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Can I create some sort of Attachment column in a list?

User needs a list to track issues. They also want to be able to attach a document to this issue. If this attachment was mandatory I would be able to create a document library, but since it is not I can use a Custom List. Is there any way I can…
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Backup Office 365 sharepoint site? (company.sharepoint.com)

Is it possible to synchronize or backup an Office 365 SharePoint site? The company I work for want to use Microsofts "cloud" SharePoint offering, but they wont go ahead if they can't back it up on premis or somewhere else another of our online…
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ListInstance with predefined data, prevent adding records to list with same name on deployment

I have a feature which on activation has to create a list called Scanners. Only one column from the list (Title) is actually used in my app. The list needs to be pre-populated with some values. To fill in the values I used the ListInstance's…
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Any reason not to create a new content database for each site collection?

When creating a site collection in stsadm there are 2 commands I could use: createsite and createsiteinnewdb, where the latter creates a new content database for the site collection. Reading around the blogs (e.g. this post), I see people saying…
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Are there any tweaks, tips to make debugging SharePoint 2010 faster?

I am using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and SharePoint 2010. The debugging process itself is okay but the startup takes really long. Are there any options or hidden-hints to make this faster? Edit: I'm debugging by just pressing F5, with the standard…
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How to check whether the current user has edit permission for a particular list using JSOM in SharePoint 2013

I have created a Custom list named Test List. I need to check whether the current user is having edit list permission for Test List list or not, by using JSOM.
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How to actually use webhooks, GetChanges and GetListItemChangesSinceToken?

My main goal is a very simple duplicate of alerts, to play around with webhooks, just a simple "User X changed field Title from 'Hello' to 'World'". So far so good After some struggle I finally managed to set up webhhoks (SharePoint List…
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How to get a list of all Choice field options using Client Object Model

How would you get a list of all the possible choices from a choice field (e.g. Task list Priority or Status fields) using javascript client object model?
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How can I use the SharePoint Javascript Object Model from a plain HTML page?

I would like to use the SharePoint Javascript Object Model from a "plain" html page (ie, not an .aspx application page etc.) Is this even possible? If so, what scripts should I reference? I've added the following: