App vs WFE
Just want to clear one thing up. When I have 2 servers, one app and other WFE then it means the server which is hosting central admin site will be the one called app server?Shouldn't that server be...
View ArticleSharepoint 3 Tire Farm Crashed
HelloI am having 3 tier architecture in Sharepoint 2013 DB server APP Server WFE.couple of days before everything was working fine and both APP and WFE asked for windows updte.I updated. and APP server...
View ArticleForms Authentication Custom Membership Provider in 2013
Hi, We are using custom authentication using both SQL and AD . We want to migrate the portal which is currently running on MOSS 2007 to SP 2013.What is best practice using the same provider and use...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Master Pages
I have edited the master page and applied to the "Team Site". however all the site pages are having the custom layouts but the main "/" root site is using the default master page. Don't know why it is...
View ArticleCommunity Site Member reply count issue
I am working with a team to build out a social community portal in SharePoint 2013 for an Enterprise group. We have built multiple communities that all work as expected; however only one of the...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Community Discussions List Navigation Buttons
Can anyone please confirm if their SharePoint 2013 Community template has working "Navigation Buttons" at the bottom of the "Discussions List" web part?This is the default web part added to the main...
View ArticleSharePoint Foundation and SkyDrive Pro
Hi,I am trying to figure out if you can use SkyDrive Pro with SharePoint Foundation. During my search I have found sites with conflicting claims. One of my colleagues belives this was changed recently...
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How to remove a previously published app
I want to upload an .app file to my sharepoint site. but when I go to upload it I can see that an app of the same name is already there.I want to remove the existing App. How to do it?I want to remove...
View ArticleSend multiple versions of the same document for approval - SharePoint 2013
Hi All,I have a requirement for selecting multiple versions of the same document for approval or move to another document library as separate documents. Here is the scenario:Upload a document in a...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 with a connection to Access Database fails
I am testing SharePoint 2013 with Infopath form that has a connection to an Access Database.The form works great with me (I have Owner rights) but another user who has Internet Explorer 8 (just like...
View ArticleNo Excel2013 thumbnail render out on SharePoint2013 + SQL2012SP1
Hello,I only can see the error icon of thumbnail on sharepoint PowerPivot Gallery. Since no thumbnail for the Excel, so I can't see PowerViews in that Excel file.But I can generate the sharepoint based...
View ArticleThe slide library has been discontinued. Is there another solution in the...
Hi,The slide library has been discontinued in SharePoint 2013. Are there plans for another solution in the future?Lisa
View ArticleSharepoint Foundations Features' Access with a Sharepoint 2013 Enterprise...
I understand that even though we plan on using an Enterprise Server license, Sharepoint pages which solely utilize Foundations features may be viewed and interacted with by AD users without an...
View ArticleOutlook Social Connector and SharePoint 2013
So I've spent the last 4 hours banging my head trying to get Outlook 2010 Social Connector to show activity updates from our SharePoint 2013 MySites...it just occurred to me that I haven't seen...
View ArticleBaseType parameter for viewlsts.aspx won't work in SP2013
Hello,I am working on a site that has been ported over from SP2010, and it has a link in the QuickLaunch to view all of the site libraries. It looks like...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 "Limited Access" permission
Did how "Limited Access" is displayed change in 2013. Here is my scenario. In SharePoint 2010 I have a list with Unique permissions and User A is removed completely (no read access), I then grant User...
View ArticleOpening PDFs in Acrobat 9 Pro from SharePoint 2013
Using SharePoint 2013... I have a Library containing PDFs and I want to be able to open (as a default) them in Acrobat 9 Pro.They presently open in a browser. Ideally I'd like to get the dialog box...
View ArticleDocument template carries wrong fields to DIP
I've inserted a document (dotm) template to a customer base content type from which all content types are inherited. With DIP there are template specific fields and server fields, but server fields are...
View ArticleChance a choice field to a lookup field on a site column already created and...
I have a Site Column that I created which uses a Choice Field. We have document libraries already in place that use this column and have data in them. I would like to change this Choice Field to a...
View ArticleECMA Javascript to return the value from the methods - SharePoint 2013
Hi, I have a method in SharePoint ECMA script1. First method Which would basically read the list item, which would in turn contain the user names, I have the ecma script to fetch the list items2. Then...
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