Any good alternatives to Bamboo Web parts?
For our extranet sites in the 2007 environment, we use Bamboo Web parts to (i) create external user accounts in AD; (ii) enable users to personalize their passwords; and (iii) enable users to reset...
View ArticleOpening document from Search results - This action couldn't be performed...
Hi I am trying to open an Office document by clicking on the search results document title, however an error box pops up saying:This action couldn't be performed because Office doesn't recognize the...
View ArticleSharepoint formulas - Calculated column retunes value -435218976
Hi -I have a weird behavior in a calculated column in a document list. The formula returns "" (empty value) under certain conditions and it actually works: my column is properly populated. However, if...
View ArticleSharepoint 2013 - AD Import not importing profiles
Hi,I'm a brand new user to Sharepoint 2013 and was trying to use the new 2013 feature "AD Import".I pretty much followed every guide and I still can't get it to work.The user I created the application...
View ArticleRBS v Shredded storage in sharepoint 2013
i have a question on RBS setup on sharepoint 2013 and shredded storage. We are looking to setup RBS via sql filestream or through external provider, but want to fine tune the settings such as files...
View ArticleHow to get parent site quick Launch in Blog (Quick launch)
Hi,I have 3 Team sites and 2 Blogs in SharePoint 2013. In all three Team sites Quick launch all the List and libraries are display without an issue. But the two Blogs are not shows the Parent site's...
View ArticleCan you add an exchange 2007 calendar overlay to SharePoint 2013?
I am investigating to add a calendar overlay from my exchange 2007 account at SharePoint 2013. It does not appear to work properly. Can someone give some directions? Is it supported at all? or do I...
View ArticleSharepoint calendar--Outlook calendar latency
We have recently migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013 and SharePoint Foundation 203 in a new Windows Server 2012 environment. I migrated a shared calendar in a public folder on the old 2003...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 : Immediate Alert Timer Job Not Working
We've got a strange issue with alerts on our new SharePoint 2013 Farm. Alerts appear to stop working if the Immediate Alert Timer job runs on the WFE-01 server. On any other server alerts work...
View ArticleMultiple lines of text field Sharepoint 2010 list
Hi All,I have created a multiple lines of text field in sharepoint 2010 custom list.In the new form I have added around 30 lines of text. In the edit form if I enter text to the end of the field, the...
View ArticleSharePoint event log- "The Execute method of job definition...
The following error is logged every hour in WFE SharePoint server:The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Preservation.PreservationJobDefinition (ID -------) threw an...
View ArticleShare via Link only opens as web app
I have the “Open Documents in Client Applications by Default” option turned on in our Sharepoint 2013 / Office365 environment but when someone shares an office file via a link it opens in the web app...
View ArticleBlog site on publishing pages
Hi,My end goal is to have a subsite that uses publish pages to display blog posts.I have a number of blog sites that originated in SharePoint 2010 My Sites, was then moved to the main site collection...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 errors 8315, 8318, 6398
I have a client with a single SP 2013 server running on Windows Server 2012 which is a VM with 12GB RAM. There is a separate SQL server running SQL 2012 on Server 2012 in a VM with 16GB RAM.I'm seeing...
View ArticleReusable Content Not Showing Correctly in CQWP
I have some reusable content used in site collection pages. When i use CQWP to show the page content in subsites all the the reusable content shows up as anchor test aHow can i fix this?
View ArticleSharePoint online dilemma
Hi,we are a small business company and have 7 computers at different locations from which the salespersons wouldhave to log on to SharePoint services and to collaborate on Excel documents (using just...
View ArticleSP2013 Online - Sharing contacts list between site and sub-sites
Probably a simple solution these days (I'm hoping) but I am looking to have a contacts list, canned one or otherwise, that I can use on my SP Online across the main site and sub-sites.If someone can...
View ArticleProject Summary Web Part Not Appearing
I'm using a SharePoint 2013 project site template and can see the Project Summary web part on the home page. I'd like to add this same web part to a different page on the site but when I choose to...
View ArticleError: Master page file does not exist at the sub site level?
Hi,I am getting a below error message while trying to access a page from a sub site. But able to create a page using the same master page on parent site.Error message: The file...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013, Mysites, Little yellow warning indicator on Tasks page
Has anyone else seen the little yellow warning indicator at the bottom of their SharePoint 2013 My Tasks page?The callout reads: "Sorry, we've been having trouble updating tasks from the following:...
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