When inserting records into Storage Tables in Azure the base columns are PartitionKey, RowKey and TimeStamp. To ensure the other properties of your entity is also created in the storage you HAVE to define them as properties (with a GET and SET), otherwise it will not be created e.g.: This will [...]
Azure VMs and connectivity brings some interesting challenges to the fore. I have a scenario where I created 4 new VMs (3 x app and 1 x sql). The App servers are bare bone so did not have any SQL client tools. I found the method below the easiest way [...]
We recently updated our AD configuration to include a 2-way trust with a number of other AD domains. Since the change our People Picker has been extremely slow (up to 3 minutes) and often timing out. Using the address book function was fine as a workaround but as soon as [...]
When you install SharePoint 2013 there is no option to change the default search index location (like the ULS log folder). If (like us) you keep your default c drive small and only allocated for installations it can cause some issues with size as the search index grows. Unfortunately there [...]
Now in public preview, Long-Term Retention (LTR) allows you to enable your databases to create weekly backups stored in your own Azure Backup vault and extend the retention period built into SQL Database from 35 days to up to 10 years. This drastically improves the functionality in Azure to serve [...]
We recently ran into some issues where we could not export a Sharepoint 2010 list OR successfully edit it in datasheet view. Even though the list is fairly big we have not issues with other lists of the same size. When exporting to Excel we get the error: An unexpected [...]
Will be adding some Azure content just to try and keep myself sane with all the new features and updates rolled by MS. Temporal Tables: Nice new feature that enables versioning and history out the box for SQL databases, so no need to build your own archiving etc. Hit the [...]
When using code to access a specific item in a SharePoint list there is a big difference between the following 2 lines of code: SPList.GetItemById() SPList.Items.GetItemById() The first line is the correct one to use and will perform the best (and as expected when query an ID) The second line [...]
We had an issue where the SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser.LoginName displayed the incorrect (old) login for a user i.e. user loginname was changed. In most cases it works to run the migrateuser command to link the old and new account. But in some cases this does not pull through correctly. The following solution worked [...]
