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Only allow sites to be created with SharePoint 2013 compatibility level

Only allow sites to be created with SharePoint 2013 compatibility level

December 23, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Configuration, Customisation, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Tips and Tricks

If you have a requirement to only allow sites within a web application to be created with a compatibility level of SharePoint 2013 then you can configure this using only a few PowerShell commands: $wa = Get-SPWebApplication http://portal.webbworld.local $wa.CompatibilityRange =…

Identify customisations to be installed when upgrading from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

December 22, 2015 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, Tips and Tricks

If you are planning to upgrade a SharePoint 2010 farm to a SharePoint 2013 farm you may need to identify the customisations that must be installed on the new farm.  You can do this using stsadm.exe: stsadm.exe -o enumallwebs -includewebparts…

SharePoint 2013 – URL mappings for Host Named Site Collections

December 2, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Configuration, Customisation, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Tips and Tricks

The only way to add a URL mapping to a Host Named Site Collection is by using PowerShell and the Set-SPSiteURL cmdlet.  Below is an example of how to add a URL to an existing site collection: $Site = Get-SPSite ‘https://intranet.webbworld.local’…

SharePoint 2013 – creating a host named site collection using PowerShell

December 1, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Configuration, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Tips and Tricks

The only way to create a Host Named Site Collection (HNSC) is using PowerShell and the New-SPSite cmdlet.  Below is an example of how to do this: New-SPSite -URL “https://doc-centre.webbworld.local” -HostHeaderWebApplication “https://portal.webbworld.local” -Name “Doc Centre” -Description “WebbWorld Document Centre” -Template…

SharePoint 2013 - There are no registered destination locations for this site

SharePoint 2013 – There are no registered destination locations for this site

November 22, 2015 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I am creating a library based retention schedule to automatically move documents over a certain age to an archive location.  However, when setting the action to Transfer to another location I receive an error message: There are no registered destination…

SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2

November 20, 2015 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2016

SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 is now available to download.  The official download site is here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49961 A few things to note: You will need to be running Windows 2012 R2 or Windows 2016 Technical Preview 3 in order to install the SharePoint…

SharePoint 2013 – update a custom solution without having to retract the previous version

November 15, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Customisation, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013

If you need to update a custom solution without having to retract the previous version you can do this using the Update-SPSolution PowerShell cmdlet: Update-SPSolution -Identity MySolution.wsp -LiteralPath C:\MySolution.wsp -GACDeployment

External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator

External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator

November 9, 2015 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

When creating an external list in a SharePoint site I clicked the Select External Content Type button and received the following error: External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator. This happens because no external content types have…

Limit the number of concurrent site upgrades

October 25, 2015 · by dave.webb · in PowerShell, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013

If you are upgrading from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 you may wish to limit the number of sites that can be upgraded concurrently.  The example below uses the Set-SPContentDatabase PowerShell cmdlet to set the limit to 5: $var =…

Installing Reporting Services for SharePoint 2013 to support Power View

Installing Reporting Services for SharePoint 2013 to support Power View

October 24, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Installation, SharePoint 2013

Today I am installing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS) to enable the Power View feature in SharePoint 2013.  There are three steps to this process: Install, register and start Reporting Services Report Server Create a Reporting Services Service…

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