Hide Conversations from Search

If you want to hide the “Conversations” options from the dropdown menu that is shown after the Search box, the easiest way is to CSS hide it. Set the following class to “display:none”. #ctl00_PlaceHolderSearchArea_SmallSearchInputBox1_csr_NavDropdownList div:nth-child(3){display:none;}   Then you want to remove the same option from the Search center page (results.aspx) also. Edit the Search page …

Setup an app store in SharePoint

If you want to create your own SP app store, then you need to go through quite a few steps.. Here we go!In Central AdminFirst create a new app catalog site   I created one on http://server:2013/sites/apps   Create the app mgmt service application and the Subscription service app Create the subscription service app $account = Get-SPManagedAccount …

Search hangs on “Starting”

I think I know why this happened from the beginning. I got the warning message in Health Reports about having Admin accounts running the app pools or services. So I have corrected one account and now all these messages are gone. But that caused a new problem with Search Service. The error message was: “Unable …

Unable to start UPS due to Event 6398 on SP2013

This happened on a fresh install of SharePoint 2013 on a Win 2012 server, without any CU’s applied. When I started the User Profile Service Application it hung and just when into “Stopped” mode. Checked the Event Viewer and found this error, Event 6398: “The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.LMTRepopulationJob (ID 84821b32-cf9f-45ff-801b-bb25b69faa6f) threw an exception. More information …

Upgrade to SP2013, part 3: What to migrate

Content databasesNumber and size of databases. Any old that should not be moved over? Custom solutions and brandingIdentify: customizations, branding files, style sheets, farm solutions, customized web parts and copy/install all these files on the new server. Make sure the third party products or any farm solutions are compatible with SP2013. Database structureShould we split …