SharePoint 2010 Recovery/ Restore Options

In my last post i had mentioned some sneak peak regarding SharePoint backups. By means of sharePoint 2010, Microsoft has comes up with great options in terms of recovery also.

I would like to highlight some key information which is shared by Microsoft that will be usefull to all of you:

1. Restore a farm (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428314.aspx

2. Restore a farm configuration (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428326.aspx

3. Document farm configuration settings (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff645391.aspx

4. Copy configuration settings from one farm to another (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff627859.aspx

5. Restore a Web application (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748647.aspx

6. Restore a service application (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428305.aspx

7. Restore search (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748654.aspx

8. Restore secure store services (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748602.aspx

9. Restore a content database (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748604.aspx

10. Attach and restore a read-only content database (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748633.aspx

11. Restore customizations (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748613.aspx

12. Restore a site collection (SharePoint Server 2010)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748655.aspx

13. Import a list or document library (SharePoint Server 2010) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428322.aspx

Three Cheers to Microsoft 4 sharing such valuable information, Thanks...

SharePoint 2010 Recycle Bin Settings

Recycle Bin Settings in SharePoint 2010

Recycle Bins are one of the key features which are mandotory from business requirements.They are used to protect and recover data.Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 as well as SharePoint Server 2010 supports two stages of Recycle Bins:First-stage Recycle Bin and Second-stage Recycle Bin.
To configure Recycle Bin settings by using Central Administration

1. Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.
2. On the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, click Application Management.
3. On the Application Management page, click Manage Web Applications.
4. Click the Web application for which you want to configure Recycle Bin settings. The ribbon becomes active.
5. On the ribbon, click the General Settings drop-down menu, and then click General Settings.
6. On the Web Application General Settings page, in the Recycle Bin section, you can configure the following settings:
->You can specify a time after which items in the Recycle Bins are deleted, or you can specify that these items should never be deleted. By default, items are deleted after 30 days.
->You can set the Recycle Bins for the Web application to be On or Off. By default, Recycle Bins are turned on.

Note:
If you turn off the Recycle Bins, any existing items in both the first and second-stage Recycle Bins are deleted. Depending on how much data is contained in the Recycle Bins, deleting these items can take a long time.

Please let me know in case of any issues,Thanks !!

SharePoint 2010 Granular Backups

Today, I have analyzed as well as tested sharepoint 2010 granular backups strategies. If we compare to SharePoint 2007 then we need to perform every task by using stsadm n GUI doesnt have any support. But in SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has introduced this functionality by which we can implement the granular backups by using GUI i.e. Central Administration as well as by using POWERSHELL.

Explored two options as follows:
1. Perform a site collection Backup
2. Export a list

Please refer the following steps as how i have executed these operations:

Backing up a site collection:
1.Central Administration
2.Select Backup and Restore
3.From the UI select Perform a site collection backup
4.Select the appropriate site collection from the pull down menu
5.Include proper UNC path including backup file named like: filename.bak
6.Selecting Start backup redirects to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx page.

Backing up a Site, Library, or List

Exporting a Site/sub-site

Export a specific site using Central Administrator:
1. Select Backup and Restore
2. From the UI select Export a site or list
3. Select Site Collection\Site "leave list drop down clear"
4. Optional categories is to export full security or export versioning history
5. Selecting Start export redirects to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx page.

Export a specific list or library:

1. Select Backup and Restore
2. From the UI select Export a site or list
3. Select Site Collection\Site
4. Select a list
5. Optional categories “export full security or export versioning history”
6. Selecting Start export redirects to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx page.

I hope the above information will helps you to understand the granular backups present in sharepoint 2010. If you face any issues then please let me know....I would be more than happy to help you and resolve your issues.. Thanks !!!

SharePoint 2010 Templates

SharePoint 2010 provides a great variety templates for creating new sites. Most companies will decide for you which SharePoint templates you're going to use; it’s usually either a Team Site template or a Publishing Site template.

Please refer the below mentioned brief description regarding some site templates that belongs to SP2010.

This copy of Microsoft office is not genuine

Hey Guys, this is not related with sharepoint but testing sp-applications in reff. to office 2007 documents. Till yesterday, The office documents are working fine but after some patching on my windows 2003 OS, I am getting the prompt:This copy of Microsoft office is not genuine.

After installing Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) Notifications (KB949810) from Windows Update, OGA Validation will perform genuine test on installed Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007 and Office 2010 software.
KB949810 OGA Notifications update is designed so that end-user cannot uninstall or removed the update using “Add and Remove Programs” or “Program and Features” in the Control Panel.

Disable and Remove OGAAddin from within Office Applications:
Please follow these following steps:

1.Run one of the Office app such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint as administrator.
2.Open Windows Explorer, go to %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
3.Right click on Office app executable, e.g. winword.exe, excel.exe, powerpnt.exe to run as administrator.
4.Go to Options--> Add-Ins.
5.3.Select COM Add-ins under Manage drop menu list, and click Go.
6.Disable or remoev the OGAAdmin.
7.Repeat above steps for each and every Office applications installed.

Please check the results and your issue will be resolved!!
Please let me know in case of any queries,Thanks !!

Reff: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949810