Using an External Identity Manager for SharePoint User Profile Synchronization
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 SP1 and SharePoint Server 2013 has introduced the ability to leverage FIM for User Profile Synchronization with Active Directory, versus the built-in version of FIM...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 June 2013 Cumulative Updates
SharePoint Foundation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817346 SharePoint Server 2013: Project Server 2013: Office 2013 June 2013 Cumulative Updates: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2855356
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 June 2013 Cumulative Updates
SharePoint Foundation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817346 SharePoint Server 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817414 Project Server 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817415 Office Web...
View ArticleNauplius.WAS 1.6 Released!
Today I have published Nauplius.WAS 1.6. The major change is the ability to convert entire Folders, including subfolders, in Document Libraries. This allows you to convert eligible documents within a...
View ArticleList of SharePoint Security Updates
TechNet has a great resource located on their Microsoft Security Bulletins page to list all of the security updates for all products, including SharePoint Server. To see the list of updates, go here,...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Basic Search Center Navigation Settings Breaks in June 2013 CU
In the June 2013 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2013, if you modify the navigation settings of a Basic Search Center (/_layouts/15/AreaNavigationSettings.aspx), the OK button generates the following...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to Manage SharePoint Information Rights Management Settings
Information Rights Management (IRM) allows users to restrict how documents are handled. With SharePoint, IRM settings are applied at the List/Library level. When a document is added to an IRM-enabled...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to Manage SharePoint Email Settings
Each SharePoint Document Library is capable of accepting Incoming Email. Here is how to manage the settings via PowerShell. In SharePoint 2010, the SharePoint Management Shell must run as the...
View ArticleCreating a SQL Server Availability Group via PowerShell
This is tangibly related to SharePoint and this took me awhile to figure out the correct syntax. I’ve been building a SQL AG on Server 2012 with the Core installation option. To accomplish this, you...
View ArticleAdding and Removing SharePoint Templates from a Web
In certain cases you may not want Site Collection Administrators or otherwise delegated users to use a certain type of Web template. This can be achieved using 3rd party tools quite easily, or if...
View ArticleUpdate on Incoming Email Job Lock Type Change Between SharePoint 2010 and 2013
Update on the change of the SPJobLockType between 2010 and 2013, the SPJobLockType was changed from None to Job due to a specific issue where documents may have been duplicated when there is more than...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 August 2013 Cumulative Updates
SharePoint Foundation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817517 SharePoint Server 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817616 Project Server 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817615 Office Web...
View ArticleNauplius.SP.UserSync – Update for SharePoint 2013
If you, or your company, loves SharePoint Foundation, this project is for you! I have updated the Nauplius.SP.UserSync project with various bug fixes, ULS logging, and best of all, SharePoint...
View ArticleNauplius.ADLDS.Provider 1.5 Release
A new version of the AD LDS provider has been released for SharePoint 2010 and 2013. This release includes numerous bug fixes. Uninstall the previous version and restart. Install the new version and...
View ArticleExcel Power Query – Loading SharePoint Document Library Data
With Excel Power Query, you can query SharePoint List data quickly and easily, as well as a variety of other types of data sources. However, when we do this, only SharePoint Lists appear! This is...
View ArticleMaximum Distance for Stretched SharePoint Farms
SharePoint 2010, and after a revision, SharePoint 2013 support stretched farms. Microsoft terms a ‘stretched’ farm by being a farm not contained within the same data center. There are some serious...
View ArticleOffice 2010 Update KB2760758 Incorrectly Checks Multi-Line Columns
EDIT: 9/19 – this is a known issue and will be resolved in the Office 2010 client December 2013 updates. If you have a custom content type with a multi-line site column added to it, and the client has...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Save Us From Your Plugins!
Plugins used to be one of the few ways to do anything interesting when integrating with the client. We’ve gone a long way with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS over the years, but are sometimes still...
View ArticleAnnouncing Beta 1 of Nauplius.PAS – A SharePoint PowerPoint Automation...
Like the counterpart Nauplius.WAS, Nauplius.PAS, for SharePoint Server 2013, is a user interface for the PowerPoint Automation Services. Currently in Beta 1, this farm solution provides a user...
View ArticleTimer Jobs Stuck in Running Queue
If you have one or more timer jobs stuck in the “Running” queue after removing a SharePoint server from the farm, you can either let 7 days pass and they will be removed automatically, or force the...
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