Configure Custom Access Denied Page - SP 2013

I found a really nice article for creating custom access denied page from Danish.

http://a2zdinesh.blogspot.in/2014/05/configure-custom-access-denied-page-bug.html

Danish also explained the step by step configuration (Development and deployment) for creating custom access denied page.

http://a2zdinesh.blogspot.in/2014/06/create-httpmodule-step-wise-explained.html

Running Powershell for SharePoint Online from local machine

1- download SharePoint Online Management Shell  on your local machine.

Download SharePoint Online Management Shell

2- once this is installed, you will find an icon for Powershell Online.

3- click on that icon.

4- before you execute any command for SharePoint online. run the below command

Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -DisableNameChecking

5- With SharePoint 2013 online you need to connect to your tenant administration site to be able to do anything.

Connect-SPOService –url  $siteCollectionUrl –Credential $O365Credential

6-Note: I was facing an error while executing the above command. i took the help from microsoft office 356 community. see the link below.

Help from office 365 community


7- Finally i got it run. after executing the step 4. i ran the below command.
$cred = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials
[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = $cred

8- then i ran the command in step 5 and i was able to connect to SharePoint Online powershell.




PowerShell script to Take a backup of Service application in SP 2013

 
Below is the Power Shell script to Take a backup of Service application in SP 2013

 
$currentDateTime = (Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm)
$SrvAppFolder = Test-Path "\\$env:computername\SPServiceApplicationBackup\"


#add sharepoint snapin
Add-PSSnapin microsoft.sharepoint.powershell 
    
#Backup Service Applications
#Excel Services Application
Backup-SPFarm -Directory $backupSAFolder -BackupMethod Full -Item "Farm\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Excel Services Application"
        
#Secure Store Service 

Backup-SPFarm -Directory $backupSAFolder -BackupMethod Full -Item "Farm\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Secure Store Service"
Backup-SPFarm -Directory $backupSAFolder -BackupMethod Full -Item "Farm\Shared Services\Shared Services Proxies\Secure Store Service"

Re-ghost Items presented in Master page gallery

I found a nice article about re-ghost items (specially for master pages and page layouts)

http://mosshowto.blogspot.nl/2008/10/re-ghost-master-pages-sharepoint.html