New favorite PowerShell command
Everytime I have to open log file I always wished it would update on its own so I didn’t have to close it and open it again. I know applications like visual studio notify you when a file updates but its usually not a good idea to install it on the production machine and across [...]
SharePoint Issue: Possability of database corruption for whole site collection
Issue Summary There is a bug in SharePoint 2010 that can cause an entire site collection to become corrupt which can only be fixed by restoring a backup. This issue is only likely to occur with code in custom solutions as the equivalent manual actions through the web interface do not cause the same issue, therefore general SharePoint use is not affected. When [...]
SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2012
Came across and interesting issue today when deploying SharePoint 2010 on a development machine, with “New-SPConfigurationDatabase” throwing the error: Could not find stored procedure ‘sp_dboption’. The solution is to install SharePoint 2010 SP1, which adds support to SharePoint 2010 for SQL Server 2012
SharePoint 3.0/2007 FBA – Unable to resolve users
Problem Unable to resolve users with either the standard user checker or the people picker (the people picker could also be that it hasn’t been configured for your provider so check that too) but users are being authenticated. Solution If you have specified that your FBA connection string is to use integrated security then make [...]
Office 2007: Cannot open file from SharePoint 2010
Problem: Opening a file directly from a SharePoint 2010 on a workstation with Office 2007 installed can result in an “Unable to open file <filename>” dialog. Resolution: Install the latest Office 2007 Suite service pack (Currently Service Pack 3)
SharePoint 2010 FBA: Security token username and password could not be validated
Note: if you are here looking for a guide on configuring FBA in SharePoint 2010 the following are good resources: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee806890.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/mahesm/archive/2010/04/07/configure-forms-based-authentication-fba-with-sharepoint-2010.aspx Although there are a number of possible reasons for this error in the Event Log (the obvious being an incorrect username and password), there are some that just baffle you as you believe [...]
ADFS 2.0 (and IIS 7+) and Google Chrome
This one annoyed me for longer than I wish to share… If you are having problems using Windows Authentication on IIS (in particular with the ADFS 2.0 passive federation) where you can login fine with Internet Explorer but Google Chrome simply repeats asking for your login and password then this is for you! IIS has [...]
SharePoint 2010 Multiple Upload and Explorer Disabled
Symptoms: Multiple Upload is disabled along with the Explorer option on Document Libraries. Resolution: This problem is usually caused by a mismatch with Office and Internet Explorer. If you are workign on a 64bit version of Windows you will have two Internet Explorer links, one which opens the 32bit version (x86) and another which will [...]
Deploying a IPv6 Internet Enabled Network Part 1
This is the first in a two part series of blog posts that will deal with the configuration and deployment of an IPv6 internet enabled network without the need of an ISP which supports IPv6. What you will need A spare physical or virtual server that can be used as a Linux based router In [...]
