Posted in SharePoint, Tips, Uncategorized, tagged SharePoint on September 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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
Posted in SharePoint, Tips, tagged PowerShell, SharePoint, Tips on May 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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);
Posted in SharePoint, Tips, tagged PowerShell, SharePoint, URLRedirect on May 30, 2017| 1 Comment »
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:
Posted in SharePoint, Tips, tagged PowerShell, SharePoint on April 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »
When running Enable-SPFeature, you may get the weird error:
“Enable-SPFeature : The file is currently checked out or locked for editing by another user.”
One possible cause of this issue could be that some file(s) the are deployed by the feature could be checked out by a user.
Checking the ULS logs you could find something like
Instantiating module “NAMEOFMODULE”: File could not be added at URL “FILENAME.jpg“: Error 689225296 99e77593-d0d4-49df-adcc-c8f8251fbb82
04/06/2017 20:53:42.02 PowerShell.exe (0x107C) 0x1334 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly High Leaving Monitored Scope (SPSqlClient). Execution Time=11589.5652 99e77593-d0d4-49df-adcc-c8f8251fbb82
04/06/2017 20:53:42.02 PowerShell.exe (0x107C) 0x1334 SharePoint Foundation General 8kh7 High The file is currently checked out or locked for editing by another user.<nativehr>0x80070021</nativehr><nativestack></nativestack> 99e77593-d0d4-49df-adcc-c8f8251fbb82
04/06/2017 20:53:42.03 PowerShell.exe (0x107C) 0x1334 SharePoint Foundation General aix9j High SPRequest.EnableModuleFromXml: UserPrincipalName=i:0).w|s-1-5-21-995927836-1113283497-4239367599-17896, AppPrincipalName= ,bstrSetupDirectory=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\Template ,bstrFeatureDirectory=Features\ABCDEP ,bstrUrl=,bstrXML=<Module Name=”images” Path=”Style Library\images” Url=”Style Library/images” RootWebOnly=”TRUE” xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/”><File ReplaceContent=”True” Type=”GhostableInLibrary” Path=”favicon.ico” Url=”favicon.ico” /><File ReplaceContent=”True” Type=”GhostableInLibrary” Path= ,fForceUnghost=False ,pModuleContext=<null> 99e77593-d0d4-49df-adcc-c8f8251fbb82
04/06/2017 20:53:42.03 PowerShell.exe (0x107C) 0x1334 SharePoint Foundation General ai1wu Medium System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The file is currently checked out or locked for editing by another user.<nativehr>0x80070021</nativehr>
Posted in SharePoint, Tips, tagged SharePoint, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, Tips on August 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Problem:
The list/library template you just created by saving List or library as a template is not showing up when you try to create a new list/library based on that template.
One thing to check first is to go to the List templates Gallery (Site settings-> List templates under web designer galleries).
If the template in question does NOT have product Version and Feature ID assigned. Then the problem might be that the ParserEnabled property is set to false on that site.
Resolution:
Using PowerShell , set the ParserEnabled property to true.
$web = Get-SPWeb <url of web>
$web.ParserEnabled = $true
$web.Update()
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2779729
Thanks to
Posted in SharePoint, Tips, tagged Office365, PowerShell, SharePoint, SharePointOnline on June 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Here is a simple script to create the site structure for SharePoint Online based on a csv file.
The script is using the Client-side SharePoint PowerShell project from Codeplex (https://sharepointpowershell.codeplex.com/ ).
In order to create the site structure just fill the csv file of the following format
Url,Name,Template,Description,Language
Blog,Blog,BLOG#0,Blog,1033
Subsite1, SubSite1, STS#0, Name1, 1033
SubSite1/Subsite11, Name11, STS#0, Description, 1033
SubSite1/Subsite11/Subsite1111, Name3, STS#0, Description, 1033
And then use the following script
Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot\spps.psm1"
Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot\spps.subsites.psm1"
Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot\ConfigCredentials.ps1"
Initialize-SPPS -siteURL $O365SiteUrl -isOnline $true -onlineusername $username -onlinepassword $password
Import-Csv $PSScriptRoot\SiteStructure.csv | ForEach-Object{
$name = $_.Name
$template = $_.Template
$description = $_.Description
$lang = $_.Language
Write-Host "Processing " $name " " $_.Url
Open-Rootsite
$relUrl = ""
foreach($subsite in $_.Url -split "/")
{
$relUrl += "/"+ $subsite
try
{
Open-Subsite -relativeUrl $relUrl
Write-Host "Site" [$relUrl] "Already exists"
}
catch
{
Write-Host "Trying to create" $subsite
Add-Subsite -title $name -url $subsite -webTemplate $template -language $lang -description $description
}
}
Write-Host " ———————– "
}
Note, the Script ConfigCredentials.ps1 is used to store the Site Url and the credentials as follows
$O365SiteUrl = “https://url_here”
$username = username@domain.com
$password = "password"
Note: to make sure the script behaves as expected, make sure that the hierarchy in the csv file is in order. i.e.
Subsite1
Subsite1/Subsite2
in other words do no list the sub site before its parent site.
Posted in SharePoint, Tips, tagged SharePoint, Tips on July 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
For some reason if you set the Properties Hashtable of the File added as (“Title”, “TitleValue”), sharePoint just ignores it.
The Trick is to set the Title using (“vti_title”, “TitleValue”)
Posted in SharePoint, Tips, tagged Access denied, RunWithElevatedPrivileges, SharePoint on March 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I had a custom web part that is running code that required elevated privileges and was running within SPSecurity.runWithElevatedPrivileges as below
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
{
SPSite siteColl = SPContext.Current.Site;
….
}
I kept throwing an access denied error.
after some investigation I found the solution at this useful blog.
the problem in short is, I was using a reference to the SPSite obtained from the SPContext. This reference to SPSite was created before the code entered the RunWithElevatedPrivileges block. Therefore, the reference to the SPSite was running under the current user privileges even though it was placed within the RunWithElevatedPrivileges block.
The solution is to obtain a new reference to the SPSite created within the RunWithElevatedPrivileges block as shown below.
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
{
using (SPSite siteColl = new SPSite(SPContext.Current.Site.ID))
….
}
Posted in Good Links, SharePoint, tagged DotNetNuke, SharePoint on July 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The new (just released) release of DotNetNuke (enterprise edition) can now integrate with SharePoint to expose a document library on the internet. More at: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/Blogs/EntryId/3133/SharePoint-integration-in-DotNetNuke-6.aspx
Posted in SharePoint, tagged SharePoint, Sharepoint Optimization on February 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Todd Carter posted a blog about the reason why SharePoint (MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0) consume very large amounts of memory that could potentially cause memory loss. He also a quick workaround to fix it. This posted received thumbs up from many SharePoint gurus as a “must read”:
http://todd-carter.com/post/2010/02/08/SharePointe28099s-Sasquatch-Memory-Leak.aspx
Emad's Blog 