SharePoint Diary

Get Rid of Visual Studio Just-In-Time Debugger Popup

October 29, 2013 Debug, SharePoint, Visual Studio

Getting Visual Studio Just-In-Time Debugger popup window often? here is how to disable it: From the Just-In-Time Debugger popup window, Select "New instance of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010" and Click on "Yes" button for Do you want to debug using the selected debugger? …

Set-SPPassPhrase: Error deploying administration application pool credentials. Another deployment may be active.

October 28, 2013 Known Issues, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

Problem: Got this error message when trying to change pass-phrase in a SharePoint 2013 farm: Set-SPPassPhrase: Error deploying administration application pool credentials. Another deployment may be active. an object of the type Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPMasterPassphraseDeployment…

How to Remove SharePoint WFE/APP Servers from the Farm?

October 28, 2013 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard

How to remove SharePoint server from farm? As per the Technet article, Remove a server from a farm in SharePoint 2013 , Use Add/Remove Programs from "Control Panel" to remove SharePoint 2007/2010/2013 servers from the Farm. Control Panel >> Add/Remove programs >> Microso…

Change "SharePoint" Branding Text in SharePoint 2013 Suite Bar

October 25, 2013 Branding, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013

Ever wanted to change the "SharePoint" branding text in Suite bar (in top-left position) of SharePoint 2013 site? Well, You can set the web application's SuiteBarBrandingElementHtml property with PowerShell/Object model code, to change the text "SharePoint" shown in…

Column Default Value Settings based on Location in SharePoint 2013

October 24, 2013 List Settings, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

While its possible to set default values for SharePoint columns in library level at field settings, What if you want to set the default column value of a document based on the folders its saved? SharePoint 2010/2013 provides a new feature to set metadata values based on the location! Tips: In s…

Windows NLB Vs Hardware Load Balancer for SharePoint

October 18, 2013 Best Practices, SharePoint

It's a best practice to use Hardware load balancer rather Windows NLB for SharePoint (or any other web applications!) for following reasons: NLB uses local resources on each server in the cluster - Which means additional load on SharePoint servers! NLB Cannot detect service outage. It can …

How to Rename SharePoint Folder Programmatically?

October 18, 2013 Folder, PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

To rename a folder in SharePoint 2010, Navigate to the library where the folder exists. Click on "Edit Properties" Provide new name to the folder and click on "Save" button. How rename SharePoint folder programmatically? To rename a folder in SharePoint document lib…

Backup and Restore (Export-Import) Lists in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell

October 17, 2013 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

Requirement: Backup and restore a SharePoint 2013 list between sites. Solution: While saving a list as template, including its content is one solution, it doesn't work for lists larger than 50 MB! So, follow below steps to export-import lists in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell. Export …

The server was unable to save the form at this time. Please try again

October 16, 2013 Known Issues, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

Got this error message when trying to save a new list item. SharePoint didn't allow me save! "The server was unable to save the form at this time. Please try again." It also repeated in few more situations like when trying to create new custom list, trying to add new folder, W…

Sign in as Different User in SharePoint 2013 - Workarounds

October 13, 2013 Known Issues, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

SharePoint 2013 doesn't offer the handy "Sign-in as different user" feature as in its previous versions under welcome menu. Not very clear why Microsoft has removed this option, I guess might be due to security/caching problems! Even in MOSS 2007, we had this functionality But…

How to Create a Subsite in SharePoint 2013?

October 10, 2013 SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, Subsite

Subsite creation process is pretty straight forward in SharePoint. To create a SubSite in SharePoint 2013, follow these steps: How to create a subsite in SharePoint from Web Interface: Navigate to your SharePoint site >> Click on Site settings gear icon >> choose Site Contents me…

Set SharePoint Library Column Value from Document File Name

October 01, 2013 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

Requirement: In a SharePoint 2007 site, We've a document library with 1000+ documents loaded. We got a requirement to add two new fields "Year" and "Quarter " and update those meta data field values from the document name. Here is the screenshot of the list: Solutio…

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