SharePoint Central Administration (the CA) is a web application that typically exists on a single server in the farm.
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SharePoint Central Admin not opening
I have installed sharepoint site on my local machine with standalone installation.
After that i have changed my machine name then my sharepoint site was not opening. Then i revert the changes to ...
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Central Admin unexpected error
I accidentally tried to enable a web app solution on the central admin web app. It errored and did not enable. I closed CA and now when I try to open I get an unexpected error when traced points to a ...
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How do I update an already existing wsp on farm? [duplicate]
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Update-SPSolution does not Deploy Solution
I have a wsp that is already deployed on the farm. I made some code changes. I cannot use the Add-SPSolution command because I ...
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Search Content Sources unable to open
I working on content migration to a new setup server farm by using Database detached/attached approach,
after the migration the application is up and running fine, but when I open Search ...
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Unable to configure Send to connection
I have 2 site collections and I am trying to configure send to connection from site 1 to site 2. Site 1 is in UK SharePoint farm and site 2 is in US SharePoint farm. I've tried creating a send to ...
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Content Subscriber Timer Job is not publishing content types to all site collections in a web application with multiple content databases
Scenario: We have a web application that has multiple site collections and multiple content databases? (30 Site collections, 3 content databases) For example purpose lets name the content databases ...
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SharePoint 2007: Items in Search Administration cannot open
The application I working on is developed on top of SharePoint 2007 environment, the issue I faced is in CA's Search Administration, all the items like Content Source, Scope and etc cannot click, when ...
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SharePoint 2010 FBA Access Denied for Forms Users
I setup SharePoint 2010 FBA using ASP Net Membership database following the article: Step by Step Guide to Configure SharePoint 2010 Forms Based Authentication with SQL.
I configured all web.config ...
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SharePoint CA Not Going to Default.aspx
All, I've been dealing with this issue for several days now. When I hit our Central Admin site http://abc.gov:47855 I'm getting HTTP 403 Forbidden (see image below) however, I am able to hit CA by ...
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What can be scenarios of Blob cache suffering from sync and / or corruption issues
I was reading answer to this question
I wonder what can be possible scenarios any type of Cache in sharepoint suffering from corruption issues.
EDIT
Please only mention your personal experiences, ...
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Moss Timer job deployed in one web application but running in a different web application
I can't believe Timer Jobs and SharePoint can be this un-predictable.
I deployed my Timer job feature solution to web application A and activated feature, it worked for 3 days in same web application ...
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can't see infopath form approved and enabled by central administration
following this processes:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/demo-deploy-an-administrator-approved-form-template-HA010205047.aspx
I am trying to upload a form containing some C# ...
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Central Administration, FBA, and the People Picker
I have a web application using Windows Authentication, which is extended with Forms Based Authentication. That's all fine and dandy. The problem is I can't get the people picker to pull my FBA users ...
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What do I have to do prior to site creation of a “Report center” template?
I have a SSRS service installed, I have Sharepoint 2010 Enterprise Edition.
As I read on the internet, I should activate the Report Server Central Administration Feature in site settings > Manage ...
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Changing System Account of Central Admin on MOSS 2007
I've been trying to change the System Account used on my MOSS 2007 with Sharepoint 3.0 Central Admin. I've followed the instruction on this page as instructed but the Central Admin, when opened, still ...
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SharePoint Integration with Team Foundation Server
I am attemping to get SharePoint Portal integrations on Team Foundation Server 2010 x86 running with a standard single server installation on a WinServer w SP2. I can provide any and all information ...
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Delete Unused Search Application Databases
Can you please let me know if there is any process of deleting the unused search service application databases using Power shell .Even i deleted the search service application the databases are still ...
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Site collection owners and site collection administrators. Can anyone explain the difference in plain english
Just found this on MSDN and I'm confused.
the Owners group of a site is not the same as the site collection owners, which themselves are called
site collection administrators in the Central ...
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Search Service Application is inaccessible - “Access denied for SharePoint Farm Admin”
I am unable to access Search Service Application in Central Admin 2010 with SharePoint Farm Administrator credentails. I was able to access SSA with SharePoint Farm Admin credentials since SharePoint ...
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Central administration is displayed wrong
Just after installation of sharepoint 2010 I opened central administration it looked weird, like no styles and js had been loaded. A screenshot of CA and js-errors in console is presented here:
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Allow a specific file type to be rendered in iFrame
We've been looking at enabling the Permissive File Handling in Central Admin of our SharePoint 2010 on an intranet site collection. However, we're wondering if we can allow specific file types to be ...
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Storing settings for a service application
I created a custom service application which needs to store some settings. I've been able to create a manage.aspx management page which is usable in Central Admin. But what I don't know is where I ...
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SharePoint 2010 People Picker Issues
I recently performed a database attach upgrade from a SharePoint 2003 system to SharePoint 2007, then up to SharePoint 2010. Everything is running well, for the most part. But one of our biggest ...
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Why am I still getting quota reached upload error after increasing the quota for a site collection?
A user was trying to upload documents to their site collection and reached the quota limit. I increased the quota for him but he is still getting the same error that the quota has been reached when he ...
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Problems with WebApplication after Host Header name is given [closed]
I have created a Web App with Host Header and created a Site collection in it. There was no error message or any problems pertaining while creating web app or site collection but problem comes when I ...
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Enable Enterprise Features option missing in my Central Administration
I want to upgrade the existing Sharepoint installation to the Enterprise version, but there's "Enable Enterprise Features" option missing from my "Upgrade and Migration" portion of the Central ...
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Authentication Type invisible in “Edit Authentication” Window (Central Administration 2010)
I am facing a strange issue in Central Administration. I was trying to change the Authentication Type of a Web Application by following the steps, Central Administration -> Manage Web Application -> ...
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Why is central admin time different from server time?
I have seen this question asked before (not here) but have never seen anyone with a genuine answer, usually people provide lots of info surrounding how Sharepoint has a different timezome for each ...
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User Profile Service Application CA pages slowness
How are your loading times of the User Profile Service Application pages in the Central Administration ? Mine are often beyond one or two minutes, for example when adding a new user property. I am not ...
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Central Admin Access Via hostname:port or Server:port
I went to central admin via the host name (http://portal.company.com:75000) and went to "Site Actions > Site Permissions" then clicked on "Check Permissions" and a dialog box poped up to enter ...
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file not found error when I go to user.aspx
Getting following error when I go to central Admin area and click on Site Actions > Site permission. The page is http://SPServer.com:5600/_layouts/user.aspx. TopNavBar.ascx does exist. btw, we did not ...
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Sharepoint 2010 > Central Admin > Create special permission
I have a business unit "Marketing" and they would like access to Central Admin Search Area.
Is it a good thing to share Central Admin with business unit?
Could I create a special permission that ...
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How to recreate inadvertently deleted “MySite” with “My profile” in Sharepoint Server 2010?
I inadvertently deleted
"My Site"
_http://sptest/my/
with entry for
My Profile
_http://sptest/my/Person.aspx?accountname=i%3A0%23%2Ew%7CMyDomain%5CMyUserName
This results that ...
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What are the relationship between administrators groups of domain, dev computer and of Sharepoint services?
I know-know I can search and read but anyway I would need to ask in order to escape possible typos, personal misunderstandings and to better remember.
I develop on a machine with installed ...
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Access denied by “Granular Backup”
When I try to copy a custom list from one of subsites of my weapplication's site collection to another by:
Central Administration --> Backup and Restore --> Export a site or list --> Filling ...
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How to Deploy Custom list definition in Central admin so that it appears in all WebApps I create?
I have created a custom list definition with my custom fields
Now I want to deploy my feature in farm level i.e
1 When I deploy my solution in central admin as a farm solution that particular list ...
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Disable delete items in a site from central admin
From memory I know it is possible to restrict the options in a site from central admin. I want to remove the rights to delete items. How can I do this from central admin to stop site collection admins ...
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How to check SharePoint Cumulative Updates
I have two web servers installed SharePoint 2007, my intention is to check is the Cumulative Updates for SharePoint 2007 installed on both servers is the same.
I've check the SharePoint version from ...
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How to show AD Contacts in the SP2010 people picker
is it possible to have the SharePoint 2010 people picker show AD Contacts. We have sub contractors & some full time staff listed as contacts in AD, in order to have their contact information ...
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Unable to get trusted domain users in CA people picker?
I have 2 trusted domains. I am able to add those users into local administrator group. But I could not able to search them in CA people picker in 2010?. How to get them into there.
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Configuring the sp application to DNS
i have a old application (wignet) which points to http://rootsite/subsite1 .There are around 10 subsites (subsite2,subsite3,subsite4) .Now i have created a new sp application ...
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Defaulting to a tab in Template Selection of Create Site Collection in Central Admin
We have custom Web Templates deployed in our SharePoint 2010 deployment. The web templates are have a custom DisplayCategory defined Elements.xml (let's say it's Foo). In central admin's Create Site ...
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User Profile Application Proxy failed to retrieve partitions from User profile application - Cant access application either
I am experiancing an issue where ever so often the sharepoint (2010) site keeps throwing security errors(The security validation
for this page is invalid) iisreset fixes this shortly but ...
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How to change SPWebApplication.Status (Ready|Offline)
SPWebApplication.Status can be Ready or Offline.
Pleae note - This is SPWebApplication.Status, NOT content database
How can you set this via Central Admin and/or command line?
What effect does this ...
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Cannot read site collection details with some accounts
In my SharePoint environment, I have a few seperate web applications with some different admin users. Now a new user I created is added as local admin (needed for Powershell remoting) and farm admin. ...
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Workflow Job Paused in Central admin
the workflow job (in central admin) progress is showing 0% and the status is paused since 3/04/2012. I've tried manually starting the job (by clicking on Run now) but it is still stuck.
Is there ...
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Central Admin and SSP URLs Not Redirecting to Default.aspx
SP SO ladies & gents, I have an issue that came up on our production server where when you navigate to Central Administration myhost.gov:8080/ or a Shared Service Provider it will not show ...
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How to reduce Web analytics reporting DB size
SharePoint 2010 web analytics reporting DB for our public facing site has grown over 30 GB over the last year.
We are using Google Analytics for analytics purposes and would like to retain only last ...
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SharePoint Full Crawl Times
I'm currently doing a Full Crawl on my SharePoint server. It's been running for about 5 hours. It's adding items to the 'success' column of the crawl History.
This is after doing an Index reset, and ...
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Customize Analytics Report in Sharepoint-Online (Office 365)
When I go to my site's analytics page, (www.mydomain.com/sites/mysite/_layouts/WebAnalytics/Report.aspx), I am able to see analytics data. For some reason, I have to go there instead of ...
