17 April, 2013

Error in creating a SharePoint Wiki site in SharePoint 2010

Problem Description: Error in creating a SharePoint Wiki site in SharePoint 2010

Creating a subsite underneath site collection by using ‘enterprisewiki’ throws an exceptions.

Please refer the following exceptions which is a series of error messages and helpful to understand the cause behind it.

Error Messages:
Error#1: Failed to activate site-scoped features for template 'ENTERWIKI#0' in site ‘http://sharepoint2007/sites/SP2010Projects’.    a41b91e6-385b-42a9-a10f-c69e15de613a

Error#2: Failed to activate web features when provisioning site at url " http://sharepoint2007/sites/SP2010Projects" with site definition "ENTERWIKI#0"
               
Error#3: Failed to apply template "ENTERWIKI#0" to web at URL " http://sharepoint2007/sites/SP2010Projects".  a41b91e6-385b-42a9-a10f-c69e15de613a

Error#4: SPContentTypeBindingElement.ElementActivated(). ContentType '0x010100C568DB52D9D0A14D9B2FDCC96666E9F2007948130EC3DB064584E219954237AF39004C1F8B46085B4D22B1CDC3DE08CFFB9C' not found on web ' http://sharepoint2007/sites/SP2010Projects'.              a41b91e6-385b-42a9-a10f-c69e15de613a

Error#5: specified argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name:content type not found(‘0x010100C568DB52D9D0A14D9B2FDCC96666E9F2007948130EC3DB064584E219954237AF39004C1F8B46085B4D22B1CDC3DE08CFFB9C’).

Analysis:
Wiki template is a dependency section of Publishing Infrastructure as per the following articles:


Resolution:
Activate publishing infrastructure at the site collection level as well as at the site level.

How to do this:
Activate Publishing Infrastructure @site collection level:   
-Open the site
-site actions
-Site settings
-site collection Administration
-activate “SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure”

Activate Publishing Infrastructure @site level:   
-Open the site
-site actions
-Site settings
-site actions
-manage site features
-activate “SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure”

That’s it; your issue will be resolved.

If you have any queries regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

Product Applies To:
SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Foundation 2010

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We will be hosting lunch at the Microsoft Office in Alpharetta on April 30 to take a deep dive into the things you really want to know about using Nintex to enhance your SharePoint deployment. You'll hear from our top consultants and a key customer or two. One attendee will go home with a free Windows Surface!

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Creating customized search results in SharePoint 2013


With the launch of SharePoint 2013 came some exciting new features and improvements in the realm of Web Content Management (WCM). Content authoring improvements like Image Renditions and the ability to drag and drop navigation items directly onto a page create a better experience for content authors, while branding advancements like the new Design Manager and Device Channels further empower web designers. Throw in Managed Navigation, Cross-site Publishing, Catalog-enabled lists and libraries, Category pages, clean URLs and the ability to capture a video thumbnail straight from the video and it is clear that WCM has received quite the facelift courtesy of SharePoint 2013.

Read the full tip here...

Extending your Enterprise Workflows and Forms with Services Offered in the Cloud


Today’s modern company is comprised of multiple offices, telecommuters, business travelers and clients on various continents in different time zones.  In this global economy, business applications are required to meet the needs of each employee and customer whether they are in Atlanta or Hong Kong.  No one wants to be sitting in an important meeting not being able to access and interact with the data and processes they need.  For this month’s Tip of the Month, we’re examining the benefits of utilizing the powerful cloud features of Nintex Live with Nintex Workflow and Nintex Forms.

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How to Customize Windows Explorer Search Connections for SharePoint Server 2010


One of the best improvements in SharePoint from version to version has been with Search. Search Server Express was added for SharePoint WSS 2007. Fast Search was introduced in SharePoint Server 2010 among other great feature improvements around the search service. In SharePoint Server 2013, Fast Search technology is now included in the standard search service and a new feature known as continuous search has been added. SharePoint's Search service is far superior to list views to locating documents and item information in SharePoint. There are so many features of search that can be easily utilized or extended upon so much so that each deserves its own article. One feature that this article will focus on is searching SharePoint content from your computer using Windows Explorer and how to extend its capabilities.

16 April, 2013

Can I send Email Alerts From SharePoint 2010 To Distribution Lists

Yes we can send Email alerts From SharePoint 2010 To Distribution Lists.

How ?

The answer is First you need to convert the DL into a security group for the DL to get resolved in Sharepoint . As Sharepoint doesnt recognise DL`s

After that is done .

1. Log in to your SharePoint site and navigate to Site Actions > Site Permissions

2. Add this distribution list to the site as a member of an existing SharePoint permission   
    group . you can give Read permissions no Higher permissions needed .

3. Navigate to Settings > Group Settings and make sure that the following is true

  • Who can view the membership of the group: Everyone.
  • Group permissions level: at least,Read permissions

  • 4.  Navigate to the library or list and click Library (List) > Tools > Set alert on this library (list)

    5.  Add the distribution list in the field Send alerts to

    The alerts now will be sent to the members of this distribution list.

    The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or Managed Metadata Web Service may not have been started. Please Contact your Administrator

    We have created a new UAT environment for the deployment purposes and everything is new. Suddenly the requirement comes up for managed metadata. As this environment is newly built so we have not created all the service applications and work/create as per the requirement arises.

    Note:
    If you find a different solution, please report it as a comment to this post. Be sure to double-verify it: undo your solution and verify that the problem comes back, then redo it and verify that the problem goes away.

    Problem Description:
    Creation of new service application named as ‘managed metadata’

    I have created a new service application by providing the following data:
    1.   Name of the service application Example. Managedmetedata_DEVSP
    2.   Name of the application pool
    3.   Selecting the appropriate service account from the dropdown which has sufficient privileges to create the SA.
    4.   Click OK

    Now the service application is created without any issues.

    As soon as I clicked on it then I got the following ERROR MESSAGE:
    The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or Managed Metadata Web Service may not have been started. Please Contact your Administrator.

    Resolution:
    Make sure the managed metadata service is already started.
    How to check this:
    a)   Central Administration
    b)   Manage services on server
    c)   Managed metadata service
    d)   Start

    Once the service is in started mode then check the results again by clicking on the managed metadata service application, it has to open the page without any errors\exceptions.

    If you face the same error message as mentioned above then please execute IISRESET once and that’s it.

    If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, Thank you.

    15 April, 2013

    Your backup is from a different version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and cannot be restored to a server running the current version

    Problem Description:
    Requirement comes up to transfer the backup of one site collection from production to development environment.

    -          Took the backup of the site collection by using PowerShell command without any issues
    -          As soon as I tried restoring the backup then I faced the following error message

    Error Message:
    Your backup is from a different version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and cannot be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file should be restored to a server with version '14.0.0.6134' or later.

    Checkpoints:
    -Compare the development SP version with the production version and found out the following info:
    Development- 14.0.6123.5006
    Production- 14.0.6120.5006

    -it’s quite obvious from the above versions that it’s not going to work L and we should be ready to hear the answer “It seems that you need to update your development server with the same patch which is running in production and then you can restore the backup” / upgrade your destination farm to the same version of the source farm, After your farms are at the same product version, the restore will succeed.

    Resolution:
    You must be wondering as How exactly I have achieved this resolution?

    Here are the details:
    -Restored Production backup to staging application but in a separate database

    -Took that database and restored to development environment – which automatically place that DB to the same version

    -Attached the database to default application, that’s it- issue resolved J

    Site is up and running, easily restored to the development environment without any waiting time.

    If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, thank you.

    The SharePoint Health Analyzer detected an error. One or more services have started or stopped unexpectedly

    Problem Description:
    The SharePoint Health Analyzer detected an error. One or more services have started or stopped unexpectedly.

    Error Message:
    The following services are managed by SharePoint, but their running state does not match what SharePoint expects: SPAdminV4. This can happen if a service crashes or if an administrator starts or stops a service using a non-SharePoint interface. If SharePoint-managed services do not match their expected running state, SharePoint will be unable to correctly distribute work to the service.

    SharePoint was unable to automatically repair this error.

    To stop or start a service managed by SharePoint, use the SharePoint service management interface in the SharePoint Central Administration Site. If a service has crashed, restart the service manually on the affected servers by running "net start [service name]" from a command prompt. For more information about this rule, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=142683.

    Checkpoints:
    - All services are running fine.
    - All SharePoint sites as well as web applications are running without any issues.

    Reason:
    Basically it’s a clear cut indication that the one of the required service is un-reachable.

    Resolutions you can try as there are multiple things by which we can resolve this issue:
    - Check the administration service is running or not in services console. if its stopped/disable then please restart it.
    - try to reboot the server and check the results again.
    - try restarting the services by using command prompt
    - after the above things and if you are still facing the problem then please check the SP logs and surely you will find the  exact error which will tell you the root cause behind it.

    If you have any issues/queries regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, Thank you

    Product applies to:
    - SP2010
    - SP2013
    - SharePoint Foundation 2010

    14 April, 2013

    SharePoint Pro | Update



    By Michael T. Smith

    As I discussed in "Inventorying SharePoint Using PowerShell," Windows PowerShell is a valuable tool that you can use to inventory top-level SharePoint objects. That article shows you how to get lists of farm features, web applications, site collections, and sites using PowerShell cmdlets. In this article, I will explain how you can use PowerShell to obtain information from SharePoint about lists, libraries, files, and pages. Here are some of the tasks we will explore:

    • Find lists and libraries based on just about any feature (e.g., versioning, content approval, date created).
    • Find all libraries that use a selected content type.
    • Find all items based on a selected column (including finding all documents created by a user).
    • Find all documents of a certain type (e.g., .docx).
    • Find all files larger than a certain size.
    • List all libraries, their file counts, and total file size.

    A reminder before we get started: Just because you can use PowerShell does not mean that you can ignore SharePoint security. See "Inventorying SharePoint Using PowerShell" for the basic security requirements. You will need to have at least read permissions to the content you want to explore. You can add the account you're using with PowerShell as a site collection administrator to every site collection or use SharePoint Central Administration user policies to give your account full read permissions in each application (select Central Administration, Application Management, then select an application, then click User Policy).

     
    To read the rest of the article, click here.


    By Caroline Marwitz

    See if any of the new or improved features listed below for SharePoint 2013 catch your eye. Then head over to Microsoft's SharePoint site for a deeper dive.

    1. Authentication
    • OAuth support. This web authorization protocol means that a user or web app can request authorization to get temporary access to specific network resources.
    • Default claims-based authentication for new web apps. A new Windows PowerShell cmdlet, Convert-SPWebApplication, helps you migrate from Windows classic-mode authentication to claims-based authentication.
    • Distributed Cache Service for login tokens. A dedicated cache helps avoid the need for additional configuration and makes for less memory utilization in the web front-ends.
    • Enhanced logging.

    To read the rest of the article, click here.
    SharePoint Pro Magazine Tips and How-To's

    SharePoint Pro | Updates



    By Dan Holme

    Over the last two weeks, I’ve laid out an analysis of Office 365 and what it means to enterprises large and small.  But there’s one piece that I left out—quite intentionally—that today deserves to be brought to light: apps.  Not just any apps.  Killer apps.  Solutions to problems that transcend SharePoint… problems that have plagued businesses for years.  Now that Office 365 is released, I’d like to lay out my prediction for an exciting near-term future for SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 apps. 

    From time to time I will highlight apps that I think are particularly noteworthy.  Today, I’d like to talk about a few—in particular a pair of apps that address very common business meeting and organizational challenges: MEETINGS and MY VIEW, which revolutionize your ability to leverage the Microsoft stack to manage effective meetings, and to roll up tasks and calendar entries across your SharePoint and Exchange worlds into a single view that can surface on any computer, tablet, or phone.

    Before we jump to that discussion, I’d like to thank everyone at Penton—the organization behind SharePointProMag.com—for all their work on our BRAND NEW SITE, launched today with a great new engine that my colleagues—for example Paul Thurrott at SuperSite for Windows—have been raving about.  I think you’ll love the new look, and how easy it is (finally!) to register to make comments, and to find content you’re looking for!  So whether you have time now to read about a couple of apps that could change your work life, do jump to the new site to check it out!

    To read the rest of the article, click here.


    By Asif Rehmani

    Have you noticed any SharePoint pages in your environment that load slower than the others? Want to know why? The SharePoint Developer Dashboard can provide the answer. Its name makes it sound like it’s only for developers. However, it's an extremely useful tool for IT professionals as well as SharePoint site owners.

    To read the rest of the article, click here.

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    By Jason Himmelstein

    When I initially sat down to start this article, I quickly realized that you can't begin to troubleshoot performance issues until you have a sound baseline to start with. Otherwise, the likelihood of you figuring out what is going wrong in the environment is extremely low. With this in mind, I decided to tackle this topic from a bit of a different perspective, examining what forms the base of a solid and well-performing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 farm and working backward from there.

    Performance is a tremendously broad topic when you're talking about SharePoint 2010. End users frequently have concerns such as "Saving that form took too long," or "It felt like it took forever for me to upload a file," or -- my favorite -- "SharePoint feels slow." As IT pros, we rarely get specifics when people complain about performance; they expect us to fix problems instantly without any details of what's really going on.

    To read the rest of the article, click here.

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    By Dan Holme

    Yesterday, Microsoft released Office 2013, Office 365 Home Premium, and Office 365 University—a significant chunk of the “Wave 15” Microsoft Office portfolio. But business and enterprise plans of Office 365 are on hold for another month.

    The general availability milestone for consumers means that Office 2013 is more officially in the wild, now. This is just one of many milestones, and there are many thousands of individuals—myself included—who have been using Office 2013 for months, whether through MSDN, TechNet, or Microsoft volume licenses, or through the suite’s inclusion on the Surface. Many thousands—myself included again—have also been working with the new version of Office 365 through preview accounts obtained during the Consumer Preview period, or through Enterprise plans.

    This week, I’ll share some of the details and resources related to this release, which in my opinion is a “no brainer” for certain scenarios—especially for those of us who are the tech support for our FFANs (Friends & Family Area Networks). I’ll also address some of the rumors about the impact today’s release has on your business and your users (read: licensing!). Next week, I’ll cover and clarify the dizzying array of Office 365 offerings for business.

    For those playing the “Where in the world is Dan?” game, I’m in London this week, speaking at the SharePoint User Group UK on Thursday. I fly to lovely Copenhagen on Friday for the European SharePoint Conference where I will deliver my new SharePoint 2013 Collaboration MasterClass, a keynote with Christian Buckley, and three governance sessions.

    Due to this week’s Office release news, I’m going to put off sharing the next chapter in my Facebook Catfish saga which, by the way, Facebook has yet to address adequately! (MAJOR #FAIL in protecting their users!)

    So, on a brighter note, the release of the stunning Office 365 and Office 2013 applications!

    To read the rest of the article, click here.

    By Caroline Marwitz

    Because my brain has been totally corrupted by using Twitter, what else but a tweet came to mind while I was reading the just-released Metalogix SharePoint survey:
    "SharePoint content explodes, admins unhurt.

    Actually, by rights it would more accurately have said "Users going ape-crazy with putting content into SharePoint, admins hopeful #SharePoint 2013 can help, if their organizations will cough up the money for it and allow for decent planning time, and by the way, ANY downtime while migrating = fail."
    To read the rest of the article, click here.

    Additional Resources
    Protecting Unstructured Data on File Servers, NetApp, EMC and SharePoint
    Organizations today increasingly depend on unstructured data – including emails, spreadsheets and other documents. That makes protecting them a priority and having the right tools is critical to success. Read this white paper to learn about your options.

    Real-time SharePoint Monitoring
    Try this easy-to-use tool that watches SharePoint’s disk space operation speed


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    SharePoint Pro | Updates.


    By Michael T. Smith

    Microsoft SharePoint quickly spreads through the enterprise because it’s very easy to use. Unfortunately, that often means that it’s easy to abuse, too.

    To manage the ever-growing spread of SharePoint, we often write governance plans that mandate the auditing and policing of users, content, and policies. Which tools can you use to perform these audits or even just to find out what's happening in your SharePoint installation? Third-party tools can handle some of the necessary inventories and auditing, but you already have a great instrument in your toolkit: Windows PowerShell.

    To read the rest of the article, click here.

    Additional Resources

    The Essential Guide to Achieving High Availability for SharePoint Data
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    SharePoint Pro: Update



    As with any new release, there was a lot to learn when SharePoint 2010 hit the streets. There were new features to master, and there were even some old features with which to get reacquainted. Typically, I’m up for such a challenge. Heck, I revel in it. However, one of the biggest challenges that I almost didn’t overcome was learning Windows PowerShell.

    I’ve been working with SharePoint for a long time now. Although I started with SharePoint Team Services 2001, I really cut my teeth with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (WSS 2.0). I used it to manage a farm that had more than 1,200 site collections and more than 10,000 subsites, which are often referred to as webs. I learned very early on to love and embrace scripting.

    To read the rest of the article, click here.

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