The article contains the meaning of the values that are used int the user profile filters. [More]

Here is the list of the status codes used to maintain the workflow statuses. This list might be useful when anyone creates a view based on workflow status. [More]

Meaning of the ids that appear in the audit log reports for SharePoint. [More]

Title Web Application Schedule Type Description Application Server Administration Service Timer Job N/A Minutes  Provisions shared services which require the SPAdmin service Application Server Timer Job N/A Minutes  Provisions shared services which do not require the SPAdmin service Bulk workflow task processing entry for each web app in farm Web.app.url Daily   CEIP Data Co... [More]

One of the common task for SharePoint admins is to find out the size of site collections, subsites, libraries etc. Today I will discuss a few steps to get the sizes.   Size of Site collections: Option 1: This step would need you install AdminToolkit if you do not have it installed. Once you have installed Admin Toolkit, you would see an extra link in Cental Admin --> Application Management under Batch Site Manager which is "Move, Lock and Delete Site Collection" Once this link is cl... [More]

Try to execute the following query when you are connected to the sharepoint_config database: Select ID, Name from objects where properties like '%Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPContentDatabase%m_nWarningSiteCount%' This query will give you the overall content databases name and id recorded in your farm.

What is BlobCache? Disk-based Caching for Binary Large Objects Disk-based caching controls caching for binary large objects (BLOBs) such as image, sound, and video files, as well as code fragments. Disk-based caching is extremely fast and eliminates the need for database round trips. BLOBs are retrieved from the database once and stored on the Web client. Further requests are served from the cache and trimmed based on security.   If this post helped you, please visit the sponsors fr... [More]

By default any user who is a member of the server administrator group on the SharePoint server can manipulate any SharePoint site. This is not always desirable. You can remove the Server Administrators' permission by running the following stsadm command. stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname denymachineadminaccess -propertyvalue 1

Here is a list of what the Site collection administrator can see that the site owner cannot.   Site Actions --> Site Settings   Users and Permissions Site collection administrators (only an option when at a top level site)   Galleries Workflows   Site Administration Content and structure logs   The entire Site Collection Administration column is missing This means that the full control user can't access the 2nd level recycle bin. If this post helped you... [More]

The Workflow History List is a SharePoint List and is hidden from view by SharePoint. Use the following url with your own site:   http://servername/sitename/Lists/Workflow%20History