I was assisting with an issue where changing the Site Logo (Gears -> Site Information) would fail. We would see “We experienced a problem updating the icon. Please try again in a few minutes.” Or “Check to see if group property HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled is set to true, or if Address Book Policies are set on the […]
SharePoint – Hybrid Following – 401
SharePoint 2019, 2016, and 2013 all support hybrid following. If you’re running into a few issues with getting Hybrid Following working These articles go into detail on how to setup it up: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hybrid/hybrid-site-following https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/hybrid/configure-hybrid-sites-featuresroadmap With hybrid following we have the My Sites in the cloud while having content with On-Prem. This sometimes doesn’t work. […]
SharePoint – Scheduling the Profile Picture Import Script
One of the most popular script on this blog is the Profile Picture Import. I’ve helped a few people configure this to running daily or weekly depending on how many frequently you would like the profiles to be updated from Active Directory. Identify the service account The easiest way to have this script to run […]
MIM Portal fails to load after changing Masterpage or Theme
If you’re unable to do anything in the MIM portal, you might want to check your master page settings. Many times, Admins will change the Look and Feel of the site collection that MIM Portal is provisioned on. This will change the master page which will toss this nice error on almost every link in […]
SharePoint – ADI Mappings
We have been seeing more issues with Active Directory Import (ADI) in the recent months due to the confusion of mappings. My colleague, Josh, wrote a great article on the issue with Work Email not populating. Upgrading from 2013 or FIM to ADI Mappings in 2013 with using the User Profile Synchronization Service (FIM) showed […]