Once in a while you may have a need to clear the outdated configuration cache in SharePoint 2010/2013/2016. For example, sometimes the timer job tends to get stuck and clearing the cache helps in that situation. You can either clear the SharePoint configuration cache manually or use a PowerShell script. [...]
TLS 1.2 has improvements over previous versions of the TLS and SSL protocol which will improve your level of security. By default, Windows Server 2008 R2 does not have this feature enabled. This KB article will describe the process to enable this. How to Activate TLS 1.2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and [...]
How do you view ALL text from an NTEXT or NVARCHAR(max) in SQL Server Management Studio? By default, it only seems to return the first few hundred characters (255?) but sometimes I just want a quick way of viewing the whole field, without having to write a program to do [...]
Quick Edit Mode in SharePoint 2013 and “Unable to communicate with server” Error – I love the Quick Edit mode in SharePoint, it really expands the functionality and makes it so much closer than Excel. However it looks like to functionality has been watered down and limited a bit more [...]
Unable to properly communicate with the workflow service – New symptom developed on an older SharePoint 2013 environment using standard SharePoint workflows. None of the workflows kicked off and saving the workflow via SharePoint also raise above error. Make sure the service below are running on your WFE servers. Ours [...]
Just a quick overview of the Teams interface. Don’t worry too much about the terms and lingo, you’ll pick it up quickly. App bar: Here you can navigate to the various sections in Teams. From the top, you’ll see the following icons: Activity is where you’ll find mentions, replies, and other notifications. [...]
With the escalating threat of the COVID-19 virus and an increasing number of countries and companies combating the spread by implementing lock down and work from home strategies, it is important to pick the right tools and technology to make working remotely as easy as possible. I am not reviewing [...]
When using the ListData.svc service in SharePoint 2016 to get data from a list we got this error. We did make changes on the list but error does not clarify. Look for issues like: - Lookup column where lookup list no longer exists - Lookup column that looks at the [...]
Introduction Any application or website that sees significant growth will eventually need to scale in order to accommodate increases in traffic. For data-driven applications and websites, it’s critical that scaling is done in a way that ensures the security and integrity of their data. It can be difficult to predict [...]
By now most people should be running Windows 10 (if not iOS). If you are not make sure to contact your IT provider and do this sooner than later. Most people also know the standing IT industry joke of “HAVE YOU RESTARTED YOUR PC” yet. What is interesting is that [...]
