A configuration is an arrangement of functional units according to their nature, number, and chief characteristics. Often, configuration pertains to the choice of hardware, software, firmware, and documentation. The configuration affects system function and performance.
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Show link only to specific group
I have a page in which several sharepoint groups have access to. Picture a department page in sharepoint. On this page we have several webparts that we would like everyone to see. My question is, how ...
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Rename of web application and more causes error
I have renamed the SharePoint web application(from IIS), virtual directories folder and application pool. After that, I got the following error.
Error This page has encountered a critical error. ...
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Excel Services Error in SharePoint 2013 - Unable to Open/Edit Excel Files
Every time I click on a excel file I am receiving a popup message mentioning -
We're sorry. We ran into a problem completing your request
MS Word is working fine though.
I performed all the ...
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How to configure incoming email in SharePoint Foundations without local SMTP
How I can to configure incoming email in SharePoint Foundations without local SMTP?
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Sharepoint Custom Configuration
Please let me know how do I store custom configuration XML files in SharePoint? Like the way we do in ASP.NET applications with App.config.
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SharePoint Error when I run PSConfig
I am getting the following error when I attempt to manually run PSConfig following an update on this server from the June/July 2012 CU to the April 2013 CU (this is from the logfile):
06/10/2013 ...
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Date picker show format differently when publish as a web-based form in SharePoint Library
I have a Infopath form that contain a date picker.
I set the date picker's date format to be 'DD/MM/YYYY'.
When I preview the Infopath form, the date format is correctly displayed.
However, when I ...
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Cannot connect to the configuration database Error
I am having a bit of a strange issue. I am able to connect to the Central Admin page just fine but when I try to connect to any page on the site I get the following error.
Exception information:
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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.
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Sharepoint configuration - create new server farm System.InvalidOperationException
Getting the below error:
Failed to create the configuration database.
An execption of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown. Additional exception >information: An error occurred ...
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Amending Alternative Access Mapping
An internal SharePoint Administrator of my customer has configured Alternate Access Mapping for an intranet portal. However, when creating a new web application, he entered the URL including SSL in ...
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Error occured in deployment step 'install app for SharePoint': The System Account cannot perform this action. Deploying App - On-Premises Farm
Yes this question is the same as :
This question
How ever none of the proposed solutions work for me.
I've tried swapping the account in Central Admin (did not work)
I've created a new AD account, ...
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Is there a way to make data linked to by BCS look like a document library?
Is there a way to make the data linked to by BCS look like a document library?
Basically, I'm storing some archival type documents in cheaper storage than a SharePoint document library, but I would ...
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Risks of using Permissive vs. Strict for Browser File Handling
We have some web sites in our SharePoint 2010 site collection that need to display SWF files (to play FLV videos). For SharePoint to render the videos, we go to the web application in Central Admin > ...
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The Machine Translation Service is not running when it should be running error message
I get this error in Central Administration.
The Machine Translation Service is not running when it should be running
It tells me to do the following:
"From the Central Admin UI, navigate to manage ...
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SharePoint 2013 Workflow Configuration Error (Authentication)
I am a newbie when it comes to server configuration and maintenance. I installed a copy of SharePoint 2013 for evaluation purposes and got everything up and running okay, but have run into issues ...
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Web.config was wiped out by Visual Studio
Upon trying to edit our web.config file on our SharePoint 2010 Enterprise server via "wss\VirtualDirectories\80", Visual Studio started up to load the file for editing and then threw an error, ...
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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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SharePoint authentication after demoting a domain controller
I have an issue in regards to a domain controller being demoted. SharePoint is not installed on this DC.
When the dc is demoted in sites and services for AD SP has kittens and can't auth at all. ...
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70-667 MS SharePoint Exam training materials [duplicate]
Could someone please help me with the best training materials for 70-667,Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Configuring Exam?
I searched in internet but unfortunately couldnt get any downloadable materials.
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How to programmatically access values on “My Site Settings” page
I'm working on an automated SharePoint 2013 production environment deployment.
I'm searching for a programmatic means of manipulating all values found on the "My Site Settings" page of CA. Reverse ...
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Sharepoint 2013, unable to install test enviroment
I have Windows Server 2008 R2
then i install SQL Server 2012
then i install Sharepoint 2013
i want to have a test enviroment so i can learn Sharepoint 2013 (have done this before with 2012), the ...
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SharePoint in EC2 [closed]
Does anyone know if you able to run public facing or Production SharePoint servers/environments in EC2? Does EC2 offer preconfigured templates for provision SharePoint environments? Does the cost ...
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How to change the from address name in the outgoing email settings in SharePoint 2010?
For some reason the from address on the list or library notifications I get are always prefixed with an "Administration". although I have the from address set up as CustomerPortal@MyCompany.com in ...
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Do i have to run Register-SPWorkflowService for each site collection?
As part of my SHarePoint Server 2013 setup I sometimes need to integrate the new workflow infrastructure into the farm. I've followed the documentation starting from the SharePoint side of things:
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Configuration failed: FileNotFoundException but not found in log
On a Windows Server 2012, I configured as a domain controller and installed SQL Server, then tried to install SharePoint, but I get a FileNotFoundException at the end of configuration:
Strange ...
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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, ...
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How can we configure WSS 3 to disallow user authentication from select OUs?
I'm working with a web admin who has recently improved our WSS 3 deployment such that selected user OUs (e.g. service accounts, domain admins) in our Active Directory forest are explicitly ...
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Foundation Unreachable on Network
I've set up two virtual machines on the same computer; one is Server 2003 running MOSS and the other is Server 2008 running Sharepoint Foundation.
I am able to browse the 2003 MOSS site from any ...
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Add Event Receiver on two custom lists?
So I have a question:
I have an event receiver, that should be hired for a specific list.
So I changed the ListUrl property on the elements.xml of the event receiver.
But now I need the same event ...
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Can't install Sharepoint Foundation 2010 on Windows 7
I'd really like to prepare development environment for Sharepoint 2010. This is what I did:
I installed Windows 7 x64
I installed VMWare Workstation
Created a VM domain controller based on Windows ...
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Move SharePoint 2010 Farm to New Server
My company uses SharePoint 2010 portal and it is used by more than 3500+ users worldwide. We are planning to move the Farm to another physical location due to end of lease at current location. The ...
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Multiple login prompts are driving users nuts
What are the typical causes of multiple login prompts on sharepoint sites?
We have a production site where users who login outside of the domain (from home) are prompted multiple times (3 or so ...
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Unable to connect configuration database after change domain
Because of unexpected reformat and upgrade to server, I now have a new AD and i have difficulty connection back to my sharepoint.
Due to AD user that i used to connect server farm changed, i cant ...
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Is there a definitive guide on various application pool identities and their permissions level?
Is there a definitive guide on how to configure various application pool identities in SharePoint 2010?
Also, is there a way to reset all my app pools to the correct identity, in case they are all ...
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Workflow configuration by custom config file
I'm currently researching workflow configuration possibilities delivered by Sharepoint 2010 (I am meaning the Visual Studio development side). The kind of configuration I'm meaning is the one done by ...
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Moving the Sharepoint 2010 configuration Database to a new DB server..?
We were using the database server "OldDBServer" and have copied all the databases on the new database server "NewDBServer". Now, all the reference (like CA admin content DB, content DBs & Service ...
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Search Server Express fails to provide results after changing content source to FQDN
I have SP Foundation site which is running Search Server Express.
When the site collection, IIS, and SSE are configured for a FQDN rather than the default machine name, the crawling service ...
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Programmatically configure the values included in a managed metadata property
I've got a managed metadata property in PowerShell:
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchMetadataManagedProperty
Looking on MSDN I can't decide which property's responsible for the UI equivalent of "Include values ...
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Parser Error Message when clicking on the doucment webpart
We have Team Documents webpart which has document folders on a page. When we click on the webpart "Team documents" to open the documents link, the following error is being displayed.
Parser Error
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SharePoint timer service for backup/restore
for performing backups, SharePoint timer service should have read/write permission. How i check if SharePoint timer service have read/write permission?
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Search Document in “Pending”
Does SharePoint search the documents which are in state "PENDING" or "Draft" and which requires approval?
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Removing Require Approval Setting for Document Links
In SharePoint 2007,in the document library, we have "Require content approval for submitted items" set to YES.
However, only for the "Link to Document" content type we need to remove the approval ...
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applicationSettings ignored in web.config
I've written a feature assembly that includes an SPFeatureReceiver. I can successfully deploy the feature's WSP, the assembly goes to the GAC, and the feature (mostly) does what it's supposed to. ...
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Opening SharePoint Central Admin throws an error
I am getting the following error when trying to access my SharePoint site admin via
Start > Microsoft Office Server > SharePoint Central Administration
Exception Details: ...
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Are there any risks when allowing only HTTPS traffic to a SP site?
We'd like to do away with any pesky additional AAMs, and also not have to worry about extending our web applications more than we need to - our implementation is very straightforward, and having extra ...
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Search webpart not giving results for subsites
We have a webpart to search documents that is not searching the sub-site of the site where the search webpart is placed
Any suggestion on why the webpart does not give results of the documents ...
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SkyDrive configuration on SharePoint 2013
How can I configure SkyDrive on SharePoint 2013?
When I click on skyDrive nothing comes up.
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Macro disabled message when opening new document in MOSS 2007
When we open/create a new document from a page, through server in MOSS 2007, we get the following message every time:
The macros in this project are disabled. please refer to the online
help or ...
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Macro message and Document Information panel error popup's on server
We use Moss 2007.
We have documents in a page where we can create documents on the server.
While creating new document, after Microsoft word gets opened, a pop up is showing up for all users
The ...
