Questions tagged [sharepoint]

Microsoft SharePoint is a software platform and a family of software products developed by Microsoft for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence. This family of products include: Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation, Microsoft Search Server, Microsoft SharePoint D

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Sharepoint configuration to overwrite and versioning

Is it possible to configure sharepoint server to handle both versioning and file overwrite at the same time? Do you have a link for that :P :) Thanks EDIT background. I saw a small demo, where , when a file is being uploaded, there is a checkbox…
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sharepoint error message "Some files can harm your computer"

When accessing pdf files on a sharepoint site, I'm getting a warning saying "Some files can harm your computer. If the file information loks suspicious or you do not fully trust the source, do not open the file." Is there a way to switch off the…
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Creating multiple tags for a document in SharePoint 2007

I'm creating a document library and was hoping to add a Tags column to the main view. I'm having trouble figuring out how to make it actually work like a normal Keyword or Tag should. A document should be able to handle multiple tags, and each tag…
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how do i combine multiple powershell scripts in a guided install (for example with wix) but without the trail (ARP etc.)

I am working on a project where we need to repeat certain steps with powershell to deploy stuff. i would like to create a process/install guidance (steps supported with UI) with WIX but after the msi has finished i have an entry in programs and…
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Setting up sharepoint with kerberos authentication

I'm trying out sharepoint and I'm installed MOSS2007 trial version. I selected kerberos authentication method during install. It installed everything and when I try to go Central Administration site from IE I get 401.1 error. In the security event…
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External Access To Calendars

As a very diverse and technical bunch I thought I would ask the question here and see how people do things. We have a requirement for people outside of our organisation / network / domain to view internal people's calendars for the purposes of…
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Delete an individual user profile from Office 365/Sharepoint Online MySite, using Powershell

I'm trying to work out a process that would allow my helpdesk to delete an individual user's profile from Office 365 sharepoint online using powershell. It's easy to connect to our Sharepoint Online URL and see the sites we…
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Common document library between two SharePoint sites

Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: Our organization maintains a sharepoint site for our clients, and sometimes we have situations where different clients (with distinct sharepoint sites on the same server) are involved in the same project, and…
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SharePoint Profile Lookup

Question is not on StackOverflow because I am not a developer and hope there is a way to do this without code :) In SharePoint 2007, is it possible to have a list column do a lookup against a SharePoint Profile? I would like to be able to create a…
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Authentication issues using NTLM, SSL, and SharePoint

I am currently experiencing problems with authentication on a SharePoint site. Routinely, user accounts(only one or so at a time) will be locked out and they will get 401 unauthorized errors. The SharePoint implementation is using only local user…
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NGINX Reverse Proxy Sharepoint 2010 authentication fails

When presented with the Windows forms based authentication after entering the users credentials I am prompted again for a username and password. This just keeps prompting you, I see no errors in the logs that would help. I feel the Microsoft side…
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How to install and use Sharepoint one Virtual PC from Actual PC instance

Is it possible to install Sharepoint Server on Virtual PC and consume that server from the actual pc instance i.e. connect to the Sharepoint server on the virtual pc instance? How would I do this, what would be the IP Address for the connection,…
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SharePoint Versioning for Office 2007 File Formats

Given the fact that Office 2007 document formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc) are entirely XML based, why did Microsoft not build in the ability to store only the 'diff' changes when using the versioning features? We're obviously finding that it's…
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What servers do I need to set up the following simple scenario?

I've founded a start-up recently and am about to add a little structure to it, regarding management, communication and data. I am a software developer and do not know any details about server topologies, etc. However, as the budget is small, I need…
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NGINX as Load Balancer to IIS web servers

I am trying to set up a simple software load balancer based on NGINX for two IIS web servers. Here is the NGINX configuration file I have created for the load balancing: http { include /etc/nginx/mime.types; default_type …