Collaboration-2-Go Blog

InfoPlayer vs. UKW vs. DAB+

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:00:00

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InfoPlayer Update is available

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00

Windows App (read more)

InfoPlayer in the Netherlands

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00

The Windows app (read more)

InfoPlayer Update is available

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00

Windows App (read more)

InfoPlayer is available

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00

My Windows App (read more)

Enable Hyper-V in Windows Home

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00

In order to enable Hyper-V in Windows Home create a batch file (e.g. hv.bat) and insert the following code: (read more)

Nintex - Resolve SharePoint and Active Directory Groups

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:00:00

In order to retrieve all members in aSharePoint group (including AD groups) you must follow these steps: - get members of the SharePoint group using a SharePoint web service; result in an XML - collect information about these group members (read more)

Fun with JavaScript and SharePoint: View Item Permissions

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00

Without any doubts individual permissions for documents and list items are a bad idea. But sometimes it is necessary. In SharePoint those individual permissions are hard to manage. With this extension you can see the permissions in the standard view. Document Library: (read more)

Fun with JavaScript and SharePoint: QR Code

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00

Add a QR code to each SharePoint page using a JavaScript. If the user clicks on the button, a modal dialog pops up that shows the current url as a QR code. Button: (read more)

Export und Import SPWeb with Workflows

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00:00

If you want to export and import a SharePoint site you can use Export-SPWeb and Import-SPWeb. In most cases these commands work fine. If you have SharePoint Designer Workflows in this site, SharePoint adds a folder called "Workflows" and sometime this folder has a property called "docid_msft_hier_listid_validate" and a value which is invalid during the import. German error message: (read more)

Rename Internal Document Library Name

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:00:00

If you want to rename a SharePoint library you can use the library configuration. If you want to rename the internal name you could use SharePoint Designer. Unless you have more than 5.000 items (which is a bad idea anyway): (read more)

Re-Apply Quotas

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:00:00

If you change a quota template you have to re-apply the template. In this case it was very easy since all sites have the same quota (personal My Sites). (read more)

Send Mail

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:00

If you want to send a mail with an attachment using PowerShell you can you this code: (read more)

Check if File is Locked

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00

If you want to check if a file is locked you can you this snippet: (read more)

Empty Popularity Trends and Most Popular Items

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:00:00

In case the popularity trends report and the most popular items report are empty you can check (and re-eanble) the event receivers using PowerShell: Get receivers: (read more)

Indent SharePoint Task using Nintex

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:00:00

Indent SharePoint Task using Nintex (read more)

Download WSP Solution File from SharePoint

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00

Download WSP Solution File from SharePoint (read more)

Activate SharePoint TimerJob using PowerShell

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00

Activate SharePoint TimerJob using PowerShell (read more)

Access Personal Views / Do something on behalf

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00

Impersonate and access personal views of somebody else. Code: (read more)

Activate Feature using CSOM

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 00:00:00

Add references to Microsoft.SharePoint.Client and Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime. Code: (read more)

Upload Document to a SharePoint Library

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:00:00

Upload Document to a SharePoint Library: (read more)

Restart Worker Processes and SPTimerV4 in Farm

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00

Restart IIS worker processes and SPTimerV4 in SharePoint Farm (read more)

Remove duplicate Active Directory Group Memberships

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00

Once I had to remove all users in an Active Directory group in case they are also member of a second group. (read more)

SharePoint Lists and Coloured Rows

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:00:00

If you want to use coloured rows in SharePoint lists, (read more)

SharePoint and Remote Blob Storage - Performance Considerations

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:00:00

In our SharePoint 2013 test farm we installed RBS. Unfortunately the performance is very bad. We used an RBS system from a different manufacturer than Microsoft. Average download times for a 14 MB video file and a 1 MB Word document: (read more)

Newsfeed Administrator - Lock and delete Newsfeed Posts

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00

Newsfeed Administrator - Lock and delete Newsfeed Posts: (read more)

Add Followers to a SharePoint 2013 Site

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:00:00

Add Followers to a SharePoint 2013 Site using PowerShell: (read more)

Create SharePoint 2013 MySites

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:00:00

Create SP2013 MySites using an AD group and PowerShell: (read more)

SharePoint Database Size

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 00:00:00

SharePoint Database Size using PowerShell: (read more)

Multiple Default Values for a Choice Column

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:00:00

In order to define multiple default values for a choice column just use a calculated default value: (read more)

Rename SharePoint MySite Blog

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:00

Want to rename your MySite blogs using PowerShell since all MySite blog names are "Blog"? (read more)

SharePoint Blog Layout

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:00

Want to apply different blog layouts using PowerShell? Sample: Standard Layout: (read more)

Collecting ULS Data

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:00:00

Samples for collecting ULS data from all servers: Collect all data: (read more)

Login as a different User

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00

If you want to use the SP2010 functionality 'Login as a different User' you can use the following link: (read more)

SharePoint Warm-Up

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00

If you want to start your SharePoint web applications you can use the following VisualBasic script as a warm-up for SharePoint. The code copies the host file in order to reach each web front end server. server1: "host-server1" server2: "host-server2" Plus "host-original" in order to move back VBS Code: (read more)

Find your Worker Process

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00

Find your worker process that hosts your SharePoint web application: (read more)

Site Archivar for SharePoint

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00

Our third product is ready to buy: (read more)

Site Compass listed at SharePointPlus

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00

Both our (read more)

Send SMTP Mail using Telnet

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00

Send SMTP Mail using Telnet Start telnet and enter the following text: (read more)

Site Compass listed at Microsoft PinPoint

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00

Collaboration-2-Go and our Site Compass for SharePoint are listed at (read more)

SQL Server - Sequential IDs for each month

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00

Sequential IDs for each month and each month begins with an ID=1 Sample Table: (read more)

SharePoint Site Template IDs

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00

SharePoint Site Template IDs, e.g. for stapling features: (read more)

Send Meeting Request Using a Shared Mailbox in Outlook Add-In

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00

Change user context in Outlook add-in and send meeting request using a shared mailbox: (read more)

Site Compass Light WebPart for SharePoint

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00

Our second product is ready to buy: (read more)

End of Windows Phone App Tatort Planer

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00

Due to the disappointment of the sales of my Windows Phone App "Tatort Planer" I decided to remove it from the marketplace. Too much work, expenses for developer registration too high, no gain at all (Microsoft keeps income less than ~200 €). Anyway, I will try to update the data for some weeks. Thank you for your support, ideas and help. (read more)

SharePoint Webpart Maintenance Page

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00

In order to remove webparts from malfunctioning pages just add the following part to the URL: (read more)

Start and Stop SQL Server and SharePoint Services

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:00:00

Start and stop SQL Server and SharePoint services e.g. on development machines. Start: (read more)

SharePoint CAML Query for Lookup Fields

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00

CAML query for a lookup field: (read more)

Shrink all Databases

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00

If you want to shrink all your databases including logs you can use the following script: (read more)

Hide 'Delete Website' Link

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00

If you want to hide the 'Delete Website' link you can use the following elements in a feature. Elements.xml: (read more)

SQL Server Access as a local Administrator

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00

In case you have lost your passwords for all your SQL Server accounts here is a way that works in SQL Server 2008 R2 to get access: 1.) Write a batch file: (read more)

Site Contact WebPart for SharePoint

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00

Our first product is ready to buy: (read more)

SQL Server - Get Active Connections

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00

Get active connections using the following script: (read more)

SQL Server - Backup all Databases except System Databases

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00

Backup all databases except system databases using the following script: (read more)

Windows Phone Tatort Planer

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00

Windows Phone (read more)

SharePoint 15 Technical Preview SDK

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00

SharePoint 15 Technical Preview Managed Object Model SDK (read more)

Collaboration-2-Go and SharePoint Plus

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00

In near future Collaboration-2-Go will sell several products and services @ SharePoint Plus. (read more)

Workshop for SharePoint Developers finalized

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Workshop for SharePoint Developers is finished. Find the agenda for 4-5 days (read more)

SharePoint Field Definitions require Braces

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00

SharePoint Field definitions in Elements.xml require braces, e.g. (read more)

Visual Studio: Trust a Path Location

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00

Visual Studio doesn't trust network paths and annoys developers with notifications. In case you want to keep the messages but you also want to trust a specific share you can use CASPOL: (read more)

There is no Attribute AccessKey in Select Boxes

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00

When I use the following code with Doctype "XHTML 1.0 Strict" (read more)

How to create Exchange Public Folders for Appointments

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00

Unfortunately the PowerShell cmdlet (read more)

Access Keys in different Browsers

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00

Access Keys in different Browsers: Internet Explorer: Alt+Key Chrome: Alt+Key Safari: Alt+Key Firefox: Alt+Shift+Key Opera: Alt+Esc: Menu

Media Player for Web Pages

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00

Yahoo! Media Player: http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com Some Style Samples: http://www.ponticstar.com/blog/2009/12/12/hacking-yahoo-media-player/ Successfully tested with Internet Explorer 8+9, Firefox Firefox 5+6, 5, Safari 5.1, Opera 11.50 (all on Win7) Doesn't work with Google Chrome 13 on Win7, Safari on iPad (iOS 4) Code in HTML: (read more)

Collaboration-2-Go.de is Live

Volker Roloff, vr@collaboration-2-go.de — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00

Collaboration-2-Go.de is live. Collaboration-2-Go.eu, Collaboration-2-Go.com, C-2-Go.de and C-2-G.de as well. (read more)