SharePoint Central Administration (the CA) is a web application that typically exists on a single server in the farm.
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How to access my “Outgoing E-Mail Settings” from code?
Is it possible for me to pull the values that are in:
Central Admin -> System Settings -> Configure outgoing e-mail settings
from my code behind using the object model?
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Health Report with Alerts
I would like to create an alert on the central admin Health Reports list (http://server:8080/Lists/HealthReports/AllItems.aspx) if that is possible.
I have created an alert with:
Change Type=All ...
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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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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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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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Restore Central Administration Site
looks like I accidentally deleted my Central Administration site running on port 43709. From the looks of it I still have the content database that has the info but I can't seem to be able to restore ...
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Always getting access denied for all loginaccounts
I'm in a middle of a process of setting sp_accounts to sp services and for some wrong behaviour I'm always getting access denied when enter the webapp for all accounts.
Claims service could be the ...
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Need help specifying the location of a Custom Action
Spawned from this question.
I have been able to add a new link to my Central admin page under the Monitoring->Timer Jobs section. My problem is that I have been unable to figure out how to add it ...
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SharePoint Admin account permissions failed
Per best practice, I created Windows user and added to the Administrators group (sp_admin) to install SharePoint 2010 and installed the product under that account.
However, after running the ...
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Using SharePoint with Google Apps for Business email
I am trying to get SharePoint's email features to work with Google Apps (alerts, emails generated by workflows, etc).
Google Apps uses port 587 for smtp and I know that the default smtp port cannot ...
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Central Administration cannot connect to configuration database
I made a script for batch uploading files, which I successfully used to upload more than 900 files (few gigs of data). Today I prepared another set of files and everything was working fine, but ...
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Application Pool is auto stopped when browse web application in IIS7
When I browse to Central Administration I get repeated authentication requests and am unable to view the page. I get the following error:
Service Unavailable
HTTP Error 503. The service is ...
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Sharepoint Installation Accounts Issue
OK guys, i need your help! My point is:
I formatted my dev machine a few days ago, as so i needed to reinstall everything. Logged in as mammoth\marcos.natan, my user account, i installed SQL Server ...
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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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Move an Application Page from WebApplication to Central Administration
I've made an Application Page (derived from LayoutsPageBase) and it's showing in the WebApplication Settings correctly. Now, I need to move it to the Central Administration level.
Must I change my ...
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Web Analytics Reports force update
What jobs do you need to run to update the metrics for Web Analytics Reports? It looks like they update daily, but I am unsure what jobs to kick off to see it update more regulary.
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Is there a way to remove/delete/hide the activity from “activities I am following” section?
Is there a way to remove/delete/hide the activity from "activities I am following" section? I do not want to hide the entire section itself like mentioned in this URL - ...
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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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Load-balanced URL for Central Administration?
We have six servers in our SharePoint 2010 farm. Two servers have the Central Administration application. We would like to have a load-balanced URL for CA but beforehand would like to know the ...
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Staff directory webpart broken after a manual synchronization
On the main page of my SharePoint 2010 I have a Staff Directory web part that uses the User Profile service to sync with Active Directory. I noticed that it was not synchronizing correctly as some ...
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Why can't I attach my AD RMS server to my SharePoint 2010 server? [closed]
In my SharePoint 2010 installation when I go to Central Administration -> Security -> Configure information rights management, select Use the default RMS server specified in Active Directory and ...
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How do I clean up missing server side dependencies from a “dirty” installation?
After a rather hasty (unavoidable) migration/reconfiguration of a SP 2010 Foundation box, I am left with an error in CA regarding a number of missing Features, SetupFiles, and WebParts. I redeployed ...
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STSADM.exe, PowerShell v2.0 and Management Shell
What is the difference between the three?
STSADM.exe
PowerShell v2.0
Management Shell
I understand you can run powershell scripts in the management shell, but I thought I remember reading that ...
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What populates the People Picker / Address Book
I'm sure I already know this... that or it is really simple but what setting, connection or page decides who is shown in the People Picker / Address Book?
Is it simply who is in your AD, determined ...
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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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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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Puzzling security issue with SharePoint 2010 Central Admin authentication on Windows 7
I have a really odd issue with SharePoint 2010 central admin on Windows 7 (x64 if that matters).
Somehow when I go to Central Admin and hit any of the _admin links I get a password prompt. I looked ...
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Add and deploy SharePoint Farm Solutions from Document Library using C# code
I have one Document Library in central administration Name "Deployment List" it contains SharePoint Solutions(WSP files). now i want to add and deploy that solution using c# code it already get file ...
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Unable to create content database in central admin
I have a SQL content DB. When i tried to create the DB in central admin i'm getting an error message "there is not enough space on the disk". The mount point where the DB residing has enough space.
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How to prevent a Sharepoint 2010 application from Globally Deploying?
I have a Sharepoint 2010 application that consists of Sharepoint application pages and donot contain any web parts. So when I deploy the wsp of the application from the central administration the ...
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Is there a way to execute commandline-arguments via code from a feature/webpart (Sharepoint 2010)?
I mean, for example, something like a deployment. Is it possible to force something like this from within a webpart using the "standard" sharepoint functionality?
Using the central-administration is ...
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All sites are read only, even for site administrators
Every site in the collection is now read-only. I can still change settings in the central admin site but am unsure what has changed.
This affects everyone, users with write permission, even site ...
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Why is Central Admin on App server?
Why is Central Admin on an application server by default? It seems like if you wanted your app server to truly be an app server, then you wouldn't have it serving any sites. This seems like it could ...
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Services Actions Missing in Central Admin
We recently added a new SharePoint server to the farm and to my surprise the server is not showing any actions in The Page Manage Services on Server .Please see the attached screenshot for further ...
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Move database to new SQL Server
My client has asked me to move all the Database used by the SharePoint Farm to a new SQL Server Machine. I came across this article ...
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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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Infopath Publishing Issues
I published an Infopath 2007 form with custom code(which have no errors) on central admin like one day back and till now it shows its status as “upgrading” on central admin.
I don’t know like why ...
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Enable Business Data Web Parts in site
I am using SharePoint Server 2010 and we do have Enterprise licenses.
But what feature AND WHERE must be turned on in order to show the Business Data Web Parts like in the image below.
Something ...
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Debugging error message when extending a web application
In central admin in thw Web Application screen. When I click on extend on my web application I get an error message.
The web application could not be extended because an unused zone could
not ...
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Where can I find all files that are checked out or locked for editing in SharePoint 2010?
I'm simply trying to add a web part to a page for some test development, but I get an error dialog saying, "The file is currently checked out or locked for editing by another user."
Is there ...
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SPTraceV4 Being Disabled
I have a SharePoint Foundation 2010 environment where the SPTraceV4 service keeps being disabled. I narrowed down the issue to when the "Health Analysis Job (Hourly, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation ...
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Read acces to central administration
I would want to have read access to the central administration of our sharepoint environment. Now my administrator refused this, because he would have to give me too much rights. I do respect his ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Error when trying to send email from sharepoint 2010 workflow
When I try to send an email from a workflow I get the famous error "The e-mail message cannot be sent. Make sure the outgoing e-mail settings for the server are configured correctly". I have added the ...
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Central Administration provisioning fails with System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
I recently uninstalled MOSS 2007 from my development server and am trying to reinstall it.
However I get an error during Step 6 of the post-install Configuration Wizard, and this causes the ...
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Storing farm level data for a web component
I've built a SharePoint user control (not a web part) and am deploying it via Solutions, Features, etc.
It's a commercial component and I want to be able to store license information once it's ...
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Weird error when creating a site collection from a Claims authentication WCF service
I'm having trouble adding a new site collection, from a service hosted in a claims enabled SharePoint web application. The authentication works just fine (I can confirm the identity of the user while ...
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How to add a custom link to Central Admin quick launch?
I'm attempting add a page for my collection of apps to the Central Admin quick launch in SharePoint 2010:
Following SharePoint's out-of-the-box behaviour, a custom action group like this should be ...
