#Login to server with farm account# #============================================================== #Search Service Application Configuration Settings #==============================================================  $SearchApplicationPoolName = “<SP2013_Search_Service>” $SearchApplicationPoolAccountName = “<Search Service acoount>” $SearchServiceApplicationName = “SP2013 Search Service” $SearchServiceApplicationProxyName = “SP2013 Search Service Proxy” $DatabaseServer = “<Database Instance name>” $DatabaseName = “SP2013_Search” #Confirm permission given on SQL Search instance #Create search index folder on each server where

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How to setup the Sharepoint 2013 search configuration with custom topology using Powershell

Now that Microsoft has officially announced that InfoPath 2013 will be the last version, this adds a dilemma for those customers wanting to select a forms technology that’s future proof. After all, if you pick InfoPath now, it’s probably not going to be supported on SharePoint 2016. (That’s a guess on the name). Anyway, so

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InfoPath Forms Alternatives

An enterprise client recently asked us to create a solution for reserving company conference rooms. The client is a technically savvy company with numerous offices throughout the country and 5-6 conference rooms at each location. The challenge was for employees who were constantly traveling from one office to another to be able to find a

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Conference Rooms Reservation Solution for SharePoint. Integrating SharePoint with Exchange.

A sample powershell script to import a CSV data into a list after deleting the existing items using the client object model. $csv = Import-CSV data.csv $siteUrl = “https://office365 url” $listName = “listName” $userName = “username” $password = Read-Host -Prompt “Enter password” -AsSecureString $ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl) $credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($userName, $password) $context = New-Object

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How to import data from a CSV file into a SharePoint using the Client Object model

If you plan to install standalone SharePoint 2013 server on workgroup machine (not part of domain), there is additional prerequisite you need to do, or you will have error in SharePoint configuration wizard with comment “The SDDL string contains an invalid sid or a sid that cannot be translated”. Steps are: Add the account for

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“The SDDL string contains an invalid sid or a sid that cannot be translated” error in SharePoint 2013