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How to disable SharePoint People Picker suggestion cache

Recently, I run across strange issue with People Picker in SharePoint 2013. Our customer who uses Windows classic mode authentication, reported, that after saving the item by clicking on Save in standard NewForm or EditForm, the value specified in User Field is different from the value that they provided in People Picker.

They filled out the user field with the value X, and it was saved with different user Y.

Symptoms:

After saving the standard item form, the item is saved with different user than previously specified in the form.

Applies to:

SharePoint 2013 – Classic Windows Authenticaton mode

Explanation:

By default users resolved through PeoplePicker are stored in LocalStorage (window.localStorage), so next time it doesn’t have to load user details from SharePoint.
However in Windows classic mode it stores SPUserId which is then used when saving value to SPUserField. This causes the problem when the same user reside in 2 site collections and has different IDs.
So basically it works only in the first site collection where the user was resolved. In any other site collections it resolves fine, but SharePoint then uses SPUserId from the local storage, which is the ID from the first collections and completely different value is stored in the field.

Solution:

There is couple solutions for this:

Switch to Claims based authentication

Disable local storage for ClientPeoplePicker (and be aware of the consequences) by setting roperty UseLocalSuggestionCache on the ClientPeoplePicker. This can be done by inserting following javascript into masterpage (directly if you have custom masterpage or through delegate control)

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(disableLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.debug.js");
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(disableLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.js");

function disableLocalCachePeoplePicker() {
    SPClientPeoplePicker.prototype.UseLocalSuggestionCache = false;
}

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(disableLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.debug.js");

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(disableLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.js");

function disableLocalCachePeoplePicker() {

SPClientPeoplePicker.prototype.UseLocalSuggestionCache = false;

}

Please consider the consequences. Local Storage is there for a reason. Evaluate in your farm if disabling local storage for client people picker does not considerably degrade the performance.

There is a way how to just clear the cache used for People Picker (instead of completely disabling it)

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(clearLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.debug.js");
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(clearLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.js");

function clearLocalCachePeoplePicker() {
    var mru = SPClientPeoplePickerMRU.GetSPClientPeoplePickerMRU();
    mru.ResetCache();
}

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(clearLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.debug.js");

ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(clearLocalCachePeoplePicker, "clientpeoplepicker.js");

function clearLocalCachePeoplePicker() {

var mru = SPClientPeoplePickerMRU.GetSPClientPeoplePickerMRU();

mru.ResetCache();

}

SSRS 2014 Add-In installation in SharePoint 2013

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Issue

Installing SQL Server 2014 Reporting Services Add-In to SharePoint 2013 fails and log contains following:

ERR Task applicationcontent has failed with an unknown exception 
ERR Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyActionToXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdAction, XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, SupportedXmlDocutmentActions supportedActions)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.MergeWebConfig(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String fileMask)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService.ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ApplicationContentTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

ERR Task applicationcontent has failed with an unknown exception

ERR Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.ApplyActionToXmlDocument(XmlDocument xdAction, XmlDocument xd, String sourceFileName, SupportedXmlDocutmentActions supportedActions)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAspConfigurationFile.MergeWebConfig(XmlDocument xdWebConfig, String fileMask)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService.ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ApplicationContentTask.Run()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

This error occurs either by installing from SQL Server 2014 installation or from rsSharepoint.msi, which is downloadable from MSDN.

Cause

Installation package failed to change web.config file of one or more Sharepoint web applications.

Resolution

Use two step installation to troubleshoot the issues: (MSDN article here)

Msiexec.exe /i rsSharePoint.msi SKIPCA=1

1	Msiexec.exe /i rsSharePoint.msi SKIPCA=1

and then:

rsCustomAction.exe /i

1	rsCustomAction.exe /i

The command will try to register Reporting Service configuration in web.config files. If you have more than one web application, it’s necessary to find which web application causes the problem. I managed it by looking for:

<sectionGroup name="reportserver">
<section name="redirection" type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.SharePoint.Configuration.RSRedirectConfigSection, RSSharePointSoapProxy, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" />
</sectionGroup>

</sectionGroup>

This section (among other elements) is added to web.config when installation of SSRS completes succesfully. If it missing in the web application’s web.config , then there is probably something, which bothers the installation (even though the web application runs without any problem in the browser).

In my case it was a comment between two elements (which doesn’t bother SharePoint but bothers SSRS installation).

User Profile Migration from SharePoint 2010 to 2013

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I could not find any complete guide for User Profile migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, so I decided to write it by myself, either for others to use it or for my future reference.

Official guide is in MSDN here. However, it’s not completely accurate, especially when describing exporting and importing MIIS encryption key by using miiskmu.exe tool.

I highly recommend Spencer Harbar’s blog, if you want to go deep into User Profile service application. It’s also very valuable source, if you have problems with provisioning new User Profile service or migration.

1. Consider before migration

a. Patch it up!

latest service pack should be installed before doing a migration.
if you are using SQL 2014 as your database server, at least SharePoint 2013 April 2014 CU must be installed!

b. follow general recommendation

add FARM_ADMIN_ACCOUNT to the local administrators (it is necessary for proper starting User Profile Synchronization service)
account that will be used for synchronization with Active Directory must have Replicate Directory Changes permission in AD. Recommendation is to use separate account for this.

c. decide what to migrate

if you do not need to migrate Sync database, then importing and exporting MIIS key is not required. However, you will have to create from scratch all the connections in the User Profile, and set up all the custom mapping for profile properties

d. Migrate dependent service applications

Your current instance of User Profile might use following service applications. These service applications must be migrated before you migrate User Profile!

Managed Metadata service application
Secure Store service application
Business Connectivity Service application

Do not forget to migrate it in correct order. If your BCS application uses Secure Store, then Secure store service must be migrated first.

Description of how to migrate it, it’s in the same MSDN article here.

2. Export MIIS encryption key from FIM

a. log into your current application server of SharePoint 2010 environment as an local administrator (does not have to be farm administrator).

b. Open command prompt and go to location: [drive]\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Synchronization Service\Bin\”

c. run: miiskmu.exe

choose Export key
specify credentials for farm administrator (account that is running user profile service, usually it is farm administrator account)

Note: If you do not want to migrate Sync database, then exporting (and later importing) of encryption key is not required.

3. Migrate User Profile service application

Note: Some of following procedures can be done by using Central Admin, however, I strongly recommend using Powershell.

a. Start User Profile service

Get-SPServiceInstance | Where {$_.TypeName -eq "User Profile Service"} | Start-SPServiceInstance

1	Get-SPServiceInstance \| Where {$_.TypeName -eq "User Profile Service"} \| Start-SPServiceInstance

b. Create Service Application using existing databases

#configuration values
$serviceName = "User Profile Service Application"
$poolName = "SharePoint Service Application Pool"
$profileDbName = "SP2013_Test_Service_UPS_Profile"
$socialDbName = "SP2013_Test_Service_UPS_Social"
$syncDbName = "SP2013_Test_Service_UPS_Sync"

#get service application pool
$appPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity $poolName

#create new service application using existing databases
$upa = New-SPProfileServiceApplication -Name $serviceName -ApplicationPool $app
Pool -ProfileDBName $profileDbName -SocialDBName $socialDbName -ProfileSyncDBName $syncDbName

#create service proxy
New-SPProfileServiceApplicationProxy -Name $serviceName" Proxy" -ServiceApplication $upa -DefaultProxyGroup

#configuration values

$serviceName = "User Profile Service Application"

$poolName = "SharePoint Service Application Pool"

$profileDbName = "SP2013_Test_Service_UPS_Profile"

$socialDbName = "SP2013_Test_Service_UPS_Social"

$syncDbName = "SP2013_Test_Service_UPS_Sync"

#get service application pool

$appPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity $poolName

#create new service application using existing databases

$upa = New-SPProfileServiceApplication -Name $serviceName -ApplicationPool $app

Pool -ProfileDBName $profileDbName -SocialDBName $socialDbName -ProfileSyncDBName $syncDbName

#create service proxy

New-SPProfileServiceApplicationProxy -Name $serviceName" Proxy" -ServiceApplication $upa -DefaultProxyGroup

It’s recommended running this script in context of FARM Administrator account. It can be done by logging in as farm administrator or by running script using Run As (thanks to Spencer Harbar). Also see his blog, why running these script under farm administrator is necessary.

# Path of UPA Creation PowerShell    
$ScriptFile = "[PATH]\create_userProfile.ps1"

# Get the Farm Account Creds
$farmAcct = (Get-SPFarm).DefaultServiceAccount
$cred = Get-Credential $farmAcct.Name

# Create a new process with UAC elevation
Start-Process $PSHOME\powershell.exe -Credential $cred -ArgumentList "-Command Start-Process $PSHOME\powershell.exe -ArgumentList `"'$scriptfile'`" -Verb Runas" -Wait

# Path of UPA Creation PowerShell

$ScriptFile = "[PATH]\create_userProfile.ps1"

# Get the Farm Account Creds

$farmAcct = (Get-SPFarm).DefaultServiceAccount

$cred = Get-Credential $farmAcct.Name

# Create a new process with UAC elevation

Start-Process $PSHOME\powershell.exe -Credential $cred -ArgumentList "-Command Start-Process $PSHOME\powershell.exe -ArgumentList `"'$scriptfile'`" -Verb Runas" -Wait

c. restart IIS and SPTImer

iisreset
restart-service SPTimerv4

d. import encryption key

miiskmu.exe /i [PATH_TO_EXPORTED_KEY] {0E19E162-827E-4077-82D4-E6ABD531636E} /u:[FARM_ADMIN_LOGIN] *

Note:

use the key you exported in step 2 (it should be miiskeys-1.bin)
GUID is fixed, do not change it!.
FARM_ADMIN_LOGIN is the user under which the user profile service will be running (usually it is farm administrator account)
Asterix at the end means, that you will be prompted for the password for the FARM_ADMIN_LOGIN
sometimes it has tendency to fail. Usually iisreset and SPTimerv4 restart helps.
if you are not migrating SYNC database, importing the key is not required!

d. start User Profile Synchronization service

There is a very nice powershell script for starting User Profile Synchronization Service written by Spencer Harbar:

# App Pools
$saAppPoolName = "SharePoint Service Application Pool"

# we need these to start the UPS Service Instance
$farmAccount = "domain\sp_farmAdmin"
$farmPassword = "Password1"

# UPA/S specifics
$upsInstanceName = "User Profile Synchronization Service"
$upaName = "User Profile Service Application"

# Grab the Appplication Pool for Service Application Endpoint
$saAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool $saAppPoolName

Write-Host "Restarting SPTimerV4..."
restart-service SPTimerV4

Write-Host "Starting the $upsInstanceName Instance..."
$upa = Get-SPServiceApplication | where-object {$_.Name -eq $upaName}
Get-SPServiceInstance | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq $upsInstanceName} | % {
    $_.Status = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPObjectStatus]::Provisioning
    $_.IsProvisioned = $false
    $_.UserProfileApplicationGuid = $upa.Id
    $_.Update()
    $upa.SetSynchronizationMachine($_.Server.Address, $_.Id, $farmAccount, $farmPassword) # this causes update conflicts
    Start-SPServiceInstance $_
}

Write-Host "Waiting on $upsInstanceName to provision..."
Write-Host "Baseline time is 180 seconds"
[int]$time = 0
$ups = Get-SPServiceInstance | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq $upsInstanceName}
while(-not ($ups.Status -eq "Online")){
   	sleep 10;
    Write-Host "Still waiting... ($time seconds elapsed)"
    $ups = Get-SPServiceInstance | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq $upsInstanceName}
    $time = $time + 10
  }
  $time = $time - 10
Write-Host "$upsInstanceName provisioned, it took $time seconds, resetting IIS..."
iisreset
Write-Host "UPS Done!"
Write-Host "Don't forget to remove the Farm Account from local admins!"

# App Pools

$saAppPoolName = "SharePoint Service Application Pool"

# we need these to start the UPS Service Instance

$farmAccount = "domain\sp_farmAdmin"

$farmPassword = "Password1"

# UPA/S specifics

$upsInstanceName = "User Profile Synchronization Service"

$upaName = "User Profile Service Application"

# Grab the Appplication Pool for Service Application Endpoint

$saAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool $saAppPoolName

Write-Host "Restarting SPTimerV4..."

restart-service SPTimerV4

Write-Host "Starting the $upsInstanceName Instance..."

$upa = Get-SPServiceApplication | where-object {$_.Name -eq $upaName}

Get-SPServiceInstance | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq $upsInstanceName} | % {

$_.Status = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPObjectStatus]::Provisioning

$_.IsProvisioned = $false

$_.UserProfileApplicationGuid = $upa.Id

$_.Update()

$upa.SetSynchronizationMachine($_.Server.Address, $_.Id, $farmAccount, $farmPassword) # this causes update conflicts

Start-SPServiceInstance $_

}

Write-Host "Waiting on $upsInstanceName to provision..."

Write-Host "Baseline time is 180 seconds"

[int]$time = 0

$ups = Get-SPServiceInstance | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq $upsInstanceName}

while(-not ($ups.Status -eq "Online")){

sleep 10;

Write-Host "Still waiting... ($time seconds elapsed)"

$ups = Get-SPServiceInstance | where-object {$_.TypeName -eq $upsInstanceName}

$time = $time + 10

}

$time = $time - 10

Write-Host "$upsInstanceName provisioned, it took $time seconds, resetting IIS..."

iisreset

Write-Host "UPS Done!"

Write-Host "Don't forget to remove the Farm Account from local admins!"

Importing and exporting FIM encryption key by MIISKMU.exe

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Symptoms:

When starting User Profile synchronization server, ULS log contains following:

ILM Configuration: The miissku.exe process exited with error code -2147024894. Error: .
ILM Configuration: The ValidateMiisEncryptionKey process returned False.
Synchronization database is already initialized. Importing the encryption key for the database into the registry

UserProfileApplication.SynchronizeMIIS: Failed to configure MIIS pre database, will attempt during next rerun. Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.RestoreMiisEncryptionKey(ILMPostSetupConfiguration psc)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.SetupSynchronizationService(ProfileSynchronizationServiceInstance profileSyncInstance).

ILM Configuration: The miissku.exe process exited with error code -2147024894. Error: .

ILM Configuration: The ValidateMiisEncryptionKey process returned False.

Synchronization database is already initialized. Importing the encryption key for the database into the registry

UserProfileApplication.SynchronizeMIIS: Failed to configure MIIS pre database, will attempt during next rerun. Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.RestoreMiisEncryptionKey(ILMPostSetupConfiguration psc) at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.SetupSynchronizationService(ProfileSynchronizationServiceInstance profileSyncInstance).

Issue:

Sync database is encrypted by the key, that wasn’t migrated to the new environment.

Resolution:

Correct way how to migrate encryption key during User Profile migration

[CURRENT ENVIROMENT] Export encryption key from current SharePoint environment by using miiskmu.exe (located in [drive]\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Synchronization Service\Bin\”

run: miiskmu.exe
- choose Export key
- specify credentials for farm administrator (account that is running user profile service, usually it is farm administrator account)
[NEW] Start service User Profile service
[NEW] Create new service application – User Profile Service Application by specifying all UPA databases
[NEW] Reset IIS and SPTimerV4 service
[NEW] Import encryption key
miiskmu.exe /i [PATH_TO_EXPORTED_KEY] {0E19E162-827E-4077-82D4-E6ABD531636E} /u:[FARM_ADMIN_LOGIN] *
[NEW] Start User Profile Synchronization service

For detailed description see my article User Profile Migration from SharePoint 2010 to 2013

Upload Multiple Documents is disabled in SharePoint 2010

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Description

Drag&Drop feature for uploading multiple files does not work in Internet Explorer in SharePoint 2010 environment. For some users this feature is disabled/hidden. However, it’s avalaible for other users in the company.

Things to check

It works only in IE
Internet Security is too high (doesn’t allow to run ActiveX controls)
Microsoft Office is not installed on the computer

There is a KB from Microsoft that sums it up.

However, I experienced one other issue. These computers had one thing in common, they all had Office suite reinstalled (from 2003 to 2010). As a consequence, in Internet Explorer there was an old version of ActiveX control library (STSUpld UploadCtl) registered. You can check it by:

Open Internet Explorer
Tools | Manage add-ons
From drop down list choose All add-ons
Find STSUpld.UploadCtl | right click on in and choose More information
Compare Version and Folder.

Version should start with 14.* (or 15.* in case of Office 2013). Folder path should head to Office14 or Office15 folder.

Solution
It’s necessary to fix old reference and replace it with current one (based on the version of Office installed).

It can be done by:

Completely uninstalling old version of Office and reinstalling current one
If it’s enabled, then in window More Information click on Remove
Using RegSvr32 command to re-register DLL StsUpld.dll

How to force browsers to get latest script files on ASP.NET pages in automated way

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I was looking for a nice way how to force browsers to refresh its cached version of files and reload script files after the change occured.

Usually we link JS files or CSS files like this:

<script type='text/javascript' src="/_layouts/js/myJavascriptFile.js"></script>

1	<script type='text/javascript' src="/_layouts/js/myJavascriptFile.js"></script>

If you want to force refresh, you can amend parameters to url, ie.

<script type='text/javascript' src="/_layouts/js/myJavascriptFile.js?version=1"></script>

1	<script type='text/javascript' src="/_layouts/js/myJavascriptFile.js?version=1"></script>

Well, this is manual way, so how do it in automated way, so I do not have to care about it? There is several ways how to do it, I will just mention one, which is simple and reliable and you do not have to remember to increase anything upon deployment. (it’s not my idea, thanks to Adam Tegen and his answer in stackoverflow). I took the liberty to change it so it’s possible to use in ASP.NET webforms as well.

public static class VersionLinkHelper
{
    public static string GetVersion(string fileName)
    {
        var context = HttpContext.Current;

        if (context.Cache[fileName] == null)
        {
            var physicalPath = context.Server.MapPath(fileName);
            var version = "?v=" +
                new System.IO.FileInfo(physicalPath).LastWriteTime
                .ToString("yyyyMMddhhmmss");
            context.Cache.Add(physicalPath, version, null,
                DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(10), TimeSpan.Zero,
                CacheItemPriority.Normal, null);
            context.Cache[fileName] = version;
            return fileName+version;
        }
        else
        {
            return fileName + context.Cache[fileName] as string;
        }
    }
}

public static class VersionLinkHelper

{

public static string GetVersion(string fileName)

{

var context = HttpContext.Current;

if (context.Cache[fileName] == null)

{

var physicalPath = context.Server.MapPath(fileName);

var version = "?v=" +

new System.IO.FileInfo(physicalPath).LastWriteTime

.ToString("yyyyMMddhhmmss");

context.Cache.Add(physicalPath, version, null,

DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(10), TimeSpan.Zero,

CacheItemPriority.Normal, null);

context.Cache[fileName] = version;

return fileName+version;

}

else

{

return fileName + context.Cache[fileName] as string;

}

In ASP.NET page link the file as:

<script type='text/javascript' src='<%= VersionLinkHelper.GetVersion("/_layouts/js/CS/myJavascriptFile.js") %>'></script>

1	<script type='text/javascript' src='<%= VersionLinkHelper.GetVersion("/_layouts/js/CS/myJavascriptFile.js") %>'></script>

Failed to deploy SharePoint app to Office 365

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During a development of my auto-hosted app, deploying to SharePoint Online started to fail in very undeterministic way.

1. When deploying through Visual Studio yout might receive:

Cannot register Services/*.svc on Windows Azure Service Bus: Unable to connect to the remote server
One or more services were unregistered from the Windows Azure Service Bus.

2. When deploying to AppCatalog

upload of app package to appCatalog site would fail. Usually at repeated attempt it would succeed.
If deployed succesfully, remote event receivers or workflow would not be triggered (application web wasn’t probably deployed, but there was no error message)

Reason

In my web project I used additional libraries (such as Exchange EWS libraries) which weren’t included in the package. These libraries weren’t in Visual Studio set to Copy Local = true.

Solution

Make sure to set all yours references to be included in the package. sp_app_externalLibs

Automatic upload of app content to SharePoint Online

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This is a more of a tip, what I find very useful in development of SharePoint Apps in Visual Studio and I wish someone told me at the beginning, when I started.

When developing a SharePoint-hosted app, debug mode in Visual Studio offers great feature, which enables you to change content of your aspx page, js files, css styles and after saving, the content is automatically uploaded to the SharePoint environment, so you can test it immediately in the browser and still stay in debug mode. So there is no need for small changes to redeploy it.

Following picture shows, that after saving in the debug mode, the content was succesfully uploaded to SharePoint Online.

Changes of other file types, ie. SharePoint definition files (elements.xml, features, etc.) are not propagated, for this you need to redeploy it again.

Typescript issue

What I am still trying to figure out (and hoping guys watching stackoverflow will help me) is how to make it work with other file types, for example Typescript files.

After saving Typescript file, JS file is automatically re-generated , but this JS file and TS file are not uploaded to the server. It can be partially solved by manually changing content in JS file to trigger automatic upload to SharePoint, however I couldn’t find a way to upload TS file.

Access denied error while authenticating user in SharePoint 2010

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After moving user account to different organizational unit in Active Directory, in some cases this user might then receive Internal server error 500, when accessing SharePoint 2010.

Environment:

SharePoint Server 2010 – Standard
Intranet – Classic windows authentication (NTLM), no anonymous
SQL 2005 (!!!)

When it happens

It happened, only when moving user to different organizational unit in Active Directory.

After some digging, we discovered, that this error happens only for users, that have this record in SharePoint Content database, table UserInfo, column tp_Token is set to 0x.

Reason

After a consultation with Microsoft, it’s caused by bug, that occurs only if using SQL 2005 database. It doesn’t happen in later versions. There is no KB for it (well not the public one).

Solution

delete a user and recreate the account (using the powershell)
If you really don’t care about Microsoft Support, you can change the value in database to null. (it works, but for obvious reasons don’t do it)

Hope it helps to lighten it up a little.

ESPC14 and my summary

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European SharePoint Conference 2014 (#espc14) held in Barcelona was my first to attend and it was just amazing. I am grateful that I could be there and to be a part of the SharePoint community. It’s wonderful experience and chance to hear and see upfront what’s going on in SharePoint and what are the Microsoft plans.

This article tended to be only for my collegues and friends, but then I realized it’s general enough and it could be useful for others as well. I hope that this will enrich others and will give others some ideas what was presented and what I find interesting.

ESPC was happening 2 month after the main SharePoint conference in Las Vegas. European event is smaller, which I guess is not a bad thing. Mostly I regretted that I cannot split myself to be able to attend multiple presentation (I cannot imagine what I would feel in SPC).

For Czech readers, there are nice articles from Jana Babáčková

about ESPC 13
day 1, day 2 and day 3 at ESPC 14

If you are interested in some numbers and comparison:

number of attendees: 10000 (SPC), 1400 (ESPC)
countries attendees were from: 85 (SPC), 45 (ESPC)
number of presentations: 230+ (SPC), 100 (ESPC)

(these are not official and exact numbers)

Well, now to the presentations. This list is what I found most interesting for developers. Also, it’s a list I would easily recommend to others to read through or watch. I was inspired by similar post by Jeremy Thake about SPC, which you can find here.

If it exists, I attach link to live video to SPC conference with same/similar presentation (SPC presentations were recorded, ESPC’s nope).

1. Keynote: Now We Know, Now We Don’t (Dan Holme)

video from SPC14 here.

2. Understanding the Five Layers of SharePoint Security (Michael Noel)

slides here

3. Optimizing SQL Server for Speedy SharePoint (Sahil Malik)

slides here

4. Think You Can Hack SharePoint? (Liam Cleary)

video here

5. The Ultimate SharePoint Infrastructure Best Practices Session (Michael Noel)

slides here

6. ALM for Developing Apps and Sandboxed Solutions Targeting Office 365 (Jeremy Thake)

slides here

7. Using JavaScript Templates To Customise the SharePoint 2013 User Interface (Chris O’Brien)

slides here

8. Transitioning Your SharePoint Solution Model Skills to the New SharePoint App Model (Jeremy Thake)

slides here

Michal Foltyn

My blog about SharePoint development, Apps and Office 365.

Category Archives: Uncategorized

How to disable SharePoint People Picker suggestion cache

SSRS 2014 Add-In installation in SharePoint 2013

User Profile Migration from SharePoint 2010 to 2013

1. Consider before migration

2. Export MIIS encryption key from FIM

3. Migrate User Profile service application

Importing and exporting FIM encryption key by MIISKMU.exe

Symptoms:

Upload Multiple Documents is disabled in SharePoint 2010

How to force browsers to get latest script files on ASP.NET pages in automated way

Failed to deploy SharePoint app to Office 365

Automatic upload of app content to SharePoint Online

Access denied error while authenticating user in SharePoint 2010

ESPC14 and my summary