SharePoint Tips & Tricks by Namwar Rizvi
Published Links are the addresses of SharePoint sites/libraries which are available to user as a destination to save the document from Office Application. User can add additional sites/libraries by clicking on Connect To Office button on SharePoint Document Library ribbon. Microsoft Office Applications e.g. Word and Excel try to sync information for all Published Links of SharePoint … Read more
Microsoft contniously updates Office 365 with new features and experiences and releases them to the users as per release preference selected by customer. If you have a Developer Tenant account and want to receive updates as soon as possible, you will need to swicth your Release Preference to First release track. Following is the step by step … Read more
Microsoft is rolling out new user experience for Document Libraries and Lists in SharePoint Online. If you are a SharePoint Online tenant user and want to test new User Experience for your Document Library and/or SharePoint Lists then perform following steps: Document Library: Open Library Settings Click Advanced Settings Scroll to bottom of the page, you will … Read more
It is a common question asked by many users that what exactly we mean by SharePoint Farm? The answer is A SharePoint Farm is a collection of all those SharePoint servers that share the same SharePoint configuration database. By Default, configuration database name is SharePoint_Config. As per Microsoft TechNet article here, configuration database is the fundamental … Read more
Here is the step-by-step, behind the scene, authentication process of SharePoint Online. You can use it to connect to SharePoint Online from any Microsoft or Non-Microsoft technology. It gives you an idea of how things work at the very basic level of HTTP protocol, while authenticating a user in SharePoint Online. Assumption: User is trying … Read more
If you want to find out how much storage your SharePoint site collection is currently using then you can use the following REST url in your browser ://<Replace your Site Collection Url>/_api/site/Usage/Storage For example: http://sp/_api/site/Usage/Storage You will get response similar to following. Please note SharePoint report storage in bytes so to get the size in … Read more
If you are trying to find exact Version and Patch level of your SharePoint installation, then use one of the following methods Method 1 : Using Service.cnf url Navigate to following url in your browser <Your SharePoint Site>/_vti_pvt/Service.cnf You will a response similar to following vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl vti_extenderversion:SR|14.0.0.4762 Check the number shown in your response at SharePoint … Read more
If you are unable to edit workflows in SharePoint 2013 after upgrading from 2010 and getting following error then perform the steps mentioned below to resolve this issue. Make sure you have uninstalled SharePoint Designer 2010 Close SharePoint Designer 2013 On the local computer, browse to the following folder: C:\Users\<Replace Your User Name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache Example: C:\Users\mark.lee.contoso\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache … Read more
If you want to embed a link to current item in your SharePoint Workflow email or in any other action then use Workflow Context -> Current Item Url
If you are preparing for the SharePoint 2013 certification 70-489 i.e. “Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions” then following will be helpful for you with regards to exam format: Exam will consist of total 46 questions Minimum passing score is 700 Exam questions will be either multiple choice or scenario based drag and drop … Read more
