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Migrate Secure Store Service Application Whenever we migrate SharePoint from one version to the next version , we recreate most of the service applications. However, in few cases where we have dependencies  with service applications like secure store and Managed metadata service which may have several credentials and term stores. recreating all the service IDs may be a tedious job and can easily land us in to issues. Hence, it is recommended to upgrade the Secure store service application.  Title: Steps to Migrate Secure Store Service Application from SharePoint 2013 to 2016 In on of my SharePoint Migration Projects from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016  Secure Store Service Application was one of the critical services used by the customer due to its dependency with Data Refresh Jobs from SSAS.  This article is a step by step approach to migrate Secure Store from SP 2013 to SP2016. Steps: Identify the Secure store database used in the SharePoint 2013 Database and r...

1) Prerequisites Installation:    2) Like SharePoint 2013 , the issues with IIS Configuration, SyncFramework and WCF errors donot occur if you are connected to internet while installing Pre Requisites.  3) If we get error installing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client , we can install it manually and can be downloaded from  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50402  4) Specify Configuration Settings:  5) Create a Passphrase and save it to retrieve later when required. Passphrase is used to encrypt the credentials of the SharePoint registered accounts and to join new servers to the farm  6)You can find the description of each Min Role when you select the respective Role for your SharePoint Server.  8) After the completion of Configuration Wizard , you can find the Summary  9)Central Administration

50 SharePoint 2013 Interview Questions – SharePoint Administrator 1.       What are the 3 user authentication methods that SharePoint 2013 supports? 2.       Out of the available authentication methods, which one would is considered the recommended according to Microsoft? 3.       What protocol does server-to-sever authentication extend? 4.       SharePoint Store and App Catalog Access SharePoint resources on behalf of a user using? 5.       What Business Data Connectivity (BDC) connections types are supported in SharePoint 2013? 6.       What are some examples of technology that OData leverages? 7.       What types of authentication does Business Connectivity Services support? 8.       What does a BDC model do? 9.       How is the BDC model in...

1.     What is a Super User and Super Reader Account in SharePoint 2013?  Portal Super User and Portal Super Reader accounts that are used by the object cache in SharePoint Server 2013. For more information: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff758656.aspx 2.     What is App Fabric and Distributed Cache in SharePoint 2013? App Fabric Service is a windows service and is a Prerequisite for SharePoint Distributed Cache. 3.     Names of Default databases created in Search Service? Crawl DB, Link DB, Analytics Processing DB, Search Administration DB 4.     What is the Roll back plan for a Failed CU? There is no Roll back for Failed CU. We need to rebuild the server or restore it from available              backup. 5.     Difference between CU and Public CU? A cumulative update includes fixes for p...

SHAREPOINT 2013 STANDALONE INSTALLATION WITHOUT ACTIVE DIRECTORY In The Following Post I have demonstrated a step by step approach to install and configure SharePoint without Active Directory accounts and no install or connection to Domain Controller is required. Install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with SP1   ·         During the configuration it will prompt you select an account to manage the Database engines services and the other databases that are created. We can provide a Local Admin account here and it will accept it. ·          After the configuration of SQL Server Express 2008R2 SP1 , Since we do not have a AD configured , we can trick SharePoint by first creating a Configuration Database.   ·          It might take some time for the above command to complete creating the Configuration database. ·   ...

SharePoint Latest Interview Questions July 2016: 1  Internal pages are not appearing in search results? How do you troubleshoot? 2  User is getting the error “Server is unavailable error.” How to troubleshoot? 3  How to create multiple web applications on Port 80 4  STSADM and PowerShell command to backup Site Collection. 5  Steps to Promote Sub Site as Site Collection. 6  How to restore a Sub Site in SharePoint? 7  Is it Possible to restore SharePoint backup file on SQL? 8  What is new in user profile service in SharePoint 2013? 9  Unable to search Document in Search? How do you troubleshoot? 10 Search scope, People scope is missing, what do you do? 11 Difference between IIS 6 and IIS7? 12 Create External accessible website(AAM)? 13 Steps to Create Binding in IIS.? 14 What is the SPO management shell command to connect as admin 15 Explain SharePoint evolu...

1)How to Troubleshoot Update conflict error in SharePoint? Ans) This error occurs if the Contents of the File systtem cache is newer than the configuration database contents.Inorder to fix this issue we need to clear the file system cache on all the servers in the farm. 2) How to Clear File System (Configuration) cache ? Ans)    - Navigate to the following path : Drive:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID    - Backup the Cache.ini file    - Delete all the XML files in the GUID folder.(Do not delete the cache.ini folder).    - Open the Cache.ini file in Edit mode and delete the  content in it and just type 1 and save the file.    - Restart the windows SharePoint Timer service.    - Go to Central Admin, Click Operations --> Under Global Configuration-->Timer Job Status -->Check if Config Refresh entry is      succeeded. 3) WSP not deployed to all servers? How to diagnose? ...

The following is a list of SharePoint URLs to get to commonly used administrative functions on a MOSS or WSS v3 site. Not all links listed on this page are accessible to all user levels of a site. This is a quick list for speedy reference as compared to tracking down links through the admin screens or for faster jumping around sites within a site collection. Function Add to the URL Notes Add Web Parts Pane ?ToolPaneView=2 Add to the end of the page URL; WILL ONLY WORK IF THE PAGE IS ALREADY CHECKED OUT Create New Site Content                            /_layouts/create.aspx List Template Gallery     /_catalogs/lt Manage Site Collection Administrators /_layouts/mngsiteadmin.aspx Manage Sites and Workspaces /_layouts/mngsubwebs.aspx Manage People /_layouts/people.aspx Manage User Permissions ...

SharePoint 2010– Profile Pictures not showing up due to incorrect URL Scenario Profile Pictures inside User Profile Service Application for some users show Red X mark Cause This can happen due to 2 reasons 1) Profile Picture was deleted or went missing 2) Due to incorrect URL Question   - How to check the Picture URL associated to the user Answer –  We can check this by right clicking the Picture inside User Profile(Central Administration > Manage Service Application > User Profile Service Application > Manager User Profiles) Search for the user profile and then click on Edit my profile Now Right click on the Picture to click on properties(Picture URL is shown under the Address) Alternate Way –  We can run the following Select query against the Profile DB to get the Picture URL for a User Select PictureURL from UserProfile_full with(nolock) where NTName = 'contoso\user1' When we tried browsing the URL we realized that the URL is incorrect,...

Step1 : Open PowerShell as Administrator. Get-SPServiceInstance -all |where {$_.TypeName -like "ServiceName*"} (To get the Instance ID of the service causing the problem.) Step 2: run below command for stopping the sercive $srvc = Get-SPServiceInstance "here you have to give service id obtained from the above command" $srvc.Unprovision() Step 3: please run below command for starting the excel service $srvc = Get-SPServiceInstance "here you have to give service id" $srvc.provision()

TCS Interview Questions (June 2015) : 1)Name of W3WP process for sand bx solution? 2)Default databases created after SharePoint configuration? 3)Search Topology and databases created in search ? 4)How to identify a WFE ? 5)Powershell Commands for SharePoint Site Backup and Restore ? 6)Steps for configuring UPS and how does synchronization work ? 7)How to deploy GAC WSP ? 8)Differences in SP 2010 & SP2013 ? 9)Steps involved in SP2013 Migration ?(Check List) 10)Web Application is intermittent , how will you troubleshoot ? 11)Steps to add Photo property in UPS ? 12)disaster recovry plan in SharePoint ? 13)What is Log Shipping DB in SharePoint ? 14)Steps to Create SSL ?

Hi Friends, Here is the Link for What's New in SharePoint 2016 . This article  has been Published by Bill Baer in blogs.technet.com http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2015/05/12/what-s-new-in-sharepoint-server-2016-installation-and-deployment.aspx

Update User Display Name in SharePoint: To force a manual sync for the user properties from the Active Directory Set-SPUser -Identity 'domain\userid' –Web http://WebApp:Port –SyncFromAD However to apply a global refresh for all users from the Active Directory we can use this: Get-SPUser –Web http://WebApp:Port | Set-SPUser –SyncFromAD

Hi Guys, Found a very helpful article on "Troubleshooting SharePoint Alerts not working" issue. This Microsoft Technet article has very detailed troubleshooting steps to start with.This can also be very helpful in Interviews as this a very common question in most of the interviews. Please find the URL below. Also mentioned the detailed steps below ,in case the URL doesn't work. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13771.troubleshooting-steps-for-sharepoint-alert-email-does-not-go-out.aspx Check Alert Settings: 11)       Go to Central Admin à Manage Web Applications à General Settings- à Click the drop down of General Settings and select General Settings. 22)       Under Alerts section, check if alerts are ON or OFF. 33)       If already enabled, turn it OFF and then ON. 44)       Click OK. Test Connectivity with SMTP server: 11) ...