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Mask created/modified users in lists/libraries

You might want to hide created by and modified by information from the users. There are three ways to achieve this. First to way is masking the created by and modified by users in lists and libraries. Third one is actually a workaround by creating a new view which doesn’t […]

Open Specific Document Types in New Window

Recently in one of my SharePoint 2010 projects, we needed to open pdf documents in new window by default. After some research I found Ben Ramey’s blog post on this subject. He shared a little JavaScript to open every document in a SharePoint document library in a new window. So […]

Change “SharePoint” text in the top bar

By default, on the top left of each SharePoint 2013 site there is a “SharePoint” text. This can be replaced by overriding a delegate control called “SuiteBarBrandingDelegate“. But if you simply want to change the text without writing any code, using 3 line PowerShell script is the easiest way. $webApp […]

Save SharePoint 2013 Publishing Site as Template

Microsoft is restricted saving SharePoint 2013 Publishing sites as templates. Here is the information you can find on Microsoft Support pages (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2492356) SharePoint does not support Save Site as Template option with the Publishing features turned on. The supported method to create templates for publishing sites is to use a site definition template and […]

PowerShell: Changing the Distributed Cache Service Managed Account

Changing managed account used for “Distributed Cache Service” is one of the things that cannot be done using the SharePoint Central Administrator. So as central admin advises you navigate to Security -> General Security -> Configure Service Accounts, find the “Distributed Cache Service” and select another managed account, it gives […]

Disabled ribbon items or missing options in Central Administration

I was encountered a familiar error while installing a Sharepoint 2013 environment. All of the ribbon items in central administration site was disabled. Furthermore some of the important options such as “manage services in the server”, “farm configuration wizard” were missing. I run IE as administrator (or run with the […]

SharePoint 2013 Certification Exams

Since Microsoft released SharePoint Server 2013 RTM, SharePoint community is heavily using it and trying to learn the new features. To test your SharePoint 2013 skills and get more job opportunities in your career you may think to take Microsoft certification exams. As usual Microsoft is working on the new certification paths […]

Learning Roadmaps for SharePoint 2013

Learning roadmap articles for SharePoint 2013 have been published recently at TechNet. There are several articles and documents for different knowledge and experience levels. Learning roadmap is defined as follows: A Learning Roadmap steps new-to-technology or experienced IT Pros through the set of published text or multimedia resources to build […]