Migrated to Classic mode authentication to Mixed mode authentication.
Dear All, We have recently migrated our SharePoint foundation 2010 from Classic-mode to claims based (mixed mode - windows NTLM and FBA(LDAP provider)) authentication. Also migrated all AD users as...
View ArticleCannot connect to configuration database
Hi, In our farm, in database server, database alias name has been changed due to some reasons. So now when we are opening Central Administration we are getting error as below Cannot connect to...
View ArticleHow do you enable health reports on a SharePoint 2010 server?
How do you enable health reports on a SharePoint 2010 server? Under Central Admin, I go to Monitoring, click View Health Reports, and it says: A health report is not available for this site. Usage...
View Articlesharepoint 2010 Backup error !
While the job was execting a backup I received it message ! Object SharePoint_Config failed in event OnBackup. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup...
View ArticleGet "Column '_dlc_Exempt' does not exist. It may have been deleted by another...
I get this error when attempting to delete a record in SharePoint 2010 Records Centre: Column '_dlc_Exempt' does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user I figured this '_dlc_Exempt" must be...
View ArticleGot error when selecting "Compliance Details" on Sharepoint 2010 records centre
Got error when selecting "Compliance Details" on Sharepoint 2010 records centre. It does not provide any specifics. since I enabled "Auditing" in Information Management Policy of the associated content...
View ArticleCan't remove site collection with powershell command
Hello, I tried running this PowerShell command: Remove-SPSite -Identity "http://devspfam/sites/chinook" -GradualDelete Confirm Are you sure you want to perform this action? Performing operation...
View ArticleHow to migrated WSS 3.0 site to a server with SharePoint 2010?
Hello, I am doing migration from WSS 3.0 SP2 to SSP 2010. I have done the database attach upgrade approach with the content database and now the content database is in SQL Server 2008 R2. I have...
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Setting farm trust
Hi guys, I'm making a trust between 2 farms as discribed in following article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee704552%28office.14%29.aspx The idea is to put root cert from publishing farm...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 Site topology - One web application for all sites vs Separate...
Hi, For a Shared SP 2010 farm, if the farm is shared with a number of country units, what would be a good design - Have a single web application and then use managed paths/host named site collections,...
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Task Permission Level - Access Denied
Hi Everyone - Thanks in advance for your help! Here is what is happening: A user has "read only" access to a site through an AD group. They also have "read only" access through that same AD group to...
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State service application SharePoint 2010
Hi All, In our Sharepoint 2010 farm, we have a state service application, whose options are grayed out; please see below screenshot: Even for the proxy, it is grayed out. Any idea if this is...
View ArticleFolders become document sets after uploading via explorer window
Hi All, I have the following problem: In the library there are some content types, among which there is a custom document set. Recently we noticed that when users upload folders using explorer window...
View ArticleRestore Site Collection Failing (Corrupted)
Here is the deal: I performed the following command in PRODUCTION: PS> Backup-SPSite http://Sharepoint.Internal.com/sites/siteCollection -Path C:\Backups\SiteCollection.bak -usesqlsnapshot -force...
View ArticleProblem Activating a Feature Using STSADM
Hi I created a timer job for SP-2010. When I add the solution SharePoint creates the following: "14\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\GWR.Legal_InventoryJobFeature\feature.xml" I try running the following stsadm...
View ArticleYour client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer
Hi, There are plenty of threads in the forum about this problem. However creating the new thread with the hope to get latest information. Also every setup scenario is slightly unique in some respact. I...
View ArticleMy Site Host Location does not retain the host I enter
I am trying to setup the MySites, however I notices that when I go into CentralAdmin -> UserProfileSettings -> MySiteSettings and try to change the "My Site host Location" it does not retain the...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010 - Simplest migration to another server
Hello, I have a quick question about moving SharePoint 2010 to a different server. It's just a move (there's no upgrade involved). I'm just curious about what is the best way of doing this? I'm...
View ArticleBulk add of FBA users to a SharePoint 2010 group
We have claims authentication (mixed mode - Windows NTLM and FBA(LDAP provider)) on our SharePoint foundation 2010. We can bulk add AD users to a SharePoint group by typing semi-colon separated values...
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Prompting for windows credentials when a user clicks on "open in Excel" from...
I have set up a Secure Store ID (using a service account) for all excel reports and they are showing up fine for all users. However, when some of the users click on the "Open in Excel" option on the...
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