So you are a SharePoint Admin or Developer at some firm, somewhere, and you have an issue that you’re facing. Here are some simple rules to make finding the root causem for the issue, occur at a faster pace> Number … Read More
Have you ever applied a cumulative update, CU, and the gray wizard, aka post setup configuration wizard or psconfiggui.exe, reports successful, yet the upgrade status page in central administration reports that it failed? You can try running get-spproduct -local followed … Read More
If you ever encounter multiple prompts from a SharePoint server when trying to open a site, go to this location HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa And, check for a Dword named DisableLoopbackCheck, and that it is set to 1, not 0 … Read More
There were a lot of really awesome things revealed at Ignite this year! These were some of my favorites: SharePoint Graph – ability to draw a graph on a white board, take a scan of it with graph, … Read More
When running backup-spsite on a large site collection, say it’s greater than 20GB, you look at the backup directory and see that your bak is showing 0 in size after say 15-30 minutes, and your SQL server has 24 GB … Read More
Sometimes you want to change a domain account password and the account you’re logged into the farm with is able to do this if it is a domain admin. Most of the time, I leave the setup account (note: not … Read More
Template ID Title GLOBAL#0 Global template STS#0 Team Site STS#1 Blank Site STS#2 Document Workspace MPS#0 Basic Meeting Workspace MPS#1 Blank Meeting Workspace MPS#2 Decision Meeting Workspace MPS#3 Social Meeting Workspace MPS#4 Multipage Meeting Workspace CENTRALADMIN#0 Central Admin Site WIKI#0 … Read More
If you have ever had to set up the User Profile Synchronization Service Connection to Active Directory, then you know that there needs to be a service account that either has Replicate Directory Changes Permission on the domain or on … Read More
THInc.IT is bringing its signature VISIONS Microsoft Conference to Tampa on October 30th! This is a free full-day event packed with dynamic speakers and sessions as well as hands-on workshops in Power BI and Nintex Workflow! You will gain insights … Read More
If you need to rebuild a 2010 search service application in a new app pool (and yes I know it is almost 2019) here’s the script
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##################################################### # This script replicates most of the functionality found in the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard with the EXCEPTION of the USER PROFILE SERVICE##################################################### Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -erroraction SilentlyContinue ## Settings you may want to change ## $databaseServerName = "SharePointSQL" #assumes you're using a SQL Alias configured with cliconfg.exe $searchServerName = "2010APP" #Front end Server that will run central admin, the server you’re on right now $saAppPoolName = "SharePoint Hosted Services" $appPoolUserName = "Contoso\2010svcapps" #This is the service application pool account it is not the farm admin account for Timer and Central admin, sometimes calle#d the farm account, it is not the setup account, or install account $ssaAppPoolName = "SharePoint Search Service Application Pool" $SearchappPoolUserName = "Contoso\2010Search" # running this script ## Service Application Service Names ## $searchSAName = "SharePoint Server Search" $saAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity $saAppPoolName -EA 0 if($saAppPool -eq $null) { Write-Host "Creating Service Application Pool…" $appPoolAccount = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $appPoolUserName -EA 0 if($appPoolAccount -eq $null) { Write-Host "Please supply the password for the Service Account…" $appPoolCred = Get-Credential $appPoolUserName $appPoolAccount = New-SPManagedAccount -Credential $appPoolCred -EA 0 } $appPoolAccount = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $appPoolUserName -EA 0 if($appPoolAccount -eq $null) { Write-Host "Cannot create or find the managed account $appPoolUserName, please ensure the account exists." Exit -1 } New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name $saAppPoolName -Account $appPoolAccount -EA 0 > $null } ##START SEARCH $ssaAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity $ssaAppPoolName -EA 0 if($ssaAppPool -eq $null) { Write-Host "Creating Search Service Application Pool…" $SearchappPoolAccount = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $SearchappPoolUserName -EA 0 if($SearchappPoolAccount -eq $null) { Write-Host "Please supply the password for the Service Account…" $ssappPoolCred = Get-Credential $SearchappPoolUserName $SearchappPoolAccount = New-SPManagedAccount -Credential $ssappPoolCred -EA 0 } $SearchappPoolAccount = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity $SearchappPoolUserName -EA 0 if($appPoolAccount -eq $null) { Write-Host "Cannot create or find the managed account $SearchappPoolUserName, please ensure the account exists." Exit -1 } New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name $ssaAppPoolName -Account $SearchappPoolAccount -EA 0 > $null } ## Search Specifics, we are single server farm ## $searchServerName = (Get-ChildItem env:computername).value $serviceAppName = "Enterprise Search Services" $searchDBName = "Search" Write-Host "Creating Search Service and Proxy…" Write-Host " Starting Services…" Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance $searchServerName Start-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryAndSiteSettingsServiceInstance $searchServerName Write-Host " Creating Search Application…" $searchApp = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Name $searchSAName -ApplicationPool $ssaAppPoolName -DatabaseServer $databaseServerName -DatabaseName $searchDBName $searchInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance $searchServerName Write-Host " Creating Administration Component…" $searchApp | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchAdministrationComponent | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchAdministrationComponent -SearchServiceInstance $searchInstance #Crawl Write-Host " Creating Crawl Component…" $InitialCrawlTopology = $searchApp | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology -Active $CrawlTopology = $searchApp | New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology $CrawlDatabase = ([array]($searchApp | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlDatabase))[0] $CrawlComponent = New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlComponent -CrawlTopology $CrawlTopology -CrawlDatabase $CrawlDatabase -SearchServiceInstance $searchInstance $CrawlTopology | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology -Active Write-Host -ForegroundColor white " Waiting for the old crawl topology to become inactive" -NoNewline do {write-host -NoNewline .;Start-Sleep 6;} while ($InitialCrawlTopology.State -ne "Inactive") $InitialCrawlTopology | Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology -Confirm:$false Write-Host #Query Write-Host " Creating Query Component…" $InitialQueryTopology = $searchApp | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryTopology -Active $QueryTopology = $searchApp | New-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryTopology -Partitions 1 $IndexPartition= (Get-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexPartition -QueryTopology $QueryTopology) $QueryComponent = New-SPEnterpriseSearchQuerycomponent -QueryTopology $QueryTopology -IndexPartition $IndexPartition -SearchServiceInstance $searchInstance $PropertyDatabase = ([array]($searchApp | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchPropertyDatabase))[0] $IndexPartition | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexPartition -PropertyDatabase $PropertyDatabase $QueryTopology | Set-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryTopology -Active Write-Host " Creating Proxy…" $searchAppProxy = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplicationProxy -Name "$searchSAName Proxy" -SearchApplication $searchSAName > $null #####END SEARCH #Now proceed to manually configuring your service applications (e.g. the Secure Store Service for Excel Services, Visio graphics, and performance point. 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Can you believe there are certs out there that are almost old enough to drink in the 50 states? Amazing! And, where has the time gone? This just in: On 8 August 2017, Google declared an intent to mistrust … Read More
If you’re seeing entries like this in your logs, you might want to re-provision the SecurityTokenServiceApplicationPool
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08/18/2018 12:54:02.49 w3wp.exe (0x3624) 0x16B0 SharePoint Foundation Claims Authentication 8306 Critical An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: Loading this assembly would produce a different grant set from other instances. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131401). 8f05869e-fd92-7016-1774-7c7232f5d2ba 08/18/2018 12:54:16.57 w3wp.exe (0x3DB0) 0x3EC4 SharePoint Foundation Runtime a1yj Exception An unhandled exception has occurred. Loading this assembly would produce a different grant set from other instances. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131401) System.IO.FileLoadException: Loading this assembly would produce a different grant set from other instances. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131401) Server stack trace: at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(EndPoint remoteEP) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SocketConnectionInitiator.Connect(Uri uri, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BufferedConnectionInitiator.Connect(Uri uri, TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ConnectionPoolHelper.EstablishConnection(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ClientFramingDuplexSessionChannel.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.CacheResolverChannel.Open(TimeSpan timeout) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink._PrivateProcessMessage(IntPtr md, Object[] args, Object server, Object[]& outArgs) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.AsyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg, IMessageSink replySink) Exception rethrown at [0]: at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.EndInvokeHelper(Message reqMsg, Boolean bProxyCase) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.Invoke(Object NotUsed, MessageData& msgData) at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.CacheResolverChannel.OpenDelegate.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult result) at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.ChannelContainer.Opened(IAsyncResult ar) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.AsyncResult.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg) at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.AsyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg, IMessageSink replySink) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.QueueUserWorkItemCallback.System.Threading.IThreadPoolWorkItem.ExecuteWorkItem() at System.Threading.ThreadPoolWorkQueue.Dispatch() StackTrace: (null) 9205869e-ad76-7016-1774-7751e815418b |
If you’re installing PowerPivot and you are getting an error when installing PowerPivot on SharePoint that reads http://localhost:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc had an innerException and or … Read More
It’s still too early to say for certain, what features will be deprecated and which features will be removed. When a feature is deprecated, it means that something has changed at Microsoft and they are no longer investing in that … Read More
For one Site collection
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Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $SPSiteurl = "<Site URL>" $spsite = Get-SPSite -Identity $SPSiteurl $files =$spsite.Recyclebin |?{$_.ItemState -eq 'SecondStageRecycleBin'} foreach ($file in $files) { $spsite.RecycleBin.Delete($file.ID) } |
For all site collections in a web application
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Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $WebApp=get-spwebapplication "https://yourappweb" foreach ($SPSite in $webApp.Sites) { $files =$spsite.Recyclebin |?{$_.ItemState -eq 'SecondStageRecycleBin'} foreach ($file in $files) { $spsite.RecycleBin.Delete($file.ID) } } |
The script below will clear the config cache on each server. It waits until all servers are ready and then it proceeds to start the services back up after you manually tell it that it is time to do so. … Read More
The auto SP Installer download used to include the folder structure. That is no longer the case. Let’s say you wanted to install SharePoint 2019, you need to create a directory at the same level as your AutoSPInstaller Directory, … Read More