SharePoint is a web-based collaboration and document management platform developed by Microsoft. It can be used to create websites, manage documents, and facilitate team collaboration. SharePoint comes in two main versions: SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint 365. SharePoint 2019 is the on-premises version of the software, which means it is installed [...]
Permission management in SharePoint is always a complex task, especially in large environments. Granting permissions in SharePoint becomes cumbersome when you are trying to clone an existing user’s access rights. Consider this scenario: You have an existing user in a department granted access to various SharePoint web applications, sites, lists, [...]
I have a process for our payroll department where I need to duplicate a SharePoint document library every month, keep the folder structure and permissions (permission set per folder) but remove all files. I achieved this using ShareGate and Powershell. I use ShareGate to copy the library and keep the [...]
Naming conventions are an important part of your toolkit when it comes to keeping Microsoft 365 manageable. Consistent naming has many benefits from helping Outlook users find the right distribution group, to helping administrators apply the right policy to the correct set of SharePoint sites, and beyond. [...]
Quickly see which template you used to create a site or subsite get-spweb https://<RootSiteURL> | select url, webtemplate, webtemplateid get-spweb https://<subsiteURL> | select url, webtemplate, webtemplateid [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you experience it where you have customized the capture screen of a SharePoint list using Nintex Forms and the default SharePoint form still opens instead of the Nintex Form you might be using a custom New Item form. Open your list using SharePoint Designer and make sure the NewForm.aspx [...]
