Add User to Farm Administrator Group in SharePoint 2010
By default, the account which was used (logged in) to install SharePoint becomes the SharePoint Farm Administrator. There are situations, where we need to add additional Farm Administrators to our...
View ArticleHow to Create New Permission Level in SharePoint 2010
There are scenarios where requirements couldn't be fulfilled by OOTB permission levels. Here is one among them: User who has contribute permissions can add, edit, open, view and delete an item. What we...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 Create Permission Level Programmatically
While its relatively easy to create permission levels from SharePoint 2010 UI, We had 2000+ site collections in a web applications and scripting/programmatic way to create permission level would be the...
View ArticleDisable Delete List Option in SharePoint
What? We've a SharePoint list provisioned to store & retrieve custom application settings in a SharePoint site. Its critical to prevent this list from any accidental deletion, so we want to disable...
View ArticleSet SharePoint Web Application Recycle Bin configuration Programmatically...
In continuation to my article SharePoint Recycle bins - Lets get it crystal clear , There are situations to set SharePoint recycle bin options programmatically with either object model code (C#) or...
View ArticleThe web server process that was being debugged has been terminated by...
While debugging a SharePoint object model code in Visual studio, Got this error message: "The web server process that was being debugged has been terminated by Internet Information Services (IIS). This...
View ArticleOpen with Explorer Error - Alternate Method
When you try to use "Open with Explorer" on SharePoint document library, Received Error "Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer". You tried all the workarounds on Open...
View ArticleHow to Hide SharePoint 2010 Ribbon Tab - Group - Button - Menu
How to hide Ribbon Tab - Group - Button - Menu in SharePoint 2010? But why? because, the requirement is: Users to fill the form and not upload any existing documents to the document libraries in a...
View ArticlePrint SharePoint Listview Web Part using JavaScript
Requirement is to Print a SharePoint List view web part with JavaScript.Solution: Found this code somewhere on the Technet Forums: Place this code in a CEWP, This will add a "Print" button, on clicking...
View ArticleFind the Number of Users Currently Connected to SharePoint Site
Had to perform an unplanned IIS Reset to fix an issue in production SharePoint Farm. But executing IISReset breaks ongoing user sessions and give "Service Unavailable" error message, isn't it? Wouldn't...
View ArticleThe default termstore for this site cannot be identified - Error on Creating...
When trying to create a Local term set by Selecting the option "Customize your term set:", Got the error message :"The default termstore for this site cannot be identified" Cause: This is because:...
View ArticlePowerGUI Error: Microsoft SharePoint is not supported with version...
PowerGUI is my favorite IDE for creating PowerShell scripts. When I upgraded PowerGUI to a newer version 3.5, all my scripts stopped working and I started receiving below error:"Get-SPWeb : Microsoft...
View ArticleDelete Folders, Sub-Folders from SharePoint Library Programmatically
I need to delete a Folder from SharePoint 2010 document library using object model programmatically. Here is the code to delete the sub-folder from SharePoint document library: To Delete a Sub-folder...
View ArticleSet Outgoing E-Mail Settings with PowerShell
Its a common tasks that every SharePoint administrator will have to perform is enabling SharePoint to send E-mails. Outgoing email settings can be configured within the Central Administration site by...
View ArticleChange "Save" or "OK" Button Text on SharePoint List Forms
Wouldn't it be more meaningful to rename SharePoint List NewForm.aspx "Save" or "OK" button text to "Submit" in Request Tracking Lists? Yes! Sure, I'll possible to change "Save" button's text to...
View ArticleHow to Hide a List or Library in SharePoint?
How to Hide a SharePoint list or library from browser? But why? Because, My custom application uses some configurations which should be stored and retrieved from a SharePoint list, but it must not be...
View ArticleHow to Remotely Execute SharePoint 2010 PowerShell Cmdlets
PowerShell allows us to run cmdlets remotely from client machines. We can run SharePoint 2010 cmdlets on the SharePoint Server, remotely connecting from client machines by following these two...
View ArticleIE 10 Browser Compatibility issues with MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010
Found so many user interface issues with Internet Explorer 10 while using it in MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010 sites. For instance, KPI didn't load, Grouped items stuck with "Loading.." message, etc....
View ArticleSharePoint WSP Solution Deployment Stuck at "Deploying"
Issue: SharePoint WSP Solution got stuck at "Deploying" stage for hours while trying to deploy using STSADM command!Workarounds: Try these workarounds to fix the solution deployment stuck at...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 Rating Feature Configuration - How to Activate? Fix Ratings...
Rating feature was introduced in SharePoint 2010, It helps to rate Lists, Documents, Pages on a SharePoint site.How To Enable SharePoint 2010 Rating Setting: To setup SharePoint 2010 rating...
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