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 [...]
To force HTTPS on an Azure site that is configured to run HTTPS and HTTP add the following to your web.config file: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <configuration> <system.webServer> <rewrite> <rules> <rule name=”Redirect to HTTPS” stopProcessing=”true”> <match url=”(.*)” /> <conditions> <add input=”{HTTPS}” pattern=”^OFF$” /> </conditions> <action type=”Redirect” url=”https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}” redirectType=”Permanent” /> </rule> </rules> [...]
This error usually comes up when you install and uninstall an App more than once on SharePoint 2013. There are some solutions online that relates to SharePoint Online and updating manifest files when developing your OWN apps. In our case this was a 3rd party app which caused the issue. [...]
Nice to see MS joined the party: https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2014/09/17/new-dev-center-lifetime-registration-benefits-program/ This month we are releasing several new features to enhance your developmentexperience: the lifetime Dev Center account, and the new Dev Center Benefits program. I’d like to encourage you to visit the Dev Center and take advantage of the new benefits available [...]
Bit of a hidden gem I only discovered this week. Quite often users ask for a screen capture screen to record steps\instructions. There are some nice freeware ones out there but nothing spectacular. I had an issue with my Microsoft account this week and MS Support alerted me of this [...]
When configuring a new audience in SharePoint 2010 you can use an AD security group or distribution list to define your audience. Sometimes though the DL does not show in the list when you want to select it as source. First thing to check is that the DL\Group is selected [...]
Sometimes user accounts and profiles that have been removed and deleted from AD still appears in the People Picker dialog box. You would expect SharePoint to remove these when they are excluded on the profile sync but unfortunately it’s not always the case. The quickest way I’ve found to remove [...]
If you are on the right track and started moving to Azure 🙂 then sooner or later you will need to move some of your databases to Azure. One option would be to spin up a VM in Azure and manage your own SQL Instance, which in my opinion bypasses [...]
