SharePoint 2013 People Picker Error: Sorry, we're having trouble reaching the server

Problem: While trying to add a new user to SharePoint group, SharePoint 2013 People Picker displayed the error: "Sorry, we’re having trouble reaching the server" Troubleshooting: The server may not have enough resources such as Memory to process the function without timing out. Tr…

Approval Workflow Missing in SharePoint 2013?

Problem: SharePoint approval workflow not available! This happened after migrating from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016! Solution: This is due to workflow feature not activated for the site collection. To resolve this issue, Just Activate "Workflows" feature for the site collect…

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Error on Creating Site Collection

Problem: On creating a new Site collection in SharePoint 2016, got this error message "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"! On Checking the ULS logs, it revealed detailed error as: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.…

How to Change Server MinRole After Installing SharePoint 2016?

One of the exciting new feature in SharePoint 2016 is Minrole. It defines server's role in the SharePoint 2016 farm, and makes sure all necessary services are running in that server! SharePoint 2016 comes with below Minroles: Single Server Farm Front End Application Distributed Cache Se…

Add Alternate Access Mapping in SharePoint using PowerShell

Alternate Access Mappings helps to expose a SharePoint web application into different URLs in scenarios such as publishing, load balancing, reverse proxy, etc. Each web application can have up to five different URLs through alternate access mapping, with "Default" zone as mandatory and …

How to Redirect in SharePoint using Alternate Access Mapping (AAM)?

Internal URL in SharePoint Alternate Access Mapping is used to redirect from one URL to another. Say for E.g. If you want to redirect or transform from "http://portal.crescent.com" into "http://intranet.crescent.com" use this feature! So, you enter "http://portal.crescent…

Export SharePoint Configuration Inventory to XML using PowerShell

Requirement: We had to compare certain SharePoint inventories between different environment, such as web applications, content databases, etc. So had to extract and export SharePoint configurations into XML file. PowerShell Script to Export Web Applications List into XML SharePoint export dat…

How to Configure Secure Store Service Application in SharePoint 2016 - Step by Step

Secure store service enables you to securely store credentials required for connecting to external systems and associating those credentials to a specific identity or group of identities.  Secure Store Service solves the problem of having to sign into many applications and entering different user…

How to Get SharePoint Farm ID using PowerShell?

Requirement:   Get SharePoint Farm ID to apply a third party product license to our SharePoint 2016 environment. How to Get SharePoint Farm ID? SharePoint farm id is a GUID which is uniquely identifies each farm. To get the Farm Id in SharePoint, use this handy PowerShell code. (Get-SPFarm).…

How to Disable SharePoint Designer 2013 using PowerShell?

ISharePoint Designer 2013 is a great free tool from Microsoft to customize SharePoint sites and create workflows. Why should we disable SharePoint designer? Well, In some cases site owners and designers may damage SharePoint with this Powerful utility, and I've seen SharePoint designer become…

SharePoint 2016 Automatic Index Feature

SharePoint 2016 introduces a new feature to automatically create indexes on list fields, Where the list has more items than half of the list threshold value. E.g. If the list threshold is set to 5000 items, and your list has a view with more than 2500 items in it, then the automatic indexing proc…

Add-Remove Permissions to SharePoint Group or User with PowerShell

Updating the permission level of a SharePoint group or user is fairly straightforward. To add or remove permissions levels of the SharePoint group, Navigate to: Site Settings >> Site permissions Select the person or group you want to change >> Click on "Edit User Permissions&q…

SharePoint Online: Search Recycle Bin using PowerShell

Requirement: Search SharePoint online recycle bin for all files deleted by a particular user How to search SharePoint Online Recycle Bin? To find all items deleted by a particular user, Navigate to your SharePoint Online site, Click on Site Settings Gear >> Choose "Site Setting…

SharePoint Online: Restore a Document from the Recycle Bin using PowerShell

Requirement: Recover a deleted document from the recycle bin in SharePoint online. How to Restore from Recycle Bin in SharePoint Online? When you delete a document from the SharePoint Online document library, it just moved to the SharePoint Recycle Bin, similar to what happens when you delete…