Permission levels required to create a Survey in SharePointThe permissions to create Surveys are controlled by SharePoint itself. By default SharePoint allows users with the “Contributor” right to create Surveys in a site (so any member of the SharePoint Site Members group will get this permission by default). Using enhanced quiz / survey features in SharePoint using…
How to Migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint 2019Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you are considering migrating your SharePoint 2016 Farm to SharePoint 2019 then please read through this article for steps on how to achieve this. Before proceeding, it’s important that you read ‘migrating between editions‘…
How to update multiple documents in a SharePoint document library with PowerShellWe recently received a query for DocRead to see if it was possible to set the ‘Required Audience’ and ‘Acknowledgement Days’ to about 100 policies on mass (via a script). Hence, being one who is always up for a challenge, I loaded up PowerGUI and…
Configure SharePoint SP2019 to support SPFx applicationsThis post describes how to configure your on-premise SharePoint 2019 farm to allow you to deploy and run SPFx applications. The instructions below will take you through the steps required to install each pre-requisite. Depending on the status of your farm, you may already have some of the pre-requisites installed…
SharePoint Groups vs AD Groups vs Global AudiencesIf you’d like to know whether to use SharePoint Groups or SharePoint Audiences to manage users, then look no further! This post will help you decipher what to use and when. I also want to include a little discussion on SharePoint Audiences as I believe they are a…
Why don’t I receive emails?All emails sent out by DocRead are sent using a separate application called the Collaboris Notification Scheduler. If you aren’t receiving emails it’s highly likely to be one of the following reasons :The Collaboris Notification Service isn’t installed and / or configured. Please read this the section on the Scheduler towards…
How to adjust the timing of DocRead notification emails The DocRead Notification Scheduler oversees the sending of emails within DocRead. Three timer jobs are used to schedule and issue emails associated with DocRead tasks, they are: 1) New Tasks Job – Responsible for sending emails for new reading tasks. This job, by default, runs once per…
How to migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2013 to 2016At Collaboris, we strive to follow Microsoft’s lead when it comes to upgrading between product versions. We feel this allows us to provide the level of support that is of consistently high quality. This post explains how to migrate DocRead from SharePoint 2013 to 2019.The steps you need…
New User Management features released in DocRead version 3Note: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. DocRead version 3.0 introduces a new User Management section that makes keeping on top of your DocRead licence restrictions so much easier. Licences are assigned to a user when the first DocRead task is assigned to them,…
Troubleshooting Reading Tasks in DocReadNote: The information in this post relates to DocRead for on-premises SharePoint only. If you are wondering why you have no ‘Reading Tasks’ when you have assigned a ‘Required’ or ‘Recommended’ document to a group or audience of users this post will help you resolve and troubleshoot the most common reasons.Reading Tasks…
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