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Background and Problem Recently I had to check in a large number of files in that were checked out to me due to another process that I had run. SharePoint does provide a simple way to do this for many files, but since I also had to run this over several document libraries. The Solution I wrote a simple solution to do the check ...

Background Often when deploying or upgrading a SharePoint-based application, it is necessary to update the schema or content for the site. As an example if a simple web part is to be updated so that it supports a new field in a list, the following will typically need to take place: The field needs to be added to the list or content type.The ...

The Problem I came across a situation where I needed to remove certain ribbon buttons for certain document libraries. I could have gone the route of adding code to the master page either on the server side or javascript that would run on the client side. Since the document libraries would be numerous and since that sort of one-off page ...

Background Recently I wrote a solution for a customized file upload page for SharePoint, replacing upload.aspx for only certain libraries. There was a requirement that the maximum file upload size for these libraries had to be 200 MB. The Problem The general upload size limits can be set in SharePoint at the web application level. The default ...

Background Sometimes SharePoint administrators would like to update content in their site in certain ways, but don't want everything to show up as being last modified by them by name. Instead, they would prefer that the record simply show that it was last updated by System Account. On the other hand, sometimes administrators are not sure why ...

Background Keeping a SharePoint site running 24/7 has its challenges. There are several levels of hardware and software issues that must be inline so that everything works properly. One way to avoid prolonged downtime in the event of an issue is by constant script monitoring of your site. This script should be run at frequent intervals of just a ...

Background When performing any sort of migration with SharePoint, particularly if it is from an older to a newer version such as from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010, it can be critical to identify the potential trouble spots. One area of concern is InfoPath forms. Often forms will break when ported to a new URL or to a newer version of SharePoint. ...

If you have spent several years developing custom SharePoint workflows and then started working with K2 blackpearl, you would notice some big differences in developing workflows using these two technologies. One key thing to remember here is that k2 blackpearl is an enterprise workflow engine. SharePoint is not a pre-requisite for K2 ...

Global Site Mapping exercise from World Reserve Financial client

This is an example of a scalable Site Map for SharePoint 2010 with MS Governance and SharePoint architecture models illustrated for reference