Administration is the task of keeping our servers running smoothly.
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Should i have the “Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application” role active on all servers in a large farm?
I've checked the resources at Microsoft TechNet, MSDN and Bing but I’m not aware of any information regarding the best practice about the configuration for the "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web ...
8
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2answers
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Executing a new instance of a timer job before the previously running instance has finished executing
I have a timer job that invokes a WCF service that invokes a single threaded API internally.
TO ensure that my system does not fail, i want to ensure that only a single instance runs at a time.
I am ...
8
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3answers
2k views
Clone SharePoint 2010 Production environment for Test Environment
We have cloned the SharePoint 2010 Production environment(Company Portal, around 3500 users) using VMWare clone feature. The purpose is to Create a Test environment for Restructuring the content, ...
6
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2answers
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When Would Install-SPSolution -Local be used
The use case for Install-SPSolution -Local is not clear to me.
This TechNet article Deploy solution packages (SharePoint Server 2010) suggests that I can use -Local to install solutions manually 1 ...
5
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1answer
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What should a Site Administrator/Owner understand before being being designated as such?
I was building a collection of requirements a Site Collection Administrator/Site Owner in SharePoint should have before being "turned loose" on their Site Collection. So Far I've come up with:
Have ...
5
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User Accounts Disappearing From SP Groups
We've been running into a bizarre scenario and I'm at a complete loss.
I'm a site collection admin for my division's portal. We're on a shared internal company-wide MOSS server, and I have no access ...
5
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1answer
134 views
Is there a way to make a site that shows the data from multiple libraries in 1 view?
At the company I am working with right now they have SharePoint 2010 and the current project has a lot of different libraries in different sites. Different users are responsible for adding documents ...
5
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Sharepoint 2007 farm performance goes down?
Our sharepoint 2007 farm is not working properly and we are facing a huge performance hit, some times it throws an unexpected error too.
What all are the points to check? i.e like
Depth of the ...
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4answers
164 views
Accessing private site with full control credentials
The SharePoint Administrator where I work left, and I need to access a page that he created.
my.[server_name].com/sites/[his_name]
How can I access this? He left information on that site that I ...
4
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2answers
227 views
Do I need an Install account and an Admin account? Why?
I have read various places that it's best practice to never use your Install account for anything except installation and applying patches. I've also read you should not use your farm account or any ...
4
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2answers
253 views
Blocking SQL queries when crawling
I am facing a problem where my content database has grown very large, and whenever I initiate a crawl, the the crawler executes a very complex SQL query on the content database, and this query blocks ...
4
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1answer
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Removing orphaned sites
I have done an in-place upgrade of a SharePoint 2007 farm to SharePoint 2010. I am now trying to run:
stsadm -o enumallwebs
This command fails with the following error message after enumerating a ...
4
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2answers
76 views
How can I view other users pages?
As an administrator, is it possible through SharePoint, or some other tool, to view the webparts and configuration of other users sites & pages?
3
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2answers
492 views
ULS Log event email notification
Is it possible to configure Sharepoint such that it emails me whenever an event with exception severity occurs? If yes then how do I configure it?
3
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3answers
1k views
Sharepoint Installation Accounts Issue
OK guys, i need your help! My point is:
I formatted my dev machine a few days ago, as so i needed to reinstall everything. Logged in as mammoth\marcos.natan, my user account, i installed SQL Server ...
3
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2answers
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Site collection locked & stucked in read only mode
I do have a SharePoint (2013) site collection that is stuck in read only mode due to a backup that was either interrupted or didn't terminated properly.
I'm unable to unlock from :
Site Quotas and ...
3
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2answers
2k views
How to check SharePoint Cumulative Updates
I have two web servers installed SharePoint 2007, my intention is to check is the Cumulative Updates for SharePoint 2007 installed on both servers is the same.
I've check the SharePoint version from ...
3
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1answer
448 views
Installing document sets site collection feature not available
I have setup SharePoint 2010 on my local developer machine (Windows 7) so that I can use Visual Studio to make solutions. However, when I go into the "Site collection features", I do not see Document ...
3
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1answer
151 views
System Account Vs. Site Collection Administrators
I have SharePoint 2010 Server. I have put myself as a Site Collection Administrator.
Somehow someone was able to check out a document with the System Account. I, thinking that I had just as much ...
3
votes
1answer
525 views
Is there a way to remove/delete/hide the activity from “activities I am following” section?
Is there a way to remove/delete/hide the activity from "activities I am following" section? I do not want to hide the entire section itself like mentioned in this URL - ...
3
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1answer
1k views
How to create indices in large lists in SharePoint 2010?
My organization is in the process of migrating to SharePoint 2010, and some of our larger lists (15,000+ records) are now being throttled.
I've read up on this and understand that I need to limit my ...
3
votes
1answer
120 views
User has changed his name in the active directory and wants see his mysite with the new URL
Question :
User has changed his name in the active directory and wants see his mysite with the new URL.
Can we follow the steps given below:
○ Take the backup of the existing site collection ...
3
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2answers
374 views
Alerts not being sent
My smtp server does not show sharepoint mail attempts in any of it's folders under mailroot. The account that the alert is supposed to go to has an external gmail address in it's AD entry on purpose. ...
3
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3answers
337 views
Migrated My Profile link still pointing to the old MOSS server
Migrated a MOSS content DB to a brand new farm. The My Sites also were on the same content DB. Then the SSP also was migrated over. However, the My Profile link is not binding to the restored My Sites ...
2
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4answers
874 views
Setting up Quota for Subsites
I expect to have 1000+ subsites in a site-collection and would like to setup a quota for the subsites, is that possible in SharePoint 2007 & how ?
2
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4answers
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How can I get the total number of sites in a site collection?
Is there any way to know the total number of sites in a site collection?
Any tool to how the tree of sites with total number of sites or something similar?
2
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4answers
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Error - Get-SPWeb in Powershell
I am running this simple command from powershell under a user context, who has db_owner and SharePoint_shell rights to the SharePoint_config database. I get the following error:
PS ...
2
votes
2answers
3k views
Managing Sharepoint 2010 Farm service accounts?
We are using a single Farm account in our sharepoint 2010, would like to manage the service applications and web applications with the proper service accounts. What would be the best and reliable way ...
2
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5answers
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User Profile Sync Service Frustration
I try to provision the UPSA on my single server farm. I have a SQL 2008 R2 and a SP2010 Server on the same maschine. (Version: 14.0.5130.5002) Loopback Check is disabled and I use NTML Auth in ...
2
votes
1answer
176 views
Why can the local administartor access a site collection?
I'm stumped by an access phenomenon because I am not sure how the permisssons for accessing a site collection work in this specific scenario:
Even though I shouln't be able to do so, I am accessing ...
2
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2answers
299 views
Are there any way to change the Membership Provider & Role Manager through code or Powershell
I know that you can specify the Membership provider and Role manager for a web application on creation, but I need to update it after creation. any clue.
2
votes
1answer
559 views
What do these SharePoint Services do?
I stopped the SharePoint services below which were running on the SharePoint 2007 Server (Single server mode) however all the web-applications are still accessible and I am able to perform ...
2
votes
2answers
498 views
How to verify the Site Collection quota size?
One of the site-collection administrators wants to verify the Site Collection quota size (he does not have access to Central Administration.)
Is there a way to achieve this?
2
votes
1answer
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How to copy People and group from one site to another
I need to copy People and group from one sharepoint site to another. I dont want to backup the entire site.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Lav
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votes
1answer
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Is there a way to execute commandline-arguments via code from a feature/webpart (Sharepoint 2010)?
I mean, for example, something like a deployment. Is it possible to force something like this from within a webpart using the "standard" sharepoint functionality?
Using the central-administration is ...
2
votes
2answers
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Moving a Discussion from a Discussion Board to another?
I have a SharePoint 2010 Discussion Board and it has many Discussions. Would like to move a discussion from the discussion board to another in the same location (under same site collection).
I ...
2
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2answers
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(De)Commission SharePoint Database Servers
In our SharePoint Farm, We are running with 2 Database Servers and on which we have 20+ Databases.Now, due to some issues we would like to decommission the existing database servers and commission 2 ...
2
votes
1answer
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Site collection Disaster Recovery?
One of the Site collection Administrators has deleted the Site Collection mistakenly, so we want to restore it back. What would the best approach ?
Some of the SQL stuff:
SQL Full backup -> Every ...
2
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2answers
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Move database to new SQL Server
My client has asked me to move all the Database used by the SharePoint Farm to a new SQL Server Machine. I came across this article ...
2
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2answers
75 views
Should I patch my intranet SharePoint?
SharePoint patching is a hassle and takes a lot of time to test and deploy,
My SharePoint is an intranet site (within my organization's premises).
Some fellow IT admins advised me to patch only ...
2
votes
1answer
135 views
How to report bugs, give suggestions and feedback on Sharepoint, SPD, Infopath?
I am continuously bumping against annoying bugs (and/or inconveniencies "by design") in Sharepoint Server 2010, its related tools and services like:
Infopath Designer 2010,
Microsoft Sharepoint ...
2
votes
1answer
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Permissions error setting up SharePoint 2010 PowerShell account privileges
SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Std SP1 (Domain Controller) in a simple farm with a single SQL Server 2008 SP1/Windows Server 2008 Std SP2 backend
I realise installing SP on ...
2
votes
4answers
120 views
SharePoint 2010 SP1 and CU in SharePoint Server(Enterprise)
We planned to apply SharePoint 2010 SP1 and CU for SharePoint Server(Enterprise).
Is it necessary to install SharePoint 2010 Foundation SP1 before applying SharePoint 2010 SP1 for SharePoint Server?
...
2
votes
1answer
4k views
Where can I find all files that are checked out or locked for editing in SharePoint 2010?
I'm simply trying to add a web part to a page for some test development, but I get an error dialog saying, "The file is currently checked out or locked for editing by another user."
Is there ...
2
votes
1answer
265 views
How SharePoint 2007 forms the Mysite URL ?
How SharePoint 2007 forms the Mysite URL (i.e /personal/firstname_lastname or /personal/domainName_firstname) ? and what is the use of the registry key "PersonalSiteURL" ?
2
votes
3answers
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Poor performance on SharePoint site (IE6, Proxy, Windows Auth)
This is a very strange issue I am having.
My client is experiencing poor performance (20 sec per page load or so) when accessing their SharePoint 2007 site that is hosted somewhere externally by a ...
2
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4answers
233 views
Administering SharePoint with PowerShell
I have a limited knowledge on Powershell, but from what I've seen, it can be very useful in admin/dev tasks.
What would I have to develop to get a nice toolset for WSS/Stsadm administration?
Is ...
2
votes
1answer
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What is the (estimated) administration cost for a SharePoint-Farm?
a customer recently asked me about the "administrative costs" of a SharePoint-Farm.
Does anyone know about statistics/research/case studies on how many administrator-Hours it takes to maintain a ...
2
votes
3answers
873 views
How to rename top level site URL in SharePoint Server?
How can I rename the top level site URL website name in SharePoint server 2010?
moss10/my/personal/ PS /SitePages/Home.aspx
Website name: PS
How to Change PS to PSSOFT?
Please Explain
...
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2answers
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How to change SPWebApplication.Status (Ready|Offline)
SPWebApplication.Status can be Ready or Offline.
Pleae note - This is SPWebApplication.Status, NOT content database
How can you set this via Central Admin and/or command line?
What effect does this ...
