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For end users how to show a maintenance page to users when they browse sharepoint site in down time

HI we have deployed a internet site to our users and we have plan to patch SQL Server by installing service pack 3 and we have downtime. For end users how to show a maintenance page to users when ...
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Using the same Power Automate approval flow in many SharePoint document libraries

I have a working workflow in Power Automate connected to one document library. The approvers are listed in a special SharePoint group for that document library. This workflow is using my user ...
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Remove all user permissions, including individual permissions, and restore them after maintenance

I'm using SharePointOnline's Modern UI. I'd like to remove all user permissions for our maintenance. However, there are individual permissions that do not inherit the permissions of the site, so it ...
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Temporary site unavailable setting in SPO except administrator

I use ModernUI in SharePoint Online. Is it possible to temporarily disable the system for release work, site updates, etc., except for operational administrators? I also want to prevent users who have ...
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Delete Multiple Views

I currently delete a view by selecting it -> "Modify View" -> "Delete". I would like to delete 10 or so Views on the same List, does anyone know a way of deleting multiple views of a list all in one ...
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How to encapsulate code in SharePoint 2010 and make it accessible across multiple solutions

Anyone know the best way to reference functions in a solution to be used for any/all other solutions (web parts, application pages, timer jobs, etc)? I have several small modules of code that I've ...
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As a Sharepoint Administrator, what I need to do during a SQL maintenance?

I have a Sharepoint Farm with some servers. Our DBA is going to do a planned SQL maintenance and the server that exclusively hosts SQL Server requires to be offline. What I, as Sharepoint ...
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How Do I create notification in SharePoint 2013? [closed]

I want to create a message alert to send to users information them off sharepoint being down for maintenance. we are using sharepoint online not on premise.
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SP 2013 stuck in read only mode

Tried running commands as Farm Admin: When I run : $site.GetType().GetProperty("MaintenanceMode").GetSetMethod($true).Invoke($site, @($false)) I get an error: Exception calling "Invoke" with "...
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How do I archive Infopath forms uploaded into Sharepoint 2007 when my Sharepoint site runs low on storage?

I have designed system where users submit Infopath forms to a Sharepoint 2007 site. The Infopath forms allow users to also attach pdfs in their submission. My problem now is that the Sharepoint site ...
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Is it suggested to restart SQL servers regularly?

In my experience, all Microsoft products need to be restarted regularly to keep the memory allocation healthy. But I always think it is an unofficial practice until I see this article: http://technet....
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Update to Service Pack 3 failed - PostSetupConfigurationTaskException

We have a wss 3.0 development farm in product version 12.0.0.6421, which means it is updated up to Service Pack 2. When trying to install Service Pack 3 for wss the following error shows up: "An ...
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What is best way manage SharePoint webpart access to database?

I have my custom webpart, which have access to database. I need to configure data source, catalog, username and password, which allows webpart a access database. I don't want that users can see, what ...
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Problem with Adding Custom Web Part

I'm new at developing an web part with Visual Studio. I want a weather web part. I created an empty SP 2013 Project, added Web Part item. But when I deploy it and add the custom webpart into my site. ...
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How can I send users to a maintenance page during site upgrades?

I'm looking for an elegant solution for redirecting users to an application maintenance page. There are weekly periods for an hour whereby content is being promoted and changed on our main SharePoint ...
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How to change SharePoint server that connected to TFS and recreate all TFS sites there

We installed two of them integrated together. Now the last SharePoint server is down and we decide to change the SharePoint server that's connected to TFS. We want to recreate SharePoint TFS Sites? ...
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What are the regular checkups needed on a SharePoint installation?

What are the regular check ups that need to be done on a SharePoint installation to preemptively prevent any problems or at least detect them early? I can think of: Checking event logs Check ...
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SharePoint database maintenance for the non-DBA

Question ported from Serverfault as it is specific to database maintenance for SharePoint administrators: For SharePoint administrators, SQL Server is often a black box that is installed as a ...
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How do I perform database disk usage analysis and selective replication?

I have a SharePoint 2007 database that is 16GB in size and I want to know why, and how I can reduce the size. Ideally I would like a trimmed replica to use as a developer workstation that retains a ...
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How do I remove Project Server 2010 once installed into the SharePoint 2010 Farm?

I'm sure the information for such an administrative task is out there. I'm just having trouble finding it. Any one know where this particular piece of documentation is?
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How critical is it and how to monitor, measure and reduce SharePoint database fragmentation?

It is a well advertised best practice to configure maintenance plans for SQL databases forming the data layer of SharePoint deployments. How critical is it to monitor and reduce fragmentation of the ...