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Forms being re-appended to themselves on every deployment (Sharepoint 2010)

I have a (sandbox) solution with some custom forms. If I deploy it to a site that never had this solution installed before, everything works fine. However, every time I deploy it again, custom forms ...
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Config file throws error while deploying

I've created a new config-file "TimerJobs.config" which stores all my values for the timerjob (of course...) This file is located under the Layouts/random folder. The problem I'm having, is when I ...
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Enable-SPFeature doesn't work, but activation via Site Settings does. Why?

I have a weird problem... I'm trying to deploy a sharepoint solution in production. This project works fine in the test environment, but in production trying to enable the feature returns this error: ...
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Not all changes apply after re-deploying solution (custom workflow action for SharePoint Designer)

currently I'm creating a custom workflow action for SharePoint Designer 2010. After the first deploy succeeded everything looked fine. But after that I changed several things and re-deployed the ...
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Roll back deployment stategy and performance testing (2010)

I am currently on the cusp of deploying a solution which will be upgrading existing .wsp solutions and also running a powershell script to upgrade masterpages, content types and page layouts on the ...
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individual wsp for each webpart

I am using Visual Studio 2010 and all my project related Visual Webparts are inside that solution and I am doing all this on UAT environment. Now I want to know how can I can build separate WSP file ...
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Instances of older workflow version when deploying newer one

The question's about Sharepoint 2010. Let's consider a following scenario: there are instances of a workflow X in progress at the server (for example, waiting for user's interaction). Then, ...
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Can't find WebApplication scoped feature

I've deployed a wsp that has 2 features. The one scoped at a web level is listed where I'd expect to see it and activates without a problem. The feature scoped at a web application can't be found ...
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SharePoint 2010 Workflow Deployemnet from DEV to UAT

I have Sharepoint 2010 DEV and UAT sites. I have made some changes in DEV workflow and I want to deploy the changed workflow to UAT site. I have created the workflow template and saved .wsp file to ...
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SharePoint 2010 User Code Host service stops

When I try to deploy any SandBox Solution I receive following error: Error occurred in deployment step 'Retract Solution': Timeout occurred while running the SharePoint Sandboxed Code service. ...
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Deploying a custom health rule fails on Add Solution

I've created a custom health rule for checking which mode solutions were built in (following this guide) but am having trouble deploying it. When deploying from VS2010, I get Error occurred in ...
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remote deploy sandbox

I am trying to set up TFS build to deploy our solution to test server. The build executes some scripts remotely (from build server) on the test server. Everything works, including commands like ...
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SafeControls not added on all front-ends

On deployment in our acceptation farm, I noticed something weird happening. I deployed a wsp solution, just standard stuff. The solution contained a GAC assembly and some safecontrols. Our farm ...
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Get deployed .aspx page in feature receiver to add WebPart

I have a SharePoint solution which deploys an aspx page in a custom folder in the Layouts folder. I need to get this page in the Feature Event Receiver so I can add to it a WebPart. In the ...
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Can I safely rename applications residing under 'SharePoint Web Services' in IIS?

I understand that sharepoint creates the SharePoint Web Services for a number of purposes, as described here. Here is my particular instance: Is it possible to organize/rename these GUID named ...
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Web-scoped Feature falsely activated during Visual Studio deployment

In Visual Studio I have a solution containing two features with their Scope set to "Web". These two features work as expected but the only thing that is going "wrong" is that they are activated when I ...
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how to maintain workflow task list data when retracting or removing workflow association

whenever i try to remove workflow association or retract workflow solution (.wsp) all associated task list data also gets deleted. i want to prevent this behavior as task list data is important for ...
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Foundation 2010 Services fail to restart on reboot

All of the services on our SP Install that use Domain Accounts fail to start automatically after an IIS Restart or System Restart. Services Affected: SharePoint 2010 Timer - Logging on as ...
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Error while executing Powershell Script SharePoint 2010

I am writing a PS script to add,deploy solution and deploy the features. The sequence is as follows Check if solution already exists, if yes then Disable -SPFeature (Runs for around 10 features) ...
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Custom Service Application in SharePoint 2010 - Deployment

I would like to ask some clarifications on custom service application in SharePoint 2010 mainly on deployment. Here are the questions: What is the best place to deploy custom service applications? ...
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Why does SharePoint 2010 content deployment job transfer minor versions?

Does anyone know why the sharepoint content deployment job transfers unapproved minor versions of pages? What is the intention? It has disadvantages especially in conjunction with the permission to ...
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Adding new Web Front End. What will stop working?

I have one web server with Central Administration and all SharePoint web applications on it. I want to add new front end. Will, at any point of adding new new web front end server to existing ...
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How to make SharePoint simpler for end users?

We are going to use SharePoint for our intranet. The perception at my office is that SharePoint is too complicated for average users to learn. There are many different ways to do any given task, and ...
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Error : Object reference not set to an instance of an object on feature deployment

I am writing code for feature activated code.But when I try to deploy my solution through VS 2010 it says deploy failed, Error on feature activation : object reference not set to an instance of an ...
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Error when deploying module with GhostableInLibrary files

Here is the module which I want to deploy on the server and the files which should be shown in the Style Library, when deploying them without type ghostale in library, all go good and well, no errors, ...
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Timeout while deploying VS2010 solution to SP2010

When deploy a solution (no sandbox solution) with many projects, I always get the following error: Error occurred in deployment step 'Recycle IIS Application Pool': The open operation did not ...
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Create Sharepoint Web Application in Dev, deploy to Live?

[I've searched on here and googled, but can't find anything that actually makes any sense to me! - I'm a n00b to SP...our SP Dev left at very short notice...i.e. he was here yesterday, gone ...
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How do I move the contents (and mappings) of the Managed Metadata Service Application from dev to test environment?

I have a solution on a development server with a custom list with Managed Metadata fields that reference Managed Metadata term sets (from the standard Managed Metadata Service (MMS)). The term sets ...
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Deployed Timer Job not taking new code when deployed

I've realized recently that, when re-deploying (either manually or through vs2010) my timer job feature package, the updated execute code is not being deployed. Strange yea. Essentially, I'll ...
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Why the files which are added as link in project are not deployed on SharePoint 2010

I have two projects in my VS solution, a project named "B" is a SharePoint 2010 project which has a mapped SharePoint "Layouts\js" folder and some other project "A". In project "B" I put various ...
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What are the technical reasons to go for BIN deployment in SharePoint 2010?

In my current project, the team uses BIN deployment instead of the standard GAC deployment. The application is just a custom application using NHibernate as the ORM framework. I know thats not a good ...
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What is the “best practice” for Dev/Test/Release for SP2010?

I am a .Net coder new to SP. I've set up a new SP2010 in our test environment but wonder what the best practice is for the cycle I am familiar with "dev->test->live" with SP? e.g. How can I make test ...
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How to deploy changes in one webpart fromd dev to test and production

Regarding this question here: How to edit/replace an existing page when the ribbon is not visible? lets say that in test I already have my configuration done. New mapped property Changed the ...
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How to check if there is any active solution deployment running on the server?

Is there a way to know if there is any active solution deployment running on SharePoint server? I'm wondering how to do this using a PowerShell script?
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How to develop in the following environment

Production has 10 servers, 8 app servers, 2 front end. Its own active directory Testing has almost the same. Its own active directory The problem is that at the moment, in the current company ...
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How to deploy an aspx to subsite from VS 2010

Is there any chance to achieve this? The sharepoint project and the silverlight web part, which is called by the aspx, are linked by this template. I played with module and feature xml files but i ...
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How do I efficiently deploy a SharePoint project first to a test environment, then production?

I am still struggling to find an efficient way to handle deployment in SharePoint 2010. It seems as if this wasn't thought throught very well by Microsoft. I've had a look at the ideas here. These ...
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Explain it to me: SharePoint deployment scope, solution and features

There are different levels of scope for deployment, but I have not been able to find a definitive explaination of when each applies and what the restrictions are that require loosening (or tightening) ...
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Upgraded instances of a workflow become 'stuck' and do not pickup OnTaskChanged Activities

I have a very simple workflow as seen here: When a user goes to act on a task, they are presented with an InfoPath form. The form displays some information. The user either selected 'Approve' or ...
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VS2010 Workflow Update Deployments Failing to Update System Account Codebase

I've been suffering through an issue I haven't managed to find much documentation on over the past several weeks as I've begun working on my first custom workflow project. I have a workflow solution ...
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SharePoint 2010 new server farm with shared SQL Server

Here is the situation I'm planning an upgrade from MOSS 2007 to MOSS 2010. My goal is to provision the minimum amount of new hardware. My Thought was to just setup new WFE's and re-use the existing ...
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Problem with WCF Web Service in SP2010

I've followed this tutorial and also this one (tried every possible combination of those) to deploy a custom WCF service in Sharepoint 2010. But I'm not having any luck. Once the service is deployed, ...
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What permissions are needed to deploy a WSP to SharePoint 2010?

In an attempt to make sure that developers have the appropriate rights, I'm trying to find documentation on what rights are needed to deploy WSP files to SharePoint 2010 (via stsadm or otherwise). ...
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How can I avoid “service unavailable”/“recompiling” when deploying solutions

The topic says a lot. I'm looking for a way to avoid that ugly "service unavailable" page when you deploy a solution. Also, I would like some theory on it, as I'm not sure I understand it completely. ...
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Migrating site collections from developemnt to live

I have several site collections that have been created in development. I now need to move them to live. In the live environment these site collections do not exists. What is the best way to migrate ...
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Problem with HTTP Handler deployed on Sharepoint 2010

I've developed a Visual Web Part for Sharepoint 2010. I've used VS2010 to do that and tested the Webpart in a testing server using VS to do the deployment. But to deploy it on the production server I ...
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First time deploy a sharepoint 2010 project

I'm learning sharepoint 2010 developing. After some theoretical pages in "Inside Microsoft Sharepoint 2011" I'm finally ready to start creating sollutions myself. I've installed everything local. ...
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Adding Infopath forms into different libraries

I am following this link to add some infopath forms into different doc lib when a site is provisioned. <File Path="Module1\File-01.xml" Url="./SalesLib1/File-01.xml" Type="GhostableInLibrary" ...