When custom site columns and custom content types are provisioned using Features, they do not get cleaned up automatically if there is some data in list instances. Even after feature de-activation, the fields and orphan content types stay in the site. Trying to delete them manually gives the error: “The content type is part of [...]

This video provides an introduction to upgrade in SharePoint Server 2010. The video is presented by Shane Young, a SharePoint MVP.

Sometimes a user may get tired of having to constantly enter their username/password when accessing a SharePoint site.  By adding the SharePoint site to your “Local Intranet” zone, one can have Internet Explorer remember login credentials.  Here are the steps: Go to Control Panel Go to Internet Options Click the “Security” tab Click “Local Intranet” Click [...]

During a project for a client in Dubai, I came across this wonderful SharePoint migration tool. The free version of Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migration Tool offers data migration upto 30 GB with almost 0% data loss. While I was successful in migrating the document libraries without meta data using Windows Explorer, since the client did [...]