This post takes you through a step by step scenario on configuring Server-Based SharePoint Integration. Whether you do it for a demo environment, your production or a development environment, as long as you do it for Dynamics CRM Online with O365 SharePoint, the following steps apply. Assumption is that, as in this case, a new... Continue Reading →
Configuring and modifying search scopes in SharePoint
At the Central Administration Level (across the farm) Open up Central Administration > Application Management Under “Service Applications” click on Manage service applications Click on Search Service Application Under Queries and Results on the Quick navigation click on Scopes From here on instructions are identical to the steps performed at the Site collection Level. At... Continue Reading →
Storing Documents and Links to Documents in the same library in SharePoint
This is something simple, but I’ve been asked several times about it already, so I’m going to post instructions here on how to achieve this. Requirement: Store documents and links to documents in the same library Implementation: 1. Create a Document Library within your site 2. In Library Settings > Advanced Settings enable management of... Continue Reading →
SP2010 move site collection to new database
As you’ve probably seen by now, once you create multiple site collections in the same web application, you don’t get a lot of options as far as database location. Well, it’s really not that complicated: Create the databases for the new site collections (easy enough in CA) Run the following PowerShell command for each site... Continue Reading →
SharePoint 2010 Developer Dashboard
Part of SharePoint 2010, a new tool was added to made life easier: the developer dashboard. By default disabled, you can enable it multiple ways: Using STSADM: stsadm –o setproperty –pn developer-dashboard –pv ondemand Using PowerShell: $level=”OnDemand” [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“Microsoft.SharePoint”) [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration”) $contentSvc=[Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService $contentSvc.DeveloperDashboardSettings.DisplayLevel=([Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPDeveloperDashboardLevel],$level)) $contentSvc.DeveloperDashboardSettings.Update() Write-host(“Level:” + $contentSvc.DeveloperDashboardSettings.DisplayLevel) Values available to be set for the developer dashboard: On... Continue Reading →