint 2013 workflows. This implementation guide walks through configuring Wor…