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PerformancePoint is a Business Intelligence reporting feature of SharePoint. To start working with PerformancePoint, we have to configure it correctly and make sure that all the required services are started and correctly configured. Let us see which services are needed for PerformancePoint. Services:   1.        PerformancePoint Service 2.        Secure Store Service To View and Enable the services, we have to go to SharePoint Administration -> Application management -> Service Applications (Manage services on server) Now, let me guide you through the configuration process of the above mentioned services. To do that, we have to go to Application management -> Service Applications (Manage service applications) Then, find out is the service applications are created or not. If not created then create the service applications by selecting "PerformancePoint Service Application" o...

The easiest way to copy SharePoint sites cross domain is to export the site using PowerShell and Import it into destination SharePoint using another PowerShell script. There are couple of things we have to keep in mind though:   1. It's better to import into a brand new site 2. Install all associated features/web parts even before running the PowerShell script, otherwise the import will fail 3. Recreate the permissions and security layers after succesful import 4. Fix all the absolute Links URL referenced inside the application 5. Rebuild calendar Overlays (If existed) 6. Fix BCS (Business Connectivity Services) based External Content Types and re-create or re-point them to appropriate data sources 7. Fix Alerts 8. Re-visit workflows and event-handlers and Re-Install if needed. because, workflows are not portable 9. Fix all the broken Client scripts (Java-Script or JQuery)   Now let's see how to export and import from SharePoint "A" site to S...

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR SHAREPOINT   - Central solution   - Central with regional sites solution   - Distributed solution   - Comparison of supported solutions   - Accommodating organizational scenarios   Term Definition Central site The location that hosts the majority of corporate data and/or employee computers connected by using a local area network (LAN). Corporate servers at the central site are typically contained within a data center. Regional site A location that hosts a subset of corporate data and/or employee computers connected together by using a combination of LAN and wide area network (WAN) links. A regional site is connected to a central corporate site by using a WAN link.   - A site located in a different region or country.   - A site separated by insufficient network links (even if the site is within reasonable proximity to the central site).   - A site physically separated...