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Changing the License Type and Key of a SharePoint Subscription Farm
Hi everyone, I need some assistance with a licensing issue on a brand new SharePoint Subscription Edition farm. I have 6 servers total 4 Application/Search servers + 2 Web Front End/Distributed Cache servers and current state of farm is Fresh installation no custom code or solutions, no production content web apps configured yet. The Problem: During setup, our systems team accidentally provided a SharePoint Standard Edition product key, which I used during farm creation. We actually require Enterprise Edition, but I am unable to convert the license type through Central Administration. Issue 1: When I go to Central Administration > Upgrade and Migration > Convert farm license type, the Product Key text field and the OK button are both completely grayed out and disabled. Issue 2: When I go to Central Administration > Upgrade and Migration > Enable Enterprise Features and enter our Enterprise key, the process fails with an Unknown Error / SkuUpgradeJob timer job exception ("Post setup configuration failed when attempting post setup configuration task -cmd services -install -cmd installfeatures"). What I Have Tried So Far: Running PSConfig CLI: Ran psconfig.exe -cmd sku -upgrade -key from an elevated Command Prompt. It fails during the installfeatures phase. PowerShell Feature Activation: Attempted to run Enable-SPFeature -Identity PremiumFarm -Force in the SharePoint Management Shell, but feature provisioning fails because the underlying SKU definition hasn't switched. Service Account Privilege Adjustments: Tried restarting the SharePoint Timer Service (SPTimerV4) and changing its logon account to Local System / Local Admin to rule out file permission issues on the 16-Hive directory, but hit SQL permission/authentication blocks. Clearing Timer Jobs and Restarts: Cleared stuck or failed SkuUpgradeJob instances under Timer Job Status, restarted the SharePoint Administration Service and Timer Service across all servers, and performed iisreset. Since this is a completely fresh farm with no customization or data loss risk, what is the cleanest way to force the farm to accept the Enterprise product key without having to completely unjoin and rebuild the 6 servers? Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!
SharePoint List Web Parts - New UX
Hey everyone, I am hoping I can get some assistance on the following request. My organization's using SharePoint to manage multiple processes, but am confused with a new UX update that's come in the last few days. Please look at the following example, which is a list with a modern calendar view: For all of my lists, that are used as a web part on a different Site Page, have been given an ability to add a 'New Item', by selecting the title name, which's very frustrating as all of our list processes already have their own system to collect information and it seems as though I cannot turn off this functionality. Any help would be very much appreciated.Storing and organizing performance review data - SharePoint lists or something else?
My team has been asked to move our performance review records from a legacy HR system into something within M365. Someone suggested SharePoint lists but I'm worried about permissions (employees shouldnt see each others reviews), workflow complexity, and whether it'll scale. We have about 400 employees. Is SharePoint the right tool for this or should I be looking at something purpose-built that integrates with our M365 environment?
Can you preserve links when exporting from a list to Excel?
Hi! I have a list with a multiline text field set to support enchanced richtext used to store URLs of files. I am inserting data into this list when people submit a Jotform using Power Automate to connect the two. In Power Automate, I build the field value by looping the uploaded files and building out HTML: <a href="https://www.server.com/path/file.png">file.png</a><br> <a href="https://www.server.com/path/file.pdf">file.pdf</a><br> Problem is, if I go to the list and do Export to Excel, the query.iqy file I get just shows file.png and file.pdf as basic, nonlinked text in the column. Is there any way to get Sharepoint to create an Excel file where the links are preserved?
"labels" in the left navigation pane
Hi, Can anyone advise me if it is possible to add labels in bulk to libraries? What I am asking badly is....I have over a hundred libraries on a site and they need labels adding to them so they are "grouped" in categories. Some of the labels need applying to several libraries. I have been doing smaller sites manually but the bigger ones will be very tedious and time consuming. I hope that makes sense?
Format Power BI report in SharePoint page
Hey everyone, I have a wide and short Power BI report that is 2500 by 350 and I am trying to embed it in a SharePoint page. The problem is that when I embed it there is a ton of negative space below the report. I tried formatting the web part but there are only two display ratios (16:9 and 4:3). Is there a way to shorten the web part or reduce the negative space below the report.
