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Category: SharePoint

  • Create claims-based web application from SharePoint PowerShell

    Creating claims-based web application is more flexible with SharePoint PowerShell script than CA. Here, the snippet for http and ssl site. Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell $ap = New-SPAuthenticationProvider New-SPWebApplication -Name <Name> -ApplicationPool <ApplicationPool> -ApplicationPoolAccount <ApplicationPoolAccount> -URL <URL> -Port <Port> -AuthenticationProvider $ap # <Name> is the name of the new web application that uses claims-based authentication. # <ApplicationPool>…

  • Delete SharePoint list items from PowerShell

    Here the quick solution to clean up/delete SharePoint list items that save a days lot if cleanup required. Manual efforts would take a lot so prefer to go with scripts; # Enter the site URL instead http://sathiya.io $weburl = “http://sathiya.io” $site = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite ($weburl) $web = $site.OpenWeb() Write-Host “The Web application is : “$web.Title…

  • Export Windows Service to Excel with Filter

    Another sample Powershell script to exporting “Running” and “Stopped” windows service to excel by using Powershell Array. $location = “C:\sathiya.io”; $service = @(“Running”, “Stopped”); for ($i=0;$i -ne 2;$i++) { $text = $service[$i]; #Exporting the result to the text file # Append – This keyword is to update the file in the loop # Select -…

  • Creating Managed Metadata Service Application by Powershell Script

    As we are all knows, the SharePoint Powershell can be fast and simple. Here the sample script for creating Managed Metadata Service Application; New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name “Managed Metadata Service App Pool” -Account sathiya\SPAppPool New-SPMetadataServiceApplication -Name “Managed Metadata Service Application” -ApplicationPool “Managed Metadata Service App Pool” -DatabaseName “MMD” New-SPMetadataServiceApplicationProxy -Name “Managed Metadata Service App Pool” -ServiceApplication “Managed…

  • SharePoint continuous user login prompting with custom host header site

    SharePoint site with custom host header will prompting the user login screen on local machine but either you can login or view the site from your local network machines. Because the loop back is enabled by default on each and every machine. To resolve the issue you have to disable it. Open PowerShell as administrator…

  • Application error when access “/_layouts/15/workflow.aspx”

    After, I installed and configured the workflow for SharePoint 2013 and register to the web application, it was getting an error while starting the workflow as; Error: Message: Application error when access /_layouts/15/workflow.aspx, Error=The pipe endpoint ‘net.pipe://localhost/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/appsts.svc’ could not be found on your local machine. EventID: 8nca Solution: Make sure the Net.Pipe Listener Adapter windows…

  • Script to disable list, libraries from SharePoint crawler

    This script will disable all list and libraries from search result in the site collection. Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $site = Get-SPSite http://spapplication $site | Get-SPWeb -Limit ALL | ForEach-Object { foreach ($list in $_.lists) { $list.NoCrawl = $true $list.Update() } } $site.Dispose() You can disable it from list/library’s advanced settings. If numerous lists then…