SharePoint calling 3rd party SOAP – An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
INTRODUCTION I have a custom ASMX deployed to SharePoint, within that ASMX was a code to call an another SOAP service (written in PHP). On my mockup ASP.NET website all works well. As soon as I transferred the code to SharePoint, I get this error even though I’ve tried to add the SSL certificate of […]
Continue ReadingThe Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileImportJob Generic failure
INTRODUCTION My client said to me that their SharePoint user profile is not synching. Upon checking, the “User Profile Synchronization Service” is started, and the User Profile Application Service is also running fine. However, when I clicked the “Start full synchronization”, nothing happens. The status does not change, it remains in “Idle”. Then I checked […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint IsDlg Not Working Properly: Left Nav and Ribbon Are Still Displayed
INTRODUCTION So my client is running SharePoint which unfortunately the main master page has been modified using SharePoint Designer; therefore it causes the master page to be “un-ghosted”. Any updates made to the original master page located in the source control (TFS) no longer affects the stored master page due to this disconnection. Therefore, I had to copy/paste the customisation from […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint Portal Server 2003 SPS – Exception from HRESULT: 0x80041050
INTRODUCTION One Monday morning suddenly my client’s old SPS 2003 site no longer worked. It gave the error: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80041050 The interesting thing is, some sub-sites are working fine. Trying to access the Site Settings and they’re fine too. So originally I thought that there must be something related to that particular page. Intrigued, […]
Continue ReadingHow to Configure High Availability SQL Reporting Service Scale-Out Deployment Clustering
INTRODUCTION You probably have read my post on configuring SQL Clustering for SharePoint. Now I need to also configure SQL Reporting Service to be highly available (HA). In Reporting Service term this is called Scale-Out Deployment. For this exercise I have 2 SQL Servers cluster namely SQL01 and SQL02. The cluster node is called SQLCL. […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint 2010, 2013 “Open with Windows Explorer” button is greyed out disabled
INTRODUCTION I have a task of moving documents out of a folder to another folder. I figure that the quickest way of doing this is by using the Windows Explorer feature in SharePoint. The button is available from the “Library” tab within a document library. Unfortunately this button is disabled when I opened that tab. […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint 2010 2013 AD Updated, User Profile Updated but not My Settings or WSS Profile or Welcome User Text
INTRODUCTION I have updated a user’s details in Active Directory (in this instance surname and email). I re-run the User Profile sync service and all is well. When I check the User Profile in User Profile Service Application the details are all updated correctly. When the user login to SharePoint however, the “Welcome” text still […]
Continue ReadingSharePoint 2013 InfoPath GetUserProfileService.asmx Error 500 Internal Server Error – Unauthorized or User with the Account Name Could Not Be Found
INTRODUCTION I’m in the process of migrating a SharePoint 2010 site to 2013. Within the site are several InfoPath forms that need to also be migrated to 2013. The migration was all easy except when I start filling the InfoPath form, I get an error querying the web service. After some investigations I found out […]
Continue ReadingHow to Configure SQL Server 2012 2008 R2 Cluster for SharePoint 2013 2010
INTRODUCTION SQL Clustering is awesome for HA (high availability). In this instance I was tasked to install and configure Production DMZ environment for my client’s Internet sites. We want to use clustering so that it improves availability (ie. when the main SQL server goes down, the second one can be up and running straight away). […]
Continue ReadingInfoPath Development Best Practice and Catches
INTRODUCTION I have been developing InfoPath with SharePoint for years and in this article I would like to share some tips that I’ve learnt throughout these years which I believe have helped me and I know will help you, too. InfoPath is such a great product. And when we are talking about electronic forms, InfoPath […]
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