SharePoint 2013 – create a new eDiscovery Centre
An eDiscovery site can be used to search for, preserve and export content in SharePoint, Exchange or Skype for Business (formerly known as Lync). To create a new site collection for eDiscovery just follow these simple steps: Log in to…
Create a new site template
Creating new sites from a template can be a real time saver, especially if you want them all to have the same layout or include specific content (such as folder structure, document templates, etc). Creating a new template takes only…
Excel Services is not currently able to load workbooks
If you find that Excel Services is not able to load workbooks in your SharePoint site then this may be due to insufficient permissions. You may also see the following error in your logs: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database “SP2013_Content_Portal” required…
Recreate the sitemap in the configuration database
I have just installed the latest cumulative update on the servers in my SharePoint 2013 DR farm. Unfortunately, after installing the binaries, running the products configuration wizard failed. After looking through the logs it became evident that the site map…
SharePoint 2013 – enable the Blob Cache
The blob cache (one of four cache types in SharePoint 2013) is a disk based cache to improve the speed at which pages load (it also reduces load on the database server). Enabling this requires editing the web.config file on each…
Backup a service application using PowerShell
If you are making changes to a service application and need to take a backup beforehand this can be done quickly using the Backup-SPFarm cmdlet. Here is an example of how to backup the Managed Metadata service application and proxy:…
SharePoint Designer 2010 – The server could not complete your request
Today I had a user report that they were trying to use SharePoint Designer to edit the home page of their team site but it displayed an error message: The server could not complete your request. For more specific information,…
Responsive UI for SharePoint 2013/2016 on-premises
If, like me, you have been waiting for a responsive UI for SharePoint 2013, then wait no longer as one has been released! The solution adds support for three different rendering options depending on screen size. It uses embedded CSS…
Disk space filling up on Web Front End servers
I have several web front end servers in a SharePoint 2013 farm and disk space on the C: drive seems to get eaten quite quickly. By using TreeSize I was able to locate a temporary folder used by IE that…