Questions tagged [2016]
For questions completely specific to SharePoint 2016 and **not past or future versions**
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Shall we use same service account on DR as Production
I have a production SharePoint farm. Now I am planning to prepare DR farm. Do you think it would be better to create new service accounts for DR or use the same ones as Production?
Both Prod and DR ...
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Where does SharePoint 2016 store templates including custom ones
Trying to create a new site based on template using following method:
SPWeb.Webs.Add(parameters here);
But getting following error:
The site template requires that the Feature {9c4b5df2-2fd3-75f9-...
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Hyperlink showing as text in MyDispForm.aspx
I am using a custom display form called MyDispForm.aspx in SPD to show detail of item. Problem is, hyperlink is being displayed as text.
So, instead of showing:
stackoverflow.com
It is showing as:
<...
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Full searchable-index. How to to extract into readable version
I would like to extract the searchable index of selected sites from the intranet (sharepoint server 2016). I have a target to create custom search using vectorstore where I need to have full SHP2016 ...
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SharePoint deleting html attribute
I want to put a multilevel accordion based on this : https://codepen.io/gamechci669/pen/VwEKpbb
When I edit the HTML code on my page, lines with attributes "for" lose this!
For example:
<...
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SharePoint 2016 template
I'd like to know if there are a site where one can get SharePoint 2016 templates?
My client plans to upgrade to SharePoint online, but would like a new look and feel on their current 2016 SharePoint.
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PeoplePicker randomly showing users from different domains
This is about SharePoint 2016 on premise. Currently we have two Active Directories; CurrentDomain.com and NewDomain.com
Plan is to migrate everything from CurrentDomain.com to NewDomain.com and as a ...
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Configure ADFS for users who does not have Email Address
I have Successfully configured ADFS in my SharePoint 2016 On Premise Site.
The ADFS Authentication is working fine for users who have Email Addresses but in our organization, we have multiple users ...
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How do I create a workflow that lets me know when someone has completed my Survey in SharePoint 2016?
I'm fairly new to SharePoint. I created a Survey in SharePoint 2016 and my boss wants to be notified when someone completes the survey. I have been looking for answers with no luck. I did learn that (...
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SharePoint Alert Automation
We are on SharePoint 2016 OnPrem.
Is there a way to set users up to receive alerts automatically (for specific global lists/libraries) when they onboard to the Organization based on their role ...
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SharePoint Server 2016 Central Administration Unknown server tag 'AdminControls:EndOfSupportNotificationBar'
This error has been popping up for a few days at least. I am not sure when it started since I rarely visit Central Administation. At most a month I will say.
Unknown server tag 'AdminControls:...
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Using SharePoint 2016. Trying to write JavaScript to change row color based on today's date and "SuspenseDate" in list. Help?
I would deeply appreciate any help. I have been staring at this code for days. I am trying to add a Script Editor web part above a list, and make the rows in the list change color according to how ...
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Is there a way to trigger a Document Set version capture from JavaScript? Maybe through the REST API?
According to this article, the only way to create a Document Set version is to do it manually by clicking on "Capture Version".
I know that's not entirely true because DocumentSet....
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Adding User to Site group fails for form based authentication using Powershell
When attempting to add a user using PowerShell to a SP2016, which has Form Base Authentication active, New-SPUser fails with user not found.
The following works for Domain users.
$web = Get-SpWeb $...
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SP2013 to SP2016 Migration issue:1 site(s) using SharePoint 2010 experience
During the SP2013 to SP2016 migration using database attach method, getting below error while mounting 1 Database.
Mount-SPContentDatabase : Content database data integrity check has encountered a ...
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Trying to get access token in SharePoint on-premises 2016 but getting 401 unauthorized error
We are trying to get an access token in SharePoint on-premises 2016 server version.
Creating an app successfully using these steps in our SharePoint on-premise 2016: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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How to remove the repeating column headers in List box style view with more than 2 boxes on a row with alternating line style?
I have a requirement to group list items by Platform and environment. Then a box style to view the list items with alternating line style and only one column header and the data that is common in all ...
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Insert static text into list form
Is there a way to add static text into a list form (new, display and edit) ?
For example, put some field under a text "Part One", and place a "Part Two" for the next last fields.
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Hide show text field based on multiple checkboxes - Problem getting ticked checkbox value
I'm trying to show/hide fields on a SP2016 classic on-Prem Form. I have 4 checkbox (ChBx1 to 4) hiding/showing their own text field (ChBx Text), but there's one text field (ChBx Text All) common to ...
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User Profile Service is stuck on "Starting" and User Profile Service Application is stuck on "Stopping"
We have a SharePoint 2016 farm consisting of two servers configured with minroles. WFE (Front-End + Distributed Cache) and Application (Application with Search).
I noticed that the user profiles ...
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REST API - Get lookup IDs of lookup column on second list through a lookup $expand on first list?
I have two lists, List1 and List2.
List1 has a lookup to List2, let's call it List2Lookup.
List2 has a multi-select lookup to itself, as a way to identify other items in the same list as "...
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Download multiple selected files from library
I have SharePoint 2016 on-premises.
The purpose is to download multiple selected files from a library, because some of my colleagues work at home, with no link to our LAN (so the Open in Windows ...
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How to validate the choice column in SharePoint 2016 custom list
I'm struggling with the following issue: there is a need to create a participation list for my stuff for the upcoming training. The conference room has 18 seats. There are three training sessions ...
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how to make central admin config for a feature
I am trying to deploy a feature to a farm environment (server 2016), say a custom list or library, but there is needed configuration I want at the top farm level that all the features can use (I only ...
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When using List Validation, Add list entry works but not Edit when using Created date
ISSUE: The list validation works when adding a list entry, but when editing the same entry (with no change), the user message is displayed. Using SharePoint 2016.
I have tried numerous combinations, ...
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Problem with Crawl on ONE WebApplication in our SharePoint 2016 OnPrem solution - Access Denied
We have problem with Search/Crawl on only one of the Web Applications in our SharePoint 2016 OnPremise. We get the error message, Access Denied in Crawl Log. As we know of we have set the Crawl ...
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SP2016 Document Set files disappear when marked complete or archived
I'm having an issue with one of my site's library that uses Document Set. I have SharePoint 2016 (I know, I know - out of my control my company doesn't want to upgrade yet) and I'm running to an issue ...
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SharePoint 2016 http throttling asp.net\requsets current is 5000
One of our clients are facing an issue over 503- server is busy error. I found that this is happened because of http throttling. When I go through some articles and trying to modify resource ...
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Can SP remind user to check in a document when finished?
My SP 2016 site has an Excel spreadsheet that receives monthly updates from many users. Often a user will save and exit the document without checking it back in, leaving others unable to add their own ...
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Sandboxed code error after upgrading publication website from 2013 to 2016. ProcessVirtualBytes
I hope some can give me some advice.
We're migrating our website, running on Sharepoint 2013, to Sharepoint 2016. In the test VM (single server farm) everything went perfect, and the website is ...
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Cascading dropdown focused on specific value
I have a list A with column Country, and a column Cities.
I'm creating a library B with a column Cities, in which I want to see only the Cities only for a specific country, referring the values of my ...
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PowerShell query for get users under Permissions level Full Control
Using PowerShell how to get users under Permissions levels Full Control,Contribute,Edit for given Site Collection and all under subsites.
Output be like this:
User name Permissionlevel SiteURL
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Custom upload button
I'm trying to create a button that would substitute the upload.aspx form, but still call EditForm.aspx
The purpose is to create upload button that put files into specific folders in a library
For ...
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Add content editor in datasheet view
I'm using SharePoint 2016 classic view.
I want to edit a Datasheet view on a library, like it's possible for "classic" views.
For example, I sometime add a content editor on some "...
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List item approval with conditional column
I have a list where I put a value on a date column: =Date>=TODAY()+20 so the item created must have a date more than 20 days after today.
Those items must be approved by some users.
But the problem ...
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Calculated Column- First Name from Full Name
I'm trying to write a calculated column formula to return the First Name from a Full Name column. The issue is, that the full names are displayed in different formats:
Jacob J. Smith
Peter Grabowski
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Encrypted Excel File "xlsx" is 'corrupted' after downloding but Encrypted Excel File "xls" or "csv" are working fine
We have a strange error on our Sharepoint 2016.
When we attempt to download an excel file version "xlsx" through our workspaces, it will show that the file is corrupted after being ...
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"Sorry, your files couldn't be uploaded. The upload might be too large or the server might be experiencing high network traffic." uploading large file
A site contributor reported not being able to upload larger pptx files to their site.
There is an Angular UI that interacts via SP2016 on-premise APIs. The user is seeing a continuous uploading ...
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Pages on whole site affected after attempting to clone and modify a page layout
I'm currently facing an issue of all pages on my whole site being affected after an attempt to clone and modify a page layout file. I'm on SharePoint 2016 and have 2 existing page layouts:
Home (1 ...
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"Save as template"-link missing
I am missing the "Save as template"-link in the site setting of a "Team Site".
But in the "SharePoint Designer" the feature is available and can be pressed (it is opening ...
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Is SharePoint 2019 Supports to Bind the SSL Certificate for/Enable HTTPS for SharePoint web services Port 32843?
We have found below security risk for SharePoint web services port 32843 it is not communicated with TLS transport-level encryption (TLS) to protect all sensitive communications
Is SharePoint 2019 ...
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How to update service account password for SharePoint 2016 for unmanaged accounts?
How to change unmanaged service account's password for SharePoint 2016?
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Unknown hard error when executing SP-Mount Database in SharePoint 2016 using PowerShell
I am getting Unknown hard error when executing SP-Mount Database in SharePoint 2016 using PowerShell causing the upgrade to stop.
We have below VM's with Windows 2019 and 32 GB of RAM:
1 Application ...
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How to Setup SharePoint Incoming email with Exchange Online
Hi we are building our new development SharePoint 2016 Environment and we've been struggling on how we can resolve and configure Incoming Email where we received undeliverable message
Delivery has ...
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How to update managed metadata column with multiple values using JSOM
I'm using JSOM to update a managed metadata column (in SharePoint 2016) using term GUID like this:
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var oListItem = collListItem.itemAt(i)
oListItem.set_item('SPSBaranID', theTermGUID)
oListItem....
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"The server was unable to save the form at this Time. Please try again."
I have an issue whenever I try or other users try to create a new list in Announcements or in any other part of the sharepoint we recieve error
"The server was unable to save the form at this ...
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RoleDefinitionBindings (401) after creating ShareLink
I am a Site admin an the SC (so I have FullControl / EnumeratePermissions).
For my application I use this API call on every Item with UniquePermissions:
${siteUrl}/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('${List}')/...
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Add button to SharePoint List - SharePoint 2016
I am a novice in SharePoint and currently using SharePoint 2016, designer 2013 and InfoPath 2013. I want to add buttons for all rows in SharePoint list. On clicking the button, a new form will open. I ...
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"The server was unable to save the form at this Time. Please try again." 403 (Forbidden)
I am experiencing an issue with SharePoint 2016 server that when I want to create a new List I am getting this error.
From ULS log
Begin CSOM Request
Request is a Cross-Origin request. Origin is : '...
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Link InfoPath form to SharePoint list column
I am a novice in SharePoint and in my organization, we are using SharePoint 2016, InfoPath and designer.
I understand that I can customize my list in InfoPath and in the view, section hide the fields ...