When trying to install SP2013 on a windows 2012R2 or 2016 you may get the error : Error: The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role
A quick fix might be to go to C:\Windows\System32\ , look for ServerManager.exe, make a copy and name it ServerManagerCMD.exe as this is the file that the SP prereqs is trying to call
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Newly released from Microsoft AI Lab, a tool to convert handwritten mockups into valid html code. Simply upload an image and get HTML markup.
GitHub link: https://github.com/Microsoft/ailab/tree/master/Sketch2Code
a short YouTube video overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6pqqPPHyYM
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In order to replace a text in any section of the header or the footer of a word document, you can use this snippet
doc = Document Object
foreach (Section sec in doc.Sections)
{
foreach (HeaderFooter fot in sec.Footers)
{
fot.Range.Find.Execute(FindText: loc.Key, ReplaceWith: loc.Value,
Replace: WdReplace.wdReplaceAll);
}
}
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I had a case of an IIS site that had link to a local ODT file (Office Document Text, used by Open office and star office).
Anyone clicking on this link was getting a 404 error, file not found. I made sure the url is correct, the file exists where it is supposed to be, etc..
After some investigation, it turned out that this file did not have its MIME type defined in IIS. As a result IIS was not serving an unknown MIME type: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/326965/iis-6-0-does-not-serve-unknown-mime-types
To fix this issue, simply add the MIME type to the designated site
Ref: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725608%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
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To have http redirects in a sharepoint we can use something like this in the web.config file
<location path=”oldpage1.htm”>
<system.webServer>
<httpRedirect enabled=”true” destination=”newpage1.html” exactDestination=”true” httpResponseStatus=”Permanent” />
</system.webServer>
</location>
One simple way of doing it using PowerShell is to use the SPWebConfigModication object.
The following script can achieve that
$Owner = “redirectMod”
$webApp = Get-SPWebApplication $Url
$modification = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigModification
$modification.Path = “configuration”;
$modification.Name = “redirect-1” ;
$modification.Sequence = 0;
$modification.Owner =$Owner;
$modification.Type = 0 # EnsureChildNode;
$modification.Value = “<location path='”+$from+”‘><system.webServer><httpRedirect enabled=’true’ destination='”+$to+”‘ exactDestination=’true’ httpResponseStatus=’Permanent’ /></system.webServer></location>”;
$webApp.WebConfigModifications.Add($modification);
$webApp.Update()
$webApp.Parent.ApplyWebConfigModifications()
do{
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2;
Write-Host “.” -NoNewline
$configJobRunning = IsWebConfigModificationJobPendingOrRunning $webApp;
}while ($configJobRunning);
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If we need to add some URL rewrite to a SharePoint site, we can do that using some web.config settings like :
<rewrite>
<rewriteMaps>
<rewriteMap name=”Redirects”>
<add key=”/Page1.html” value=”/Page1″ />
<add key=”/Page2.html” value=”/Page2″ />
</rewriteMap>
</rewriteMaps>
</rewrite>
One way to do that Is to use SharePoint Powershell commands.
The following script achieves that:
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigModification] $modification = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigModification
$modification.Path = “configuration/system.webServer”;
$modification.Name = “rewrite”;
$modification.Sequence = 0;
$modification.Owner =$Owner;
$modification.Type = 0 # EnsureChildNode;
$modification.Value = “”;
$webApp.WebConfigModifications.Add($modification);
$modification = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigModification
$modification.Path = “configuration/system.webServer/rewrite”;
$modification.Name = “rewriteMaps”;
$modification.Sequence = 0;
$modification.Owner =$Owner;
$modification.Type = 0 # EnsureChildNode;
$modification.Value = “”;
$webApp.WebConfigModifications.Add($modification);
$modification = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigModification
$modification.Path = “configuration/system.webServer/rewrite/rewriteMaps”;
$modification.Name = “rewriteMap”;
$modification.Sequence = 0;
$modification.Owner =$Owner;
$modification.Type = 0 # EnsureChildNode;
$modification.Value = “”;
$webApp.WebConfigModifications.Add($modification);
$modification = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigModification
$modification.Path = “configuration/system.webServer/rewrite/rewriteMaps/rewriteMap”;
$modification.Name = “redirect-1”;
$modification.Sequence = 0;
$modification.Owner =$Owner;
$modification.Type = 0 # EnsureChildNode;
$modification.Value = “”;
$webApp.WebConfigModifications.Add($modification);
$modification = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebConfigModification
$modification.Path = “configuration/system.webServer/rewrite/rewriteMaps/rewriteMap”;
$modification.Name = “redirect-2”;
$modification.Sequence = 0;
$modification.Owner =$Owner;
$modification.Type = 0 # EnsureChildNode;
$modification.Value = “”;
$webApp.WebConfigModifications.Add($modification);
$webApp.Update()
$webApp.Parent.ApplyWebConfigModifications()
do{
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2;
Write-Host “.” -NoNewline
$configJobRunning = IsWebConfigModificationJobPendingOrRunning $webApp;
}while ($configJobRunning);
References:
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One possible reason to have an error accessing a SharePoint site (page not found, 404 error) is that content database is not accessible by Pool user.
This could happen after restoring content database using SQL restore if you don’t follow the steps exactly.
In this case you will likely find in the ULS logs an error like
SqlError: ‘Cannot open database “WSS_Content_XYZ” requested by the login. The login failed.’
Quick fix: from central administration -> Manage content databases -> select the content database and check the “remove” to remove it from the farm and then add it again. when SP adds the content database back, it makes sure all required permissions are added and this could fix the problem.
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