SharePoint 2013 Upgrade Check List
Hi all,Today, I’ve put all together my SharePoint 2013 upgrade experience.As I have lot of Farms to admin, in different environments (Prod, pre-Prod, Test), I was faced to several issues.So, in the...
View ArticleHow to retrieve lost WSP package to prepare the SharePoint migration
Hi All,In order to prepare the migration of our SharePoint 2010 Farm to SharePoint 2013 Farm, I discover that old wsp packages were still present on the content databases.Some of them are “relics” from...
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How to : Add new file type in SharePoint 2010
Hi all,Today’s task is to add a new managed file type.The file type is .dmmx from Dropmind.To achieve this request, I’m following the blog page of Romain K.Step 1 : Assign an icon to the document in...
View ArticleUser credential issue in SharePoint Site
Hi all,Today, I'll talk about an strange SharePoint issue, but it's not an issue from SharePoint.It's a client side issue.Facts: - User is Site Collection Administrator - User gets popup to enter his...
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Diagnose and Clean MissingWebPart and MissingAssembly issues
Hi all,Today I found useful cmdlets to diagnose and clear those errors in the Content DB of my SharePoint 2010 Farm.How to:Step 1: - Test-SPContentDatabase -name <ContentDB_Name> -webapplication...
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How to install AppFabric when having Error 1603?
Hi all,Today’s story is about an issue to install the AppFabric pre-requisite for a test stand-alone SharePoint 2013 Farm.After downloading all the .msi given by Microsoft in this blog...
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Search Issue: Internal Server Error Exception
HI All,Today I found the solution of our error with the Search in our SharePoint 2010 Farm.The problem is that each user making a search into his Site collection via the Search Box as bellow, received...
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Confirm Site use and Deletion
Hi All,Today, I spend time to check the Retention Time of an unused mySite.One of my client was complaining that he received a mail reminder that his mySite will be deleted as there is no activity.Here...
View ArticleSearch did not provide new items
Hi All,Today, I’ll talk about the Search issue I had few weeks ago.This started on our SharePoint 2010 production Farm, with complain from users that weren’t able to find they newly added documents in...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 returns to 'upgrade required' status
Hi all,This post is related to the fact that after upgrading your SharePoint Farm with success, you are faced again with some servers in the "Upgrade Required" status.As this issue was still coming and...
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Why a Content DataBase is not cleaning the free space after Move-SPSite or...
Hi all,I was faced to a full Database, and the quick-win solution, was to move some sites to another Database.After making the list of the site collection present in the database, I found that the...
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SharePoint 2013 ::: Database is in Compatibility range and upgrade is...
Hi all,After the December 2014 CU, all my farms have their BDC Service Database in compatibility range.I found the solution from Markus’ Blog and I’ve executed this PowerShell...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 and Microsoft Security Patch side effects
Hi all,Last week, I've patch with big success my production Farm (15 servers) and my Disaster recovery Farm (15 sercers).Little explanation about our configuration:All the db (system, content, search,...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 ::: How to restore the deleted "Suggested sites to follow"...
Hi all,Today’s challenge is to restore the Web Part “Suggested sites to follow” that was deleted by the user himself.So, do not lose your time in trying to find the Web Part in the Add Web Part page of...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 ::: BCS Database is in compatibility range and upgrade is...
Hi all,A few time ago, I went trought this message for the BCS Database on SharePoint 2013:BCS Database is in compatibility range and upgrade is recommendedTo solve this issue, I've executed this...
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SharePoint 2013 ::: .NET Server Error ::: Event ID 1023
Hi all,Today, I'm checking one of my Farms, in my test environment, and while opening Central Administration site, I was faced to this nice Runtime Error:Following this discover, I've tested to access...
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SharePoint 2013 ::: Event ID 6482 ::: An update conflict has occured
Hi all,Today, I'm facing with Event ID 6482, indicating that the job is failing due to an update conflict.The resolution for this issue is to delete ALL .xml files where the mentioned file is...
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SharePoint 2016 On-Prem ::: Error within Word and Excel Online
Hi All,Today I'm closing this case opened last month at Microsoft.The issue is that on SharePoint 2016 On-Prem, it is no more possible to open any excel nor word file in the Word/Excel Online, or to...
View Article"An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action" in SharePoint
Hi all,I was facing this issue when trying to run manually a timer job from the Central Administration GUI.According to Microsoft, I've clear the cache of SharePoint only from 1 server of my Farm.I've...
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SharePoint 2013 ::: IIS Config file is corrupted
Hi all,Issue with IIS while opening the Application PoolChecked the config file, and it was corrupted.Solution:1- Check when the file was last modified2- Find the last correct file in the history...
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