Fix for SharePoint 2016 Project Templates Missing in Visual Studio 2015

Problem: SharePoint Project Templates are missing in Visual Studio 2015! Solution: We need to install “Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015” for SharePoint 2016 project templates in Visual Studio 2015. For SharePoint 2010/2013, download and install: Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015 For SharePoint 2016, Download and install:…

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How to Create and Deploy SSRS 2012 Reports to SharePoint 2013?

Reporting Services integrated with SharePoint 2013 gives you Rich enterprise reporting features. We’ve our SQL Server 2012 Reporting services integrated with SharePoint 2013 already. So now we can create reports for SharePoint 2013 using both SQL Server Report Builder 3.0 and using Visual Studio. Lets create a SQL Server Reporting Services Report…

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Get Rid of Visual Studio Just-In-Time Debugger Popup

Getting Visual Studio Just-In-Time Debugger popup window often? here is how to disable it: From the Just-In-Time Debugger pop-up window, select “New instance of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010” and click on the “Yes” button for Do you want to debug using the selected debugger? This opens Visual Studio. Close the error message…

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Add a Link to Site Settings Page in SharePoint 2010

There was a requirement to get list owners info who created the lists, we developed a custom application page in SharePoint 2010: How to Create Custom Application Page in SharePoint 2010 to get List Owners But the link to the application page to be placed somewhere on the site for easy access…

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The web server process that was being debugged has been terminated by Internet Information Services (IIS)

While debugging a SharePoint object model code in Visual Studio, Got this error message: “The web server process that was being debugged has been terminated by Internet Information Services (IIS). This can be avoided by configuring Application Pool ping settings in IIS.  See help for further details.” Cause:  IIS performs health monitoring…

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Package and Deploy Content Types as Feature Based Solutions in SharePoint 2010

Task: Create a feature based solution package to pack and deploy the content type from DEV environment to STAGING environment in SharePoint 2010. Although SharePoint 2010 supports content type hub, where content types of one site collection can be used by other site collections/web application/even Farms, we needed an isolation and wanted…

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Hide Links in Site Settings Page with HideCustomAction

Problem: People make SharePoint branding inconsistent by creating and applying random themes and breaks corporate branding. So need to stop users from creating & uploading new themes and applying them. How to Hide Links in Site Settings page using CustomAction? Hide Themes and Site Themes links with “HideCustomAction” from Site Settings! Some…

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Pick the right w3wp.exe to attach among Multiple Worker processes while debugging

When multiple web applications running with multiple application pools, they will create multiple worker processes (W3WP.exe). While debugging code from Visual Studio, we got to pick the one that belongs to the target web application, otherwise, the debugger will not stop on break-points! Don’t forget to select “Show processes from all users”,…

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Deploy Custom List templates(.stp) as Feature-based Solution in SharePoint

Requirement: Had a custom List template, and wanted to make it available in create page of all sites of the site collection. Solution:  How to deploy a SharePoint list template? Create a WSP builder solution to deploy the .stp file to the List template gallery of required site collections! Just create a…

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