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How to integrate custom provider library with sharepoint application
I have a custom provider created in .net to store blob data on oracle server. this provider library is having implemented as per the steps mentioned in the link ...
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A sharepoint solution cannot be removed when a job is scheduled or running
I've been trying to remove my solution from Sharepoint 2007 but getting an error on the Central Admin page and when I do
stsadm -o deletesolution -name MySolution.wsp -override
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Active Directory users not listed when trying to add users to SharePoint Foundation 2010
I'm running SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 and I'm having a problem adding users from our AD into SP groups. The server is already on the domain and I can log in with an AD ...
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SQL Server 2008 - Backup Databases with more than 50 characters
I am using T-SQL to backup my MS SQL 2008 databases:
BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName
The problem occurs when it comes to the databases with their name length greater than 50 characters ...
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Office documents request content type when content type disabled on WSS 3.0 document libraries
I have many document libraries where content types had been enabled. This feature has been turned off. When saving directly to the document library from the browser the content type is not asked for. ...
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What DMS for large image collection?
I˙m looking for best solution to organize my image collection. Every image should have detail description, tags, keywords. DMS should have advance search so every image can be searchable by ...
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SharePoint 2010 not seeing Active Directory users
I'm pretty new to Active Directory and SharePoint but I was given to understand they are supposed to play well together.
Now I have successfully set up AD with multiple user accounts that work on ...
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SharePoint 2007 intermittent issue when saving file. Changes are lost but no error messages are shown
We're experiencing an intermittent problem with some users, sometimes Microsoft Office fails to save documents to SharePoint 2007.
Some users complain that sometimes it fails to save the file in ...
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Sharepoint dashboard site is giving access denied, but not settings pages
Environment: Windows Server 2008, Sharepoint (MOSS) 2007, Team Foundation Server 2010
Summary: I have a sharepoint environment that I had to move to a new domain controller without access to the old ...
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Process Priorities for Sharepoint FAST Search Services
I have 4 servers dedicated to sharepoint. One of them has sharepoint, one of them has sql server and other two of them are FAST Search nodes. Sharepoint server and sql server works without a problem. ...
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Restore SBS 2003 CompanyWeb calendar from flat files?
Ok so I have a job of recovering a calendar that was used for an event schedule. The situation is that there was never a backup done except for using Carbonite on the C drive. I have re-installed the ...
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Minimum access required for Visual Studio 2010 on SharePoint
Hi we are trying to set up a SharePoint development environment for multiple developers on Windows 2008 server, we do not want to give the developers admin rights to the servers.
Does anyone know ...
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK with Share Point Server 2010
i have installed the Share Point Server 2010 on our server. The problem is: If i go to the website, were I expect to see the sharepoint site, I get the following message:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: ...
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Opening a report via a Report Library in SharePoint results in a 504 Gateway Error
I've created some reports in BIS and uploaded the .rdl and .rds files to a SharePoint Report Library. Attempting to access the reports leads to a 504 Gateway Time-out
The server didn't respond in ...
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Office 365 Mounted Workspaces disconnect after 2 hours - How to work around?
I'm trying to get my sharepoint workspaces on office 365 to mount like network drives. I can achieve this following microsoft guidelines, but after a while this fails. The user has to login again to ...
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Deploying SharePoint for testing purposes
I'm a developer trying to learn to work with SharePoint. I'd like to install SharePoint on my desktop at home which is running Windows 7 Professional. If I am going to be doing everything from this ...
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Active Directory max photo size
We are looking at putting photos in Active Directory. We have many domain controllers, some are in areas with not a lot of bandwidth. What are the recommend/max files sizes for photos or is this a ...
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get Sharepoint to default to Save As for Links
SharePoint users are complaining that after logging they are not able to download files. All the files on our site are Microsoft Office files (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). I've recreated this issue: a ...
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SharePoint 2010 Server Configuration Error -> “Cannot connect to database master”
I recieve the following error when I try to configure SharePoint 2010 Server:
"Cannot connect to the database master at SQL server at [computer.domain]. The database might not exist, or the current ...
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Sharepoint File storage options
We are in the middle of planning a Sharepoint infrastructure to handle various tasks. One of the tasks will be storage/index of invoices. Ideally we would like to keep the files (pdfs) out of the ...
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Many huge files in Sharepoint… Any “stubbing” or “shortcutting” software exist?
I'm in an industry that uses a lot of scanned documents and large attachments (100MB), and I see our Sharepoint database growing quickly.
What options do I have for managing this rapid growth?
Can ...
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Export Exchange Public folders to a network drive, sharepoint, or a PST
I have a single user who is using 110Gb of data in public folders, and the Exchange admin (me) is persuading them to put that data elsewhere.
What options are there for exporting this data?
What ...
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Is sharepoint the best or necessary for intranets? [closed]
Our company is looking at implementing an intranet,
The current one is based on Sharepoint 2007, and is awful.
I'm interested in knowing what alternatives there are to Sharepoint for intranets? The ...
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DNS Problems with Sharepoint and other Intranet systems
I need some help with a DNS issue. I have a sharepoint server that i just installed on our small network, we use the server name to get to it (Http://gsisql001) which has an internal IP of ...
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Using SharePoint to access and modify data in database
I have a situation where I currently have a huge spreadsheet that is used for tracking 40+ deliverables for projects. The spreadsheet solution is past cumbersome.
I have been thinking about how I can ...
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Sharepoint Reports on Mac
When trying to view Sharepoint Reports, Mac users get the error "An unexpected error occurred while connecting to the report server. Verify that the report server is available and configured for ...
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Occasionally fail to create folder in MOSS 2010 - How do I diagnose this?
I have a process that creates folders in a SharePoint document library using the SPFolderCollection.Add method.
Sporadically, the Add method fails with a:
Exception ('COMException') message:
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Can I install SharePoint Foundation 2010 with full SQL Server 2008?
I cannot find out how do I install SharePoint Foundation 2010 with full SQL Server 2008, it seems that installation wizard forces me to use Express edition. Is there a way to use Foundation with ...
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SharePoint (WSS 3.0) not updating permissions based on Active Directory Security Groups
My organization has a small SharePoint server (WSS 3.0). Many of the permissions are assigned by putting an Active Directory Security Group as a user inside of a SharePoint group. Until now, this has ...
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pfSEnse-pfSense IPSec Tunnel, cannot open documents on Sharepoint WebDAV share
I set up an IPSec tunnel between my home network and work. We have a Sharepoint server in the office that I used to be able to access just fine remotely. Now that requests to the server are routed ...
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SharePoint 2010 admin and service account requirements?
This technet article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263445.aspx describes the accounts required for a SharePoint 2010 installation. I've always followed this and my clients have never ...
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Sharepoint alert email were blocked by Sophos 10.0 - are they gone forever?
We are running WSS 3.0 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 R2 x64. We had recently upgraded our Sophos Endpoint Protection from version 9.7 to 10.0. Immediately, our alerts stopped working (although it wasn't ...
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Permissions error setting up PowerShell account privileges for SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Std SP1 (Domain Controller) in a simple farm with a single SQL Server 2008 SP1/Windows Server 2008 Std SP2 backend
I realise installing SP on ...
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Sharepoint issue with domain change
We recently went through a buyout of our company. As a result our Infrastructure folks recently migrated all of our users over to a new domain. Needless to say this has created a multitude of errors ...
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Sharepoint 2010 is Missing Administration Search Function / Dependencies
Microsoft Small Business Server 2011
Sharepoint 2010
I have missing server side dependencies.
I click on the link to see what is going on and
After doing some research I find that if I go to the ...
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Which Sharepoint 2007 databases do I backup for migration to Sharepoint 2010?
This is a follow on question from, Use backup restore then attach in Sharepoint 2007 to 2010 migration.
There are 5 databases in the SQL Server Instance for Sharepoint Server 2007:
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Upload exe and dll files in Explorer View In SharePoint 2010
I can't seem to get copying of dll/exe files working in explorer view in SharePoint 2010.
I have
Removed all blocked file extensions in Central Administration
Edited requestFiltering section of the ...
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Change SharePoint 2010 WebfrontEnd server type to Application Server
I have add 4 servers to farm, 1 with central administration type. Have forgot to set Application servers roles for two servers. Need to change type of 2 servers to Application Servers. Is it possible ...
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Is there a known template for supporting popular document management systems in a web application?
We've created a free to use web application and we're now looking at how to go beyond just a stand alone application and integrate it more with the typical document management systems (DMS) that ...
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Database atach upgrade second time same SharePoint 2010 target servers
I read on TechNet that you can't attach the same content base two times to the same farm http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263299.aspx#restore
We are going to try a migration soon, and I ...
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How to browse VPC website in host machine?
I'm kind of confused with the network adapters in Windows Virtual PC, I was able to browse my SharePoint website inside the Virtual PC, but I wanted to browse the website in my host machine,
I wanted ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Restore .bak Error
I'm having issues with restoring my .bak files to my own sharepoint environment due to version difference.
My version is currently:
Sharepoint Server with Enterprise Client Access License
Ms ...
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Installing List Compenent on Sharepoint Server
I added the Sharepoint site to the 'Document Management' section in CRM with the List Components checked and it added it with no problem. Also when I navigate to the 'Documents' section under an ...
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Using PersistID to preserve Document IDs in MOSS2010 - Does it work?
The following article may help with what I'm asking:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee559302%28office.14%29.aspx
I'm doing research on the behavior of the MOSS2010 Document ID ...
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SharePoint crashed after sysprep
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine that ends up being replicated multiple times a week for development purposes.
Each time the server is replicated, the machine name changes. This completely ...
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SharePoint And configuration of trusted Relationship between two forests?
In our organization, we have two Active Directory forests, A and B, without any trust relationship between them. Now, we need to have a Sharepoint 2010 installation which allows users from both ...
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Data Across Sharepoint 2010 Foundation Sites
I have several Sharepoint sites under a single Site Collection. I want to be able to create a list that can be referenced elsewhere under the site collection.
For example, I have a list of clients ...
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Powershell querying Sharepoint list
I am struggling with a script that queries Sharepoint.
This script is supposed to query a sharepoint list, then generate an output and then patch the servers. Here is the part i am struggling ...
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xlsx and sharpoint 2003 problems
Having a problem where xlsx documents arent opening with clients default application excel, they have to save them first before opening them. the excel icon on files in sharepoint is now a windows ...
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Identifying HTTP requests
So I'm looking to remove IIS from a few servers we used to have WSUS running on but machines are still contacting it (albeit very few) and I can't fathom where some of the requests are coming from.
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