Sharepoint on Janik von Rotz

Alternative download for SharePoint ULS viewer by Microsoft

Mon, 19 May 2014 13:32:37 +0000

You might already knew it, the link http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ULSViewer for the most popular ULS viewer doesn’t work anymore.

Luckily I’ve found a copy on my SharePoint server, you can get it below.

Download UlsViewer 2.0.3530.27850

If you have a newer copy of the file it would be nice if you share it with me.

Summary of SharePoint 2013 archiving features

Mon, 19 May 2014 09:25:35 +0000

SharePoint 2013 provides the below types of Archiving

List-based retention and Auditing (List and Libraries)
Records management (Records Archive, In-Place Record)
Site based retention (Applied to Sites and Exchange Server 2013 Team Mail boxes)

Configure hybrid search results from SharePoint Online in SharePoint on-premise

Wed, 14 May 2014 07:03:29 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project. Get the latest version of this article here: https://gist.github.com/10871110

Introduction

In this post I’ll show you how to get search results from your SharePoint Online in your SharePoint 2013 on-premise search center.

Replicate term set changes for managed metadata navigations

Fri, 09 May 2014 08:24:47 +0000

This post is a supplement to Limitations and workarounds for managed metadata navigation for multiple site collections.

According to my last post I’ve updated the navigation for all my site collections to use a term set with pinned terms from the global navigation term set. What I didn’t was the fact that changes in the global navigation term set won’t be applied to pinned terms in other sets.

To apply this changes I’ve written a simple PowerShell function that repins the global navigation terms on the allocated navigation term set.

Limitations and workarounds for managed metadata navigation for multiple site collections

Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:53:45 +0000

With SharePoint 2013 you can create a managed metadata navigation and share it across web applications and site collections.

But there’s an ugly limitation for site collections.

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Migrate SharePoint 2010 Data

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:36:40 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

This time I’ll show you my approach for a SharePoint 2010 to 2013 migration.

Installing and Configuring SharePoint 2013 Farm

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:29:48 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

This is a shortened version of my best practice for installing a SharePoint server.

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Configuring User Profiles

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:24:12 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

Filter settings

By default SharePoint won’t user profiles of disabled accounts. To change that update the connection filter on the User Profile Sync service.

Add a new file type in SharePoint - KeePass example

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:15:07 +0000

In this post I’ll show you how to enable a new file type in SharePoint.

The goal is simple, for the KeePass database file it should be possible to open them the same way as it works for office documents in SharePoint.

Hide the Open in Explorer option in the SharePoint command ribbon

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:27:02 +0000

Since it’s possible to upload documents to SharePoint via Drag and Drop, the “Open in Explorer” option in SharePoint can be removed.

I recommend to remove this option unregarded of it’s possible to upload via Drag and Drop as the user can’t update document metadata in the windows explorer.

Here’s an example of what we want:

And the solution to achieve this, is available on GitHub: https://codeberg.org/janikvonrotz/SharePoint-Hide-Open-With-Explorer

SharePoint Class Registration Form

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:25:53 +0000

Introduction

This walkthrough shows how to build an automated registration form that closes down registration if the seats in the class fill up.

Here’s an example of what the result will look like:

Manage your SharePoint default settings with PowerShell

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:16:07 +0000

This post is part of my PowerShell PowerUp project.

The only way to deploy SharePoint default settings for site collections and sites manually is using predefined site templates or an ugly third party tool. And in case you’ll do that with site templates it’ll cost a lot of the time to update settings which were already set.

However with PowerShell it’s possible to deploy SharePoint default settings automatically and it’s a lot easier than you might think.

Update SharePoint Token Lifetime to update AD permissions faster

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 09:01:03 +0000

Since SharePoint 2013 only supports claim based authentication I discovered that updates in SharePoint Active Directory groups do not take effect immediately.

Thanks to Ryan McIntyre there’s a simple fix for that issue.

By adjusting the lifetime of the claims token you can shorten the time it takes to update the Active Directory group changes.

SharePoint Export and Import Term Sets from Term Store

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:34:23 +0000

The SharePoint term store service is one of the most important parts of a SharePoint installation. It’s the best place to store an manage global metadata for your companies documents.

It’s not that hard to design a term set in Excel and import it afterwards with the built-in term store import wizard.

However there’s no tool or wizard that allows you to get a term set out of the term store.

It’s only possible with my PowerShell function (which is as always part of my PowerShell PowerUp project)

Enable Sign in as different user option in SharePoint 2013

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:49:46 +0000

By default in SharePoint 2013 there is no option for “Sign in as different user”.

To enable this option you have the update the SharePoint welcome template.

SharePoint 2013 navigation sub menu titles cut off

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:35:34 +0000

By default SharePoint 2013 cuts off long sub menu titles in the navigation.

SharePoint expects only titles without spaces in between words. This is miss behaviour is simply solved by adding a custom css in the master page template.

Success Factors for a SharePoint Project

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:15:04 +0000

Right now I’ve led the company internal SharePoint projects for about one year.

I’ve experienced that most of the SharePoint project leaders struggle with same problems.

In order to save you from this unnecessary experience I’ve shared my most important success factors of a SharePoint project:

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Run the SharePoint 2013 Service Account Creator

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:24:53 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

As many other Windows services SharePoint and SQL Server requires different service accounts in order to run secure and reliable.

There are different concepts and strategies to create service accounts for a SharePoint installation. One of the most reliable solution I’ve found here.

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Designing the Logical Architecture

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:10:29 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

I assume that the reader of this tutorial has already defined the business requirements for this SharePoint installation.

The physical architecture depends on the requirements of the logical design. That’s why you have to define you logical architecture first.

Export all Terms from Managed Metadata Service

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:18:44 +0000

Migrating you Managed Metadata Terms to another SharePoint installation? First thing to do: Export.

This scripts exports all terms sorted by term group, term set and its level.

Update SharePoint ActiveDirectory Group Displayname

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:00:39 +0000

When the name of an Active Directory group has been changed, this change won’t affect the display name showed in the SharePoint permission editor.

To update the the name for all Active Directory groups you can run this snippet on the SharePoint server:

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm - Architecture and Licensing

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:35:07 +0000

This post of is part of my Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm project.

As the server architecture is already given in this case, I’m only going to show you the hardware requirements of those servers.

Server additional

Each server installation provides:

latest service pack
64 Bit
resources for less than 1000 users

Install SharePoint 2013 Three-tier Farm

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:20:29 +0000

About

Based on new business requirements our intranet SharePoint needs an update from version 2010 to 2013. The new installation will be part in our existing Office 365 hybrid environment. As I’ve completed the Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 course I going to perform this project on my own. In this series of posts I would like to share my knowledge and experience in building this new intranet based on SharePoint 2013.

Add SharePoint List Print Button

Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:32:03 +0000

You can print every SharePoint list item with the keyboard short cut Ctrl+P. But adding a real print button to the SharePoint list view isn’t that difficult too.

Choose the form type in you list options under form webparts.

E-Mail report of unchecked SharePoint files

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:05:42 +0000

Having unchecked files in the SharePoint is not a big deal as long as you aware of the those files.

Being unaware of which files are unchecked can really harm the information integrity of the SharePoint.

In one of my last posts I’ve reported the SharePoint storage space used by files and found about 1 GB of unchecked files by several people.

As they are in most cases unaware of those files or even don’t understand what the file check-in/check-out is about, it’s almost impossible to handle this files.

Add View Folder link to search results page in SharePoint

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:19:09 +0000

In the default document search results in the SharePoint search center it is only possible to open the documents. It is not possible to navigate to the documents location.

SharePoint 2010 Manage Content And Structure Is Missing

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:31:07 +0000

Content and structure option was present in SharePoint Server 2007, if you are not able to see this option on your SharePoint site in SharePoint 2010 then don’t be surprised, this option still exist in this version as a feature.

There are two sections on which you can see this option, if you are missing this option then lets analyze which sections we are talking about.

Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2013/Office365

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:33:48 +0000

The Managed Metadata feature in SharePoint 2010/2013/Office365 enables a new way to manage your documents and other company related informations.

Yet most file systems store their files in an hierarchical structure, with SharePoint and the Managed Metadata Service you can setup a document management system.

To get into this Managed Metadata Service thing, I’ve found a great video.