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  • List Template types and IDs in SharePoint

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    To identify the template Id of the list, navigate to the list and go to the 'All Items' view. In the browser, go to 'View - Source' and search for “ctx.listTemplate”. The ‘Pages’ Library will show – “ctx.listTemplate = 850” and the ‘Images’ library will show “ctx.listTemplate = 101”. For other template types, you will need to look up the list...

  • PermissionMask check failed - Decoding the permission mask values seen in the ULS logs

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      As an administrator, you must have had users complaining about permission issues while trying to browse to a site or other actions within a site. When you look at the ULS logs you would normally be looking for an "access denied" error message. Additionally, you must have also observed entries similar to [Timestamp]  ...

  • Unable to send emails to lists and document libraries in SharePoint 2010

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    This post describes an issue with incoming e-mail to lists and document libraries after installing the April 2012 CU for SharePoint 2010. Those of you who have installed the April 2012 CU for SharePoint Server 2010 on the farm and configured incoming emails on document libraries or lists would have encountered this issue, User sends an e-mail...

  • "The return URL specified for request redirection is invalid" error when using forms authentication

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      In SharePoint Server 2007, when you try and login to a forms-based site the .RedirectFromLoginPage results in the following error: " The return URL specified for request redirection is invalid " Basically, this would happen when you navigate to a URL like http://server/_layouts/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=default.aspx%3f%3a  ...

  • SharePoint 2010 takes the first 3 property restrictions into account irrespective of the number of property restrictions specified in the search query

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      Using the Enterprise Search keyword syntax in SharePoint Server 2010, you can build a search query that uses multiple property restrictions to narrow the search focus based on the specified condition. However, SharePoint will only take the first 3 property restrictions into account irrespective of the number of property restrictions...

  • Disable Resource Throttling on a List-by-List Basis (PowerShell method)

    Posted over 2 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      Here is the PowerShell method to disable Resource Throttling on a list by list basis: $ webapp = Get-SPWebApplication -Identity "SharePoint Site" $ siteawwu = Get-SPSite http://contoso/sites/abc $ web = Get-SPWeb http://contoso/sites/abc $ largelist = $ web . Lists["Large List Test"] ...

  • User Profile Synchronization Database Growing Out of Control

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
        In SharePoint Server 2010, the profile synchronization database keeps growing after each sync. This seems to be expected behavior at the time of writing this post. If you review the Database Types and Descriptions ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678868.aspx ) article on TechNet, it states the following for general...

  • Post-October 2011 CU- Running the 'Update-SPProfilePhotoStore' PowerShell command fails with a 'The pipeline has been stopped' error

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    After you apply the October2010 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server 2010 (14.0.6112.5000), the profile picture import can run into some issues. Profile picture is not imported or updated after running a full synchronization. The ULS logs will show the following entry: SavePictureToLibrary: Error processing the photo URL...

  • My Links in SharePoint 2010

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      In MOSS 2007, we’re used to seeing a link in a drop-down box at the top right of our SharePoint sites, called My Links. At first glance, it seems that this functionality has been removed from SharePoint 2010. It’s still there, sort of. There are MY LINKS in SharePoint 2010, but sort of HIDDEN. Libraries In a library, go to the Library...

  • Configuring Claims and Forms based Authentication for use with an ASP.NET Membership Provider in SharePoint 2010

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      The steps included in this post are: Configure SQL for membership store Create a new Web Application with 'Claims-based authentication' Modify the Web.config files       a. Configure the web.config of the web application to use ASP.Net membership provider         b.  Configure...

  • Lists, Libraries, Templates, Web Parts and Site Actions in MOSS 2007

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    Default Lists & Libraries Available The following table shows all of the lists & libraries that the site owners can typically create on their site List/Library Description Availability   Libraries Site templates Document Library Create a document library when you have a collection of documents or other files that you want to share...

  • Key Descriptions

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    Heya folks…..Thought that it would be a  good idea to have a list of the definitions (and descriptions) for some of the terms that we use day in and day out. Web Applications A Web application is an IIS Web site that is created and used by SharePoint Products and Technologies. Each Web application is represented by a different Web site...

  • MOSS-ActiveX controls

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
         List of MOSS 2007 ActiveX Controls   Diagram Launcher   Server Files        :    TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\BFORM.JS, TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\1033\CORE.JS,                           ...

  • PowerShell and PSConfig

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
        Just like the PSConfig command, we can also use PowerShell to configure the SharePoint farm from scratch. Though we can install SharePoint and create a new farm using PowerShell as well, I have not covered it under this this post. Below is a set of PSConfig commands and their equivalent cmdlet in PowerShell    ...

  • Description field of a workflow history list is truncated when the number of characters used goes beyond 255

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    In Windows SharePoint Services , the description field of a workflow history list is truncated when the number of characters used goes beyond 255.        This behavior is a by-design limitation. Windows SharePoint Services implements a restriction on the number of characters that can be used in a multiline text...

  • Event ID 8311, certificate validation errors in MSS 2010

    Posted over 3 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    Technorati Tags: Event ID 8311 , certificate validation , local trust relationship , claims authentication , SharePoint 2010 Issue In Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, you see the following error getting logged in the Application Event Log: Log Name : Application Source : Microsoft-SharePoint...

  • Database layer in SP 2010

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
          Configuration Database The configuration database handles all administration of the deployment, directing requests to the appropriate database, and managing load-balancing for the back-end databases. When a front-end Web server receives a request for a page in a particular site, it checks the configuration database...

  • Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    Quote of the day: Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex books three to one. - L. M. Boyd  

  • SharePoint 2010 is now mirroring-aware

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    SharePoint 2010 has built in support for database mirrors, and allows you to define a failover SQL server for any databases you have mirrored. You can mirror one database, you can mirror several, it's all up to you. You can do this with content databases or service application databases. To take advantage of this simply add the instance...

  • New Databases in SharePoint 2010

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      New Databases SharePoint Shared Services became deprecated in SharePoint 2010, and instead we have new Services architecture, where all services are independent from each other. Such architecture affected the way information and configuration are stored and each services has it's own database. Previously, with SharePoint 2007 we had...

  • Quote Unquote

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    Quote of the day: A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. - Jean Paul Richter

  • How to Setup Mail Enabled Document Libraries in SharePoint 2010

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
    E-mail is an integral part of any SharePoint installation as it is the backbone of communication with in a SharePoint farm and its users. Needless to say, it becomes imperative for any SharePoint administrator to know the basics of configuring the SharePoint environments to send and receive emails. Dave Coleman (Microsoft MVP) has an...

  • Inside a SharePoint Content DB

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      Below are some of the basic tables within a content database and a very high level diagram on some of the relationships between them.    Features Table that holds information about all the activated features for each site collection or site. Sites Table that holds information about all the site collections for this content...

  • Setting up load balancing on a SharePoint farm running on Windows Server 2008

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
         Install Network Load Balancing Feature on each Web Front End   On each front end in the farm, within Server Manager, add the NLB feature:                    Click Install and wait a bit        Add a New Cluster  ...

  • Fantastic 40 Application Templates for SharePoint (WSS & MOSS)

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by Praveen Hebbar}
      What are Application templates Application templates are out-of-the-box custom scenarios which are developed to address the needs and requirements of specific business processes or sets of tasks as in they can be used to create a dedicated site or workspace for a particular business process or task. Application templates in WSS and...