A question about SharePoint 2013 CAL

Hi all,
I have a question about SharePoint 2013 licensing. We are at the moment using SPS 2010, for 2015 we are going to use SharePoint 2013. We licensed SharePoint 2010 with enterprise CALs and we feel that most of its features are not being used by us. The only
thing that we use is publishing InfoPath forms to form libraries within SharePoint, do we need to have Full enterprise license to use this feature? Or would the standard CAL suffice to do this function. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

InfoPath Forms services is an Enterprise license feature. Anyone using InfoPath forms will need an Enterprise cal in 2013.
Paul Stork SharePoint Server MVP
Principal Architect: Blue Chip Consulting Group
Blog: http://dontpapanic.com/blog
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I SUGGEST YOU NOT TO USE RBS IF YOU HAVE FURTHER PLANS FOR MIGRATING FOR NEWER VERSIONS. STILL I will give you steps for migrating RBS on sharepoint 2010 to 2013. But note that when I have migrated it on 2013 it is not in the way or RBS. I had to remove
RBS from 2010 server and convert it itn database file of more than 600 GB and then migrated this db file to restore on sharepoint 2013 with sql 2012. and belive me it took more than 15 days to make copy and paste only. so.. better not to use RBS if you have
large data.
see the below steps.
1.
Live SharePoint 2010 environment with SQL 2008 R2
a.
Take back up from 2010 live server.
i.
Open management studio on SQL server.
ii.
Take back up of content database of live application.
2.
QA SharePoint 2010 environment with SQL 2008 R2
a.
Restore SQL backup
i.
Open management studio on SQL server.
ii.
Restore database.
b.
Create Web Application
i.
Open SharePoint server
ii.
Open central admin
iii.
Create web application with classic authentication.
c.
Dismount database which is with existing application
i.
Open SharePoint PowerShell on SharePoint server.
ii.
Fire below command.
Dismount-SPContentDatabase <Database name>
Note: Change the database name.
d.
Mount restored database with existing application
i.
Open SharePoint PowerShell on SharePoint server.
ii.
Fire below command.
Mount-SPContentDatabase <Database name> -DatabaseServer <Database server name > -WebApplication <Web application>
Note: Change the database name and web application URL.
iii.
Open SharePoint Designer and change the master page and publish it.
iv.
Set the Test page as Home page.
v.
Test user logging
Logging with the 2-3 different users and test they can able to logging.
e.
Configure RBS
i.
Enable FILESTREAM on the database server
Open SQL Server Configuration manager on SQL Server.
From left panel click on SQL Server Services.
From right panel select the instance of SQL Server on which you want to enable FILESTREAM.
Right-click the instance and then click Properties.
In the SQL Server Properties dialog box, click the FILESTREAM tab.
Select the Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access check box.
If you want to read and write FILESTREAM data from Windows, click Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O streaming access. Enter the name of the Windows share in the Windows Share Name box.
If remote clients must access the FILESTREAM data that is stored on this share, select allow remote clients to have streaming access to FILESTREAM data.
Click Apply and ok.
ii.
Set FILESTREAM access level
Open SQL management studio and connect SQL database instance.
Right click on database instance and open Property.
Go to: click on advanced from left panel.
Find the “Filestream Access Level” property and set the value “Full access enabled”
Click OK and exit window.
iii.
Set SharePoint Configure FILESTREAM access level
Open Query window on root
Execute following query
EXEC sp_configure filestream_access_level, 2
RECONFIGURE
Restart SQL services
Note: You will get message” Configuration option 'filestream access level' changed from 2 to 2. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.”
iv.
Provision a BLOB store for each content database
Click the content database for which you want to create a BLOB store, and then click New Query
Execute following query
use [<Database name>]
if not exists
(select * from sys.symmetric_keys
where name = N'##MS_DatabaseMasterKey##')
create master key encryption by password = N'Admin Key Password !2#4'
Note:
Change the database name
You get “Command(s) completed successfully.” Message.
use [<Database name>]
if not exists
(select groupname from sysfilegroups
where groupname=N'RBSFilestreamProvider')
alter database [<Database name>]
add filegroup RBSFilestreamProvider contains filestream
Note:
Change the database name.
You get “Command(s) completed successfully.” Message.
use [<Database name>]
alter database [<Database name>]
add file (name = RBSFilestreamFile, filename =
'<E:\SQL\Data\PetroChina>')
to filegroup RBSFilestreamProvider
Note:
Change the database name and store path.
If you get message “FILESTREAM file 'RBSFilestreamFile' cannot be added because its destination filegroup cannot have more than one file.”
Ignore it.
v.
Install the RBS client library on each Web server
To install the RBS client library on the on the first Web server
Open SharePoint Web server
Open command prompt.
Execute following command
msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS.msi TRUSTSERVERCERTIFICATE=true FILEGROUP=PRIMARY DBNAME=<Database name> DBINSTANCE=<Database server> FILESTREAMFILEGROUP=RBSFilestreamProvider FILESTREAMSTORENAME=FilestreamProvider_1
Note:
Change the database name and database instance name.
DB instance should be <server name\instance name>
Download RBS.msi for respective SQL version.
To install the RBS client library on all additional Web and application serversOpen SharePoint Web server
Open command prompt.
Execute following command
msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS.msi DBNAME=<Database name> DBINSTANCE=<Database server> ADDLOCAL=Client,Docs,Maintainer,ServerScript,FilestreamClient,FilestreamServer
Note:
Change the database name and database instance name.
DB instance should be <server name\instance name>
vi.
Enable RBS for each content database
You must enable RBS on one Web server in the SharePoint farm. It is not important which Web server that you select for this activity. You must perform this procedure once for each content database.
Open SharePoint web server
Open SharePoint PowerShell
Execute below script
$cdb = Get-SPContentDatabase <Database name>
$rbss = $cdb.RemoteBlobStorageSettings
$rbss.Installed()
$rbss.Enable()
$rbss.SetActiveProviderName($rbss.GetProviderNames()[0])
$rbss
Note: Change the database name.
vii.
Test the RBS installation
On the computer that contains the RBS data store.
Browse to the RBS data store directory.
Confirm that size of RBS data store directory.
On the SharePoint farm, upload a file that is at least 100 kilobytes (KB) to a document library.
On the computer that contains the RBS data store.
Browse to the RBS data store directory.
Confirm that size of RBS data store directory.
It must be more than before.
viii.
Test user logging
Logging with the 2-3 different users and test they can able to logging.
f.
Migrate RBLOB from RBS to SQL database and completely remove RBS
i.
Migrate all content from RBS to SQL and disable RBS for content DB:
Open SharePoint server.
Open SharePoint management PowerShell
Execute below script
$cdb=Get-SPContentDatabase <Database name>
$rbs=$cdb.RemoteBlobStorageSettings
$rbs.GetProviderNames()
$rbs.SetActiveProviderName("")
$rbs.Migrate()
$rbs.Disable()
Note:
Migrate() might take some time depending on amount of data in your RBS store.
Change the database name.
If you get message on the PowerShell “PS C:\Users\sp2010_admin> $rbs.Migrate()
Could not read configuration for log provider <ConsoleLog>. Default value used.
Could not read configuration for log provider <FileLog>. Default value used.
Could not read configuration for log provider <CircularLog>. Default value used.
Could not read configuration for log provider <EventViewerLog>. Default value used.
Could not read configuration for log provider <DatabaseTableLog>. Default value used.” Then wait for while it will take some time to start migration.”
ii.
Change the default RBS garbage collection window to 0 on your content DB:
Open SQL server
Open SQL management studio
Select your content DB and open new query window
Execute below SQL query
exec mssqlrbs.rbs_sp_set_config_value ‘garbage_collection_time_window’,'time 00:00:00′
exec mssqlrbs.rbs_sp_set_config_value ‘delete_scan_period’,'time 00:00:00′
Note:
Run one by one SQL query
You will get “Command(s) completed successfully.” Message
iii.
Run RBS Maintainer (and disable the task if you scheduled it):
Open SharePoint server
Open command prompt
Run below command
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Remote Blob Storage 10.50\Maintainer\Microsoft.Data.SqlRemoteBlobs.Maintainer.exe" -connectionstringname RBSMaintainerConnection -operation GarbageCollection ConsistencyCheck ConsistencyCheckForStores -GarbageCollectionPhases
rdo -ConsistencyCheckMode r -TimeLimit 120
iv.
Uninstall RBS:
Open SQL server
Open SQL management studio
On your content DB run below SQL query
exec mssqlrbs.rbs_sp_uninstall_rbs 0
Note:
If you will get message “The RBS server side data cannot be removed because there are existing BLOBs registered. You can only remove this data by using the force_uninstall parameter of the mssqlrbs.rbs_sp_uninstall stored pro” then run this “exec mssqlrbs.rbs_sp_uninstall_rbs
1 ”
You will get “Command(s) completed successfully.” Message.
v.
Uninstall from add/remove SQL Remote Blob Storage.
I found that there were still FILESTREAM references in my DB, so remove that reference
Open SQL server
Open SQL management studio
Run below SQL query on your content DB:
ALTER TABLE [mssqlrbs_filestream_data_1].[rbs_filestream_configuration] DROP column [filestream_value]
ALTER TABLE [mssqlrbs_filestream_data_1].[rbs_filestream_configuration] SET (FILESTREAM_ON = "NULL")
Note:
Run one by one SQL query
vi.
Now you can remove the file and filegroup for filestream:
Open SQL server
Open SQL management studio
Open new query window on top
Execute below SQL query
ALTER DATABASE <Database name> Remove file RBSFilestreamFile;
Note:
Change the database name
If it gives message “The file 'RBSFilestreamFile' cannot be removed because it is not empty.” Then remove all table prefix with “mssqlrbs_” from your database and execute SQL query again.
This query takes time as per your database size (almost 30 min).
You will get “The file 'RBSFilestreamFile' has been removed.” Message
Execute below SQL query
ALTER DATABASE <Database name> REMOVE FILEGROUP RBSFilestreamProvider;
Note:
Change the database name
You get “The filegroup 'RBSFilestreamProvider' has been removed.” Message.
Or If you get “Msg 5524, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Default FILESTREAM data filegroup cannot be removed unless it's the last
FILESTREAM data filegroup left.” message. Then ignore this message.
vii.
Remove Blob Store installation
Open SharePoint server
Run RBS.msi setup file and choose Remove option.
Finish wizard.
viii.
Disable FILESTREAM in SQL Configuration Manager
Disable FILESTREAM in SQL Configuration Manager for your instance (if you do not use it anywhere aside this single content DB with SharePoint), run SQL reset and IIS reset and test.
ix.
Test the RBS Removed or not?
On the computer that contains the SQL database.
Confirm that size of SQL database (.mdf file).
On the SharePoint farm, upload a file that is at least 100 kilobytes (KB) to a document library.
On the computer that contains the SQL database.
Confirm that size of SQL database.
It must be more than before. If there is no difference then ignore it. Just check it Store is no more in SQL.
x.
Test user logging
Logging with the 2-3 different users and test they can able to logging.
g.
Convert classic-mode web applications to claims-based authentication
i.
Open SharePoint server
ii.
Open SharePoint PowerShell
iii.
Execute below script
$WebAppName = "<URL>"
$wa = get-SPWebApplication $WebAppName
$wa.UseClaimsAuthentication = $true
$wa.Update()
$account = "<Domain name\User name>"
$account = (New-SPClaimsPrincipal -identity $account -identitytype 1).ToEncodedString()
$wa = get-SPWebApplication $WebAppName
$zp = $wa.ZonePolicies("Default")
$p = $zp.Add($account,"PSPolicy")
$fc=$wa.PolicyRoles.GetSpecialRole("FullControl")
$p.PolicyRoleBindings.Add($fc)
$wa.Update()
$wa.MigrateUsers($true)
$wa.ProvisionGlobally()
iv.
Test user logging
Logging with the 2-3 different users and test they can able to logging.
h.
Take SQL backup from QA server
i.
Open SQL server
ii.
Open management studio on SQL server
iii.
Select the content database
iv.
Take back up of content database
Information: This SQL backup is not content RBS.
3.
New SharePoint 2013 environment with SQL 2012
a.
Restore SQL backup
i.
Open SQL server
ii.
Open SQL management studio
iii.
Restore the SQL database using *.bak file
b.
Dismount database which is with existing application
i.
Open SharePoint server
ii.
Open SharePoint management PowerShell
iii.
Execute below script
Dismount-SPContentDatabase <Database name>
Note: change the database name which bind with existing application.
c.
Mount restored database with existing application
i.
Open SharePoint server
ii.
Open SharePoint management PowerShell
iii.
Execute below script
Mount-SPContentDatabase <Database name> -DatabaseServer <Database server name> -WebApplication <URL>
Note:
Change the database name with new restored database name
Change the database server name in form of “DB server name\DB instance name”
Change the URL of web application
This command take some time.
d.
Upgrade site collection
i.
Open SharePoint server
ii.
Open new site
iii.
You will find message on top “Experience all that SharePoint 15 has to offer. Start now or Remind me later”
iv.
Click on “Start”
v.
Click on ”Upgrade this Site Collection”
vi.
Click on “I Am ready”
vii.
After some time you will get message “Upgrade Completed Successfully”
viii.
Test User logging.

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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e85ea9b8-68e3-4d0d-9421-6e9424a57ab4/excel-web-access-error-when-i-click-browse-button-beside-workbook?forum=sharepointadmin
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TESLA
Security Update.
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TESLA
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TESLA
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NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
2/12/2014.
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NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
2/12/2014.
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1/26/2014.
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1/26/2014.
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/// The description
/// </summary>
private string description;
/// <summary>
/// The status
/// </summary>
private string status;
/// <summary>
/// The electrical
/// </summary>
private SPUser electrical;
/// <summary>
/// The mechanical
/// </summary>
private SPUser mechanical;
/// <summary>
/// The document date
/// </summary>
private DateTime? docDate;
/// <summary>
/// The tender received
/// </summary>
private DateTime? tenderReceived;
/// <summary>
/// The tender return
/// </summary>
private DateTime? tenderReturn;
/// <summary>
/// The pre construction program start date
/// </summary>
private DateTime? preConstructionProgramStart;
/// <summary>
/// The pre construction program end date
/// </summary>
private DateTime? preConstructionProgramEnd;
/// <summary>
/// The sector
/// </summary>
private string sector;
/// <summary>
/// The design build
/// </summary>
private string designBuild;
/// <summary>
/// The build type
/// </summary>
private string buildType;
/// <summary>
/// The service program start date
/// </summary>
private DateTime? serviceProgramStart;
/// <summary>
/// The service program completion date
/// </summary>
private DateTime? serviceProgramCompletion;
/// <summary>
/// The client1
/// </summary>
private string client1;
/// <summary>
/// The client2
/// </summary>
private string client2;
/// <summary>
/// The client3
/// </summary>
private string client3;
/// <summary>
/// The client4
/// </summary>
private string client4;
/// <summary>
/// The consultant
/// </summary>
private string consultant;
/// <summary>
/// An item is being added.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="properties">The Item Event properties</param>
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
//this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var web = properties.Web;
var listItem = properties.ListItem;
try
LogIssue(web, null, "Item Added", "List Item Id {0}", listItem.ID);
if (!this.AttemptCopyProcess(listItem))
LogIssue(web, null, "List Id : " + listItem.ID, "AttemptCopyProcess failed.");
catch (Exception ex)
LogIssue(web, ex, "List Id : " + listItem.ID, "AttemptCopyProcess failed.");
finally
//this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "List Id : " + listItem.ID, "Event Receiver completed sucessfully.");
/// <summary>
/// Logs any issues found
/// </summary>
/// <param name="webContext">The web context.</param>
/// <param name="exception">The exception, if null not exception details are written</param>
/// <param name="contextId">The context identifier, a unique identifier that allows us to know where the call originated, i.e. a List and ListItem Id, or a Page Url</param>
/// <param name="comment">The comment.</param>
/// <param name="args">The arguments.</param>
private static void LogIssue(SPWeb webContext, Exception exception, string contextId, string comment, params object[] args)
//// if (webContext.AllProperties.ContainsKey("EnableLogging"))
var list = webContext.Lists.TryGetList("ErrorIssues");
if (list != null)
var item = list.AddItem();
item["Title"] = contextId;
if (exception != null)
item["Message"] = exception.Message;
item["InnerException"] = exception.InnerException ?? (object)string.Empty;
item["StackTrace"] = exception.StackTrace;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(comment))
item["Comment"] = string.Format(comment, args);
item.Update();
/// <summary>
/// Assigns the field.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <param name="fieldName">Name of the field.</param>
/// <param name="contextId">The context identifier.</param>
/// <returns>The fields string value if present, otherwise string.empty.</returns>
private static string AssignField(SPListItem listItem, string fieldName, string contextId)
var fieldValue = string.Empty;
if (listItem.Fields.ContainsField(fieldName) && listItem[fieldName] != null)
fieldValue = listItem[fieldName].ToString();
else
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, contextId, string.Format("Field not available : {0}", fieldName));
return fieldValue;
/// <summary>
/// Assigns the field as a DateTime
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <param name="fieldName">Name of the field.</param>
/// <param name="contextId">The context identifier.</param>
/// <returns>Returns the date if found, otherwise returns DateTime.MinValue</returns>
private static DateTime? AssignDateField(SPListItem listItem, string fieldName, string contextId)
DateTime? fieldValue = null;
if (listItem.Fields.ContainsField(fieldName) && listItem[fieldName] != null)
fieldValue = Convert.ToDateTime(listItem[fieldName].ToString());
else
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, contextId, string.Format("Field not available : {0}", fieldName));
return fieldValue;
/// <summary>
/// Creates the folder.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listdoc">The list.</param>
/// <param name="folderName">Name of the folder.</param>
private static void CreateFolder(SPList listdoc, string folderName)
LogIssue(listdoc.ParentWeb, null, "List Id : " + listdoc.ID, "Creating folder {0} in {1}", folderName, listdoc.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl);
// Updated by Indusnet
SPListItem folder1 = listdoc.Items.Add(listdoc.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl, SPFileSystemObjectType.Folder);
folder1["Name"] = folderName;
folder1.Update();
listdoc.Update();
// End Updated
/// <summary>
/// Assigns the user field.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <param name="fieldName">Name of the field.</param>
/// <param name="contextId">The context identifier.</param>
/// <returns>Returns the user if found, otherwise null.</returns>
private static SPUser AssignUserField(SPListItem listItem, string fieldName, string contextId)
SPUser user = null;
if (listItem.Fields.ContainsField(fieldName) && listItem[fieldName] != null)
var userField = (SPFieldUser)listItem.Fields.GetField(fieldName);
var fieldValue = (SPFieldUserValue)userField.GetFieldValue(listItem["electrical_proj_manager"].ToString());
user = fieldValue.User;
else
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, contextId, string.Format("Field not available : {0}", fieldName));
return user;
/// <summary>
/// Attempts the copy process.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <returns>True if it successfully processed, false otherwise.</returns>
private bool AttemptCopyProcess(SPListItem listItem)
if (listItem.ParentList.Title != "Enquiry_Template")
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, "List Id : " + listItem.ID, "ListItem titles is not Enquiry_Template, aborting.");
return false;
var finalNum = "15-" + new Random().Next(0, 9999).ToString("D4");
this.Initialize(listItem, finalNum);
if (this.noBid != "Yes")
LogIssue(listItem.Web, null, "List Id : " + listItem.ID, "The noBid field does not equal Yes, aborting.");
return false;
this.CopyFiles(listItem.Web, finalNum);
this.CreateFolders(listItem.Web);
return true;
/// <summary>
/// Copies the files.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="web">The web.</param>
/// <param name="finalNum">The final number.</param>
private void CopyFiles(SPWeb web, string finalNum)
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Setting the copying of files ...");
var mechanicalQuoteList = web.Lists["Quotation Analysis Mechanical"];
var electricalQuoteList = web.Lists["Quotation Analysis Electrical"];
var tenderSummarList = web.Lists["TenderSummaryLib"];
var estimatingList = web.Lists["EstimatingRFI"];
var tenderSheduleList = web.Lists["Tender and Drawing Schedule"];
var tenderPricingList = web.Lists["Est_Tender_Pricing_Document"];
var url1 = mechanicalQuoteList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var url = electricalQuoteList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var url2 = tenderSummarList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var urlA = estimatingList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var urlB = tenderSheduleList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var urlC = tenderPricingList.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
var foldername1 = string.Empty;
var foldername = string.Empty;
var foldername2 = string.Empty;
var foldernameA = string.Empty;
var foldernameB = string.Empty;
var foldernameC = string.Empty;
var folder1 = web.Folders[url1 + "/" + foldername1];
var folder = web.Folders[url + "/" + foldername];
var folder2 = web.Folders[url2 + "/" + foldername2];
var folderA = web.Folders[urlA + "/" + foldernameA];
var folderB = web.Folders[urlB + "/" + foldernameB];
var folderC = web.Folders[urlC + "/" + foldernameC];
if (!folder1.Exists && !folder.Exists && !folder2.Exists && !folderA.Exists && !folderB.Exists && !folderC.Exists)
var folders1 = web.GetFolder(url1).SubFolders;
var folders = web.GetFolder(url).SubFolders;
var folders2 = web.GetFolder(url2).SubFolders;
var foldersA = web.GetFolder(urlA).SubFolders;
var foldersB = web.GetFolder(urlB).SubFolders;
var foldersC = web.GetFolder(urlC).SubFolders;
folders1.Add(foldername1);
folders.Add(foldername);
folders2.Add(foldername2);
foldersA.Add(foldernameA);
foldersB.Add(foldernameB);
foldersC.Add(foldernameC);
var file1 = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TemplateUrl1);
var file = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TemplateUrl);
var file2 = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TemplateUrl2);
var fileA = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + RfiTemplateUrl);
var fileB = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + DrawingTemplateUrl);
var fileC = web.GetFile(web.Site.Url + TenderReturnTemplateUrl);
if (file1 != null && file != null && file2 != null && fileA != null && fileB != null && fileC != null)
var fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folder1.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 1 {0} to {1}...", file1.Name, fileName);
var byteArray1 = file1.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFile1 = folder1.Files.Add(fileName, byteArray1, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 1 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFile1.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitem1 = uploadedFile1.Item;
listitem1["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem1["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitem1["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem1["Tender_Received"] = this.tenderReceived;
listitem1["Tender_Return"] = this.tenderReturn;
listitem1["Quotation_Analysis_Mech_Url"] = "https://groupportal.sharepoint.com/sites/EnginSouth/Quotation%20Analysis%20Mechanical/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitem1.ID;
listitem1.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 1.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folder.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 2 {0} to {1}...", file.Name, fileName);
var byteArray = file.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFile = folder.Files.Add(fileName, byteArray, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 2 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFile.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitem = uploadedFile.Item;
listitem["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitem["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem["Tender_Received"] = this.tenderReceived;
listitem["Tender_Return"] = this.tenderReturn;
listitem["Quotation_Analysis_Elec_Url"] = "https://groupportal.sharepoint.com/sites/EnginSouth/Quotation%20Analysis%20Electrical/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitem.ID;
listitem.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 2.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folderA.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".docx");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 3 {0} to {1}...", fileA.Name, fileName);
var byteArrayA = fileA.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFileA = folderA.Files.Add(fileName, byteArrayA, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 3 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFileA.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitemA = uploadedFileA.Item;
listitemA["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemA["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitemA["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemA["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitemA["Description"] = this.description;
listitemA["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listitemA["RFIUrl"] = "https://groupportal.sharepoint.com/sites/EnginSouth/EstimatingRFI/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitemA.ID;
listitemA.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 3.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folderB.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".docx");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 4 {0} to {1}...", fileB.Name, fileName);
var byteArrayB = fileB.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFileB = folderB.Files.Add(fileName, byteArrayB, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 4 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFileB.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitemB = uploadedFileB.Item;
listitemB["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemB["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitemB["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemB["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitemB["Description"] = this.description;
listitemB["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listitemB["DrawingURL"] = "https://groupportal.sharepoint.com/sites/EnginSouth/Tender%20and%20Drawing%20Schedule/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitemB.ID;
listitemB.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 4.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folderC.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 5 {0} to {1}...", fileC.Name, fileName);
var byteArrayC = fileC.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFileC = folderC.Files.Add(fileName, byteArrayC, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 5 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFileC.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitemC = uploadedFileC.Item;
listitemC["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemC["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitemC["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitemC["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitemC["Description"] = this.description;
listitemC["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listitemC["PricingURL"] = "https://groupportal.sharepoint.com/sites/EnginSouth/Est_Tender_Pricing_Document/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitemC.ID;
listitemC.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 5.");
fileName = string.Format("{0}/{1}{2}", folder2.ServerRelativeUrl, this.projectName, ".xlsm");
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copying file 5 {0} to {1}...", file2.Name, fileName);
var byteArray2 = file2.OpenBinary();
var uploadedFile2 = folder2.Files.Add(fileName, byteArray2, true);
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "File 6 Uploaded with new ID of {0}", uploadedFile2.Item.ID);
this.EventFiringEnabled = false;
var listitem2 = uploadedFile2.Item;
listitem2["Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem2["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listitem2["Project_Name"] = this.projectName;
listitem2["Date"] = this.docDate;
listitem2["Team"] = this.team;
listitem2["Estimator_Electrical"] = this.electrical;
listitem2["Estimator_Mechanical"] = this.mechanical;
listitem2["Status"] = this.status;
listitem2["Tender_Received"] = this.tenderReceived;
listitem2["Tender_Return"] = this.tenderReturn;
listitem2["Sector"] = this.sector;
listitem2["Design_Build"] = this.designBuild;
listitem2["Build_Type"] = this.buildType;
listitem2["Service_Prog_Start"] = this.serviceProgramStart;
listitem2["Service_Prog_Completion"] = this.serviceProgramCompletion;
listitem2["Client_1"] = this.client1;
listitem2["Client_2"] = this.client2;
listitem2["Client_3"] = this.client3;
listitem2["Client_4"] = this.client4;
listitem2["Consultant"] = this.consultant;
listitem2["Pre-construction_Prog_Start"] = this.preConstructionProgramStart;
listitem2["Pre-construction_Prog_End"] = this.preConstructionProgramEnd;
listitem2["Tender_Summary_Url"] = "https://groupportal.sharepoint.com/sites/EnginSouth/TenderSummaryLib/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=" + listitem2.ID;
listitem2.SystemUpdate(false);
this.EventFiringEnabled = true;
LogIssue(web, null, "Web Id : " + web.ID, "Copied file 6.");
/// <summary>
/// Creates the folders.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="web">The web.</param>
private void CreateFolders(SPWeb web)
var projectListId = web.Lists.Add(this.projectName.Replace(' ', '_'), string.Empty, SPListTemplateType.DocumentLibrary);
var projectList = web.Lists[projectListId];
projectList.OnQuickLaunch = true; // The document library will appear in Quick Launch bar.
CreateFolder(projectList, "1.Tender Documents");
CreateFolder(projectList, "2. Electrical");
CreateFolder(projectList, "3. Mechanical");
CreateFolder(projectList, "4. Correspondance");
CreateFolder(projectList, "5. Settlement Meeting Docs");
CreateFolder(projectList, "6. Tender Return Docs");
CreateFolder(projectList, "7. Tender Handover");
projectList.Update();
/// <summary>
/// Initializes the specified list item.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listItem">The list item.</param>
/// <param name="finalNum">The final number.</param>
private void Initialize(SPListItem listItem, string finalNum)
var contextId = string.Format("List:{0}, Id:{1}", listItem.ParentList.Title, listItem.ID);
this.noBid = AssignField(listItem, "Bid", contextId);
this.projectName = AssignField(listItem, "Project_Name", contextId);
var teamlookup = AssignField(listItem, "Team", contextId);
var lookupParts = teamlookup.Split(new[] { ";#" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
this.team = lookupParts[1];
this.description = AssignField(listItem, "Description", contextId);
this.status = AssignField(listItem, "enquiry_status", contextId);
this.electrical = AssignUserField(listItem, "electrical_proj_manager", contextId);
this.mechanical = AssignUserField(listItem, "mechanical_proj_manager", contextId);
this.docDate = AssignDateField(listItem, "Date", contextId);
this.tenderReceived = AssignDateField(listItem, "Tender_Received", contextId);
this.tenderReturn = AssignDateField(listItem, "Tender_Return", contextId);
this.preConstructionProgramStart = AssignDateField(listItem, "Pre-construction_Prog_Start", contextId);
this.preConstructionProgramEnd = AssignDateField(listItem, "Pre-construction_Prog_End", contextId);
this.sector = AssignField(listItem, "Sector", contextId);
this.designBuild = AssignField(listItem, "Design_Build", contextId);
this.buildType = AssignField(listItem, "Build_Type", contextId);
this.serviceProgramStart = AssignDateField(listItem, "Service_Prog_Start", contextId);
this.serviceProgramCompletion = AssignDateField(listItem, "Service_Prog_Completion", contextId);
this.client1 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_1", contextId);
this.client2 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_2", contextId);
this.client3 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_3", contextId);
this.client4 = AssignField(listItem, "Client_4", contextId);
this.consultant = AssignField(listItem, "Consultant", contextId);
if (this.status == "Won")
this.projectNumber = string.Format("15-{0}-{1}", this.team, new Random().Next(0, 9999).ToString("D4"));
if (this.status == "Active" || this.status == "Closed")
this.projectNumber = "No Project No";
listItem["ProjectNo"] = this.projectNumber;
listItem["EnquiryNo"] = finalNum;
listItem.Web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
listItem.SystemUpdate(false);

Hi,
In this forum we mainly discuss questions and feedbacks about Office client products, as your question is about SharePoint 2013, I suggest you post this thread in SharePoint forum:
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The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
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Questions about the future directions of InfoPath and Microsoft Access

Because I have been confused about the future directions of InfoPath and Access, I wrote a short blog post, which I have pasted below. My question is, can Microsoft provide some more guidance on Access vs InfoPath? If Access is indeed the
the future direction, can you please provide some pointers to resources that can help us transition.
A Short Review of MS Access, SharePoint ,InfoPath (2013)
After the November 2012 SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas (#spc12) there were a number of blog posts and people saying that Access 2013 was great and would be replacing InfoPath.
Marc Anderson and
Ruven
Gotz have short posts summarizing #SPC12 and touch on the subject of InfoPath and Access. I also spoke with several individuals shortly after #SPC12 and they were excited about Access 2013.
Since I rely heavily on InfoPath for much of what I do, I wanted to kick the tires and see what everyone was talking about. First, a few notes about SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013.
Microsoft should rename Access: If you have tried to
bing the word Access, then you know that the search results are overwhelming, because the word "access" is used for so many other purposes.
Use the RTM version of Office 2013! I was performing my investigations by leveraging the Office 365 Beta and the Office Applications that come with it. Not much was working! After I uninstalled the Beta
version of Office 2013 and Installed the RTM version everything seemed to work.
Windows 7 and IE 9.0: The drag & drop that is being touted as
"manna from heaven" seems to work well with Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and IE 10, but it does
not work with IE 9!
Non Microsoft browsers are still second class citizens (except for the drag & drop): Microsoft has finally done away with the Active X's for datasheet view (that is brilliant!) One can now see the newly
minted datasheet view in many browsers. But I still find that one needs to be in IE to do a number of key manual opeartions. For example pasting numerous rows of data from a spreadsheet into the new sheet view works only in IE.
Access 2013
Microsoft Access is touted as a non developer tool. I know a number of people who are on the business side and love Access. These people will like the renewed energy that Microsoft has applied to Access. One should note that conceptually
this functionality existed in SharePoint 2010. Here is what I see that is new:
+The new version works better:Although I haven't tested it fully, it seems that many more features that work on the Desktop version of Access, now work in the published Web Application which is hosted by SharePoint 2013.
+The new version has fairly robust browser based forms: End users can now fill in data using forms that are rendered in the browser.
+The published version that resides in SharePoint now uses its own SQL server tables. So the engine appears to be SQL Server, not a modified version of Access built for a server. This stands to be quite robust, but I imagine
that some quirks will surface due to new model.
The limitations are:
- Access is pretty much its own application and does not integrate with SharePoint building blocks. For example, an Access table is not easy to integrate with a SharePoint workflow. Further, although Access forms now are visible
in a browser, they are not nearly as rich as InfoPath forms. InfoPath forms cannot easily integrate with the Access tables. In order to integrate SharePoint features and Access, one needs to tie SharePoint list(s) to Access as data sources.
This overcomplicates the model and one may very well run into synchronization issues.
In short, although I believe there will be some people who will be happy with newly minted Access, I do not think that Access will be able to replace InfoPath and Workflow technologies. I do agree that Microsoft does not seem to have put much energy into
InfoPath. If they leave a vacuum in this space, then others may very well take over, for instance Nintex Forms.

Although I agree with the comments made by Ruven and Marc after the conference please note that those blog posts are their own personal opinions and that they don't work for Microsoft. A lot of people have asked Microsoft to clarify the future of InfoPath
and the response up until now has been a deafening silence. In my opinion speculations about Access replacing InfoPath are premature.
I should also point out that most of your comments about Access 2013 above are actually about Access Services in SharePoint Server 2013. Access Services are NOT Access they are a shared service offering in SharePoint that convert and publish Access
databases and forms. As you point out once an Access database is published through Access services it is converted to SQL Server and no longer resides in Access. Of course I don't work for Microsoft either so these are all just my personal opinion.
Having said that I doubt you will get the confirmation/response that you are hoping for from any official Microsoft channel.
Paul Stork SharePoint Server
MVP Principal Solutions Architect: BlueChip Consulting Group
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Accessing Sharepoint 2013 externally for domain users and customers

Just an FYI I am not a SP administrator by any means but have be tasked with taking over this project and could use some assistance.
Sharepoint 2013 is working fine internally. Users access the site and login with their domain credentials. Our client is moving one of their departments to another building down the street and we'd like them to be able to access local resources without the
use of another server or site to site vpn or standard vpn.
My question is, how do we make Sharepoint accessible outside of their local network?
If we open up a port on the router and have it forward all request to Sharepoint server will we be able to access it?
Also, how will they authenticating with the Sharepoint Server? Do they use the same user credentials?
I forgot to mention this is Sharepoint 2013 Enterprise Edition. We are also using Project Server 2013 as well.
Thanks in Advance

Hi 3s1k,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to access the SharePoint site from Internet.
You need to first ensure that you enable Anonymous Access for your web application. You'll then need to set up DNS for the domain you own to point to your web front end server (or virtual IP if it's load balanced). Then set up the appropraite IIS bindings
for the web application, and finally you'll need to extend your web application to an Internet Zone and give it the appropriate domain name.
There are some similar posts for your reference:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2277d710-ed05-4613-bd66-fd12e4d64b61/sharepoint-intranet-site?forum=sharepointadminprevious
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/fd968a08-393b-41c0-a916-c48ce0f83104/configure-sharepoint-2013-for-accessing-over-internet?forum=sharepointadmin
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/54315/sharepoint-2013-extranet-acces-outside-the-internal-network
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Wendy
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I need to configure a local install of sharepoint 2013 so that users can access it internally and externally using windows/AD authentication. The internal and external addresses are different.
I have bound an external ip to the domain for external access.
I have created Alternate Access mapping, and bound the host header but I get a file not found message for external access.
Have I missed something here? why the error and how can it be fixed. Step by step process would be appreciated.

Hi Luis,
According to your description, my understanding is that the error occurred when accessing the site externally.
The most common cause for this is that the IIS host header is configured incorrectly. The 404 will appear because we are hitting a different IIS web site and not the one we are intended to.
Here is a similar issue for you to take a look:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14953322/sharepoint-2013-404-not-found-while-accessing-site-collection-from-outside
More references:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261814(v=office.15).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263208(v=office.15).aspx
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hi friends
i have to people picker fields
pp1 and pp2
pp1 represents username
pp2 represents email id
here i problem is if user enters name in pp1, pp2 has to update with email id of corresponding user in pp1 dynamically.
using java script is there any solution for this.
please help me

Hope below will help
<asp:Content ID="Main" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<script type="text/ecmascript" language="ecmascript">
var user;
var visitorsGroup;
function runCode() {
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var groupCollection = clientContext.get_web().get_siteGroups();
// Get the visitors group, assuming its ID is 4.
visitorsGroup = groupCollection.getById(4);
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var userCollection = visitorsGroup.get_users();
userCollection.addUser(user);
clientContext.load(user);
clientContext.load(visitorsGroup);
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));
function onQuerySucceeded() {
alert(user.get_title() + " added to group " + visitorsGroup.get_title());
function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
</script>
<input id="Button1" type="button" value="Run Code" onclick="runCode()" />
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I have couple of questions,
Can SharePoint 2013 be integrated with online TFS?
Also can online SharePoint be integrated with online TFS?
Would appreciate any guiding material.
Thanks in Advance

Hi,
Visual Studio Online(formerly Team Foundation Service/TFS online) is not support to integrate with SharePoint at present. SharePoint online is also not supported. Any suggestions, you can submit a user voice
here.
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How to get the people & group field value in sharepoint 2013 editform.aspx using jquery

i got in sharepoint 2010 by using following-
var personfield= $("#ctl00_m_g_01cc9f37_2366_400e_aefc_afbe38c5caa5_ff51_ctl00_ctl00_UserField_upLevelDiv");
var Assigned=personfield.find('span').attr('id');
But,I want same for sharepoint 2013 .
Please,tell me
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Swapnil

Swapnil,
See this link -
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27519795/sharepoint-2013-editform-people-picker-new-value-not-saving
http://www.sharepointcolumn.com/sp2013-setting-people-picker-value-in-newform-aspx/
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Hi,
I have couple of question about EVERYONE group below,
         - As per the best practice which Group we should use instead of EVERYONE group in Sharepoint ?
         - What is the difference between Everyone and All Authenticated Users Group
We have added Everyone Group in different sites, now the question is if we hide this group showing up in sharepoint people picker, is there any impact interms of current site?
         - Is there any way we can hide Everyone group showing up in the people picker only for the site / Site Collection level.
Please help.
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srabon

There is no functional difference between the Everyone group and All Authenticated Users (after Active Directory has been upgraded to Server 2003 native schema).
I'm not aware of any function to hide the group from the People Picker.
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