Hide All Responses from End Users in SharePoint Survey

Requirement:  Don’t show all responses in a SharePoint survey to End-users! Only the Administrators should get all responses.  Solution: Go to Survey Settings >> Advanced Settings >> Set the Item-level Permissions as Read access & Edit access to:  Only their own. This will hide all responses in the SharePoint survey. End-users will…

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Disable “Save” Button Until User Selects “I Agree”

Requirement is: Don’t allow the end user to submit a record until they Agree with the terms and conditions by selecting “I Agree”. So, we’ve to disable “Save” button until the “I Agree” check box is checked! Here is the jQuery script to achieve the same. Just place this code in your…

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Add Web Application User Policy using PowerShell in SharePoint

SharePoint web application user policy is the ideal way to manage permissions at the web application level instead of individual site collections. E.g. You want to provide full control to your CIO to all site collections in a intranet web application. Web app policy is discussed in my another article: SharePoint web…

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Change SharePoint Authentication from Classic Mode to Claims Based

As SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 requires claims authentication for most of its functionalities like Office web Apps, its mandatory to migrate to claims if your SharePoint 2010 is using classic mode authentication. Please note, you’ll have to convert the authentication mode before moving the database from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013…

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SharePoint Permission Levels – Explained

As organizations grow and projects become more complex, managing access to files and information becomes increasingly important. SharePoint, Microsoft’s web-based collaboration platform, offers powerful tools for controlling access to resources, but great power comes with great responsibility. In this comprehensive guide, I will walk you through everything you need to know about…

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Show or Hide SharePoint List Form Fields based on Another Field’s Value using jQuery

What: Show or Hide a SharePoint list form field based on another field’s value. How: Use Query script to show/hide the dependent field from the list form based on the current field’s value. jQuery to Show or Hide Fields based on another Field Value: and the output: No value selected Reason filed…

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The server may not have Microsoft SharePoint foundation installed, your machine’s IP address may not have access to the server, or you may have specified an invalid proxy server (HTTP Error 403)

Problem:  Tried opening a SharePoint 2013 site in SharePoint Designer 2013 and got this error message “The server may not have Microsoft SharePoint foundation installed, your machine’s IP address may not have access to the server, or you may have specified an invalid proxy server (HTTP Error 403)” Root cause is: The…

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Create Form Library in SharePoint using PowerShell

Requirement: Create form library in SharePoint using PowerShell. PowerShell to Create Form Library in SharePoint Here is the SharePoint PowerShell script to create form library:

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Branding SharePoint 2010 Top Navigation Dropdown Menu Bar

By default SharePoint 2010 Top Navigation menu looks like the below screen without branding. The Top Navigation Menu is the primary object in SharePoint user interface. We can customize top navigation menu’s look and feel by overriding CSS styles. Here, I’m Sharing the CSS code and screens for reference, from my recent…

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