SharePoint 2013 – “An unexpected error has occurred” when configuring incoming E-Mail settings
While trying to enable incoming E-mail settings for a document library within SharePoint 2013 I received the following error: An unexpected error has occurred. I used the Merge-SPLogFile PowerShell cmdlet to collate all log entries relating to the correlation ID. The…
Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned. If the issue persists, please contact your administrator
In our SharePoint 2013 farm we have some Content Search Web Parts that display content based on a search query. These work fine in our production environment but in the DR environment they just produce an error (as per the…
Using the Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet
The Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet can be a real time saver if you need to search the SharePoint logs and there are multiple servers in the farm. I regularly use it to search for a specific correlation ID and then open the…
"Sorry, something went wrong" when a user tries to edit their profile
I have had users report that they are unable to edit their profile, they just get the unhelpful “Sorry, something went wrong” error. Fortunately some of them thought to record the Correlation ID so I was able to use the…
Rename a Service Application’s database using PowerShell
While setting up a SharePoint 2013 DR environment I needed to script the renaming of databases used by service applications. Utilising the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet I was able to achieve this with just three lines: $sa = Get-SPServiceApplication -Name “Managed Metadata…
SharePoint 2013 logs growing by several GB per day
I have received an alert from our monitoring system for one of the Web Front End servers in my SharePoint 2013 farm running low on disk space. A quick check revealed that the log folder was fast filling up (in fact…
The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component
I have discovered a problem with the Search Service Application in my DR farm. Any query in the Enterprise Search Centre produces an error: Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned. If the issue persists, please…
SharePoint 2013 – hide the suite links box using CSS
I have been asked if it is possible to hide the Yammer, OneDrive and Sites links at the top of a particular site (without disabling them completely): An easy way to achieve this is by placing a Script Editor web…
SharePoint 2013 – hide the page name
Sometimes I find that the page name at the top of a page in SharePoint gets in the way, especially on wiki pages: This can be hidden using some custom CSS in a Script Editor web part: <style>#DeltaPlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea{ display: none;…
Installing prerequisites for SharePoint 2016
As with all previous versions of SharePoint one must install a variety of software before SharePoint itself can be installed. I’ve created the following list for my own reference but hopefully others will benefit from it too: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2…
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