Access Denied by Business Data Connectivity

Scenario:

Getting Error “Access Denied by Business Data Connectivity”, while loading the External List.

Solution:

Go to Central Administration -> Application Management -> Manage Service Applications -> Business Data Connectivity Service

Select the Store and Click on Set Metadata store permissions. […]

The Specified user is a local account

Scenario:

While running the SharePoint configuration as standalone server using local accounts, you will receive the error “The specified user is local account. Local accounts should only be used in stand alone mode”

Solution:

Use power shell to create configuration database.

Open PowerShell command prompt

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How to Find User/Group Permission in List

To verify the User/Group permission in the specific list,

Click “List” in “List Tools” under Ribbon

Now Select “List Permissions”

Select Check Permission.

Enter the User Name or Group Name and click “Check Now”, you can view list of permission for the specific user/group. The […]

Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010 – Part 1

Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010 is one of the developers dream. It enables developers to access the SharePoint data from client, the code need not to be deployed in to the server.

Client Object Model can be used in the following three ways.

.Net CLR Silverlight Object Model JavaScript

.Net CLR Example:

Create […]

WebCast : Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010

I am planning for a webcast with demo in “Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010” on February 9th 2010.

Register for the event here

List level Validation in SharePoint 2010

In my earlier article, I wrote about column level validation in SharePoint 2010.

List level validation will trigger before saving the content. The validation should return TRUE to save the content.

Library Information List:

I have created sample list Library Information with the following columns.

Validation Scenario:

Due […]

User Profile Exception Error while Creating Sample Data in SharePoint 2010 Configuration Wizard

I encountered the following error while running Configuration wizard for SharePoint 2010.

You need to Install the hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows 7. Download here from Microsoft Connect.

Error in Log File:

01/09/2010 13:20:05 17 ERR An exception of type Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileException was thrown. […]

Column Validation in SharePoint 2010

Most of the developers faced issues with column validations in SharePoint 2003/2007.

It is really painful to write the validation using custom approach like javascript or jquery.

SharePoint 2010 provides the following validations in Out of the Box.

Column Level Validation List Level Validation

Column Level Validation

While creating new column […]

Microsoft.IdentityModel assembly Missing Error while installing SharePoint 2010

While running SharePoint Configuration wizards, if you get an error “Microsoft.IdentityModel assembly missing”

Make sure you have installed “Geneva Framework”, its part of your pre requisites for SP 2010

Download SharePoint 2010 Beta

Microsoft has released the beta bits of SharePoint 2010 for MSDN & Tech Net subscribers.

I hope it will be available for public in few days J