Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Making SharePoint More Secure

Facilitating social computing in SharePoint 2010

New SharePoint 2010 features aid in enterprise content management

Installing SharePoint 2013 Preview on Windows 2012 Server with SQL 2012-Part 1

Installing SharePoint 2013 Preview on Windows 2012 Server with SQL 2012-Part 2

Configuring My Site in SharePoint 2010

Thursday, December 20, 2012

How to customize an existing permission level in SharePoint 2010

 ·         Verify that you have one of the following administrative credentials:
o   You are a member of the Administrators group for the site collection.
o   You are a member of the Owners group for the site.
o   You have the Manage Permissions permission.

How to copy an existing permission level in SharePoint 2010


·         Verify that you have one of the following administrative credentials
o   You are a member of the Administrators group for the site collection.
o   You are a member of the Owners group for the site.
o   You have the Manage Permissions permission.

How to create a permission level in SharePoint 2010


·         Verify that you have one of the following administrative credentials
o   You are a member of the Administrators group for the site collection.
o   You are a member of the Owners group for the site.
o   You have the Manage Permissions permission.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Adding and Deploying Solutions in SharePoint 2010

Adding and Deploying Solutions in SharePoint 2010
How we can add solutions in SharePoint 2010 ?
We can add solution via common line using either STSADM or PowerShell command while solution deployment can be done either via Central Admin or using STSADM or PowerShell

Uninstallation and Retraction of a Solution in SharePoint 2010

Uninstallation and Retraction of a Solution in SharePoint 2010

Using STSADM:
stsadm -o retractsolution -name solutionName.wsp -immediate
stsadm -o deletesolution -name solutionName.wsp

Using PowerShell:
Uninstall-SPSolution -identity solutionName.wsp
Remove-SPSolution -identity solutionName.wsp

Deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Server 2013

Deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10009
Downloadable eBook: Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30384
Deploying F5 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010
http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-sharepoint-2010-dg.pdf

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Error while modifying Content Query Web Part

Issue:
User tried to modify Content Query Web Part and got following error:

An unexpected error has occurred. Web Parts Maintenance Page: If you have permission, you can use this page to temporarily close Web Parts or remove personal settings. For more information, contact your site administrator

Resolution:
  • Open the page in SPD where you put the web part
  • Right click on web part and click web part properties
  • It will give you following error

  •  This is the first step where you can narrow down the issue
  • Open Style Library > XSL Style Sheets
  • There is a file called itemstyle.xsl
  • Open that file in designer
  • Press ctrl + F and select “Replace all” option type nbsp
  • Replace it with &#160
  • Save it and try again to modify the web part
  • Let me know if you have any queries on above steps
Recommendation:
Before making any change to any file from SPD please take backup of that particular file, this will be a real SAVIER in such situations

The best link I found for customizing Content Query Web Part – http://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/customitemstyle.aspx

How to cancel a content deployment job in SharePoint 2010

To cancel a content deployment job

You cannot perform this task by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets. You must use the SharePoint Central Administration Web site instead.

  • Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
  • You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the Central Administration server.
  • On the Central Administration Web site, in the General Application Settings section, click Configure content deployment paths and jobs.
  • On the Manage Content Deployment Paths and Jobs page, on the menu for the job that you want to cancel, click Cancel.
  • The status of the job is reported in the Status column.


How to delete a content deployment job by using Windows PowerShell in SharePoint 2010

To delete a content deployment job by using Windows PowerShell
  • Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements:
  • On the Start menu, click Administrative Tools.
  • Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
  • From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:
    • Remove-SPContentDeploymentJob -Identity <GUID, name or a valid SPContentDeploymentJob object of the job to be deleted>

How to delete a content deployment job by using Central Administration in SharePoint 2010

To delete a content deployment job by using Central Administration
  • Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
    • You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the Central Administration server.
  • On the Central Administration Web site, in the General Application Settings section, click Configure content deployment paths and jobs.
  • On the Manage Content Deployment Paths and Jobs page, on the menu for the job that you want to delete, click Delete.
  • Click OK in the message box that asks whether you want to proceed with the deletion.

How to test a content deployment job in SharePoint 2010

To test a content deployment job
  • Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
    • You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the Central Administration server.
  • On the Central Administration Web site, in the General Application Settings section, click Configure content deployment paths and jobs.
  • On the Manage Content Deployment Paths and Jobs page, on the menu for the content deployment job that you want to test, click Test Job.
  • The status of the job is reported in the Status column.

How to manually start a content deployment job by using Windows PowerShell in SharePoint 2010

To manually start a content deployment job by using Windows PowerShell
  • Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements:
  • On the Start menu, click Administrative Tools.
  • Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
  • From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:
    • Start-SPContentDeploymentJob –Identity <GUID, name or a valid SPContentDeploymentJob object of the job to be started>


    How to edit a content deployment path by using Windows PowerShell in SharePoint 2010

    To edit a content deployment path by using Windows PowerShell
    • Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements:
    • On the Start menu, click Administrative Tools.
    • Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
    • From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:
      • Set-SPContentDeploymentPath –Identity <GUID, name or a valid SPContentDeploymentPath object of the path to be changed>
    Ref: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262075%28v=office.14%29.aspx#Section4

    How to edit a content deployment path by using Central Administration in SharePoint 2010

    To edit a content deployment path by using Central Administration
    • Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
      • You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the Central Administration server.
    • On the Central Administration Web site, in the General Application Settings section, click Configure content deployment paths and jobs.
    • On the Manage Content Deployment Paths and Jobs page, on the menu for the path that you want to edit, click Edit.
    • For more information about the settings that you can edit, see Create a new content deployment path.

    How to manually start a content deployment job by using Central Administration in SharePoint 2010

    To manually start a content deployment job by using Central Administration

    • Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
    • You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the Central Administration server.

    Tuesday, December 4, 2012

    Create a new content deployment path by using Windows PowerShell in SharePoint 2010

    ·         Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements:
    o   See Add-SPShellAdmin.
    ·         On the Start menu, click All Programs, click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, and then click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
    ·         From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER after each line of the command:

    $credentials=Get-Credential New-SPContentDeploymentPath -Name <Name of the new deployment path> -SourceSPWebApplication <GUID, URL or a valid SPWebApplication object of the source Web application> -SourceSPSite <GUID, URL or a valid SPSite object of the source site> -DestinationCentralAdministrationURL <URL of the Central Administration Web site on the destination server> -DestinationSPWebApplication <GUID, URL or a valid SPWebApplication object of the destination Web application> -DestinationSPSite <GUID, URL or a valid SPSite object of the destination site> -PathAccount $credentials

    Create a new content deployment path by using Central Administration in SharePoint 2010

    ·         Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
    o   You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the Central Administration server.
    ·         On the Central Administration Web site, in the General Application Settings section, click Configure content deployment paths and jobs.

    Configure content deployment settings in SharePoint 2010

    Use the following procedure to configure content deployment settings.

    ·         Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
    o   You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the Central Administration server.
    ·         On the Central Administration Web site, click General Application Settings.
    ·         On the General Application Settings page, in the Content Deployment section, click Configure content deployment.

    How to enable sandboxed solutions by using Windows PowerShell


    1. Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.
    2. Click Start, and then click All Programs.
    3. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.
    4. Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
    5. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:
     Start-Service -Name SPUserCodeV4

    1. Repeat this procedure on every server on which you want to enable sandboxed solutions

    Enable sandboxed solutions on the farm (SharePoint Server 2010)

    Use the following procedure on each application server in your farm on which you want to enable sandboxed solutions.

    To enable sandboxed solutions by using Central Administration

    1.      Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:
      • You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration Web site.
    2.      On the home page of the Central Administration Web site, in the System Settings section, click Manage services on server.
    3.      On the Services on Server page, in the Server box, select the server on which you want to enable sandboxed solutions.
    4.      In the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Sandboxed Code Service row, in the Action column, click Start.
    5.      Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each server on which you want to enable sandboxed solutions.

    Ref: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff535780(v=office.14).aspx

    Saturday, December 1, 2012

    How to Enable Document IDs in SharePoint 2010

    The document ID feature creates identifiers that can be used to retrieve items independent of their current location. The document ID service that supports it generates and assigns document IDs.
    Microsoft explains:
    -Document ID’s are automatically assigned to uploaded documents and this ID will follow the item throughout its entire life cycle. Document IDs can also be assigned to Document Sets.
    - Document ID’s are automatically assigned to uploaded documents and this ID will follow the item throughout its entire life cycle. Document IDs can also be assigned to Document Sets.

    Opening PDFs in SharePoint 2010

    Background:
    When trying to open a PDF file, I am prompted to save the file. I do not get the option of opening the file, I am forced to save it.

    Resolution:

    SQL interview questions and answers

    What is the difference between IN and BETWEEN, that are used inside a WHERE clause?
    -The BETWEEN clause is used to fetch a range of values, whereas the IN clause fetches data from a list of specified values.
    What are the wildcards used for pattern matching?
    - for single character substitution and % for multi-character substitution

    What is Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) ?
    -Online transaction processing systems relational database design use the discipline of data modeling and generally follow the Codd rules of data normalization in order to ensure absolute data integrity.

    Friday, November 30, 2012

    Sharepoint 2013 videos


    Watch or download the following content for information about how to plan for, install, or manage SharePoint 2013.

    How to enable the audit log in SharePoint 2013

    To enable the audit log by using Central Administration

    ·         On the Central Administration home page,
    ·         In the Application Management section,
    ·         Click Manage service applications.
    ·         Select the Secure Store service application.
    ·         On the ribbon, click Properties.
    ·         From the Enable Audit section,
    ·         Click to select the Audit log enabled box.
    ·         To change the number of days that entries will be purged from the audit log file, specify a number in days in the Days until Purge field.
    ·         The default value is 30 days.
    ·         Click OK.

    Migrating From SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013




    I read a very good article on Dan Holme's Viewpoint on SharePoint Blog on SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 migration, the most important thing I loved is we can SKIP SharePoint 2010 migration from this process


    Exam 70-665

    PRO: Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Administrator

    Published:March 29, 2011
    Language(s):English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)
    Audience(s):IT Professionals
    Technology:Microsoft Lync Server 2010
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    Candidates should know how to design and plan solutions for Lync Server 2010 for end users, endpoint devices, telephony, audio/video and web conferences, security, and high availability. Candidates should be familiar with the requirements for integrating Lync Server 2010 with Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging.
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