Problem: When trying to upgrade the SharePoint to a higher service pack you encounter this error in the log [OWSTIMER] [SPUpgradeSession] [ERROR] [11/3/2014 2:56:24 PM]: Upgrade Timer job is exiting due to exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException: Action 4.0.14.0 of Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPIisWebSiteWssSequence failed. —> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070003): The system cannot find the path specified. One probably cause is the someone […]
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Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application service in stopping state
Problem: After stopping the “Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application” service the service remains in stopping state Solution: Run this command with proper permissions:
SharePoint – Add a managed account from one-way trust domain
Setup. A SharePoint farm in a domain. You want to add a managed account from another domain, with one-way trust between domains. Example: DomainB TRUST DomainA. SharePoint instance is in DomainB and you want to add a managed account from DomainA. User AdminA has local admin and farm admin privileges on farm and is used […]
Search service is not able to connect to Administration component server
SharePoint 2010 – Search service is not able to connect to Administration component server In this blog post, I would write about most generic issue in SharePoint 2010 search service application and I am sure many of you have already come across this: In SharePoint 2010 – When you try to browse to a Search […]
SharePoint Warm-Up – not needed anymore
Setup: Sharepoint website Problem: When you access first time the website, the response is very slow because IIS need time for dependencies such as database connections, compilation of ASP.NET code, and loading of modules. Solution: Application Initialization Module for IIS 7.5 Overview IIS Application Initialization for IIS 7.5 enables website administrators to improve the responsiveness […]
Sharepoint 2010 setup is not starting on Windows 2012
Setup: Server with Windows 2012 and you want to install Sharepoint Foundation 2010 SP2 Problem: .hta file does not open properly to show the install option. You are asked to save the file. Solution: Go to C\programfilesX86\MSECache\SharePoint2010. Right click splash.hta file and go to “Open with…” and select “Choose default program…”. Expand “More options” and select […]
Fixing People Search in SharePoint 2010
Setup: SharePoint 2010 farm Problem: People search is not working Solution: Follow this check list and make sure all is setup correctly. 1. Check that mysite url is correct added to Content Sources, using sps3:// protocol, or sps3s if your site is running under https protocol. 2. Check if crawling account has enough permissions on […]
Update/Replace the certificate of Trusted Identity Provider in SharePoint 2010/2013
Setup: You have a SharePoint farm with web applications configured to use a Trusted Identity Provider aka. ADFS 2.0 Problem: The signing certificate of Trusted Identity Provider expired and you need to change it. Solution: Run these commands in SharePoint Shell on SharePoint server: Note. Replace ADFS from ?{$_.name -match “ADFS“} with the name of […]
Add new realm to existing trusted identity provider in SharePoint 2010/2013
Setup: You have a SharePoint farm with an web application configured to use ADFS 2.0 for authentication via Trusted Identity Provider. Problem: You want to add another web application to this SharePoint farm and configure the authentication via ADFS Solution: Open SharePoint PowerShell and issue the following commands: where appname is the alias of your […]