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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NTLM vs Kerberos
I just want to know the difference between NTLM and Kerberos. When to use NTLM and Kerberos and when not to use it? Why do you need to use Kerberos for authenticated feeds? Our admin is asking me why? ...
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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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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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Skip part of page during crawl
Is there any way to mark parts of a page not to be indexed by Microsoft Search Server Express 2010?
For example all pages have footer, and I wan't be able to do something like
<div ...
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SharePoint Search: Exclude lists and listitems from search results
I'm very new to the MOSS 2007 search and just started playing around with the configuration. At the moment the index contains nearly everything a site has to offer.
After testing the search on my ...
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Managing Changes to SharePoint Configuration
We have 5 seperate environments which code needs to move through within the project lifecycle (6 if you count individual developer VMs.) This does not include the support enviornments which are used ...
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How to edit display of search results in SharePoint 2010?
I am running a pretty standard SharePoint 2010 intranet site whose primary functionality is to act as a central repository for documents. When I search for an item on the site, each individual result ...
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how can we check the current SharePoint Installation type?
how can we check the installation type of a SharePoint server if it's Farm or Standalone
/Foundation or MOSS
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How to configure a two-tier farm
We have 4 servers available for the SharePoint Server 2010 installation.
I were thinking that 2 servers will be SQL servers with SQL Server failover clustering and the other 2 to have both Web ...
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Central Administration cannot connect to configuration database
I made a script for batch uploading files, which I successfully used to upload more than 900 files (few gigs of data). Today I prepared another set of files and everything was working fine, but ...
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Can I deploy a feature with a configuration value?
I have a feature. This gets compiled into a WSP package, and installed on a particular SharePoint server. So far very standard.
But - the feature deploys a custom timer job. The custom timer job ...
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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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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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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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Failed to detect if this server is joined to a server farm
Hi As I said in one of my previous question,
I have got a virtual Machine Image (VMWARE) for MS server 2003 with MOSS 2007 setup. Where they changed both IP and host name.
Following problems I face ...
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Remove SQL Dependencies from SP Standalone Cloned VM
I have made a copy of a standalone SP 2010 VM -> VM_2. I've renamed it, defined another IP. Now VM_1 and VM_2 run simultaneously. I've added following line to hosts file:
MY_NEW_IP VM_1 VM_2
to ...
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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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Configuration File for Features
I am creating some features in SharePoint 2010. I need to have some settings for all the features that I intend to keep in a xml file that should get deployed to 14 hive. On feature activation, ...
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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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Sharepoint Server 2010 development environment setup error
*Tears hair out*
I've been following this - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869.aspx walkthrough to set up Sharepoint Server 2010 on my local machine (Windows 7 64-bit). Sharepoint ...
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How do I disable\stop or enable\start Sharepoint 2010 on my Windows 7 development machine
I used the SharePoint 2010 Easy Setup Script to setup my Windows 7 machine for Sharepoint Development. However, I don't want the Sharepoint services hogging up CPU in the background when I'm doing ...
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Get default db instance
I'm writing web service which will be part of my sharepoint solution. This service will save and read some data from custom db which will reside on the same mssql instance as sharepoint. I'd like my ...
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How to configure cloned MOSS 2007 environment?
We are undertaking a process of cloning our QA environments to a new environment. Machines and urls will be changed. How we can configure these changes in central admin level in new environment?
For ...
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Two SharePoint Installations on one Server
Is it possible to have two Sharepoint installations on one server?
By two installations I mean one is Sharepoint 2010 for Internet Sites and other is Sharepoint Foundation 2010
Any way to do it ...
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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 ...
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Accessing connection string in custom job
I have configured connection string in my IIS since I'm reusing it through my sharepoint solutions and custom services running next to sharepoint sites.
I'm using following snippet throughout my ...
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Multiple authentication modes within one WebApplication
I've one web application on SharePoint 2010. I've root site collection MainSite. Also I have another site collectionSubSite hosted on http://MainSite/SubSite.
Question: Is it possible to have ...
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Sharepoint 2010: Custom Timer Job Configurable Properties
I would like to know if it is possible to have configurable properties for a timer job that can be managed via Central Administration, prior to the job actually running.
Let me paint a usage ...
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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" ?
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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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Tutorial to move WSS 3.0 DBs from Windows Internal to SQL 2005 Instance
I have found or have been told about a few ways to move WSS 3.0 databases from the Windows Internal Database to SQL Server 2005. As I read them, however, I find I have more questions.
Two I found ...
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Problem in Internet Explorer when Email link is opened in outlook
When I press the Email link in the sharepoint site, Outlook is getting opened normally but the original site URL is getting changed to mailto:xxxxxx@xxxx.com and the message "Internet Explorer cannot ...
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SharePoint 2010 change authentication type to Kerberos from NTLM
I have installed SharePoint 2010 Standard edition on a machine along with a VM inside of SQLServer 2008 R2 as (Tier 2) ...By default its on NTLM and classic mode authentication.
When I tried ...
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ASP.NET Runtime error page in pages doc lib
In Pages document library (Publishing Portal), if we try to restore version history without document checkout, the following error is thrown "You must first check out this document before making ...
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Hosting multiple internet facing sites on a single server
Is it possible to have multiple internet facing SharePoint sites running from the same server? I.E., different domains, completely unrelated content.
Bonus question: If this is possible, and I have ...
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Allow a specific file type to be rendered in iFrame
We've been looking at enabling the Permissive File Handling in Central Admin of our SharePoint 2010 on an intranet site collection. However, we're wondering if we can allow specific file types to be ...
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How to have settings per web part instance
We have developed a Sharepoint 2010 Visual Web Part.
This web part adds some extra functionality to Sharepoint but depends on a custom database we've created to index some stuff in a scheduled job.
...
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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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View PDFs in web browser
When I go to view a PDF on the web, say a 1040 form at the IRS, when I open it it opens in my browser. When I open a PDF file from my sharepoint 2010 instance, however, it prompts me to download the ...
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Is it possible to unextend a web application from a specific WFE?
I have a scenario that I can't seem to find a good solution to. I have two servers in my SharePoint farm, one of them is the legitimate web front end that external users connect to, the other is not ...
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How to Configure FAST Search in Sharepoint 2010
Friends,
Can anyone please refer me to some links or step-by-step guide on HOW TO CONFIGURE FAST SEARCH for Sharepoint 2010.
After configuring it what settings need to be made in Central Admin to ...
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Cloning a SharePoint Server 2010 (Virtual Machine) production box?
Here is the long and short:
Goal: To clone a SharepointProd VM retaining all the webapps and sites in order to debug a custom solution.
We have two virtual machines: spTest and spProd. spTest is ...
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Where to put a dev-only value?
I'm using Ninject in a SharePoint feature. I've got it working via an HttpModule.
I need to tell Ninject whether I want to use my real or "fake" implementations.
I'm thinking about using a ...
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A way of setting custom configuration properties that can be changed via power shell
I have a few custom settings for my feature that I am creating. I want a way to populate these values on install with some default values. However if needed an admin should be able to change the ...
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Finding the location of the SharePoint Configuration Database in API
I'm building a .NET Health Analyzer Custom Rule which checks a few vital signs of another custom application I have built, however if the application is also deployed on a server that is also hosting ...
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Changing from Network Service to a Domain Farm Acct
I am attempting to avoid re-installing a farm that was built very quickly using the network service acct for the set up of a single stand alone 2010 environment.
The issue I am running into is the ...
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Mysite fails after changed content database?
I have a test environment which has a different URL and a different database server than the production environment. I’ve taken a backup of the production content database of mysite and attached it to ...
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Enabling incoming email for SharePoint document library without Active Directory or Exchange?
This is a high level question. Can I enable incoming email for SharePoint without any involvement from Active Directory or Exchange?
From what I have read, integration with Active Directory or ...
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Hovering over presence indicator doesnt bring pop up
I have some strange behavior. When im on user profile and i hover over the "prescense indicator" i do not get a pop up, as strange as it my seen ...
How could it be? Do i need to activate maybe ...
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Pointing to a new database server
Our QA team cloned the VM we are using to test our sharepoint mods.
Their cloned version now needs to point to the database on the new box (rather than the developer test sharepoint db). I ...
