Adventures in Technobabble

Unable to Remove Site and Taxonomy Columns from SharePoint 2010 List or Content Type

So, recently I had a list where we needed to remove a couple of columns but couldn’t do it using the normal browser UI. They were site columns that were added to the list. The column needed to be removed and I was having a hard time figuring out how to do it without [...]

Changing Maximum Template Size in SharePoint 2010 & 2007

So, this is a pretty common thing to run into, so I thought I would put a workaround for both 2007 & 2010 in one place. You are trying to save a site (with content) or list to a template in SharePoint, but it gives you this error: The list is too large to save [...]

Restore Deleted Site Collections Instantly with SharePoint 2010 SP1

So SharePoint 2010 has tried to make restores quicker by including the ability to pull data out of unattached content DBs, but they have certainly added their best feature yet with the new PowerShell commands. Now, just remember, these will only be available in your SP 201o SP1 farms, not pre-SP1: Get-SPDeletedSite Restore-SPDeletedSite Remove-SPDeletedSite Alright, [...]

STSADM Import Creating Ghost Lists in SharePoint 2010

I need to start this post off by saying 2 little disclaimers: A) don’t use stsadm in SharePoint 2010, I know it’s still supported but just don’t. It’s going away soon, has less functionality than PowerShell, and can cause some issues that may be unexpected. If you are having this issue as well, you are [...]

Clear the SharePoint Configuration (Timer) Cache

The config cache is where we cache configuration information (stored in the config database) on each server in the farm. Caching the data on each server prevents us from having to make SQL calls to pull this information from the configuration database. It is full of XML files containing configuration objects. The SharePoint configuration cache [...]

SharePoint 2010 People Picker Invisible Duplicates (Issues with Security Groups)

I ran into an interesting issue the other day. In one of our client’s SharePoint 2010 install, we were trying to add a group to a site collection. People Picker kept underlining the name saying “No exact match was found. Click the item(s) that did not resolve for more options.” Just as you would expect [...]

SharePoint 2007 Calendar Sync with Outlook Only Updating Certain Fields

So I ran into an interesting issue recently. We had a SharePoint 2007 installation with a calendar list. The end users sync the calendar to their Outlook as a shared calendar. All of the client computers running a variety of Windows XP, Vista, and 7 with Outlook 2003 & 2007. NOTE 9/14: This process can [...]

SharePoint 2007 Site Collection Issues After Patching

In one of the environments I work in, we have a SharePoint 2007 server on Server 2003. Recently we applied our June Windows patches and the April cumulative update (CU) packs for WSS 3.0 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2512783) & SharePoint 2007 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2512782). As a note, if you aren’t patching your SharePoint with the CUs as per this site, [...]

SharePoint 2010 Claims Based Authentication Setup

I searched around quite a bit and found a lot of incomplete walkthroughs and information on setting up claims-based authentication for Sharepoint 2010. Here is the process I finally ended up using and some extra stuff that may be helpful. This seems to be the most direct route to getting things set up, as you [...]

Installing SharePoint 2007 on Server 2008 R2

This process is really simple, but when I was doing it, I kept running into issues and all the how-to’s I found had something missing. Here is my process for installing SharePoint 2007 on Server 2008 R2. First off, MOSS 2007 will not install on Server 2008 R2 without SharePoint service pack 1. For me, [...]