SharePoint 2013 The 15 Hive and other important directories

SharePoint 2013 The 15 Hive and other important directories:

After I installed SharePoint 2013 in My test lab, I come to know that there is some change\Extra folders included in the path .Find the Details of the Folders and the function of those. The 15 Hive is a special folder which is created during SharePoint 2013 installation. All the important files for supporting SharePoint framework like web.config, Features, Web Parts, User Controls, Help Files etc are stored in the SharePoint 2013 server file system inside the 15 Hive.I explained a brief what Folder do what function as My experiance.                         

                                             

                               

  The 15 Hive - Folder Location:

            The 15 Hive folder is located at the following path

C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15

 The 15 Hive - Folder Structure:

The 15 Hive has a definite folder structure which holds the core SharePoint server files.

 ADMISAPI:- It contains soap services for Central Administration. If this directory is altered, remote site creation and other methods exposed in the service will not function correctly.

 Bin:- The directory contains all the core binary files, utilities which used by SharePoint Services.  command line tools such as STSADM.EXE also present in this folder.

Client:- This directory contains files that are used for creating office apps. 

Config:- This directory contains files used to extend IIS Web sites with SharePoint Server. If this directory or its contents are altered, Web application will not function correctly.

HCCab:- This directory has a set of cab files which has content information used by the SharePoint help system.

Help:- The folder contains html help file (.chm) used by the configuration wizard.

ISAPI:- This directory contains all the standard Web Services for SharePoint and resources and configuration files that the web services use.

Logs:- This is the folder where we can have all the SharePoint related logs will see. This is important when any problem or error occur in SharePoint you have to trace the logs files in this folder to get the error messages.

Policy:- This directory contains SharePoint 2013 Server policy files.

Resources:- This directory contains the core.resx file used for creating language packs for SharePoint.   by which different SharePoint sites with different languages and cultures can be create.

Template:- It contains the core web site functionality like the features, templates, configurations, resources of a web site.

UserCode:- This directory contains files used to support sandbox solution.

Web Clients:- This directory contains files related to Client Object Model.

 Web Services:- This directory is the root directory where SharePoint back-end Web services are hosted, for example, Excel and Search.

  Other  Directories In SharePoint 2013:

1) C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss - This directory (or the corresponding directory under the Inetpub root on the server) is used as the default location for IIS Web sites.

2) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0 - This directory is the installation location for SharePoint Server 2013 binaries and data. The directory can be changed during installation.

3) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\WebServices - This directory is the root directory where SharePoint back-end Web services are hosted, for example, Excel and Search.

4) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Data - This directory is the root location where local data is stored, including search indexes.

5) C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Logs – This directory is the location where the run-time diagnostic logging is generated.

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How to enable the audit log in SharePoint 2013

 How to enable the audit log in SharePoint 2013:

To enable the audit log by using Central Administration

·        On the Central Administration home page,

·        In the Application Management section,

·        Click Manage service applications.

·        Select the Secure Store service application.

·        On the ribbon, click Properties.

·        From the Enable Audit section,

·        Click to select the Audit log enabled box.

·        To change the number of days that entries will be purged from the audit log file, specify a number in days in the Days until Purge field.

·        The default value is 30 days.

·        Click OK.

Configure audit settings for a site collection

Please use the following link in which Microsoft has given a very detailed description that references each and every minor point regarding audit settings:

It consists of:

·        Auditing event information

·        Trimming the audit logs (new enhancements in SP2010 and SP2013 as compare to earlier versions)

·        Configure audit log trimming

·        Configure events to audit

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/configure-audit-settings-for-a-site-collection-HA102866204.aspx 

View audit log reports

Following link will help you to understand the following points:

·        Events available for audit log reports

·        Available audit log reports

·        View audit log reports

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/view-audit-log-reports-HA102772739.aspx 

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Data at the root level is invalid. line 1 position 1

Data at the root level is invalid. line 1 position 1

      While we are trying to create a page in subsite,we see the error below in some times.

  Issue:

                      Unable to create new page in SharePoint 2007 subsite
                      Error:  "Data at the root level is invalid. line 1 position 1"

     Resolution:

· Deactivate Office SharePoint Server Publishing feature from the affected subsite - Site features

· Deactivate Office SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature from the top level site - Site Collection features

·Activate  Office SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature from the top level site - Site Collection features

·Activate Office SharePoint Server Publishing feature from the affected subsite - Site features

•       Environment: MOSS 2007

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The text entered for lookup isn't an item from the list

The text entered for lockup isn't an item from the list

Issue background: Once we create the list and trying to edit we see the error.

·         Create a Custom List

·         Add a Lookup Column

·         Create a New Item , leave the Lookup column blank.

·         Once the item is created try to edit the same item in Datasheet view.

·         Once you try to edit the Column in datasheet view it will throw the following error message

"The text entered for lookup isn't an item from the list. Select an item from the list, or enter text that matches one of the listed items."

  Solution: There is a Hot fix need to install In client machine to Resolve the issue. Install the following Hot fix on Client machine to resolve this issue

         http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948952

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New Feature in Sharepoint 2013 Powershell

When, I am working on a new Feature that Sharepoint 2013 Powershell is having PowerShell Web Access, which provides a way to execute PowerShell commands in a web browser.I found a very good detailed article how to set this up.Thanks to Roman.

Note: this Can only be done in Windows-2012.because the Feature is available in Latest OS.

Article : http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2013/11/14/step-by-step-deploy-powershell-web-access.aspx

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