Windows PowerShell is Microsoft's task automation framework, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on top of, and integrated with the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to COM and WMI, enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both ...
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Copy picture from Document Library to Mysite Profile Picture
Today we have picture of all the users in a document library.
https://site.url/.../username_jpg.jpg
I would like to use these pictures of them on mysite. Can I use powershell or something else that ...
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check for password protected office documents
I have a need to check through a site collection and find all password protected office documents. My organisation has decided on a policy where password protection on documents will no longer be ...
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how to change Catalog settings of a list by powershell
I would like to change catalog settings of Pages list to make it akt like a Catalog by using powershell. It includes adding Title as "Catalog Item URL Fields" and choosing a Term Set for "Navigation ...
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SharePoint 2013 Create Variation Labels with powershell script
I'm actually trying to add variation labels to a site using powershell script (SharePoint 2013), and i know there is no powershell script for the job so im looking at some c# object model and i found ...
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Automatic Logout the User after “X” time in Sharepoint 2013
I need to logout the user in SharePoint 2013 after x amount of inactive time. I tried these options:
Modify the node with the timeout attribute.
Run some PowerShell code to modify the ...
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Cannot retrieve a list by display name via PowerShell
I am replacing a colleague for the support of a SharePoint 2010 intranet.
In PowerShell console : I can retrieve a list by its display name from the Lists collection of a SPWeb object.
In a PowerShell ...
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How to collate/merge two different lists, with the same colums into one list
I have got two different lists. One is live updated by many users. The second list has the same fields and works as the master. I want to every day, at 6:00 o'clock a.m, merge List one with list two.
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Get-SPSite : There was no endpoint listening at securitytoken.svc
Get-SPSite : There was no endpoint listening at
http://mydomain.com:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc
that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect
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How do I fully automate Restore-SPFarm?
I have heard that it is a best practice to maintain a QA environment for SharePoint. I would like to script a nightly restore from our production SharePoint 2013 farm, which I'm successfully backing ...
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Activating features like FeatureManifest order
I am deploying a solution using powershell. When I activate the features of the solution some of them have dependencies and I get an error when using Enable-SPFeature command. In the package of my ...
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One or more field types are not installed properly, how to check in which field is it failing?
I am getting this error in a timer job that I did not develop.
Error: One or more field types are not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete these fields. ...
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Powershell: Move up arrow in user profile property doesn't work
I have used a PS script to create a User Profile Property within a User Profile Section and setting a DisplayOrder in that section.
The Script works as expected, the problem is that when I click on ...
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Upload to SP 2013 Document Library with metadata, Powershell problem
As a Proof of Content Assignment i was asked to implement a SharePoint 2013 Document Library to a Local Program. I'm relatively new to Power-shell and have tried to upload .docx files and succeeded.
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Sharepoint 2010 upgrade failed
The health analyzer needed a "Product/path installation or server upgrade required" so I ran the powershell script psconfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd ...
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Get SharePoint Group Permissions Via PowerShell
I am looking for a PowerShell command to get the permissions of a SharePoint group on a securable object.
I have googled for a while but without success.
I am aware of the ...
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Restore SharePoint 2010 Site - Different schema version
I have a backup of a SharePoint site (14.0.6114.xxxx December 2011 CU??) and I tried to restore it to a different farm with version 14.0.6106.xxxx April 2011 CU???. As expected I got the schema ...
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Recreate a List in many subsites of a site collection using powershell
I have to recreate the same List in several subsites within a site collection. I saved my List as a template but it will be very time consuming to add the List manually to all of my subsites using the ...
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Update Custom Forms with Powershell
I'm trying to update custom forms of SharePoint lists in a large amount of SharePoint 2010 subsites with powershell.
I'm not quite sure what the correct approach is. The form itself can be found as ...
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Indexed columns and the change of locale (SharePoint 2010)
If I change the locale under regional settings in SharePoint 2010, I get an exception like this:
The column "column1" in the list or library "list1" has been marked for indexing. Please turn off ...
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43 views
“User cannot be found.” error in Powershell
I am writing a PowerShell script to re-sync my users to the AD because of a problem I have described Here. From time to time I get a "Set-SPUser : user cannot be found." error but when I call the same ...
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Backup-SPFarm hangs silently on MOSS 2013
I have a 3-server SharePoint 2013 farm (db, app, web) set up and working enough to put in some demo content, and am trying to configure backups. I've successfully backed up using Central Admin but I'm ...
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51 views
PowerShell: Upload documents to folder in document library
I'm using SharePoint Foundation 2010.
I have to make a PowerShell script that copies a structure found on a network share. Its all good except for one thing... I know how to make Document Library's ...
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Enable-SPFeature : The Feature is not a Farm Level Feature and is not found in a Site level defined by the Url
I'm trying to activate a web level feature using powershell with the following command:
Enable-SPFeature –identity 3ad4787b-e859-432c-be22-c772725e0dbc -URL ...
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Powershell Script to generate site collection administrators, site URL, Site Name,Members in the group named 'owners'
I have a requirement currently to generate all the Sharepoint site in a Web application with the following information:
Site URL
Site Name
Site Collection Administors : ID or name
Members in the group ...
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Workflow history no longer accessible-object reference error WrkStat page
The workflow history was >6m records, so I have redirected all workflows to rite to other custom history logs while running a job to purge 1k records every 15 minutes. When I attempt to check the ...
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How can I find the Feature Activation Dependency Powershell
I am running a recursive function that activates many features in powershell however I need to find the child feature a feature is dependent on before it is activated. How can I do this in powershell.
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Application pool not visible in IIS, SharePoint or PowerShell
I have a PowerShell script that creates a web application using New-SPWebApplication. It crashed for some reason a while back and now it keeps telling me the application pool exists. I've looked in ...
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RoleAssigments are being assigned by default to all new pages
I am pretty new to SharePoint, so please let me know if there is some more info or clarification required. I am creating a webapplication with certain SP groups, libraries and pages in that order by ...
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165 views
Powershell script to iterate all site collections and set another quota template
I have a site collection with inside of it alot of sub site collection for each mysite instance. I would like to create a powershell foreach script which will set a quota template to each site ...
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1answer
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PS Script to output members of targetted groups into a file
I have an auditing / documentation requirement around my SP Environment upon which members of specific groups need to be listed. Now, rather than doing this manually via screen-shots and / or cut and ...
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Import-Spweb is changing the user id if the user does not exist in the organisation anymore
We had to restore a list (which has versionsing enabled) in our PROD enviornment SP 2010 August CU 2012. We used the following command metioned below:
Import-SPWeb http://example.com/projects/myList ...
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SharePoint 2010 backup: differential size almost as big as full
My question is similar to this one except my full and differentials do not happen as often. I do a full once a week and a differential on weekday evenings. My differential backups at the beginning ...
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Removing all Enterprise SharePoint Features from a web application
I am having a hard time determining which features to include in the removal process. Additionally, I am struggling to determine the order in which they should be removed. Could you please help me ...
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Move Files from a SharePoint Library into a Folder
I have a problem. I want to move files from a SharePoint library into a folder using PowerShell. To be more specific I need to move all the files in the library for whose a SharePoint field value ...
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which is better building sites/libraries through Ul or programmatically?
Apart from the fact that an automated approach is quicker, consistent and less prone to human error I was wondering if there are other advantages of provisioning sites using a programmatic approach. ...
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Exception error when getting master page in powershell
I wanted to see which site collections in our 2010 environment are not following the rules and are deactivating the Master Page in the settings.
I have some powershell code that works just fine, ...
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Powershell scripting for creating lists Online version of SharePoint 2013?
I would like to know if we can script list creation and modification (i.e adding, deleting columns, etc..) using PowerShell for SharePoint online.
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How to remove a starting url via powershell from an existing content source?
I have been trying to find a cmdlet to do this but I havent been able to.
I want to create a content source with a starting url, the problem is that url already exists on the default content source so ...
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Error while running the Powershell script
I want to run the following script but getting the error "Unable to find type [Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.PropertyConstants]"
#Add SharePoint PowerShell SnapIn if not already added
if ...
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Powershell to list specific user profiles
Is there a way to list specific user profiles instead all the users? Ex: List all the accounts starting with IT.
It should list all the users with ITUser1,ITUser2, ect....
The following script ...
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Powershell script to schdule daily backup of Sharepoint Sites and Subsites?
I have one sitecollection at root level and which contains more than 50 subsites.I am planning to schedule a daily job to take the backup of sharepoint subsites.I also want to check the size of the ...
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How can I view Developer Dashboard from a custom master page or PowerShell?
I need to view Developer Dashboard data to investigate a bottleneck on a SharePoint deployment, but the master page has been customized and the Developer Dashboard is not available (after enabling it ...
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154 views
How to associate sharepoint 2013 designer workflow to content type for retention policy using powershell?
I am having a requirement to write a powershell script which should attache workflow to content type in sharepoint 2013.
basically it is require to create a retention policy which should start a ...
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190 views
How to get all managed accounts and create a new one using PowerShell in SharePoint 2013
I need to get all Managed Accounts in SharePoint 2013. If there are nothing, I need to create a new one. How can I do this using PowerShell?
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Enumerate BCS Object Permissions
Hi I am looking for a method via PowerShell to enumerate the various ETC's that have been created to determine who currently has access. I realize that I can do this via the front end, however I need ...
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Move-SPUser : pixels
Migrating users from one domain to another, I get this error on a couple of users. The migration still seems to occur.
Move-SPUser : pixels
At D:\UserMigration\MigrateUsers.ps1:10 char:28
+ ...
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PowerShell - Dispose SP Objects
I want to use PowerShell to loop through my SharePoint and dispose all objects properly.
I don´t want to generate entrys in the SharePoint log like this:
An SPRequest object was not disposed ...
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enhancedSearch.aspx not working on a site collection
I want to change the search settings on a site collection to point to search center I created.
However when I go to site settings, search settings this page throws me An unexpected error has ...
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How to iterate each folders in each of the sharepoint websites using powershell
I've a requirement to find all the files under all websites present in sharepoint.
I've use .SubFolders , but it works for a single root folder only.
Is there any alternate way for recursive ...
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Fails to create publishing site collection in scripted web application
I have a problem on my SharePoint 2013 farm. I have a script to create web applications in my farm, but when I do I cant create publishing site collections within that web application.
So, the ...
