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How to Rename a SharePoint Group using PowerShell?

September 29, 2013 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, Users and Groups

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 permissions >> Pick your target group Click on "Group Settings" from Settings Menu Supply a new name for your SharePoint permission group. Click on OK to save your changes. Pretty straightforward, isn't it? Rename SharePoint group using PowerShell: Renaming SharePoint groups can be achieved with PowerShell too. Here is my PowerShell script to rename a group in SharePoint 2013: #sharepoint powershell change group name Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Variables $SiteURL = "http://intranet.crescent.com/sites/marketing/" $GroupName = "Marketing Members" $GroupNewName ="Marketing Managers" #Get site a

How to Rename a SharePoint Group using PowerShell?

Reviewed by Salaudeen Rajack on September 29, 2013 Rating: 5

Enable Barcodes in SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007

September 24, 2013 Configuration, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013

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!) enabling barcode is a simple two step process. (Lets use it with Document content type.) Create new content type and enable bar code through Information Management Policies. Add the content type to required libraries. Step 1: Create new content type: Navigate to Site Settings >> Click on "Site Content Types" Create New content type by clicking the link "Create" Give a Name to the content type (E.g. "Project Plan"). Specify the parent content type as "Document Content Type" Enable bar code through Information Management Policies: From the content type settings page, Click on "Information Management Policies" Click on &qu

Enable Barcodes in SharePoint 2013 / 2010 / 2007

Reviewed by Unknown on September 24, 2013 Rating: 5

Migrate from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 - Step by Step

September 23, 2013 Migration/Upgrade, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013

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 move to the core migration process. Before you start: Make sure your SharePoint 2010 farm is up-to date: Its highly recommended that you have latest service packs/patches installed on your SharePoint 2010 farm before proceeding with migration. Download Patches/Service packs from: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff800847.aspx Document your existing SharePoint 2010 environment -Assess current environment and take an inventory of all customizations. Document farm configuration settings in SharePoint Server 2010 Refer this check list: 25 Things to Document before You Start SharePoint Migration . http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff645391%28v=office.14%29.aspx .

Migrate from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 - Step by Step

Reviewed by Salaudeen Rajack on September 23, 2013 Rating: 5

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

September 21, 2013 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Database

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 provide any direct interface, lets use PowerShell cmdlet to create site collection in new content database for SharePoint 2010 / SharePoint 2013: #Create a New Content Database New-SPContentDatabase -name SP2010_Content_Sales -webapplication http://sharepoint.crescent.com #Create a Site collection in the specific content database New-SPSite -Name "Sales" -ContentDatabase SP2010_Content_Sales -url http://sharepoint.crescent.com/sites/Sales/ -OwnerAlias "global\User1" –SecondaryOwnerAlias "corp\user2" The above PowerShell script creates new content database and creates site collection in that particular database. Here, Use "-ContentDatabase" parameter t

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

Reviewed by Salaudeen Rajack on September 21, 2013 Rating: 5

Configuring Workflow Manager in SharePoint 2013 - Step by Step Guide

September 17, 2013 SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, Workflows

Introduction By default, SharePoint 2013 doesn't come with 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 Workflow Manager 1.0 step by step. Steps summary: Download and install Workflow Manager Register Workflow Manager with SharePoint Step 1: Download and install Workflow Manager SharePoint 2013 introduced isolation of Workflows from SharePoint. Meaning we can install workflow components either on server(s) which is part of SharePoint farm or we can have workflow components on server(s) which in NOT part of SharePoint farm (even to Azure - Cloud)! Here, Lets install workflow Manager in one of the SharePoint Application server. Its a best practice to use dedicated accounts for Workflow setup and workflow service. Workflow Setup account must have SysAdmin access rights on SQL Server and lo

Configuring Workflow Manager in SharePoint 2013 - Step by Step Guide