IIS URL Rewrite Module with SharePoint

Want to get rid of “/Pages/” from SharePoint URL? Want to redirect from “HTTP” to “HTTPS”? Want to redirect from one SharePoint site to another? Then your search ends here. Use IIS URL Rewrite Module, Just a free add-on to IIS. Here are the posts on using IIS Rewrite module with SharePoint:…

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TFS Basics Tutor for End User

Introduction: Team Foundation Server is a source control, data collection, reporting, project tracking, and is intended for collaborative software development projects. This guide briefs on the basics of using TFS. 1.0 Pre-Requisites 2.0 Setting up Team Foundation Server for the first time 3.0 Adding New Files to TFS 4.0 Committing changes to…

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Configure Access Requests in SharePoint 2010/2007

Configure/Enable-Disable Access Requests in SharePoint Access Request feature enables users to request access to a site directly through SharePoint when they get an access denied page. By default SharePoint configures the access requests for a particular site collection to go to the person who created it. This configuration is for the entire…

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SharePoint 2010 Database Naming Conventions

SharePoint 2010 Database Naming Standards/Conventions When it comes to SharePoint database naming standards, There are lot of patterns used by SharePoint Admins. Yes, it is a good practice to have a database naming convention. Not only just a good practice, but it will be good for your DBAs as well :-). and…

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How to Restrict Users from Switching Views in SharePoint?

Yes, that was a common requirement from our SharePoint users! They want to restrict other users from changing views from the views drop-down in SharePoint. Here is how we can make it happen: Browse to the target list or library Click on Site Action Menu > Edit Page On the Web Part Click Edit >…

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Get Installed SharePoint Farm Version Build Number/Patch Level/Service Pack

Want to know the SharePoint version installed on your environment? There are several ways to get your MOSS 2007/SharePoint 2010 version build numbers. Here are some: How to find installed SharePoint 2013 build version? Simple! Navigate to Central Administration >> System Settings >> Servers in this Farm 1. You can find SharePoint…

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Fix “Missing Event Receivers” issue in SharePoint Migration

During SharePoint 2010 Migration, Preupgradecheck reported the issue of missing Event Receivers: The following event receiver assembly(s) are referenced by the content, but they are not installed on the web server So,  To resolve this issue we need to two steps: Get all list locations, where a particular event receiver is registered…

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Visual Upgrade All SharePoint Sites in a web application using PowerShell

After the Migration using database attachment method, Had to upgrade all sites to New SharePoint 2010 User Interface. Used this PowerShell code to accomplish. SharePoint 2010 visual upgrade using PowerShell script Or you can use the SPSite’s VisualUpgradeWebs() method: Here is the Before/After images:

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