Couple of times, I had to get the service application's status prior performing activities such as: Stop and Start the service, Monitoring service application's availability, etc. Here is how we can check if the service application is running / created using PowerShell. PowerShell scrip…
PowerShell Script to Create a New Task in SharePoint Task List: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Configuration Parameters $WebURL="http://intranet.crescent.com" $TaskListName="Tasks" #Get web and List objects $Web = Get-SPWeb $WebU…
Audit log reports in SharePoint used to track how your SharePoint site contents are being used or to meet any legal compliance requirements. Lets see how to enable auditing feature in SharePoint 2013. Enable Audit Log Feature in Central Administration: SharePoint 2013 audit settings needs to b…
Requirement: Move SharePoint web application's IIS physical location from system drive (c:\) to application drive (d:\) due to new server support policies! Solution: SharePoint web applications, by default placed under: "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories" when we create t…
When content approval is turned-ON, approving items one by one could be hectic. To bulk approve items, We can utilize PowerShell. Here is my PowerShell script to bulk approve items pending for content approval. This was a huge time savor for me during a migration project. PowerShell script to…
Requirement: Add Date and Time Column to SharePoint list using PowerShell. PowerShell Script to add Date time Column to SharePoint list: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Processing Variables $WebURL="http://portal.crescent.com/sites/Sales"…
Requirement: Send E-mail from PowerShell script with HTML formatted body. Solution: Here is an example for sending E-mail as HTML from PowerShell script with Send-MailMessge cmdlet: #Get Date $ReportDate = Get-Date -format "MM-dd-yyyy" #Configuration Variables for E-mail $SmtpServ…
Problem: InfoPath form based list form in a migrated SharePoint 2013 environment from SharePoint 2010 gave this error message: "The form cannot be rendered. This may be due to a misconfiguration of the Microsoft SharePoint Server state service" Solution: Create a State Service Appl…
Fix "The form cannot be rendered. This may be due to a Misconfiguration of the Microsoft SharePoint Server state service" Error in SharePoint 2013
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Problem: There is no provision for specifying default value in Hyperlink or Picture type columns in SharePoint! In some scenarios, we may want to specify SharePoint 2010/2013 hyperlink column default value. But there is no option in SharePoint web UI to enter hyperlink field default value! …
Problem: When we add lookup column to any SharePoint list, it appears with the link to parent item in SharePoint list views. Quite often, end-user clicks on the lookup link and edits parent lookup item by mistake - People get confused which link to click. So we wanted to remove hyperlink from l…
When you delete a site collection in SharePoint, all sites including the top-level site and subsite underneath, and all data present in the site collection, all user information in the site collection gets deleted. To delete any SharePoint site collection, You can use either SharePoint Central Ad…
SharePoint search results are already security trimmed. Meaning, If a user doesn't has access to a SharePoint site, He/She doesn't see any search results from the particular site collection. Same applies to SharePoint lists even. But in some cases, you may want to prevent certain artifact…
Problem: SharePoint users unable to connect to any SharePoint 2013 list or calendar to Outlook 2013. The "Connect to Outlook" Ribbon button is always greyed out! Troubleshooting Checklist: Connect to outlook feature is available only to these type of lists: Calendar, Tasks, Pro…
Requirement: SharePoint 2013 Office Web Apps "Edit in Browser" feature needs to be limited to users who has Microsoft Office Volume license. Solution: License Enforcement in Office Web Apps 2013 The overall idea for the solution is: Create a new security group in AD, Add users to i…
