Salaudeen Rajack's SharePoint Experiences!
Requirement: Add attachment column to a custom new/edit form in SharePoint 2013. Solution: Create new custom list forms for New and Edit in SharePoint designer 2013. Add this code to the custom list form in the location where you want the attachment field to appear. Result: Here is the SharePoint custom edit…
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The requirement is to copy and paste all SharePoint lists and libraries from one site to another. While “Save List as a Template” is one approach, it doesn’t work for larger lists and is time-consuming. Using the Central Administration export method also kills my time. Solution: We can copy and paste SharePoint…
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Perhaps the easiest way to create a standard site template is to create a site, Add-remove content, list and libraries, and save it as a template. But SharePoint 2013 does not support the “Save Site as Template” option on Publishing sites. If a site with “SharePoint Server Publishing” is activated, this option…
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As its name suggests, the Property bag feature provides a convenient way to store and retrieve custom configurations instead of storing them in the web.config files. Property bags in SharePoint store configuration data in the Hash-Table (Key-Value) format. We can store and retrieve properties at the following levels: Farm (SPFarm ) Web…
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Doing IISReset on a Server Farm with Multiple SharePoint servers is a painful process. If you are experiencing problems with IIS on your SharePoint servers, you may need to restart it. This blog post will show you how to restart IIS on all servers in a SharePoint farm. PowerShell Script to Restart…
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What is max degree of parallelism in SQL Server? SQL Server configuration option ‘max degree of parallelism’ limits the number of processors used for the execution of a query with a parallel plan. By default, it’s set to ‘0’ to allow all processors available. SharePoint 2013 requires that the “max degree of…
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SharePoint newbies often get confused with this question: When to create a Site collection and when to use Subsites? What are the advantages of having a Ste collection rather subsite? Well, the choice of Site collection or subsite can be determined based on these factors: Security/Permission Management – Every Site collection uses…
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Problem: After a service pack upgrade in SharePoint 2013, database status under Central Admin >> Upgrade & Migration >> Review database status – turned into “Database is in compatibility range, and upgrade is recommended.” Solution: In most cases, this message simply means that you have installed the latest patch/service pack, and running SharePoint…
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We have a new SharePoint administrator who joined our team. We granted him access to all SharePoint servers, added him to the Farm Admin group, Web application policy. However, when he tried launching SharePoint Management Shell or try adding the SharePoint PowerShell snap-in from PowerShell ISE, he got the error message: “The…
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In the middle of script execution, I got the below error: The following exception was thrown when trying to enumerate the collection: “Exception of type ‘System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown.”. At d:\Scripts\VersionRpt.ps1:19 char:16 + foreach <<<< ($FileVersion in $File.Versions) + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], ExtendedTypeSystemException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExceptionInGetEnumerator Solution: Increase…
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