Arsénio Ferraz

SharePoint 2010

How to secure external anonymous access to SharePoint 2010 sites

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April 19, 2012

If you developed an internet-facing website, you may have noticed that you’re SharePoint Forms pages are also accessible to anonymous users. For instance, http://your_domain/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx, etc. Normally we don’t want this, so, in order to block users from accessing these pages, we need to activate a feature called “ViewFormPagesLockDown”. Activate Feature:…
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SharePoint 2010

Setup missing SharePoint 2010 Groups

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March 14, 2012

If you have deleted the default SharePoint Groups or they are missing, SharePoint 2010 gives you a way to set them back. You just need to go to /_layouts/permsetup.aspx
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SharePoint 2007

The schema version of the database is not consistent with the expected database schema version

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December 5, 2011

One of my clients, after applying Windows Server 2003 with the latest windows updates, he got this error: The schema version (3.1.3.0) of the database SharePoint_AdminContent_93139118-73ea-456d-86d9-c938e7a40497 on {dbserver} is not consistent with the expected database schema version (3.1.4.0) on {spserver}. Connections to this database from this server have been blocked…
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SharePoint 2010

Cannot create custom list after rebranding Application.master

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August 30, 2011

After rebranding application.master I got this error when creating a custom list: The security validation for this page is invalid. Click Back in your Web browser, refresh the page, and try your operation again. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.CreateListFromFormPost(String bstrUrl, String& pbstrGuid, String& pbstrNextUrl) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateListFromFormPost(String bstrUrl, String& pbstrGuid, String& pbstrNextUrl) To remove…
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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010

How to get a SharePoint Feature GUID

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August 26, 2011

You just need to have a developer tool bar in your browser. Go to the “Site Collection Features” or “Manage Site Features” under “Site Settings”. Open you developer tool bar Select “Activate” or “Deactivate” button Now you are able to see the Feature GUID
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SharePoint 2007

Adding and deploying Solutions to SharePoint 2007 with STSADM

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July 19, 2011

Steps to install and deploy solutions to SharePoint 2007 with STSADM. Add solution stsadm -o addsolution -filename c:\solution_folder\solution_name.wsp Deploy solution stsadm -o deploysolution -name solution_name.wsp -url http://sharepoint_server Upgrade feature stsadm -o upgradesolution -name solution_name.wsp -filename c:\solution_folder\solution_name.wsp Install feature stsadm -o installfeature -filename {FeatureFolder}\feature.xml Activate feature stsadm -o activatefeature -id {FEATUREID} -url…
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SharePoint 2007

“SPUpgradeException: One or more types failed to load” exception when running configuration wizard

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July 19, 2011

I was trying to install SharePoint Server 2007 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1, but every time I run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard, I bumped into: Performing configuration task 1 of 4 Initializing SharePoint Products and Technologies upgrade… Successfully initialized SharePoint Products and Technologies upgrade.…
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Adding and deploying Solutions to SharePoint 2010 with Management Shell

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July 7, 2011

I’ve mentioned in a previous post how to create a solution setup for SharePoint. But, sometimes we need to user the SharePoint powershell (SharePoint Management Shell) to install and deploy solutions. Add solution Add-SPSolution c:\solution_folder\solution_name.wsp Install solution Install-SPSolution –Identity solution_name.wsp –WebApplication http://sharepoint_server -GACDeployment Update solution Update-SPSolution –Identity solution_name.wsp –LiteralPath c:\solution_folder\solution_name.wsp –GACDeployment…
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SharePoint 2010

Visio Stencils for SharePoint 2010

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July 1, 2011

Today I needed to create a Visio with my client SharePoint farm. Since Visio does not come with a SharePoint stencil, I google it and I’ve found this blog. It has some cool stencil for SharePoint.
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SharePoint 2010

Register external JavaScript and Stylesheet

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June 30, 2011

Is very common to use external JavaScript and Stylesheet to give a different look&feel to custom webparts. Below are two SharePoint specific methods that you can use to reference a JavaScript and StyleSheet file from within a web part. Register Stylesheet There are several ways to add your own CSS…
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