While performing a SharePoint System Health Check for a client recently, I noticed that all dates in SharePoint Central Admin (CA) are displayed in US format (mm/dd/yyyy). No problem, I thought, that's easily changed in Central Admin -> Site Settings -> Regional Settings. ​Except - the Regional Settings link is not there! Luckily you can still get at the CA Regional Settings page by entering /_layouts/regionalsetng.aspx after the URL (e.g., http://sp:123/_layouts/regionals

There are a number of versions of SharePoint in the market (e.g., 2010, 2013, Office 365), each with their own Service Packs and Cumulative Updates. So how can you tell exactly what version of SharePoint you are running, especially if you don’t have ‘back end’ access to the SharePoint Server itself to look? Fortunately it’s pretty easy! Simply enter the following URL into your browser: http://{SERVERNAME}/_vti_pvt/service.cnf (where {SERVERNAME} is the name of your SharePoi

Customers often begin moving file share and other data into SharePoint and quickly fall foul of certain limitations imposed ​by SharePoint; below are some of the typical isses encountered - addressing these up front will help make your migration go much more smoothly! File Sizes. By default, SharePoint has a file upload limit of 50MB; files over this size can’t be uploaded into SharePoint. This limit can be increased, but be aware there is a HARD upper limit of 2GB, which

One of the first decisions that many organizations face when using SharePoint (including Office 365) as a Document and Records Management repository is whether to use ‘In Place’ Records Management, or use the Records Centre. As is often the case in Information Governance, there is no right or wrong answer; each approach to Records Management in SharePoint has pros and cons, and which approach will suit your organisation best will depend on your requirements. In this blog post