Authentication Problems with PrincipalContext

Problems with the PrincipalContext Class when LDAP container not specified (Authentication Problems with PrincipalContext).

Problem

Issues with starting the UPS

This post will help you with solutions on how to start the UPS (User Profile Synchronization Service) in SharePoint

Situation

After a Farm Backup using PowerShell (Backup-SPFarm), the UPS (User Profile Synchronization…

Case Study — K2 & ZF Lenksysteme

ZF Lenksysteme takes its corporate social responsibility seriously. From the boardroom to the production line and beyond, the company aims to minimise the impact of its manufacturing and business activities on the environment, including trying to reduce the amount of…

Group cannot be found.

Problem

Assume the following code to create a new group in SharePoint:

public static void CreateSiteGroup(SPWeb web, string groupName, string PermissionLevel,string groupDescription)
{
    SPGroupCollection groups = web.SiteGroups…

Error opening K2 Process in Visual Studio

Problem
When trying to open the K2 process in VS2010 the following error occurred and the process could not be edited.

My Favorite SharePoint Development Utility: Postman (Chrome Extension)

Found an interesting article:

A few months back I switched over to using Chrome as my primary development browser of choice. There are two characteristics that make it stand out from all the others that I…

How to easily use bookmarklets in Google Chrome for iOS

To tell the truth, I too thought that bookmarklets, or the lack thereof, was simply a medium sized oversight made by Google; after all, such things are instrumental when it comes to using tools like LastPass, Instapaper, etc.



via…

JavaScript for opening Links in new Windows

Thanks to my colleague for developing this JavaScript that can be used within SharePoint pages to open links in new windows.

This is very valuable when you want to hide the address bar in the browser (so that users cannot easily…

“Current storage used” is incorrect

I got different and obviously incorrect values in various places concerning the size of a site collection:

• Central Administration: 
  Site Collection Quotas and Locks : Current storage used
• PowerShell: 
  (get-spsite…

CQWP showing incorrect URLs to items

Current Situation

A CQWP (Content Query Web Part) was programmatically added to a SharePoint Web Part Page.

The CQWP queries all documents from all libraries and displays it with a custom item style.