For questions completely specific to SharePoint 2013 and **not past or future versions**
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SharePoint 2013 Authentication model
I am new to SharePoint and have few questions regarding the authentication.
We are using SP 2013 as extranet and we have different sites for different partners. Total number of users will be less ...
2
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1answer
1k views
Error occurred in deployment step 'Install app for SharePoint': The System Account cannot perform this action
we have installed share point server 2013 in windows server 2008 machine.
For development environment we have visual studio 2012 on windows 7 machine and installed office development tools to develop ...
2
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1answer
333 views
How to update title of Sharepoint web using REST in c#
I want to know how to update title of Sharepoint web using REST. I have used REST to view the title but not sure how to update the title.
I can view the title by exploring ...
2
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1answer
285 views
request timed out error while creating User profile service application after long time
in order to configure my sites in sharepoint 2013, we need to start user profile synchronization service. while starting that service it should populate user profile application. for me it is not ...
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0answers
319 views
Sharepoint 2013 Alerts are not firing any mails for the Normal Alerts and search Alerts, can someone guide me with the Email configuration for Alerts?
i've been working with SharePoint alerts for the past two months and in SharePoint 2010 for all the alerts i setup, i recieved confirmation mail and alert mails regarding to the context for both ...
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1answer
831 views
SP2013: Search Service Application failed with exception System.InvalidOperationException
I just installed SharePoint 2013 standalone mode on a computer. Everything went well and the installation finished successfully. However, I checked the Event Log and I found the following error ...
4
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1answer
206 views
How to alter SP2013 workflow task from an ASP task form?
I have created SPD workflow with a custom ASP form. My form opens when clicking on a task link and I can show information about the task. Now I want to alter the task after pressing a button, but ...
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0answers
160 views
Can't use SPItemEventProperties ListItem on ItemAdded in Event Receiver
I'm using event receivers to modify some of the inputs in a SharePoint 2013 site.
They are fairly straight forward, here is a simple example
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties ...
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1answer
170 views
Sharepoint 2013 Apps Authentication error
I develop a simple SharePoint Hosted App and deploy but when i open this app, there is popup for id and password. which id password i need to enter because they dont accept administrator id password
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0answers
53 views
Critial Error: Site xxx does not need to be upgraded
I get this critical error once a day in the Windows Event log.
The Execute method of job definition
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPCreateUpgradeEvalSitesJobDefintion
(ID ...
4
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1answer
551 views
Register js for custom field type in SharePoint 2013
I have a custom field type for SharePoint 2010/2007, but after migrated to SharePoint 2013, I met a problem.
Here is what I defined for "RenderPattern" in fldtypes_myfield.xml
<RenderPattern ...
3
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2answers
856 views
Error occured in deployment step Install App for SharePoint 2013
I got this error while trying to deploy an App in SharePoint 2013. The full error message is "Error occurred in deployment step 'Install App for SharePoint': Failed to install App for SharePoint"
5
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1answer
159 views
Access Denied in deploy SharePoint Hosted App
I'm trying to build a sharepoint app with type sharepoint hosted app, i'm following the instructions of msdn site:
...
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1answer
180 views
What is an unused managed property in SharePoint 2013 search?
In quite a few pages on Microsoft TechNet describing the new search schemas for SharePoint 2013, they use the phrase, unused managed property. It's not entirely clear what that means in this context. ...
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1answer
161 views
Remove/Modify the SharePoint legend that appears by default in SharePoint 2013?
In the default theme for SharePoint 2013 (seattle), on the top left corner, there is a small amount of Text that says "SharePoint". I wanted to change it to show the name of the company instead of ...
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1answer
202 views
Error following site across farm using shared user profile service application
I have published my user profile service application and my search service application from one farm which hosts mysites to another farm which is just for collaboration. I would like to be able to ...
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2answers
2k views
Is there a hack to installing SharePoint 2013 on Windows 8?
Apparently SharePoint 2013 is not officially supported on Windows 8 (which does not make sense to me). And, just like the Vista hack for WSS 3.0/MOSS 2007 I am looking for a hack to install ...
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0answers
167 views
SharePoint 2013 - Content Rollup - Categories issue / error
Looking for some assistance here. I have in place a new SharePoint 2013 infrastructure which has been upgraded from SharePoint 2010 (database attach upgrade) with 1 web server and 1 SQL box.
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1answer
67 views
Is there any way to validate site ID without instantiating SPSite?
I need a fast way to ensure that site ID is correct. Instantiating SPSite seems to be quite expensive, so may be there are other options to do this.
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2answers
937 views
sharepoint 2013 rest api upload image
I want to upload image or create image in Sharepoint 2013 document library using rest api (Javascript)
my code to get bite array from input type file element is
var reader = new FileReader();
...
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2answers
1k views
SharePoint 2013 Installation Issue
I believe this issue is unique to non-domain environments
I am trying to install SPF 2013 RTM in the following environment:
Windows Server 2012 RTM
Stand-alone installation using SQL Server ...
6
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2answers
429 views
When will SharePoint 2013 will officially be available for Organizations to roll-out as Intranet and Public facing?
We all know SharePoint 2013 is now RTM.
Do we know if Volume Licensing customers with Software Assurance
(SA) will be able to download SharePoint 2013 on-premise through the
Volume Licensing ...
5
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1answer
899 views
How to Create Apps for SharePoint 2013 in Visual Studio 2012?
I have just started to use SharePoint 2013 and I want to create a simple app with VS2012.
How can I create and deploy an apps in SharePoint 2013 step by step? Can anyone provide a quick start guide?
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1answer
241 views
Sharepoint 2013, how do i programmatic deployment
I have following queries :
How do i programmatically deploy Managed Metadata Fields, and associate then to particular Term Set in Store while deployment
When I am trying to create List/List ...
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0answers
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Sharepoint 2013 Search Keyword Query Language (KQL) field value is null or empty
I have a search query, in which i want cenrtain field to return results where its value is empty :
(contentclass:sts_listitem OR IsDocument:True) SPSiteUrl:http://sharepoint2013b:41000/sites/Catalog ...
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0answers
233 views
SharePoint Branding and Parallax Scrolling
Has anyone been able to design SharePoint UI using Parallax scrolling? Similar to the following site http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=home-page (I am not affiliated with this site in anyway)
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SDDL error occurs during installation of SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server 2013
When I want to install SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server 2013 SDDL error occurs during installation. SharePoint works fine. But Project Server doesn't work. It is very important to us to ...
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1answer
753 views
Missing prerequisites in Visual Studio 2012 for Sharepoint 2013 app development
I posted something similar on stackoverflow yesterday, but didn’t notice there was a SharePoint site in stack exchange until today. So apologies if you have already read this.
I am following the ...
3
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1answer
797 views
creating site collections using SharePoint management shell 2013
I am creating Site Collections for Testing SharePoint. I am using Host Named Site Collection to do that instead of the path based site collection addressing.
For that
Got a reference to the HNSC ...
0
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1answer
181 views
403 Error connecting to ODATA via External Content Type with SharePoint
I have a tenant on SharePoint Online (the new 2013 version). In that tenant, I have a Project Online site collection. Project Online hosts a very nice OData endpoint at ...
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387 views
Could not find HostController Service in server
I'm getting the above error message in the ULS logs and I can't seem to figure out where it comes from (obviously it has something to do with search, but I don't know what):
Could not find ...
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0answers
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Customizing social features in 2013
I'm looking at making use of the social features in 2013 but would like to tailor the UX / behaviour in some cases.
I noticed that Microsoft advise against customization - ...
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1answer
1k views
SharePoint 2013 Development Book Recommendations
I think the title is explanatory enough:) What are the best books for development in SharePoint 2013? These advices will be helpful for those will not attend any SharePoint 2013 development training.
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How to get communities of a SPUser
I need to know if there is any way to get from a SPUser the number of communities he is joined, I mean, not using the "What's happening" webpart. I want to build up a page with a Webpart that renders ...
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1answer
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CSS and JS files work for admin but not for members and visitors-SP 2013
I have css and js files. They work fine when I access with admin acount but when I access with member and visitor acounts, these files don't work.
How can I solve it and why does it happen?
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2answers
834 views
Problems with Custom Field Type list view rendering in 2013
I'm upgrading an existing 2010 Custom Field Type to work with 2013. Where possible I'm attempting to re-use code from the 2010 version, to avoid duplicate work.
The main problem I'm coming across ...
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1answer
44 views
From where can i add People Card, Reputation Builder
Could not see where are these, are these webparts, is some feature needs to be activated for them to work???
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3answers
525 views
SharePoint 2013 Development - What's New and Different
I wonder what is new and different in SharePoint 2013 development.
I am a SharePoint developer since 2007 and 2010, but have not received any SharePoint 2013 development training. When upgrading from ...
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1answer
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401 Unauthorized caused by custom master page
just customized a master page for the new SP 2013 Foundation. Deployment, activation etc. works fine (i deploy it using a .wsp built with VS2012) but every time im trying to access my sp-page with the ...
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0answers
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SharePoint 2013 (Office 365) - How do I chart a list?
I've fairly new into SharePoint, so excuse any ignorance, but I recently started looking at SharePoint 2013 rather to see what it has on top of SharePoint 2010.
I signed up for a BUILD account so I ...
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1answer
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Creating a Site Collection - Get “Error in resolving user”
I have a SharePoint 2013 environment in a DEV_DOMAIN that was upgraded from SharePoint 2010
COMPANY_DOMAIN should have a trust set up with DEV_DOMAIN.
I'm logged into the site as ...
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1answer
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Porting Web Parts to Office365 (SharePoint 2013 )
I've been in the process of developing a site in SharePoint 2010, which is composed of a set of different Farm deployed Web Parts.
I was wondering what the process was for porting them to SharePoint ...
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1answer
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SharePoint 2013 Website Creation
In SharePoint 2015, how can I create a website that Domain users be able to log in to and see a page with such as tabs
Home/New/.../.../...
Under home they see some sub tabs as well.
I need some ...
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3answers
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What is BCS and what can it do for me?
I've been hearing a lot about it but even having Googled the subject I'm not sure what it is or what it can do for me. I believe BDC's could be considered a BCS component? What is BCS?
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2answers
277 views
calling click event on dynamic controls
What I have is fairly standard code for using JavaScript with SharePoint 2013. Inside the sharePointReady function, I have a few dynamic controls that are added to the page.
The problem is that when ...
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2answers
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Is there a high quality Q&A (clone of stackoverflow) that integrates with SharePoint 2013
Is there a high quality Q&A (clone of stackoverflow) that integrates well with SharePoint 2013?
I don't believe that SP13's community can be retro-fitted for our needs (my apologies but couldnt ...
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2answers
738 views
Error occured with Blob Cache in
I am getting the following error in Event viewer, after enabling Blob Cache :
An error occured in the blob cache. The exception message was 'The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception ...
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1answer
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Access SharePoint 2013 data from remote apps using the cross-domain library?
I am follow MSDN article for SharePoint 2013 data from remote apps using cross-domain library.
i have selected App-Project as Autohosted and follow same steps with carefully.
my App is successfully ...
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0answers
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Display a custom column in Flat view in sharepoint discussions list
Hi in sharepoint 2013 community site discussions list I have added a custom column. I wanted to display that field in Flat view. Default Flat view in the discussions list can't be edited so I created ...
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1answer
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How to get JSON data from a remote service in a SharePoint 2013 app?
I am working on an App for SharePoint 2013 that is SharePoint-hosted and I can't get data from a remote web service using a jQuery.ajax call. The only two ways to get remote data documented by ...
