After the SharePoint Server 2013 version was patched last night (Windows patches, about 150 ones!!), of course – as expected – the databases were in upgrade mode on SharePoint. So I started SharePoint Config Wizard (not through Powershell) and on step 2 I got the message as follows: Exception: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): User does not have …
Tag: SharePoint 2013
This post describes how to move SharePoint 2013 SP1 OnPrem server SQL content databases from SQL 2012 to 2016. This means that there is no upgrade involved, only a move to a new SQL Server. It worked really well. Even if I read lots of articles that it is not supported to run SharePoint 2013 …
Incident This warning message has turned up in the Health Analyzer on a SharePoint 2013 OnPrem Server. “Product / patch installation or server upgrade required” Finding the root cause I opened the “Version history” to see when this message started to show up: I also checked the “Database status” in “Upgrade and Migration” and found …
A quick way to add or manage (copy paste drag and drop) files in SharePoint is to open the document library in Explorer. But in Edge or Chrome, this alternative is greyed out. You have to use Internet Explorer (IE) to be able to open the library in Explorer or to Connect to Outlook:
Sometimes I wish that there was just one way to brand SharePoint and it would be fast and easy. Well I can dream on, right? There are so many ways to do this, and I have tried to sort out what the best way would be to brand a site with least amount of work …
Learn how to use SharePoint lists as data connections in InfoPath and how to use that as cascading drop down lists in InfoPath. Often when I build forms I find it very useful to have SharePoint lists as lookup information, both because it is easy to setup and also the users can change the information …
This is an instruction on how to connect an InfoPath form with the user profile web service to query the AD and get user information into the form using Claims authentication. Applies to SharePoint 2013.
It’s a new feature in Office Video (for #Office365 licenses) that you can now embed one of the uploaded videos on a page. Which is great! You can also control the size in the code. Go to your Office Video portal Click on the video you want to embed Click on “Embed” up in the …
This is an update from my former blog post about showing likes and comments in a news web part. And I also get questions about how I have done this, and people saying that they never managed to do the same. So even if I updated the former blog post with this solution, it may …
When you want to publish a SharePoint site as a public website, you must enable anonymous access – otherwise the user will be prompted with a login. Note: This is for on premises servers and not the cloud/Office365. Open Central Administration on your server. Go to the Application Management section and then click the “Manage web applications” link. …
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