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SQL 2012: SP1 Released and Feature Pack SP1
Hi folks, I’m just blown away by all the goodies in these 2 releases 1) the SP1 2) the Feature Pack SP1 Both have some pretty big improvements, especially around the SharePoint 2013 <-> SQL...
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SP2013: Getting a Form Digest for Update REST calls
While on SharePoint 2013 training we came across all the different ways of calling SharePoint and it’s data through JavaScript, JQuery and all the bits. It was all looking good until we needed to...
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User Profile Synchronization: An error has occurred while accessing the SQL...
To resolve this error follow these resolution tips: 1. On central admin, go to manage services on server, start and stop the user profile service and user profile synchronization service. This will...
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SP2013: Updating a List using REST in OData format from JavaScript
After wrestling with this tonight for sometime I’ve finally cracked it. SP2013 RTMed and alot of the sample code fails due to the fact that you need to now add ‘..;odata=verbose’ onto pretty much every...
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Visio Services-Binding Data to Line Graph
Visio Professional 2013 allows users to bind dynamic data to shapes, external images, sheets, graphs, and just about anything else you can put in a Visio doc. Out of the box, Visio provides some data...
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Sandboxing – Declarative Object Provisioning and Threads
So you say you can't populate a list declaratively in SharePoint 2010 Sandboxed solutions? Blog Post by: Duke...(read more)
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Installing and Configuring Small SharePoint Farm in VirtualBox
I recently installed and configured a small SharePoint farm containing two virtual servers using Oracle Virtual Box and decided to share my experience of the process. For the most part the...
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SharePoint Rolodex Using the Query String Filter Web Part
Navigating through a list or library with dozens or hundreds of items or folders can be a tedious task. There are a few ways to make it easier to find the information you are looking for. One unique...
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Workflow Manager Installation Error: Adding host to Service Bus Farm
I was trying to get the new workflow engine installed and configured with SharePoint 2013 but was encountering an error in the Service Bus configuration step. Installation Instruction for Workflow...
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Power View Resources
I was doing some research on Power View capabilities recently and came across some good blogs on it, thought I will compile and share it: Video Series: Visualizing the Summer Olympics. Microsoft Senior...
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How to add custom validation logic to validate a phone field in SharePoint
How to add custom validation logic to validate a phone field (UI) 1. On the UI, go to List Settings 2. Click on Column that stores the phone (code below assumes the field is called Business Phone. Note...
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You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server....
Issue During a recent deployment of SharePoint 2013 for a client, we came across an issue with Central Administration getting the error:. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser...
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SharePoint 2013 SP1 Released
Overview We’ve been hearing Q1 2014 as a release date for SharePoint 2013 SP1 for some time now, and most of us have been thinking we’d get that date at SharePoint Conference 2014. The conference...
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Upload Profile Pictures to AD and Synchronize with SharePoint
You can use PowerShell or a custom .NET program to upload photos to AD, but there are actually free tools available to easily manage user pictures in AD. Below are the links to two tools I found on a...
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Office 365 and SharePoint Online FAQ
Recently had to field some questions regarding Office 365 and SharePoint online. Thought it would be beneficial for others looking for similar information. Leave a comment if you have additional input...
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Change SharePoint Central Admin Top Bar Text
Overview To help make it abundantly clear which central admin site someone is logged into, I wanted to change the top bar text to something other than “SharePoint”. Turns out you can do that using the...
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User Impersonation with SharePoint
Recently I had to create a custom web part where all users needed the ability to fill out a text box with some feedback and then submit it to a list where it could be reviewed. This is a pretty simple...
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Displaying Enhanced Rich Text in Content Query Web Part
SharePoint has the Content Query web part, which is a control that allows a user to display an aggregated list of items based on some criteria. You can choose to return items from all sites within a...
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Installing SharePoint 2010 SP2
I was tasked last week with learning how to install SharePoint 2010 as part of our SharePoint IT Training Module. It’ll be easy they told me, or maybe they didn’t tell me that and I told myself that....
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BizTalk 2013 SharePoint Adapter not respecting SharePoint 2013 View Name
I have done a lot of BizTalk-SharePoint Integration in the past and ran into a situation recently that surprised me. There wasn’t an easily identifiable resolution online so I have decided to document...
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