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Wiki Page: SharePoint 2013: Deep integration of Yammer Search with SharePoint Search Option 2

Andy ONeill

Table of Contents Problem Statement Solution Code References Other References Problem Statement Yammer is a popular Private social network.Yammer has been showing organisations great results in terms of quality, quantity and response time. It has made it easier to to get information and quickly...

on8 Jul 2015
Wiki Page: Cannot connect to the configuration database

Danish Islam (Danny)

Table of Contents Issue Causes Verify that the SQL database is running and services Firewall User Permissions Connection between SharePoint and SQL server To assign a TCP/IP port number to the SQL Server Database Engine SharePoint administrative accounts: Local Administrator See Also Cannot connect...

on7 Jul 2015
Wiki Page: Sharepoint: Firewall settings for SP Farm

Peter Geelen

Some times in SharePoint when we access web sites, search and configure alerts we see network related errors even though we configured everything is good. There could be so many reasons for that. One could be Firewall. In this article I am providing the steps how and where to check for the firewall...

on6 Jul 2015
Wiki Page: How to: Check from which SharePoint farm Service Application is Consumed

Edward van Biljon

I came across a situation where in there were multiple SharePoint farms which had their own User Profile service application and there was a farm which was consuming User Profile Application from another farm and it was not documented from which farm it is consuming. For some troubleshooting...

on22 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: Migrating SharePoint sites from O365 to On Premise -Learning's

Edward van Biljon

Migrating contents from On-Premise SharePoint to cloud is comparatively easy, however if you have the other scenario then things wont go smooth. Following are the issues we faced while migrating from O365 to SharePoint On Premise The Site template not worked at all for restoring...

on12 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: AppFabric Patch installation issue for KB2932678 on SharePoint Server 2013

Edward van Biljon

Error Message Windows Installer was not able to find following file to complete the installation. File: appfabric-1.1-for-windows-server-64.msi Below is the error screenshot: Root Cause Following file: "appfabric-1.1-for-windows...

on12 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: Using Microsoft Azure Active Directory for SharePoint 2013 authentication

Edward van Biljon

Table of Contents Summary Prerequisites Steps that need to be completed Create a new Azure AD tenant and namespace Add a WS-Federation identity provider Add SharePoint as a relying party application Create a rule group for claims-based authentication Create a claim mapping Configure SharePoint for the...

on12 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: Activate the Report Server and Power View Integration Features in SharePoint

Edward van Biljon

Activate the Report Server and Power View Integration Features in SharePoint Solutions: please follow the below to activate the features. To Activate the Report Server and Power View Integration Site Collection Features: 1. Open your browser to the site where you want the Reporting...

on12 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: SharePoint 2013 SP1 installation failed

Edward van Biljon

Issue Event ID SharePoint 2013 SP1 installation failed with event id: 1000, "Faulting application name: MsiExec.exe" Event: Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer...

on12 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: Deleting Web Analytics Service Application and all its databases - SharePoint 2010

Edward van Biljon

Go to CA >> System Settings >> Manage services on server Locate the “Web Aanalytic Web Service” and STOP it. This would also stop and remove the Schedule of the “Health Analysis Job (Daily, Web Analytics Web Service, Any Server)” timer job (mostly scheduled to run once daily...

on12 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: Get all Groups in a Site Collection Using PowerShell

Edward van Biljon

Get all Groups in a Site Collection Using PowerShell PowerShell has been the preferred option by SharePoint professionals when it comes to administrative tasks and doing single time activities. Few weeks back i had a requirement to check where few SPGroups were used. I had the name of those...

on10 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: Books for IT Professionals

Ken Cenerelli

This topic is a recommended reading. This article indicates a suggested or recommended reading that will provide you with accurate and important informations for a better understanding of the covered topic. Table of Contents Introduction Active Directory BizTalk Server Group Policy...

on8 Jun 2015
Wiki Page: SharePoint 2013: Service Accounts

Hossein Aarabi

Table of Contents Overview Service Accounts SQL Server SQL Admin SQL Service SharePoint Server SP Admin SP Farm SP Web Application SP Services SP C2WTS SP Cache Super User SP Cache Super Reader SP Excel User SP Visio User SP PerformancePoint User SP My Site Application Pool Account SP Profile Synchronization...

on22 May 2015
Wiki Page: PowerShell: Add MSG file metadata to a SharePoint list

Sandro Pereira

Table of Contents Introduction Setting the scene Requirements Document Library and List EmailDocs EmailDocs2 The PowerShell scripts Download the MSG files Video Conclusion Introduction SharePoint has an out-of-box feature to extract metadata such as To, From, CC and Subject from Exchange's EML...

on22 May 2015
Wiki Page: SharePoint: RMS Integration

Richard Mueller

Prerequisite Steps: Make sure the user you are using to configure SharePoint has an email attribute in AD. Also make sure the SharePoint service account has an email attribute. Verify that RMS is functional outside of SharePoint by going into Microsoft Word under file\info\protect document...

on15 May 2015
Wiki Page: SharePoint: Work with Documents using Document Connection for Mac OS

Melick

Microsoft Document Connection for Mac OS enables you to easily work with documents stored in a SharePoint site. I recently delivered a SharePoint 2010 collaboration solution for a client who wanted to upgrade and migrate MOSS 2007 into SharePoint 2010. I was responsible for designing fresh...

on9 May 2015
Wiki Page: SharePoint Online: Add Advanced Search Web Part

Richard Mueller

One thing I have noticed for SharePoint online is that it does not have an Advanced Search Web Part, well, at least by default. I have been looking all around and even added a Search Center thinking it might be the reason my site does not have an Advanced Search Web Part but to no avail...

on28 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: Quiz Manager for SharePoint and Office 365

Richard Mueller

Quiz Manager for SharePoint Create captivating quizzes, exams and assessments in minutes with ACAR's Quiz Manager for SharePoint, an easy-to-use yet advanced quiz creation software. Get customer feedback via surveys or create quizzes just for fun – it’s easy with the advanced capabilities...

on28 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: Mazzum Idea Management Solution for SharePoint and Office365

Edward van Biljon

Mazzum for SharePoint is an ideation solution for SharePoint Online Office 365 developed by ACAR www.acar.ch in Switzerland. Mazzum brings together all kinds of awesome features to make Office 365 and SharePoint better for you. It’s never been more important to hear the voice of your valuable staff...

on27 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: SharePoint 2013:BCS Connect To Oracle DB No Code

Edward van Biljon

There are many posts describes how to connect to Oracle DB database using .NET assembly Type of BCS, it requires writing codes and install the Oracle Client or OLEDB on every App and WFE server. I was going through the same road when it hits me , I can use Database Link to connect to the remote...

on27 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: Office365 Automation: Provision Lists & List items using App model

Edward van Biljon

In this post I will explain in details how to provision Lists and list items using a Provider hosted app and a declarative XML files to define List Schema and Sample data items. This tutorial will use the App installed and uninstalled remote event receivers to do the task! First what you...

on27 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: SharePoint List REST Query

Melick

Accessing List through SharePoint 2010 REST services http://myserver/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/ : It returns a standard Atom service document that describes collections of information that are available in the SharePoint Foundation site http://myserver/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/$metadata/ : It...

on22 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: If you have SharePoint 2010, you need to know SharePoint build and plan upgrade to SharePoint 2013 as Microsoft support will soon end

Edward van Biljon

Hi Friends, I hope you are aware but incase if you don’t know, Microsoft does not provide complete support if you dont have your SharePoint 2010 build higher then SP1 (14.0.6029.1000). After 13th October 2015, SharePoint 2010 main stream support will end, so you need to plan upgrade of your...

on21 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: If you have SharePoint 2010, you need to know SharePoint build and plan upgrade to SharePoint 2013 as Microsoft support will end soon

Edward van Biljon

Hi Friends, I hope you are aware but incase if you don’t know, Microsoft does not provide complete support if you dont have your SharePoint 2010 build higher then SP1 (14.0.6029.1000). After 13th October 2015, SharePoint 2010 main stream support will end, so you need to plan upgrade of your...

on20 Apr 2015
Wiki Page: How to set Current User Name to InfoPath Person/Group Picker

Melick

This method also use for get User Profile Information such as First Name , Last Name , Office and etc. In generally we can not set a default value to InfoPath Person/Group Picker. On the other hand we can not get Current Username in the InfoPath. (Yeh it is true that we can use userName() function...

on19 Apr 2015