ULS logs in SharePoint 2013/SharePoint 2010 on premise

ULS (Trace) Logs in SharePoint 2013/SharePoint 2010 on premise

Here I would explain details on how to write to ULS logs using code behind (this will be covered in next post), also I would focus on how to change ULS logs file path. This all implies for SharePoint on premise and notfor SharePoint Online.

First let’s start with where ULS logs are stored by default on server and how to change the default path.

Following are details for SharePoint 2010

To find ULS logs path on server, need to go to

Central Admin -> Monitoring -> Configure Diagnostic Logging under Reporting

Click on Configure Diagnostic Logging will take us to Log Details page from where we can check path for ULS(Trace) logs.

Default path is (14 Hive): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS

From here we can change path if we wish to store ULS logs to different location else it will be stored at above location on server.

Similar Details we have for SharePoint 2013, there is no change but for your reference I would add Screenshots here.

To find ULS logs path on server, need to go to

Central Admin -> Monitoring -> Configure Diagnostic Logging under Reporting(Same as SharePoint 2010).

Click on Configure Diagnostic Logging will take us to Log Details page from where we can check path for ULS(Trace) logs.

Here I have changed default path(15 Hive) to point to other path on server.

Other details can be configured are

• Number of days to store logs files
• Restrict Trace log

This includes details on how to view ULS log files from server and also how to modify default location for ULS logs, next article would focus on how to write custom message to ULS logs.

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Create new site in SharePoint 2010/SharePoint 2013

Here I would explain details on how to create a SharePoint subsite in SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013. We would do it using SharePoint out of box options, later in this blog I would explain details on how to create site programmatically using PowerShell Commands.

Create new site in SharePoint 2010:

To create a site in SharePoint 2010, need to open sample site.e.g. http://contoso.com/

now go to Site Actions -> New site(Need to make sure you have site Admin rights)

on click of New Site will open following page to select templates.

Select required template based on your need, supply name and site URL suffix that will appear as http://contoso.com/yoursitename and click on Create.

This will create a new site under contoso.com with specified template.

Create new site in SharePoint 2013:

To create a site in SharePoint 2013, need to open sample site.e.g. http://contoso.com/

now go to Top Right Gear Icon -> Site contents(Need to make sure you have site Admin rights)

This will take you to Site Content Page, which will look as sample shown below.

Now click on New Subsite this will open following Page. Specify Name, Site URL, Template and Permission if need to inherit from parent site.

Once we have specified above fields, click on Create, this will create a new site for us in SharePoint 2013.

Create site using PowerShell Commands:

We can use following PowerShell commands to create a subsite.

New-SPWeb –url <new site url> -name <new site name> -template <template name>

Example: New-SPWeb –url http://contoso.com/sampleSite -name “sample Site”-template STS#0 –AddToTopNav –UniquePermissions –UseParentTopNav

More Site templates code can be viewed from following references.

• https://ammarfassy.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/shaerpoint-site-templates-powershell-commands-to-create-subsites/


• https://ammarfassy.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/shaerpoint-site-templates-powershell-commands-to-create-subsites/

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