Sharepoint 2010 : Things to remember while using RunWithElevatedPrivileges
1. you should initiate a SPSite object with in the SPSecurity.RunWithElevetedPrivilges. 2. Create SPSite using ID. This is very important thing. 3. Make sure to add web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true...
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Before you choose to decide between sitedefinitions and custom site templates, please see the below tabular column Site Defnition Site Template How much change are we talking about? Major (Content...
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SharePoint 2010: Resolving BCS error : Metadata store is currently unavailable
TheSharePoint 2010 Business Data Connectivity Service allows connecting withexternal data systems (WCF service, database, .Net assemblies). This is animproved version of the Business Data Catalog in...
View ArticleSharepoint 2013 : Vegas Conference Update (Delayed)
Well, this post was drafted a while ago (I mean a while) andfinally I got a chance to post this – SharepointConference 2013 Update - The biggest change I could see is that MS is trying to get out of...
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Sharepoint 2013: Licensing Model (On-premise)
A lot changed on the sharepoint licensing model in 2013version. You don’t need a separate license for FAST as FAST is integrated withsharepoint search. You could enforce and tie the licensing to the AD...
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Sharepoint 2013 : Host-Named Site Collection
Unlike in 2010, you can now add multiple URL's to your host-named site collections. You can add multiple URL's to one zone. No more restrictions! Use the Set-SPSiteUrl command to set multiple URL's.
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Powershell : Restarting all Sharepoint 2013 services
Here is a quick and easy way to restart all sharepoint services in your sharepoint server. #Name of server where you are running the script $server = "shop-01-FE" #Listed are all the sharepoint...
View ArticleSharepoint 2013 : Things to consider before starting your migration
Just DON'T jump on to content backup/restoration and say you did a migration. You have a number of things to consider before you start your migration. Some of them are listed below. From the Content...
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Sharepoint 2013 : First Sharepoint 2013 Upgrade Experience
I finally completed my first sharepoint 2013 migration from2010 version. Though I have seen a lot of posts on the upgrade, I would like toshare my step-by-step approach towards the migration. Before...
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Sharepoint 2013 : Lockdown Viewlsts.aspx for both 14 and 15 hive features
Typically, when we develop application for endusers, we don't want anonymous users to see the following content - · /_layouts/viewlsts.aspx We have a hidden feature which we can activateusing...
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Azure : Playing with Windows Azure
Had some time in the last 2 days,thought of playing with Sharepoint + Azure. Signed up for it, created a new account (90 day trial), it's a lot of fun setting up the VM environments. Here are the...
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Sharepoint 2013 : Continuous Crawl
Continuouscrawls is a new feature in SharePoint 2013, it keeps the search index andsearch results as fresh as possible. With all new changes in 2013, a documentcan appear in the index within seconds of...
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Powershell : Changing password for a managed account in Sharepoint 2010
If you have changed the password for a service account in Active Directory and which happened to be the managed account for one of your services (In my case, its the managed account for fast), then its...
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Sharepoint 2013 : REST improvements
REST (Representational State Transfer)is the new standard and HTTP protocol is viewed as a REST based architecture as it sends messages from Client to Server using REST. REST uses oDATA to define these...
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Sharepoint 2013 : Sorry, apps are turned off. If you know who runs the...
After hosting my sharepoint trial site in azure (my-previous-post), I tried adding appsto the sharepoint site. 2 Things – 1. I added a NAPA app which is a dev tool notsupported in environments other...
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Sharepoint 2013 : Drag & Drop Navigation Tips
You can build your navigation with a simple drag and drop in Sharepoint 2013. Until now, the navigation are managed by going through a series of steps. SiteSettings>Navigation>Quick...
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SharePoint 2013: Setting the status in the status bar from an app
Created and Uploaded a sample demo on how to set the status from an sharepoint 2013 app. You can download the source code from the microsoft site. In general, SharePoint 2013 provides the below methods...
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Sharepoint 2013: Configuring Search Refiners for Metadata
Let’s assume that we have a picture library that hosts documentsand a column with rich metadata. In my case, it’s a picture library of “CricketBats” and the metadata is from the term store that holds...
View ArticleSharepoint 2013 : Feature comparison Online Vs On-prem
SharePoint 2013 Description SharePoint Online? On-Premise Min Version Insights features PerformancePoint Services PerformancePoint Services enables SharePoint Server 2013 customers to create...
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Sharepoint 2013 : Configuring count to the refiners created for metadata
The previous post helped us configuring a new refiner for the meta data stored in the Term Store. To make it a little more fancy, lets consider adding a little count to that specific refiner. This...
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