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Change the URL of a SharePoint list or library

 Below are listed three different ways to change the URL of an existing list or library. 1. With PowerShell Changing the URL is possible by moving the root folder to a new URL. Here is a PowerShell script to change the URL of an existing library: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell –erroraction SilentlyContinue   $libOriginalUrl = "/Lists/YourLibName1" ; $libNewUrl = "/YourLibName2" ; $web = Get-SPWeb -Identity http://....   $lib = $web .GetList( $web .Url + $listOriginalUrl ) $rootFolder = $lib .RootFolder; $rootFolder .MoveTo( $web .Url + $libNewUrl ) 2. With SharePoint Designer Open the site in SharePoint Designer and in All Files in Site Objects right click the list and click “Rename” to rename it or drag and drop to move it to another folder. For example a list can be moved outside “/Lists” and the Url will change from “webUrl/Lists/List1″ to “webUrl/List1″. 3. With Windows Explor

Activate Reservation of resources in SharePoint 2013

Reservation of resources in SharePoint 2013 After migration to SharePoint 2013 I discovered that these features were excluded from the new platform and saved only as backward compatibility. So, you can migrate your application with installed booking calendar from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 and you will keep functionality of resource reservation but you cannot activate it on a new SharePoint 2013 application through default interface. Microsoft officially explained these restrictions by unpopularity of the resource reservation feature: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742(v=office.15).aspx#section1 First, I found a solution for SharePoint 2013 on-premise. It is possible to display the missing site templates including 'Group Work Site'. Then you just need to create a site based on this template and you will get the calendar of resources. Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\1033\XML, open