SharePoint Shell

Creating a custom Access Denied page to match the site branding and client requirement is one of the requirement in most of the projects. In Microsoft SharePoint, it has a default Acess denied page. To customize and build our own Acess Denied page, follow the below steps. On the SharePoint server, navigate to : C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\16\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS Create new folder: UserCustomPages From the /Layouts folder, copy AccessSenied.aspx file paste into the new folder(UserCustomPages). Rename the file to customAccessDenied.aspx and modify it as per the requirement, save it. Open SharePoint management shell Execute below scripts: get-spcustomlayoutspage -webapplication "http://your-site-url" This will show the default Access denied page used. set-spcustomlayoutspage -Identity "AccessDenied" -RelativePath "/_layouts/15/UserCustomPages/customAccessDenied.aspx" -webapplication "http://your-site-url" Thi...

As the SharePoint Central Administration doesn’t provide any interface to create a site collection with a nominated content database, we need to use PowerShell commands to create a site collection in a new content database for SharePoint on-premise. #Create a SharePoint New Content Database New-SPContentDatabase -name <<WSS_Content_DB_Name>> -webapplication <<http://Web_App_URL>> Create Site Collection in the previously created Content DB #Create a Site collection in the specific content database New-SPSite -Name "<<Site_Collection_name>>" -ContentDatabase <<WSS_Content_DB_Name>> -url <<Site_Collection_URL>> -OwnerAlias "domain\primary_Admin" -SecondaryOwnerAlias "domain\Secondary_admin" -Template "BLANKINTERNET#0" Here the template is the required site collection template. Some of the common template codes are below: Team Site: STS#0 Blank Site: STS#1 Wiki Site: WIKI#0 Blog: BLOG#0 App...

SharePoint Site Architecture We assume you have some familiarity with SharePoint, however, this is the very basic knowledge we need to ensure you have before moving forward. SharePoint sites start with a site collection and the content of the site collection can be depicted in the diagram below. A site collection is the top level of object that holds all the sites content. The objects under a site collection are stored hierarchically. Many sites can be created under the site collection. Sites can hold other sites, libraries, and lists. A document library is a type of list that holds documents. No sites can go under a list. A document resides under a document library. It is also an “item” of that document library. Nothing can go under an item. Just like document libraries, lists are a content holder for data items . For example, announcements are a type of list that holds announcements. Contacts is another type of list that can hold contacts. SharePoint Permi...