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SPWeb.Users.GetCollection does not work as expected
It appears that SPWeb.Users.GetCollection is not bound to its initialized web although SPWeb.Users[username] and SPWeb.Users.GetByEmail(email) are. The unfortunate thing, SPWeb.Users[username] and SPWeb.Users.GetByEmail(email) both throw exceptions if nothing is...
SharePoint Hide Fields with JS and JQuery
Session State in SharePoint
I tried using Session state today in a web part I was developing, it failed, the session was always null. I followed the best practices, verified it was enabled in web.config, it wasn't, so I turned it on. EnableSessionState="true". I tried my webpart again,...
SharePoint 2013 Front End Server Prep
Here's a collection of tools that are handy to have installed on your front end servers. The first thing you'll want to do is install a Windows SDK. The SDK package comes with a lot tools, specifically GacUtil.exe Server 2012...
SharePoint Configuration Wizard Error – The SDDL string contains an invalid SID or a SID that cannot be translated
was setting up a HyperV instance for development. Grabbed a Server 2012 Eval, threw SQL on it and installed SharePoint Foundation 2013. I was running through the configuration wizard and it was at step 8 or 9, creating Sample Data... and it threw the error below. I...
SharePoint 2013 Configure Search Services
//Provision Usage App $UP = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy | where {$_.TypeName -like "Usage*"} $UP.Provision() //Starts the Services $hostA = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity "spapp" Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity $hostA //Verify...
There was a problem deleting Web site “SiteName”. Sites that have subsites or certain apps can’t be deleted. Please try again after deleting all subsites and removing the apps.
Keep getting error when I try to delete a site with sub sites. This PowerShell script works well. # Completely deletes the specified Web (including all subsites) function RemoveSPWebRecursively( [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb] $web) { Write-Debug "Removing site...
PublishingAssociatedContentType and its values
Another good tutorial. http://read-more.su/2012/05/publishing-associated-content-type-value.html
Event Handlers SharePoint 2010
This Tutorial can come in pretty handy. http://www.sharepointbriefing.com/spcode/article.php/3872616/Using-the-Event-Handler-in-SharePoint-2010.htm
SharePoint – Save Site As Template Missing ?
Site Templates don't work on publishing sites, there are many reasons for this, master pages, page layouts, etc. The stuff doesn't export / Import well. Some times you need just need to get to the site template for development reasons and what not. This is stolen from...