SharePoint 2013 Design Manager - Cannot Map Network Drive in Windows Server...
Problem: I was trying to map Master Page Gallery as network drive from Windows Server 2008 R2, but got this error message:"Network Error: Windows cannot access <URL>. Check the spelling of the...
View ArticleOpen with Explorer: Network Error - Windows cannot access...
Problem: Openwith Explorer button in SharePoint 2010 site gave this error message on a particular document library. Network Error - Windows cannot access URL@SSL\DavWWWRoot\SiteURL\LibraryYou do not...
View ArticleSharePoint People Search Results gives "Domain\Account" Instead of User...
Problem:SharePoint 2010 people search gives "Domain\AccountID" instead of Display name of the user!Solution:SharePoint uses "Preferred Name" property which is mapped with "Display Name" property from...
View ArticleGet and Export User Profile Properties using PowerShell in SharePoint 2013
Its a common requirement in SharePoint to prepare reports from user profile properties. Here is my PowerShell scripts to get user profile properties in SharePoint.Important: Make sure User Profile...
View ArticleDisable Redirect from User Information Page (userdisp.aspx) to MySite Profile...
If you want to quickly check SharePoint user profile properties, You can get it from user information list or by simply clicking on user name hyperlinks from metadata fields such as: Created by....
View ArticleSharePoint Site Collection Permission Report using PowerShell
Another PowerShell report generating requirement: SharePoint Site Collection Permission Report to audit permissions on each and every object under a site collection.This PowerShell script generates a...
View ArticleQuery-Import SharePoint List to Excel using Data Source Connections
Have you ever had to query and import SharePoint list to Excel? or ever required to use SharePoint list as excel data source? Well, just follow these steps to excel data connection to use SharePoint...
View ArticleServer Error in '/x' Application - Excel Web App Error Solution
Problem:All of a sudden Office Web Apps Excel Web App stopped working and gave this Runtime error message on opening Microsoft Excel files from SharePoint 2013:Server Error in '/x'...
View ArticleHow to Delete a Service Application in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell
Requirement: Delete SharePoint 2010/2013 Service Application using PowerShell.How to Delete a Service Application in SharePoint 2013:Go to SharePoint 2013 Central Administration site Navigate to...
View ArticleGet/Set Hyperlink Field Values in SharePoint using PowerShell
Here is my PowerShell scripts to get and set hyperlink column values:Get Hyperlink Field Value using PowerShell:Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue#Configuration...
View ArticleUpdate User Profile Properties in SharePoint using PowerShell
SharePoint User Profile properties are usually imported from Active Directory to provide information about SharePoint users. At times, we may have to update SharePoint user profiles manually. My...
View ArticleFix "The site is not valid. The 'Pages' document library is missing" Error
Problem: After trying to deactivate and activate the publishing feature in a site, users started receiving this error: "The site is not valid. The 'Pages' document library is missing". It also happened...
View ArticleCreate My Site for All Users in SharePoint using PowerShell
SharePoint My Sites are automatically created when the first time Users click on the My Content link. However, To promote the usage of SharePoint social, we deiced to pre-create SharePoint My sites for...
View ArticleAdd Attachment to List Item in SharePoint using PowerShell
PowerShell script to add attachment to list item programmatically in SharePoint:Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue#Custom Function to Add attachment to...
View ArticleCopy Files Between Document Libraries in SharePoint using PowerShell
Here is my PowerShell script to copy files between SharePoint document libraries:PowerShell Script to Copy a File from One Library to Another:Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction...
View ArticleSharePoint Online: Import CSV File into SharePoint List using PowerShell-CSOM
Scenario: My requirement is to import data from CSV file to SharePoint online list from a local drive, every day!PowerShell Script to import SharePoint List Items from CSV File:#Load SharePoint CSOM...
View ArticlePowerShell Error: Add-Type: Could not load file or assembly...
Problem: When trying to write a client side PowerShell script for SharePoint online, got an error:Error: Add-Type : Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft...
View ArticleSharePoint Online: Export List Items to CSV using PowerShell
Requirement: Export SharePoint online list items to CSV file from client side.PowerShell script to Export SharePoint List Items to CSV from Client Side (CSOM):#Load SharePoint CSOM AssembliesAdd-Type...
View ArticleSharePoint 2016 RTM is Released!
So the waiting period is over! SharePoint 2016 is in its RTM now!Download SharePoint 2016 RTM Trial from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51493180 day Trial key:...
View ArticleHow to Delete a Master Page in SharePoint using PowerShell
Requirement:After deploying a new master page as part of new branding, We wanted to delete the old master page from all SharePoint sites. As we've applied the new master page, we don't want our...
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