I can’t map a network drive to sharepoint

On a Windows 8 client. I can browse to my sharepoint site in 365 without issues: https://myPublicserver.sharepoint.com But when I try to map a drive to that address I get this error: “The folder you entered does not appear to be valid” I made sure to add https://myPublicserver.sharepoint.com to my trusted list of sites. What … Read more

What’s your best practice Recovery Model for SharePoint databases

Paul Randal asked some really nice questions about best practices for SharePoint SQL databases. Today, while helping a customer to maintain SharePoint installation he asked me a question about best SQL recovery model for SharePoint database. It is my practice (I am not DB admin :)))) to use Simple recover model. If SharePoint databases are … Read more

Sharepoint replacement

We’re looking for a sharepoint replacement. We’re looking for an open source application that runs on apache2. It should basically be a document store with comments. Integration with AD to administer permissions. We’ve been looking for a few days, but the google fu of multiple people have failed. We’ve tried Alfresco, but it runs very … Read more

Adding VM’s to Domain

I am trying to configure SP farm, in Azure, following steps mention in this article – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt723354(v=office.16).aspx But after creating Sql VM(‘sqlVM’ ), I am not able to add this to the AD domain. Below error message is displayed while trying to connect to Domain. PS C:\Users\anuvya> Add-Computer -DomainName “corp.contoso.com” cmdlet Add-Computer at command pipeline … Read more

Stopping Microsoft Office 2010 from integrating with Subversion server as if it’s Sharepoint

We have an Apache Subversion server that we store (amongst other things) all of our documentation on. We have a lot of Word, Excel, PDF etc. documents in svn, and all of our users use TortoiseSVN as their client interface. A lot of those users will also browse the repo through a web browser, which … Read more

How to setup an Intranet site and a FREE alternative to Sharepoint

Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I’ve been tasked with the job of building a web server and Intranet site using perhaps Joomla for creating an alternative to Microsoft Sharepoint and would like some advice … Read more

Sharepoint 2007 Backup Solutions? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 8 years ago. Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. … Read more

How to find which template is used for a site or a page in SharePoint

Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. How/where can I find the template used for a SharePoint site or page. I have a page I want to resemble, but I don’t know where to find the … Read more

Combining SharePoint and Database Mirroring

This isn’t a how-should-I-do-this question, just to set the stage. It’s a what has your experience been? Please read through the whole question before quickly replying. I spent the day yesterday teaching the current round of SharePoint MCM (Microsoft Certified Masters – see here) students all about high-availability technologies in SQL Server, plus how the … Read more