Questions tagged [sharepoint-server]
SharePoint Server is the Microsoft product "SharePoint Server". Use this tag to ask questions related to SharePoint server product only and not SQL server, Front end server, windows server, etc.
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SharePoint 2013 Managed Metadata accepting invalid terms
I currently have a problem regarding our Managed metadata field. At this point, our field is accepting invalid terms in the term set but is a valid term in the term store. Below are screenshots that ...
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The UPDATE permission was denied on the object 'AllListsAux', database 'spContent', schema 'dbo'
Insufficient SQL database permissions for user 'Name: NT
AUTHORITY\IUSR SID: S-1-5-17 ImpersonationLevel: Impersonation' in
database 'spContent' on SQL Server instance '###'
The UPDATE permission ...
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Automatically deploy SPFx app on new site collections in SharePoint 2019
I have SPFx app that contains an Application Customizer. I would like to have this app either
a) deployed tenant wide or
b) automatically added to a site collection when it is created
For a) there ...
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"Open in Explorer" fails despite a number of common fixes
I have an extranet solution in SharePoint 2013, running on Windows Server 2012 r2. When I try to use the "open in explorer" command in any SharePoint document library, I get the following message:
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Sharepoint 2013 : The Server was Unable to Save the Form at this Time. Please Try Again
I have a Sharepoint 2013 installation, single server farm. I have created a site, added user to the site with View & Restricted Read permission.
I have created a Issue Tracker in the site, broke ...
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Formula in spreadsheet being converted to a custom list
I am currently trying to take an existing spreadsheet and replicate this as a SharePoint list.
The spreadsheet contains the following columns:
Received - This will be a number column with 0 decimal ...
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SharePoint 2010 list Item Query
We have a big list in SharePoint 2010. I'm gonna query SharePoint 2010 list item in the web part based on country. I used CAML and JS. I have got errors in different browser"
Internet explorer says
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SharePoint 2013 calendar in IOS renders differently
Most of the time Sharepoint Calendar in IOS renders differently as shown in the below screenshot which causes a problem in changing views between month/week/day view programmatically and also manually....
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Can someone explain the way SharePoint auditing trimming and cleanup works?
I know each web application has its own Audit Log Trimming timer job. I see the default is set for it to run monthly.
Now, as you dive into site collection settings for auditing, I see: Automatically ...
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How to set sitepages as blog post list default pages(Newpost.aspx,EditPost.aspx,Post.aspx)?
We need to set our custom master page for blog site without applying to system master page(Settings Page), We tried by edit the existing blog pages using designer to change masterUrl - default.master ...
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Authenticate to SharePoint REST API from external service
I am trying to figure out how to authenticate calls to our on premises SharePoint 2013 REST API. So far, I've come across a lot of blogs that show you how to do it for SharePoint online. Here's one ...
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Connect to Office - Add to SharePoint Sites - When do SharePoint Sites get synchronized?
We are having trouble with the Add to SharePoint Sites functionality. It often doesn't work as we expect it to work. Hence I'll try to describe what we are doing, then I'll try to formulate my ...
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sharepoint workflow rest api add role assignment exception
I develop a workflow and i want to grant unique permission on item in list using sharepoint rest api
http://sp_site/_api/web/lists/getByTitle('Test')/items(1)/breakroleinheritance(copyRoleAssignments=...
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How to provision External content Type using CSOM
Is it possible to provision External Content type and list using CSOM?
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Heading and links not showing in Global Navigation
I am creating a site in SharePoint 2013 and I'm having a bit of trouble with the Global Navigation.
Here is what it looks like:
This dropdown is showing all sub-sites as well as a manual link (...
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New-SPConfigurationDatabase Failed in SharePoint workgroup installation
I installed SharePoint 2013 on fresh windows server 2008 R2 SP1 in standalone mode. SharePoint prerequisites installed automatically from net.
After I configured SharePoint, My Distributed Cache ...
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System Account not having permission to update external list via BCS
My SharePoint administrator granted permissions to services, sp app pool, sp farm adim, and secure store in BCS for me to use but was only able create/delete but not update.
I use SharePoint designer ...
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Back up & Restore Tenants in a Multi Tenant SharePoint 2013 environment
I have a SharePoint 2013 environment with Multi-Tenancy configured. I have various tenants provisioned in the environment. Is it possible to backup and restore a tenant from one environment to another....
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Ribbon & expanding a grouped list stuck on "loading"
The ribbon on one specific site in a site collection will not load, it stays on loading, and two lists I have that use grouping will not expand, they also stay on loading. This is only happening on ...
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Change default Index location of Search Service Instance on SharePoint 2013
My purpose is to move search index folder from drive C to drive D.
I've already changed location of all search components to drive D as described here and here.
But The Default Index location of ...
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Distributed Cache error in uls logs Unexpected error in Decrypt - Exception 'System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException
Hi In WFE servers of SharePoint 2016 in uls logs there are many DCache errors like below and server performance is high
w3wp.exe (0x0918) 0x2C48 SharePoint Foundation DistributedCache aa6e5 ...
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What is SharePoint (on-prem) authentication realm?
Could anyone clearly explain
what is Sharepoint authentication realm (the one set by Set-SPAuthenticationRealm cmdlet)?
In what cases do I need to set this realm equal for 2 (or more) farms, and in ...
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Creation of personal My Site Site error
When users visit the My Site root page, they are greeted with the "We're Almost Ready!" message. Their My Site page is never created.
When I check a users Personal Site Instantiation State, it shows ...
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Web application not creating in MOSS 2007
When I click on create new web application in central admin it's throwing below error.
I created web application through STSADM command, It created web application but there are no files in IIS ...
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SharePoint 2016 cross farm services, Tagging is not working in consumer farm
I have cross farm environment, SharePoint 2016 Nov PU 2016 level. We have UPA, MMS and Mysites in Publishing Farm. In consuming farm we have content web application. Now issue is Tagging in site ...
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Fail of export of unchanged view due to unexpected error reported by Excel
A view, which has several times successfully been exported to Excel suddenly fails due to unexpected error reported by Excel.
Creating a new view omitting some fields solves the problem, however ...
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Disable "Open this link on a phone" feature in SharePoint 2016
Is there a way to disable the QR code feature in the item context menu? Without messing with CSS/JavaScript?
Open this link on a Phone
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SharePoint 2013 site is not opening in Android Mobile
I am having site in SharePoint 2013, it is working fine in all browser.
but when I access it on android mobile. it keeps me asking for credential again and again!!!
There is no anonymous access.
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insufficient sql database permissions for user impersonationlevel config database
What do user try go do that the following error is generated in the wfe server log? I looked at the ULS log for dsmith01 and did not find anything. Please suggest.
Insufficient SQL database ...
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Unknown error while trying to lock file error while editing document from SharePoint document library
When I am trying to edit the document which is opened from SharePoint document library I am getting "Unknown error while trying to lock file" error. I am able to view the document by clicking on the ...
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Digitally Signed Word 2013 Document can be modified in SharePoint 2013 document library, without invalidating Digital Signatures
i created SharePoint 2013 Document library named "Issue Vouchers"
i designed a template for my library with an empty signature line.
My template contains various "Document Properties" embedded in ...
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Assign task to 300+ users
I have a need to assign tasks where 300+ individual users have to acknowledge that the content of a SharePoint list has not changed and that they've read the list.
Each user must complete this on ...
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Sharepoint in Explorer-View can't display images "because the file is empty"
I am administrating a SQL Server 2014 for our Sharepoint 2013.
Currently users are facing the following issue:
Using the Explorer View, some images randomly (at least I can't find a pattern until now)...
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Continuous Build & Integration for SharePoint 2013
I have a SharePoint 2013 Multi Tenant On-Premise Farm. We have some custom WSPs for various modules, which contain Site Columns, Content Types, Lists and Event Receivers. I was wondering if there is a ...
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Remove Hyperlink for Multi Value look up column in Sharepoint
How can we remove hyperlink from a multi value look up column in SharePoint 2010 list. There are article on removing hyperlink from Single Value look up column. But I am not able to get a way to ...
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how to by pass multiple claim authentication login page in sharepoint 2013?
My Requirement is
I have SharePoint Server 2013.Now I just added two AD FS Server 3.0 and configured to SharePoint site http://spsxyz with Claim based authentication.
An example of My Server Setup:
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SharePoint 2013 - Unique permissions for claims
This is about SharePoint 2013 On-Premise environment. We've a scenario in which certain content is authored in source site collection and published to a target site collection via cross-site ...
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Cannot connect to SharePoint 2013 from visual studio 2013 when creating an app
I m trying to create a new SharePoint app from vs2013.I have the vs2013 ultimate edition and all the needed updates installed.When I press Finish in the process i got this message
One paradox is ...
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Sharepoint Excel Error IE9 - Workbook is larger than the maximum workbook size allowed to be opened in the browser
A few of my users who are using ie9 for a SharePoint housing a few excel files around 19mb are experiencing a recent issue where they cannot see 'read-only or edit' options; (this is enabled to open ...
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The following location is not accessible, because it is in a different site collection: [infoPathFilePath].xsn
I am using sharepoint 2010. We have webApplicationA. On this webapplication I have stored a infopath form in the FormServerTemplates library. This is the url of this xsn file:
http://WebApplicationA....
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Error when trying to activate the Content Organizer feature on a site
I'm trying to activate the content organizer feature so I can have uploaded files automatically routed to a different library or folder. When I try to activate it, I get this error:
The Site ...
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what went wrong with my sharepoint server deployment?
i have an azure subscription and i am trying to create a sharepoint server 2016 with an azure sql managed instance. i followed the steps from this article (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/...
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Wiki or Publishing pages before migrate to SharePoint 2019 modern sites?
We are using SharePoint 2016 and are going to migrate to SharePoint 2019 in the future. We are creating now wiki pages with some OOTB webparts on the welcome pages of sitecollections. What is better ...
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Using Rest API call to get list item in SharePoint 2010 workflow
I am trying to get list item using REST API syntax in SP Designer workflow.
The url format is as follows:
https://example.com/_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('List%20Name')/items(2952)?$select=...
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Promote site collections as extranet sites in SP2016
I have a single web application which should be used by internals and external partners.
Some sites should be available for externals, some not and therefore I have created managed paths:
https://...
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Hiding system fields in the document library
I am using SharePoint 2016 and want to hide created, created by, modified and modified by fields. This is in the document library view and not the new, edit or display forms (i.e. if you click on a ...
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SharePoint Site Error: Server is too busy
Recently, I ran in to a problem, where a document that is stored in a SharePoint site was published through social media, the document URL was something like this:
https://site/subsite/documents/...
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Event ID 8888 - SharePoint Services 4.0 cannot be found
By this morning 2 of my SharePoint 2016 servers throwing following errors every minute in Event log. Any idea what it is.
The description for Event ID 8888 from source Windows SharePoint Services 4.0 ...
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Sharepoint 2016 restrict user logon domains
Given lack of centrally managed infrastructure in the past when our company first started, our office has 4 different AD domains through out the Pan-America region. We've been trying to centralize ...
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How to Determine when a user was given permission to a site or list?
I'm looking to see if there is a way in powershell or some other method to determine when a user was given permission to a site or list and/or who granted the user permission. I have ran the effective ...
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