SharePoint is currently configured to block intranet calls
Quick fix: $farm=get-spfarm $farm.properties.disableintranetcalls=$false $farm.properties.disableintranetcallsfromapps=$false $farm.Update() [...]
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Everything is fine
Everything is fine, but we had a small problem getting your license. Please go back to the SharePoint Store to get this app again and you won’t be charged for it. Still not quite sure what cause this be best fix so far below: Try in other browser Try inPrivate [...]
Configure incoming e-mail settings missing
So busy setting up new SharePoint 2016 environment and needed to configure the incoming e-mail settings but I can only see the link in Central Admin for the outgoing e-mails. Seems there are some strange security issues with Central Administration which prevents some links from displaying (even if you login [...]
Azure Storage Table – Cannot add user-defined property/field
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 [...]
Test SQL Connection in Azure
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 [...]
Slow People Picker
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 [...]
Move search index location
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 [...]
Azure Backup
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 [...]
Unable to retrieve all data
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 [...]
Azure: Temporal Tables
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 [...]