SharePoint 2013: List default view not working
When creating a custom view in a SharePoint 2013 list, i made it the default view. But it wasn’t working when i used the QuickLaunch navigation to access this list. I just didn’t realize that...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013: Changing title bar content and adding a link
You probably noticed, that the default title in every SharePoint site collection says “SharePoint”. Yeah, fine. That’s the name of the software we’re using. Good to know! If you are running more than...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013: SiteMailbox in Outlook not sync’ing document libraries
We’re using SharePoint 2013 Site Mailboxes to store and share important mail messages with our project teams. We noticed, that sometimes these mailboxes include document libraries from that SharePoint...
View ArticleIIS 8 Error 500.19 – duplicate MIME type entries
If you have to move an asp.net application from an IIS 7.5 to an IIS 8.0 server, you might run into problems with a 500.19 error. The reason for this is the fact, that in IIS 8.0, most well-known MIME...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013: Can’t open Excel Workbook in Web Part
If you ever run into an error like “Excel could not open the workbook” or something similar, make sure to grant your managed account access to the content database! Run the Management Shell as an...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013: custom masterpage elements showing up in dialog box
I tried to include a custom header in a standard SharePoint 2013 masterpage (“Seattle”), unfortunately, the new content header was showing up in every dialog box too. I found a quick and easy...
View ArticleSharePoint Online – where’s the “Page Layouts and site templates” option?
I was wondering where to find the “Page layouts and site templates” option in a standard SharePoint Online tenant. Actually i don’t know why the guys in Redmond are hiding this option in the site...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015: Backspace not working
This bug seems to keep annoying us in Visual Studio 2015: From time to time, some keys (e.g. backspace!) stop working all of a sudden. The only way to get around this behaviour is to reopen the current...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013: How to delete a drop-off library
A drop-off library is a useful SharePoint feature when it comes to content organization, automatic tagging and stuff like that. However, once enabled, it’s not possible to delete a drop-off library in...
View ArticleUseful C# 6.0 features
There are alot of new features in C# 6.0, some of them might help you write cleaner code in less time. Let’s have a look at two of the (in my opinion) best features: Interpolated Strings We have all...
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