The Usage and Health Data collection can be configured using PowerShell using Set-SPUsageService and Set-SPUsageDefinition cmdlets. To enable Usage and Health Data Collection from PowerShell you should first enable logging for usage service and then configure...

Initially when SharePoint 2013 was released the stretched farms were unsupported. After continuous efforts to review and update the product performance and capacity boundaries, s tretched farms for SharePoint 2013 are supported as of April 2013 . For...

  Add - PSSnapin " Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell " $spsite = Get - SPSite " http://2013-sp/ " $web = $spsite .RootWeb $pageURL = " SitePages/Home.aspx " $wpm = $web .GetLimitedWebPartManager( $pageURL...

The SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform has been carried forward to SharePoint Server 2013. SharePoint designer 2010 workflows will be upgraded as it is in SharePoint 2013 but will run in SharePoint 2010 workflow platform . All of your workflows that were...

In SharePoint Designer 2013 when you create and deploy a workflow to a SharePoint site, you might get this error; Microsoft.Workflow.Client.ActivityValidationException: Workflow XAML failed validation due to the following errors: Cannot set unknown member...

A new baseline has been established for future SharePoint 2013 fixes. This means that you will have to install the Public Updates (PU) that were released on March 12, 2013 for SharePoint Server 2103 , SharePoint Foundation 2013 , and Project Server 2013...

The Web Part, “Org Chart”, that was visible under the About Me section of MySites in previous versions of SharePoint is now hidden in SharePoint 2013 by default. But when you view the About Me page of any another employee it is displayed.  This behavior...

SharePoint 2013 runs on ASP.NET Web Forms 4.5.  The Web.Config has been substantially overhauled in this version.  The root configuration files (machine.config file and the root web.config file) for the .NET Framework 4 (and therefore ASP.NET...

  SharePoint15 workflows are now powered by Windows Workflow Foundation 4, which is substantially redesigned from previous versions.  One of the new features that I like about SP15 workflow is error logging in the workflow page in UI. ...

If you were using InfoPath forms to connect to a data source like web service in SP2010 and it was working fine, after upgrading to SP2013 if it throws error like this “ An error occurred while trying to connect to a Web service ” (Log ID:5566), don’t...

When you create a new Search Service Application in SP2013, four databases are created - Search Administration, Analytics Reporting, Crawl, and Link Database. If you want to remove the default/old LinksStore database, you will be using PowerShell cmdlet;...

The core search architecture of SharePoint 2013 has a more complex and flexible topology that can be changed more efficiently by using Windows PowerShell. Each Search service application has its own search topology. If you create more than one Search...

While the end date for MOSS 2007 SP2 support is coming closer, most of the them are planning to upgrade to SP3 no sooner than later. It is  extremely important to plan carefully to avoid any problem during the patching process in a large environment...

  PowerShell script to manage permissions of web parts in Web Part gallery. # Get Web Object $web = Get-SPWeb "Web URL" # Get Web Part Gallery list # SPListTemplateType.WebPartCatalog Enum value 113 $list = $web.GetCatalog(113) $listItemCollections...

In SharePoint, a securable object is a site, list, library, folder, document, or item for which permissions levels can be assigned to users or groups. By default, all lists and libraries within a site inherit permissions from the site. You can use list...

Windows PowerShell Test-SPContentDatabase cmdlet is used to test a content database against a Web application to verify all customizations referenced within the content database are also installed in the web application.  There are number of articles...

When User Profile Service application is configured in SP 2010, by default NT Authority\Authenticated Users and all authenticated users are granted permissions to create My Sites and use other features (personal and social) provided by user profile service...

  In SharePoint 2010 service applications, the managed metadata service connection properties can be set using the cmdlet Get-SPMetadataServiceApplicationProxy # Get Metadata service application proxy $metadataserviceapplicationname = "Managed...

#Load SharePoint User Profile assemblies [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName( "Microsoft.Office.Server" ) [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName( "Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles" ) #Function to get service...

It’s been quite sometime since I’ve written blog articles.  This post talks about setting farm account for PerformancePoint Service Application in SharePoint 2010 farm.  A new PerformancePoint Service Application was created in the UI specifying...

Supposedly in Webs.asmx web service we pass on the user credentials and then call GetWebCollection method to get the webs underneath the current site, we expect the web method to return only those webs for which the user has permission to.  But this...

Create a content type project in Visual studio 2010 and then create some custom content types with some custom fields in it. Sample Elements.xml file : <? xml version ="1.0" encoding ="utf-8" ? > < Elements xmlns ...

Upgrading BDC to BCS:   Due to certain changes in SharePoint Server 2010 Business Connectivity Services architecture and model’s schema changes, MOSS BDC Application Definition XML files cannot be directly imported post upgrade.  So, if we are...

It has been quite sometime since I wrote any blog article.  What a way to start SharePoint 2010 blog about Workflows!!  It’s all about a new service named Word Automation Services which is a component of SharePoint Server 2010.  It provides...

The UpdateList method of lists web service takes few parameters, out of which newFields, UpdateFields, and DeleteFields are some of them.  These fields are actually XmlNode that contains CAML Query within it.  There are tools available to build...