Powershell Tip #7 - How to find which sites use a specific webpart in SharePoint

by rahul 9/21/2012 1:14:29 PM
Problem Scenario You are experiencing a bunch of performance issues in SharePoint. After some analysis, you figure out that it is happening due to a specific web part – call it The_Big_BAD_Webpart. How would you find out which sites use this web part? Solution Try the following, during non-peak t... [More]


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PowerShell | Tips and Tricks | Sharepoint | SharePoint 2010

Powershell Tip #5 - Migrate users from one domain to another

by rahul 7/11/2012 6:21:30 PM
In your SharePoint environment, have you found users migrating from one domain to another? Or the domain structure changing due to any reason? What if there are bulk migrations of users? Here is the PowerShell script to help you out in doing just that. This script is to automate the following comma... [More]


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PowerShell | Sharepoint | Tips and Tricks

How to delete a Site Collection that acts tough in SharePoint? [0x80070003]

by rahul 5/24/2012 12:58:39 PM
Well, you won’t get this issue often… but if you are reading this, the chances are high that you are working with SharePoint and a Site Collection that you want to delete is not getting deleted. Symptoms 1. When you try to delete the site collection using Central Admin, you will not be able to sel... [More]


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Sharepoint | Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot Error 6482 on Office SharePoint Server

by rahul 5/23/2012 7:01:49 PM
On my virtual farm, I noticed the following error popping up every minute in my Event Viewer. Mine is not a production setup, but it was filling up my Event logs, and it doesn’t feel good, you know Event Type:    Error Event Source:    Office SharePoint Server Ev... [More]


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Troubleshooting | Sharepoint

Troubleshooting SharePoint 2007 Cache

by rahul 3/13/2012 2:18:58 PM
What is SharePoint configuration cache? What is its importance? The configuration cache is a location, where configuration information stored in the configuration database is cached on each server in the farm. Caching the data on each server prevents from having to make SQL calls to pull this infor... [More]


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Troubleshooting | Sharepoint | MOSS

What to do if you get 'WebForm_PostBackOptions' is undefined with MOSS 2007

by rahul 11/23/2011 4:24:29 PM
Recently, while working with MOSS 2007 on my VM I noticed that most of my pages, including Central Administration pages was throwing Javascript error. I did a lot of random things to fix, but realized very soon that fixing an issue should always be a focused and thoughtful process. Troubleshooting i... [More]


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Troubleshooting | Sharepoint

MOSS 2007: Failed to create sample data. An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException was thrown. Provisioning did not succeed. The site template was not provisioned successfully.

by vivek 8/24/2010 11:49:15 AM
I have been studying SharePoint for sometime and thought of installing SharePoint 2007 on my Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine. Finally, it gave me something to write about . During the installation process, SharePoint 2007 SP2 setup failed with an error Careful look at the configuration t... [More]


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MOSS | IIS 7 | Sharepoint | Troubleshooting

SQL Database files and Disk Drive Space Reporting Tool

by rahul 11/19/2009 12:55:03 PM
Not everyone will need this tool, but in case you have a Microsoft SQL Database Server and a lot of disk drives/SAN, you may choose to read on. Let’s assume you are a Database Administrator, and you have a lot of Disk Drives, and you have SQL Databases residing on quite a few of them. You know that... [More]


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Download | SQL | Sharepoint | Tips and Tricks

MOSS 2007 – Step by Step – Part 9

by Rahul 9/25/2009 9:56:00 PM
MOSS 2007 – Step by Step – Table of Content In this post, we’ll install POP3 email and configure Outlook to send/receive email. This will make enable us to test MOSS 2007 email functions.     Switch to the machine AS. Click Start –> Contro... [More]


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Sharepoint | Step By Step

MOSS 2007 – Step by Step – Part 8

by Rahul 9/23/2009 8:40:00 AM
MOSS 2007 – Step by Step – Table of Content In this post, we’ll upgrade our existing farm – MOSS SP1 with April CU to MOSS SP2 with June CU. We’ll also install a patch which fixes the trial issue. Once done with installation, I will show you how to verify if all ... [More]


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Sharepoint | Step By Step

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