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Introduction One of the big news with the arrival of SharePoint Server 2016 was the ability to patch your machines without any end-user side disturbance. Many of us - including myself - had understood that the new topology design called "MinRole" was necessary and a prerequisite to use ZDP.  NO! To my surprise I have seen a section - a superb article elsewhere - on how to patch the SharePoint farm without any break. Let me explain… With SharePoint Server 2013 Downtime is caused during patching SharePoint Server binary during installation and during execution of the Product Configuration Wizard. During the IIS Server process is ground and / or recycles and hotfix installation can take hours - and I mean 5H, by the time - because each installation of an MSP recycle the SharePoint services and is for this reason exactly why the SharePoint patching is super painful. Russ Maxwell explains everything in detail here: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/russmax/2013/04/01/...

With the amount of great sessions at Ignite this year, there is no way you could have attended all, and even if they are posted on Channel9 and Youtube, you might want to download them to be able to view them offline! That is why Vlad Catrinescu (SharePoint MVP) created this PowerShell Script so everyone can easily download Microsoft Ignite Videos AND slides whether they were present at Ignite or not! Here are the features: Downloads all the Microsoft Ignite 2016 Sessions and Slides and description in a text file Groups them by folders Makes sure no errors come up due to Illegal File names If you stop the script and restart in the middle, it will start where it left off and not from beginning Filter by keywords in the session title Ability to choose from HD videos, or lower quality How to use: First, make sure to change the $downloadlocation variable. By default it saves it all in C:\Ignite To download all sessions just run the script! (1TB of content in High Defi...

Microsoft has provided an update on a faster and more reliable sync experience so that you always have the latest version of your files accessible from any device.   They will roll out this upgrade over the coming months. The previous sync client will then stop working. If you try to sync your files stored in OneDrive for Business using the old sync client, you will be prompted to install the new sync client.  You can download and set up the Next Generation Sync Client from the following link Download Link

Features Deprecated in SharePoint 2016 Bill Baer from Microsoft disclosed several deprecated features of SharePoint 2016. But have no fear! There are alternatives to still use these features. The following is a list of those deprecated features. SharePoint Foundation Stand-Alone Installation ForeFront Identity Manager Client (FIM) SharePoint Designer Excel Services in SharePoint Tags and Notes Sharepoint BI capabilities Stsadm.exe SharePoint Foundation SharePoint foundation was included in SharePoint 2007, 2010, 2013. It is free version of SharePoint with almost the basic and core functionalities. But it is not available in SharePoint 2016. As an alternative, for users with limited requirements, there is a version of SharePoint Online that provides a limited feature set with a small associated cost. Stand-Alone Installation SharePoint Release 2016 does not support a standalone installation. Therefore, the MinRole approach is introduced in SharePoint 2016. If you are...

Situation : Using the Skydrive Pro app (Onedrive) to sync the document in SharePoint library. We have around 10,000 documents to upload in SharePoint document library via OneDrive sync app. Sudden, the app has stopped working to sync the document in document library. We have tried to restart the machine but issue still persists. Issue is : Microsoft SkyDrive Pro has stopped working Resolution : We were able to resolve this same issue with the following steps Clear all browsing history on IE Stop syncing all Skydrive Pro folders (have the remaining folders moved away from the original location to avoid duplicate renamed folders) Run IE as administrator and resync the libraries normally If you are facing issue after performing the above mentioned (point 1 to point 3) steps then perform the below other steps Close all your Office processes, such as groove.exe which is SkyDrive Pro,msouc.exe,  msosync.exe,office library sync.  Note : The processes vary based on...