"Cannot complete this action" error in Sharepoint team site

6th of April, 2018 / / 2 Comments

Lately I was assigned a long standing issue in a well known organisation with Sharepoint 2013 on premise, in which some of its users have been getting this weird “Cannot complete this action” error screen whenever they delete a document from a file or modify a list view in their team sites.

Lots and lots of testings were done throughout a few days and I came out with the following an analysis summary:

  • Issue exists in some sub-sites of a team site under a team site collection (Sharepoint 2013 on-premise)
  • Error occurring consistently for team site users (including site collection admin), changes did get actioned/ saved
  • Users have to click back to get back to the previous screen to get back to the site
  • Error didn’t occur for some other team sites
  • No specific error correlation ID, nor anything suspicious in ULS log

Luckily i was able to find an answer from Microsoft.… [Keep reading] “"Cannot complete this action" error in Sharepoint team site”

Migrate SharePoint contents using ShareGate

27th of February, 2018 / / No Comments

Background

The first step in any migration project is to do the inventory and see what is the size of the data you have got which you are looking to migrate. For the simplicity, this post assumes you have already done this activity and have already planned new destination sites for your existing content. This means you have some excel sheet somewhere to identify where your content is going to reside in your migrated site and every existing site (in scope) have got at least a new home pointer if it qualifies for migration.… [Keep reading] “Migrate SharePoint contents using ShareGate”

Connecting Salesforce and SharePoint Online with MuleSoft – Nothing but NET

5th of November, 2014 / / No Comments

Often enterprises will choose their integration platform based on the development platform required to build integration solutions. That is, java shops typically choose Oracle ESB, JBoss, IBM WebSphere or MuleSoft to name but a few. Microsoft shops have less choice and typically choose to build custom .NET solutions or use Microsoft BizTalk Server. Choosing an integration platform based on the development platform should not be a driving factor and may limit your options.

Your integration platform should be focused on interoperability.… [Keep reading] “Connecting Salesforce and SharePoint Online with MuleSoft – Nothing but NET”

SharePoint Online Storage Improvements in Office 365

4th of May, 2014 / / 1 Comment

The following new features are now available in SharePoint Online as part of Office 365:

◦ A 1 TB site collection limit for OneDrive for Business and team sites
◦ Infinite tenant storage scale

1 TB site collection limit increase for OneDrive for Business and team sites

A 1 TB will let you create large team document centers that teams can use without needing to introduce multiple websites and unneeded complexities. All SharePoint Online site collections can now have up to 1 TB of storage allocation.… [Keep reading] “SharePoint Online Storage Improvements in Office 365”

An Overview of Server Name Indication (SNI) and Creating an IIS SNI Web SSL Binding Using PowerShell in Windows Server 2012

18th of April, 2013 / / 7 Comments

One of the frustrating limitations in supporting secure websites has been the inability to share IP addresses among SSL websites. In the day, there were a few ways to solve this limitation. One, you could use multiple IP addresses, binding a SSL certificate to each combination of an IP address and standard SSL port. This has been the best method to date but it is administratively heavy and not necessarily a good use of valuable IP addresses.… [Keep reading] “An Overview of Server Name Indication (SNI) and Creating an IIS SNI Web SSL Binding Using PowerShell in Windows Server 2012”

Adding Additional Nodes to a Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Service Pack 1 SharePoint 2013 Farm

15th of April, 2013 / / 3 Comments

Microsoft recently released Service Pack 1 for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2. With the release of Service Pack 1 came some really good support for the latest elements that form the foundation of the FIM Portal, namely Windows Server 2012 and SharePoint Foundation 2013.

While basing the FIM 2010 R2 SP1 Portal on a SharePoint 2013 Foundation doesn’t offer any feature advantages over SharePoint 2010, it does provide compatibility with Windows Server 2012 which SharePoint 2010 won’t do until the release of Service Pack 2.… [Keep reading] “Adding Additional Nodes to a Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Service Pack 1 SharePoint 2013 Farm”