Tips for SharePoint 2013

1. Creating a Web application with classic mode has deprecated but still you can create it using power shell.
2. SharePoint Designer Settings are configured from Central administration for web application scope and from site settings of Site collection for Site Collection scope.
3. Custom List does not has Incoming email option.
4. You can create a Custom Service Application Proxy Group for multiple web applications only by using power shell :
   New-SPServiceApplicationProxyGroup "Custom_Proxy_Name"
5. To use SharePoint 2013 Workflow you need to install Windows Azure Workflow add-on and then run the following command in SharePoint server to Create a Service application
   Register-SPWorkflowService
6. Guide for How to Configure Kerosene in SharePoint 2013
   http://blog.blksthl.com/2012/09/26/the-first-kerberos-guide-for-sharepoint-2013-technicians/
7. Create a trust between Farms in SharePoint 2013 using SPTrustedSecurityTokeyIssuer
   http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2012/07/23/setting-up-an-oauth-trust-between-farms-in-sharepoint-2013.aspx
8. If you restore a Farm backup content and settings make sure User Profile sync job is not running because this will cause to failing the restoring.
9. If you backup a site collection from UI then you can't edit the site during the backup process but you can via powershell -UseSqlSnapshot (need Enterprise SQL Server ) or -NoSiteLock to force it not to lock the site during backup process.
10. You can use Machine translation with Managed Meta data.
11. No need to install language packs to enable Managed Meta data to support multiple languages.
12. Prerequisites log folder c:\Users\sp_farm\Appdata\local\temp\prerequisiteinstaller*.log
13. You can't change Content Type hub URL after you added from UI and you can only change it from power shell
    
14. Set-SPMetadataServiceApplication -Identity "<ServiceApplication>" -HubURI "<HubURI>"
15. Make sure to allow connection in Web part security from Central administration when you want to connect between web parts.
    
    
16. Guide for Rights Management in SharePoint 2013
    http://blogs.office.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2012/11/09/what-s-new-with-information-rights-management-in-sharepoint-and-sharepoint-online.aspx
    http://sp-vinod.blogspot.com/2013/08/configuring-information-rights.html
17. If you create a page based on friendly URL then you delete the term from Managed Metadata you need also to delete the page from the library to totally delete that link.
18. /_layouts/15/osssearchresults.aspx only search inside the SharePoint site collection so if you have crawled file shared then you need to create Search Center to get results from there.
19. Query Logging is Disable By Default.
20. Get-SPLogEvent to read SharePoint Logs
21. To merge multiple logs file from different server use
    Merge-SPLogFile -Path c:\mylogs
22. To show logs in UI
    Get-SPLogFile -File c:\mylogs -StartTime 1:30 | Select * | Out-GridView or Export-svc
23. SharePoint Active Directory in User Profile Service Just Import Profiles.
24. Health Analyzer related to Usage Service Application.
25. You can Set Global Search URL from Search Administration.
26. To get list of fronted servers in the Farm
    Get-SPServiceInstance | ? {$_.TypeName -eq 'Microsoft SharePoint Foundation web Application' -and $_.Status -eq 'Online'}
27. How to plan for Distrubuted Cache Service http://sharepoint-community.net/profiles/blogs/distributed-cache-appfabrikcache-on-sharepoint-server-2013-part-1
28. It's recommanded to avoid running Distrubeted Cache service in Server which has Search , project ,SQL or excel services.
29. You can create a site column directly from inline editing of the list
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Host Name Site Collection in SharePoint 2013

Steps to create a Host Name Site collection in SharePoint 2013 :

1. Open SharePoint Management Shell
2. Run the Following Command 

New-SPSite -Url "http://HostheaderForSiteCollection" -HostHeaderWebApplication "http://WebAppUrl" -Name "Test Name" -Template "sts#0" -OwnerAlias "domain\userDomain"

Steps to create DNS entry (A Record)

Steps to create A DNS record :

1. Open DNS
2. Go to Forward Lookup Zones
3. Right click on domain name and choose New Host (A or AAA..)
4. Then insert the name for example (intranet) and IP address
5. Then Click Add Host.

Open Port 1433 in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

To open SQL port 1433 (or any port you configured) to enable SharePoint 2013 to communicate with SQL Server you need to do the following :

1. Login to SQL Server
2. Open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
3. In Inbound Rules .. Click New Rule
4. Choose Port option and click Next
5. Choose TCP option and insert the port (1433) and then click Next
6. Choose Allow the connection option and click Next
7. Only Check Domain option and click Next
8. Inset a Name for the rule like 'SQL Server' and click Finish

SharePoint 2013 March Updates

• SharePoint Foundation: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36987
• SharePoint Server: http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=36989
• Project Server: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36988
• Office Web Apps 2013: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36981

Note: After you install these updates you need to run Configuration wizard in each SharePoint Server in the Farm.

Converting the document to a page failed. The converter framework returned the following error: CE_OTHER

I have a test environment which has all roles in one box (SharePoint , SQL Server and Domain controller ). When tried to run Document Convert feature I got the following error :

I checked the logs and I didn't find any logical reason for this error but I found this article which said
Document Conversion is not supported in Domain Controller so I think this is the reason
http://www.novolocus.com/2008/02/22/error-converting-the-document-to-a-page-failed-the-converter-framework-returned-the-following-error-ce_other/

Directly Save A Document to SharePoint 2013 List

In SharePoint 2013 you can save a word document from office application to SharePoint list directly by these steps :

1. From Word 2013 go to File >> Save AS
2. Click Browse Button >> put SharePoint List URL ex. http;//site/list
3. Click Save
4. Choose a Content type from the list if it asks
5. Then click Ok