SharePoint Republic

Interesting SharePoint discoveries from the field as a Microsoft SharePoint PFE.

Connecting SP2013 Workflow Manager to a 2nd web application.

When you set-up the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager, one of the last things you do is run the...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 06/03/2014

SharePoint Designer 2013 - a new "SharePoint 2013 Workflow" won't open

Ran into an issue today where SPD13 would not open up a SP13 Workflow. The "SharePoint 2013...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 05/29/2014

PS - Skip Confirmation Prompts....

Tired of getting confirmation prompts when trying to run a command like...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 05/15/2014

Force migrate SP13 MySites Document Libraries

Here is a quick PS script go through a MySite Web Application and migrate a user's SP10...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 05/12/2014

Enable SideLoading for SharePoint Apps

How to enable SideLoading for the SP13 AppStore: In a "SharePoint 2013 Management Shell......

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 05/12/2014

SharePoint 2013 - All Users - "Sorry, this site hasn't been shared with you."

Error Message: All Users, including Site Collection Admins & Farm Admins, are getting "Sorry,...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 10/18/2013

SharePoint 2013 – This item was partially parsed. The Item has been truncated in the index because it exceeds the maximum size.

Error Message: "This item was partially parsed. The Item has been truncated in the index because it...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 10/18/2013

Quick Tip: ULS Viewer Blank while trying to display realtime.

Quick Tip: If your ULS Viewer is blank while trying to run realtime logs... but you are gettting up...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 10/16/2013

MCSE, MCSD, MCSM: SharePoint 2013 Certifications

I was looking the other day to start working on my MCITP for SharePoint 2013. Little did I know that...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 10/15/2013

SP2010 - Error copying "Globally Reusable Workflows" at a sub-site level...

Customer of mine was an having annoying issue on random SP2010 farms trying to copy the "Approval -...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 06/10/2013

PerformancePoint Bug in SharePoint 2010

Found out a few months back that the August 2012 CU for SharePoint 2010 caused a slight unexpected...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 04/11/2013

Distributed Cache Fun in SharePoint 2013

Not as easy as I though it was going to be to set up going in blind to this new feature in SP...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 04/11/2013

SQL Query to show dis-inherited sub-sites

Here is a SQL query I came up with quickly to find all dis-inherited sites in a content database:...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 10/22/2012

SharePoint 2010 - Error in crawl logs on Gantt.aspx ....

Customer getting numerous errors in their SharePoint 2010 search crawl logs... all pointing to Gantt...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 05/17/2012

SharePoint Server Search - Error Stopping

Today, I had an issue with SharePoint 2010 Server Search service on a Project Server 2010 farm...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 05/09/2012

Get rid of old unused SP2010 service app pools

Whenever you create/recreate the "fun & stress-free" User Profile Service Application in SP2010,...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 04/11/2012

February / March 2012 CUs for SharePoint 2010 have been released to the public...

March 7, 2012 - SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Updates... KB 2597132 - SharePoint Foundation 2010 KB...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 03/07/2012

old core.js file???

Currently down in Charlotte at the MSFT campus this week getting educated at 'SharePoint RockStar'...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 12/14/2011

Outlook rule to auto-accept or auto-decline meeting invites

Outlook rule to auto accept / decline meetings If you frequently get meeting invites from people...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 12/09/2011

Updating the ForeFront 2010 AV Files on a SharePoint 2010 server.

For those of you who want or need to manually update the anti-virus definitions in Microsoft...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 11/08/2011

SP 2010 SP1 for all

While doing some research into an SP2010 SP1 install issue the other day, I ran across this tiny bit...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 07/20/2011

SharePoint VHDs (2010 & 2007)

For those of you who still haven't seen these, Microsoft has VHDs (Virtual Hard Drives) that can be...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 12/02/2010

Some interesting things I have found about errors in the search logs.

"The file has reached its maximum download limit. Check that the full text of the document can be...

Author: Shawn A Roehrig Date: 12/02/2010