Once in a while you may have a need to clear the outdated configuration cache in SharePoint 2010/2013/2016.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. [...]
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 [...]
We recently did an in-place upgrade of our SharePoint servers (app and web) from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2. After the upgrade the UPS did not work and web applications failed with a message: Could not load user profile The SharePoint logs showed an issue with [...]
Error can occur when upgrading SharePoint to 2013/2016. Even though the aliases are set correctly in the content DB and on the actual library the primary alias is kept in the configuration database. Run the following command to enforce the correct aliases: stsadm.exe -o refreshdms -url [URL] [...]
We experienced an issue where the people picker showed user accounts that were removed from AD and the UPS. This cause issues with our workflows etc as users would select the incorrect user from the list. Based on our understanding the People Picker should only show users from AD and [...]
The Lists.asmx web service enables you to CRUD items on a SharePoint list (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/lists.lists.updatelistitems(v=office.12).aspx) The default options for the person field however does not work e.g: i:0#.w|domain\username Display Name domain\username Email To make it work pass one of the following: Single user = [ID];#[Person] Multi user = [ID];#[Person];#[ID];#[Person];#[ID];#[Person];# -1;#Display Name [...]
Quick fix: $farm=get-spfarm $farm.properties.disableintranetcalls=$false $farm.properties.disableintranetcallsfromapps=$false $farm.Update() [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
