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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Move the SharePoint site content to another SharePoint Server

I have an old site on a SharePoint server, the server is down and I didn't found any way to make it up again the windows update make the administration center give cont connect to configuration database error, so I decided to install a fresh WSS 3.0…
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ShareWebDb_log.ldf is 97GB - How to reduce?

We run an SBS 2008 server with WSS. On the drive I have set aside for WSS, I'm fast running out of space due to the ShareWebDb_log.ldf file: I've tried doing to do what I've read online - change the recovery mode, backup and truncate - but I can't…
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SBS2011 Disabling SharePoint because of problems

Anyone with any definite ways to disable Sharepoint on SBS2011? I can find no specific 'How To' or instructions on the Microsoft site, only mentions of it on technet without much other…
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Is it important to deploy a SharePoint-specific anti-virus solution?

I'm looking at the positives and negatives of deploying a SharePoint-specific anti-virus solution at the moment. Is this important if all the desktop clients are running anti-virus? Will installing SharePoint A/V noticeably impact performance? Are…
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Disabling X-FRAME-OPTIONS in SharePoint

I'm trying to display an Excel document from SharePoint2010 Excel Services in an iframe. But I'm getting an error due to the x-frame-options header. I have access to the to SharePoint server and all online searches tell me to go to IIS Manager ->…
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Sane Sharepoint 2007 URLs

In the current setup, the shared documents section has extremely convoluted URLs that are hardimpossible to remember, such as the…
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Correct settings for tempdb to avoid significant changes in free space

Every two to three days we are getting the following SCOM error: The database tempdb in SQL instance MSSQLSERVER on computer sqlserver has experienced a significant change in free space This has been happening since installing SharePoint…
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Why do I get this error (Cannot read from the source file or disk) when trying to move a folder and its files from a document library on one My Site to another My Site?

I am trying to do the transfer in Windows Explorer and have full control on both My Sites. Thanks very much for your help. I also asked the question on an: MSDN Sharepoint forum
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Users without local-admin rights open ALL sharepoint documents in read-only mode, reguardless of sharepoint permissions. Why?

I have a Window Server 2003 domain running Sharepoint MOSS 2007 SP1 v12.0.0.6219. My problem is that all users on the domain that lack local-admin rights to their currently used machine open all documents in Read-Only mode. This is obviously a…
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Sharepoint administration?

I am new to MOSS/SharePoint administration. Any pointers on any utilities which can help me in monitoring/reporting MOSS? Also, is it possible to generate site specific reports for storage space used for each site?
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Change SharePoint 2010 WebfrontEnd server type to Application Server

I have add 4 servers to farm, 1 with central administration type. Have forgot to set Application servers roles for two servers. Need to change type of 2 servers to Application Servers. Is it possible or i need to remove them from farm and rejoin…
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IE 8 Authentication Denied on local SharePoint Site

I just installed IE 8 and I am now unable to authenticate with my SharePoint 2007 site using Integrated Authentication. I have no problems, however, connecting with Firefox using the exact same user account. Thinking my problem might be related to…
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SharePoint metadata not visible to users

I'm working on a dynamic page that does data lookups based on metadata in the term store. So I have a Managed Metadata column set up and I can use it to query lists and such with no problem. I also have an image library with a managed metadata…
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How do I populate a SharePoint list with data from an external SQL database?

This is a tossup between whether it belongs on Stack Overflow or Server Fault (but since I am not a developer, and am looking for a no-code solution, I'm starting with SF). Is there an easy way to populate a SharePoint list with data from an…
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What are the fields in the SharePoint ULS logs

I have been doing some research into the SharePoint ULS logs today. I'm trying to figure out what the fields in ULS logs represent. Below is a list of the fields. Timestamp This is obvious. Process This is name of the…
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