Tuesday, November 26, 2013

How to Enable the convert License type option Under Upgrade and Migration.

  How to Enable the “Convert License type” option Under Upgrade and Migration.

  Issue: “Convert License type” is grayed out
                        

 Background: Initially ,I installed foundation of sharepoint-2013 in my test lab. As you all know there are so many features not available on Foundation version. After working some days on foundation, thought to migrate version to SharePoint server 2013.When I try to Install server version giving the Error . As per the experts advise trying to make My standard foundation edition to enterprise. When I check the option it should be in disable state. After digging much time, found way to do so.

  How to Over Come: Follow the below steps to overcome and enter License .
·        Get your IE developer tool out, and point it to the disabled input box. You can do that pressing F12 key on the page of convert license type. Point to the html code that disabled input box.Search for Disable.                                 

·        Now you can have the line highlighted.  disabled=”disabled”. Let’s change it to trick the page.

·        I changed the name “disabled” to something as per below.             



·        Note: Once changed Directly go to “convert License page”.dont refresh the page.
·        Now I can input my Enterprise license key to the box.  OK button is still disabled. do the same below Ok like"changed the name “disabled” to something.
               
·        After Ok button is enabled, click on it, the feature for Enterprise CAL now can be unlocked without any problem.
         this is a quick way to have a workaround.
Note: this is not for production use.

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Why 14 Hive folder still Exist for SharePoint 2013

   Why 14 Hive folder still Exist for SharePoint 2013 :

After, I installed Sharepoint-2013 on my test lab. When I am playing it with. I am confuse by Seeing 14 Hive Folder in below path. I expect it should only 15 Hive But still showing 14 Hive including 15 Hive.why?
                                    


   Explanation:

·         That, SharePoint 2013 has a SharePoint 2010 mode. meaning, there is a 14 hive that gets installed when the setup and configuration is complete. After installing SP2013 it will create both 14 & 15 hive folders (its normal). 
·         In SharePoint 2013 it’s possible to install both SharePoint 2010 and 2013 solutions, which is supported by having two folders – one for the Sp2010 (“14) hive files and one for the SP 2013 (“15) hive files

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Why IIS AppPools show V4.0 for SharePoint 2013 running with .net framework V4.5:

  Why IIS AppPools show V4.0 for SharePoint 2013 running with .net framework V4.5:

After, I installed Sharepoint-2013 on my test lab. When I am playing it with. I am confuse by Seeing the IISmanager AppPool Version of SharePoint. I think it should be V 4.5 But still showing V4.0 Like SharePoint 2010.Why?

                                 

  Explanation:

The .NET Framework can version in two ways.

·          Major Version – also called side by side installs
Two different major versions can live together on the same machine.
·         Minor Version – also called “in-place upgrades”

Minor version means the CLR remains the same but new libraries , bug-fixes and/or some other improvements are added to main CLR.
.NET 4.5 is not a major version and so does not add different side-by-side CLR.

·         It will eventually use the same .net framework V4.0CLR and include some additional libraries and Bug fixes/some improvements as well. But it does not add new CLR. I believe new CLR should be the upcoming version.


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SharePoint 2013 The 15 Hive and other important directories

SharePoint 2013 The 15 Hive and other important directories:

After I installed SharePoint 2013 in My test lab, I come to know that there is some change\Extra folders included in the path .Find the Details of the Folders and the function of those. The 15 Hive is a special folder which is created during SharePoint 2013 installation. All the important files for supporting SharePoint framework like web.config, Features, Web Parts, User Controls, Help Files etc are stored in the SharePoint 2013 server file system inside the 15 Hive.I explained a brief what Folder do what function as My experiance.                         
                                             
                               

  The 15 Hive - Folder Location:

            The 15 Hive folder is located at the following path

C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15


 The 15 Hive - Folder Structure:

The 15 Hive has a definite folder structure which holds the core SharePoint server files.

 ADMISAPI:- It contains soap services for Central Administration. If this directory is altered, remote site creation and other methods exposed in the service will not function correctly.

 Bin:- The directory contains all the core binary files, utilities which used by SharePoint Services.  command line tools such as STSADM.EXE also present in this folder.

Client:- This directory contains files that are used for creating office apps. 

Config:- This directory contains files used to extend IIS Web sites with SharePoint Server. If this directory or its contents are altered, Web application will not function correctly.

HCCab:- This directory has a set of cab files which has content information used by the SharePoint help system.

Help:- The folder contains html help file (.chm) used by the configuration wizard.

ISAPI:- This directory contains all the standard Web Services for SharePoint and resources and configuration files that the web services use.

Logs:- This is the folder where we can have all the SharePoint related logs will see. This is important when any problem or error occur in SharePoint you have to trace the logs files in this folder to get the error messages.

Policy:- This directory contains SharePoint 2013 Server policy files.

Resources:- This directory contains the core.resx file used for creating language packs for SharePoint.   by which different SharePoint sites with different languages and cultures can be create.

Template:- It contains the core web site functionality like the features, templates, configurations, resources of a web site.

UserCode:- This directory contains files used to support sandbox solution.

Web Clients:- This directory contains files related to Client Object Model.

 Web Services:- This directory is the root directory where SharePoint back-end Web services are hosted, for example, Excel and Search.


  Other  Directories In SharePoint 2013:

1) C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss - This directory (or the corresponding directory under the Inetpub root on the server) is used as the default location for IIS Web sites.

2) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0 - This directory is the installation location for SharePoint Server 2013 binaries and data. The directory can be changed during installation.

3) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\WebServices - This directory is the root directory where SharePoint back-end Web services are hosted, for example, Excel and Search.

4) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Data - This directory is the root location where local data is stored, including search indexes.

5) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Logs – This directory is the location where the run-time diagnostic logging is generated.


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How to enable the audit log in SharePoint 2013

 How to enable the audit log in SharePoint 2013:

To enable the audit log by using Central Administration

·        On the Central Administration home page,
·        In the Application Management section,
·        Click Manage service applications.
·        Select the Secure Store service application.
·        On the ribbon, click Properties.
·        From the Enable Audit section,
·        Click to select the Audit log enabled box.
·        To change the number of days that entries will be purged from the audit log file, specify a number in days in the Days until Purge field.
·        The default value is 30 days.
·        Click OK.

Configure audit settings for a site collection

Please use the following link in which Microsoft has given a very detailed description that references each and every minor point regarding audit settings:

It consists of:

·        Auditing event information
·        Trimming the audit logs (new enhancements in SP2010 and SP2013 as compare to earlier versions)
·        Configure audit log trimming
·        Configure events to audit


View audit log reports

Following link will help you to understand the following points:

·        Events available for audit log reports
·        Available audit log reports
·        View audit log reports


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