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"MOSS MA not found" Error on Configuring User Profile Synchronization Connection

February 28, 2015 Service Application, SharePoint, User Profile

Problem: I had a requirement to setup new SharePoint 2010 environment. After everything, created user profile service application to get users synced. Got "MOSS MA not found" error on adding a synchronization connection while configuring user profile service application. Solution: …

Remove User From All Sites in SharePoint using PowerShell

February 28, 2015 PowerShell, Security, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, Users and Groups

Delete user from all site collections in SharePoint 2010/2013 using PowerShell: Some times, we may need to delete a particular user from all site collections. Say for e.g. Employee leaves the company! Here is how to remove a user from all SharePoint sites using PowerShell. Add-PSSnapin Microso…

Hide Overwrite existing files Option of Upload Document Page in SharePoint 2010

February 28, 2015 Customizations, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, Tips and Tricks

Requirement: Uncheck and Hide Overwrite existing files Option in Upload Document Page of SharePoint 2010. Solution: If the "Overwrite existing files" option to be turned off for all uploads, You can Locate these lines and Change the Checked="true" to Checked="false…

Fix People Picker is Very Slow in SharePoint 2010

February 23, 2015 Known Issues, People Picker, SharePoint

Problem: In a SharePoint 2010 environment, People picker is very slow! It takes more than 30 seconds to resolve any given users names in person or group fields. SharePoint 2010 People Picker is too slow resolving Solution: Instruct people picker to search only within given AD domains! Here…

Fix "Value does not fall within the expected range" Error in SharePoint

February 21, 2015 Errors, SharePoint

Problem: SharePoint site gave "System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range" error! Here are some possible root causes and solutions Case 1: While fetching List item Lookup values programmatically Root cause: List view threshold value Exceeded! This occurs…

New-SPLogFile PowerShell Cmdlet in SharePoint Troubleshooting

February 20, 2015 PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, Troubleshooting, ULS Log

New-SPLogFile cmdlet in SharePoint 2013 creates new ULS trace log file on execution. In other words, once you execute this New-SPLogFile command, it ends the current log file and creates a new log file. All subsequent errors will be placed in the new log file, which intern greatly helps to isolat…

Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS in SharePoint using IIS URL Rewrite Module

February 19, 2015 IIS, Security, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

How to redirect http to https in SharePoint 2013? Changing SharePoint site from http to https is a common requirement. URL Rewrite module is a great plugin for IIS to achieve various sort of redirects in your SharePoint site (or any web site technically!). Lets see how to implement HTTP to HTTPS…

How to Hide Share, Follow and Sync Buttons in Sharepoint 2013?

February 18, 2015 Branding, CSS, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013

We got a requirement to remove Share, Follow and Sync buttons in SharePoint 2013. Let me summarize various ways to disable these buttons. How to disable "Share" button in SharePoint 2013? Share functionality in SharePoint allows existing users of the site to invite someone to ShareP…

Find Installed SharePoint Product Edition using PowerShell

February 17, 2015 PowerShell, SharePoint

To determine SharePoint edition installed , use this PowerShell script: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Hashtable to define Installed product from its GUID #Based on: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj659075.aspx and #https://msdn.micr…

How to Rename SharePoint 2013 Content Databases with PowerShell?

February 16, 2015 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, SharePoint Database, SQL Server

Requirement: To follow standard naming conventions, We got to rename SharePoint content databases in our SharePoint 2013 environment. Solution: You can rename a SharePoint content database in these three steps as explained in my another post: How to Rename SharePoint 2013/2010 Central Admin …

How to Limit NodeRunner.exe High Memory, CPU Usage?

February 15, 2015 Known Issues, Search, SharePoint, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

Problem: NodeRunner.exe is consuming a lot of memory and CPU resulted in performance issues on SharePoint 2013 server. Solution: NodeRunner.exe is a SharePoint 2013 Search service component and it is resource hungry. To reduce the CPU and Memory impact of this process, follow below steps: S…

SharePoint Online: Delete Site Collection using PowerShell

February 13, 2015 Client Side Object Model (CSOM), Office 365, PnP PowerShell, PowerShell, Recycle Bin, SharePoint Online, SharePoint Online Management Shell, Site Collection

Requirement: Delete SharePoint online Site Collection using PowerShell. How to delete a site collection in SharePoint Online? Deleting a site collection is a quite straightforward process. To delete a SharePoint Online site collection from the Admin center, follow the below steps: Login to y…

Configuration Failed: Failed to create the configuration database in SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard

February 12, 2015 SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard

Problem: Experiencing "Configuration Failed" error message while running SharePoint SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard right after new installation/patching. It got stuck while performing configuration task 3 of 10. Creating the configuration database... Which ended with a…

Create a Document Library in SharePoint using PowerShell

February 10, 2015 PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016

Requirement: Create a document library in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell. PowerShell Script to Create New Document Library in SharePoint: Here is how to create document library in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue …

SharePoint Datasheet Error: An Error 0x80070057 Occurred. No further information was provided

February 08, 2015 Errors, SharePoint

In People picker field in SharePoint 2010 datasheet view, on entering new values got this error message: An Error 0x80070057 Occurred. No further information was provided. Moreover, People picker field drop down was empty! Fix: Open your list in SharePoint designer Edit list columns >…

Open a Page in Popup Modal Dialog Window in SharePoint 2013

February 08, 2015 SharePoint

Requirement: Open a page in Modal Popup window in a SharePoint 2013 web site. Solution: Requirement is to open "Terms and Conditions" page in popup window on clicking the link. Used this HTML code to open a page in modal popup window in SharePoint 2013: <a href="#" o…

Create SharePoint Group from Active Directory Group using PowerShell

February 08, 2015 Active Directory, PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, Users and Groups

Requirement: Convert Active Directory Group into SharePoint Group! Solution: Managing SharePoint users at Active Directory Security group and within SharePoint has its own advantages and disadvantages too. Now, our requirement is to migrate from AD group to SharePoint group. So, Lets use Power…

How to Disable Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) in SharePoint 2013

February 06, 2015 SharePoint, SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2013 introduced a new concept called Minimal download strategy to minimize the amount of data downloaded from your SharePoint site to client and making it load faster. For example when we navigate from a site's home page to Shared Documents page, MDS downloads only the content tha…

Word cannot register your account. The provider where you are trying to publish is unavailable. Contact your provider for assistance.

February 05, 2015 Known Issues, SharePoint

Problem: Tried publishing a blog post to SharePoint blog from Microsoft Word 2013 from "File >> Share >> Publish to Blog". While registering a new SharePoint blogging account, got this error message "Word cannot register your account. The provider where you are trying …

Application Pool Monitoring for SharePoint using PowerShell Script

February 01, 2015 IIS, Monitoring, PowerShell, SharePoint

If SharePoint Application Pools are stopped that would cause "Service Unavailable" outages to your SharePoint environment! While SCOM can monitor SharePoint IIS web application's application pool status, it makes bit more noisy with alerts and doesn't start the application pool …

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