"The user does not exist or is not unique." when adding a security group
Hi, I',m running a fresh install of Sharepoint 2013 foundation and have a issue. I cannot share/add permissions to any AD Security Group. The people finder can find my groups but when I hit ok it goes...
View ArticleInstllation of Updates
Hi, I am trying to install Cumulative update in Dev machine.During installation when i browse the site it throws "User Profile could not be found". So during installation the site will be down? or only...
View ArticleBack Up and restore
HiDuring site collection backup and restore in different farm.Do they need to be in same version? Or we can restore from lower verion to higher version.Ex: i have taken a backup from RTm version and...
View ArticleUnable to sync tasks with Outlook 2013. The Autodiscover service couldn't be...
Hello All!I am trying to make Sharepoint 2013 Task Sync with Outlook 2013 works. But after click Task Sync button I get error:We weren't able to sync your tasks. This could be because your mailbox is...
View ArticleFind Number of Users Currently Logged on to a SharePoint 2013 on premise server?
Hello,We would like to know which current users are logged in our SharePoint farm.Is there a simple powershell script which we can run? or enable a featureThanks,Dennis
View ArticleThe Execute method of job definition...
I have sp2013 architecture which consistes of 1DB server and 1WFE ,I have installed Reporting services add-in on both the servers using sql 2012 setup ,when i am trying to create report i am getting...
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Remove old sharepoint server reference
We setup an SBS 2008 box to replace our aging 2003 server and in the process we migrated our SharePoint install onto the new server as well. It's functioning well however we have a shared calendar in...
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Excel file error after upgrade from 2010 to 2013
Hi there,I did the upgrade from 2010 (Enterprise) to 2013. The excel files are not opening giving error.ULS Log: "Unexpected error when trying to access service settings in the configuration database....
View ArticleMoving a Site Collection From 365 to On Prem
Hello, I have a site collection that is currently on the 365 cloud. I am having response speed issues with it. I would like to take that site collection i have and move it to an on prem server. How...
View ArticleUpgrade - Health Check Error
Hi All, I am upgrading the site collection which has NO workflow implemented in 2010. When I am doing health check before the upgrade I am getting this•<websiteUrl>/_catalogs/wfpub/Approval -...
View ArticleNew Web Application not creating correctly
I'm having an odd occurrence happen about 50% of the time right now when creating new web applications during my migration from SP2010 to SP2013.During creating a web application in Central Admin, I...
View ArticleWorkflow Manager Configuration - fails while auto key generation.
Hi AllI am trying to configure Workflow manager 1.0 configuration on one of the sharepoint 2013 servers. It asks for auto genration key. What ever key i provide it does not accespt. i tried below keys...
View ArticleBoth Distributed Cache SharePoint Service and AppFabric Caching Service stop
Both Distributed Cache SharePoint Service and AppFabric Caching Service stop on our web server in our brand new SharePoint farm: 1 web, 1 app, 1 search and 1 sql server. I turned off dist cache...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 Foundations, AppFabric Install Crashes
Greetings!I've been pouring over threads on AppFabric install issues, but I can't seem to find a solution to it simply crashing (no error, limited log details, etc.).I've downloaded SharePoint 2013...
View ArticleCalendar App missing in trial
Hello,I'm new to Sharepoint and am trying to get it set up. I've downloaded a trial version and have managed to get a little bit done. I would like to set up calendars, however, when I go to Add An...
View ArticleBusiness Intelligence 2013 Center - Demo
Hi All, I would like to set up a demo using SharePoint 2013 Bsuiness Intelligence center.Any sample with adventure works? I'm looking for good resources,setting up and hints t o get me started...
View ArticleBackup-SPFarm Overwrite Previous
I added the following backup script to one of my app servers Task Scheduler:Backup-SPFarm -Directory \\<server>\spbackups\qa -BackupMethod full -VerboseI need the script to overwrite/delete the...
View ArticleSharePoint Online 2013 Power Bi
I'm testing Power Bi in SharePoint Online 2013. Having some problems connecting from Excel 2013 Power Query to SPO, but I think I just need to patch up. but not my question.Does anybody know:1. Is...
View ArticlePerson or group feild lost auto complete in infopath
Hi ,I have a list , and I customized the list form in infopath , but person or group feild lost the auto complete property . which is not the case before customization . I have not done any...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 configuration wizard is failing at step 3 with error Cannot...
If I start the service manually and re run the wizard by creating as a new farmI am seeing below error:01/20/2014 06:57:15 5 ERR Task configdb has failed with an unknown exception...
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