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The following PowerShell can be used to take a subset of files from a document library in SharePoint and output them to the file system.  Note, this will need to be executed on the SharePoint server. [code language=”PowerShell”] $spweb = get-spweb -identity "http://yourdomain/yourweb" # Use the "pretty name" of your library below $list = $spweb.lists["Your …

I recently came across this issue and found the following blog to be the most clear and concise solution to the problem. http://sharepointdipesh.tumblr.com/post/15365838063/event-6050-user-synchronization-error This blog post goes into excellent detail about how to resolve the issue.  Be aware, if you’re not a domain admin, you’ll need to get some assistance from someone who is. Thanks …

What? The My Site search is not working.  When trying to search within your my site (http://mysites.company.com/my/personal/account), you’re seeing a web page “404 – page not found” (or similar looking) error.  So What? This is happening because the UPS (User Profile Service) has a bad URL in the “Preferred Search Center” field. Now What? To …

One very cool benefit of many Office365 subscription levels is the “CAL’” rights that are conferred via the O365 subscription towards on premise services.  What I mean by this is that O365, for example, confers SharePoint and Exchange CAL’s that can be used for both connection to the O365 services and your own on-premise services!  …

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I made a similar post about this for SharePoint 2010, but I wanted to update it (and make it more clear) for 2013.  Using a SQL Server alias, you’ll be able to change the database server in your SharePoint farm behind the scenes, without anyone in your SharePoint universe even knowing you’ve made a change.  …

Here’s a great post by Benjamin Niaulin differentiating the mysterious SkyDrive vs. SkyDrive Pro confusion introduced in SharePoint 2013. http://en.share-gate.com/blog/what-is-skydrive-pro-in-sharepoint-2013 Of course, there was no other possible name they could’ve used than SkyDrive… was there? 

The following is a great post by Tobias Zimmergren about how to change the text in the upper left of the 2013 branding very easily via PowerShell. http://zimmergren.net/technical/sp-2013-tip-change-the-sharepoint-text-in-the-top-left-corner Thanks Tobias, I’ve used this several times (including in our own Portal – seen below).  [code language=”powershell”] $webApp = Get-SPWebApplication http://[your SharePoint web application] $webApp.SuiteBarBrandingElementHtml = "Awesome …

Recently, I worked on project where I created a workflow in SharePoint designer 2013, when I published the workflow I got the error message: “Unexpected error on server associating the workflow“. After many dead ends with the Google, and other solutions which weren’t solving things for me, I came across the simple solution that restarting …

You may have come across this message in SharePoint 2010, and thought you did everything to resolve it (except, perhaps the most obvious thing I’ll mention below). Message from webpage: Server was unable to process request. Failed to publish workflow: It appears that Nintex Workflow 2010 is not activated for this Web Application.  Check you …