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The SharePoint Configuration Wizard is used to set up the initial configuration database and Central Administration site of the first SharePoint server, and to join additional servers to the farm.

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Products Configuration Wizard - Failed to register SharePoint Services

Setup: Windows Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 R2 SharePoint Server 2010 Last successfully installed and configured update: Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (KB2687453). Current Build: ...
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Sharepoint Server 2010 SP1 PSConfig issue

I've download (KB 2460045) and install the sp1 for SPS2010, so far so good. To complete the process -SQL upgrade- I must run the SP2010 Products Configuration Wizard (psconfig), but in the last step a ...
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Products Configuration Wizard: How to add local account with Complete Server type option

I am getting an error message during installation of SharePoint Server 2013. I have selected complete server option (other option is stand-alone). When I am on 'SharePoint products configuration ...
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SharePoint configuration wizard will raise Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException was thrown

I have SharePoint 2013 server , but when i run the product configuration wizard, it raised the following error "Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException was ...
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Missing Farm Configuration Wizard

I am installing SharePoint 2010 single farm on my 64bit Win7 Ultimate development machine. After a lot of pain and apparent success of the installation, I am not finding the "Farm Configuration Wizard"...
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SharePoint 2010 Configuration Wizard error step 2 of 10 on Windows 7

Following are the error details from the log file The ServerBindings or SecureBindings property was not found for IIS schema IIsWebServer An exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was ...
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SharePoint configuration Wizard fails at step 9 - "Failed to add the service connection point for this farm"

I am facing an issue with SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard. I have installed SP1 and then June 2011 CU but after installation when I tried to run the "SharePoint 2010 Products ...
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SharePoint 2019 configuration wizard error

I am installing SharePoint 2019 on 3 separate servers Active directory SQL server SharePoint server. at first I config active directory and then join my SQL server and SharePoint server to active ...
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Product Configuration Wizard Fails Step 2 of 9

I recently installed a SharePoint 2010 Server Language Pack from here. The install went smoothly and the language pack installed successfully. After completing the installation, the installation ...
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SharePoint 2016 configuration wizard isn't starting

I have installed CU for SharePoint 2016, then I tried to run the SharePoint configuration wizard, but it's not really running. It appears to be running in Task Manager, but doesn't really work. When ...
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500 Internal Server error after SP setup

I just created a new farm using SP 2016 single server role, I tried to open the central admin, but am getting "This site can’t be reached" in Chrome and "Runtime Error" in IE, when I saw the trace ...
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SharePoint 2013 configuration wizard giving invalid sid error?

Well I : Installed windows server 2008 R2 SP1 on vmware Virtual machine stand alone not in any domain Installed SP 2013 Pre-requisites Installed SP 2013 succefully running the configuration wizard ...
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SPS 2010 Configuration of New Installation

For the past couple of days I have been setting up a brand new SharePoint Server 2010 running on top of Server 2008. This installation is intended to be used with Active Directory and will be used as ...
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"Launch the Farm Configuration Wizard" link missing for Farm Admin

I have two service accounts as below. Setup - This is part of local admin and I used this to install SharePoint Farm - This is my farm administrator and it is not part of local admin When I log in ...
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Move databases to another server

I have tried moving all databases to another server, but I forgot to change the default database server in Central Administration. From Googling it, I found out that stsadm or psconfig could help me ...
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Unable to get all my SharePoint 2013 CUs installed, using windows update tool

I am facing problems in applying September and October 2014 CUs using windows update. I have the following:- SharePoint server 2013 SP1. Windows server 2008 r2. I use to have SharePoint 2013 since ...
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How to run the configuration Wizard? From GUI or command line?

What is the best practice to run the configuration wizard post patching? Was it from GUI or command line? From Command line i regularly see the below command PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -...
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SharePoint 2013 Configuration Wizard - Should I use it?

Is it true that I should not use SharePoint Configuration Wizard (Launch the Farm Configuration Wizard) ? I have read old blogs, common SharePoint configuration mistakes and etc... And people are ...
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Impact of rerunning SharePoint 2010 Configuration Wizard

May I know what can be the impact of rerunning SharePoint 2010 configuration wizard? Would I lose any data or the entire central administration 2010? Please let me know what can be the impact since I ...
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SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard error at Step 8 - Failed to create sample data

I am trying to install SharePoint Foundation 2013 (built in database) on a standalone server (Windows 2012 R2) and getting errors at the 8th step of Configuration Wizard. I have installed pre-...
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Config Wizard Shows Missing Patches

My farm started flashing errors in the 'Products and Patch Status' step in the Configuration Wizard and prevents the Wizard form moving ahead. However, I know that the patches are installed and ...
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Web.config error when adding new server to production SP 2013 Foundation farm

First off, I've been scouring the posts here and elsewhere looking for a solution to this issue, and I appreciate any help. The closest I have found is here, but the answer was not followed-through. ...
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App Fabric Error in Workflow Manager Configuration Wizard

I have installed the Workflow Manager 1.0 on my Dev PC. and when I do a recommended configuration on the server. I get the following error Message: Here is the Error Log: Note: I have used the same ...
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Different Farm and DLL versions

I was trying to add a new Content DB to my SharePoint farm when I encountered an error The specified SPConfigurationDatabase has been upgraded to a newer version of SharePoint. Please upgrade this ...
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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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WSS 3.0 Configuration Wizard exception

After installing WSS 3.0 I'm getting the following error in the configuration wizard: An Exception of type System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException was thrown. Additional exception information ...
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SP 2013 Configuration Wizard stuck at step 9 / 10 with SPUpgradeException at SPIisWebSiteWssSequence

I am trying since multiple days installing SharePoint 2013 Foundation farm (no standalone development environment), but the Configuration Wizard stucks doggedly at step 9 of 10. Now I am at the end of ...
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Error running SharePoint 2010 Product Configuration Wizard after SP2 and July 2013 CU Update

I am having a problem upgrading my local SharePoint 2010 Development environment. I recently installed Service Pack 2 for SharePoint 2010 (KB2687453) and the SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Update Package (...
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Roll back Sharepoint Products Configuration

I've performed a standard installation and run the Sharepoint Products Configuration Wizard. I've realized too late that the wizard wasn't asking me for info like Central Admin Content DB name, ...
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SharePoint Server 2010 Update and PSConfig Issue

Downloaded and installed the February CU for SharePoint Server 2010 (KB 2597150), all went well, until running the config wizard and it failed! So to the logs!! psconfig log: 03/17/2012 13:53:50 8 ...
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No "Modify Server farm Settings" Dialog when running Configuration Wizard

I installed SharePoint 2013 with SP1 and it didn't ask me for any database access accounts. After the configuration wizard finished, I tried running it again but it didn't show the dialog where I ...
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About SP2013 farm configuration wizard

Once we have installed SP2013 binary and completed product configuration wizard, login to Central Admin page, it will ask you to launch the Farm Configuration Wizard. Everytime I ran it, after select ...
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Error During Configuration Wizard on SharePoint 2010

I am able to successfully install SharePoint 2010 foundation on Windows Server 2008 SP2. However when I run the configuration wizard, it fails with the following error: Exception: Microsoft....
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After patching our SharePoint 2013 using March 2022, we got this weired farm build number 15.0.5429.1000 instead of 15.0.5431.1000

We successfully patch our SharePoint 2013 using March 2022 ans we successfully run the product configuration wizard. But we got this weird farm build number 15.0.5429.1000 (when we run the below power ...
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Problem Patching SharePoint 2010

I have a single server sharepoint 2010 farm (Database-SQL server 2008 R2, SharePoint server 2010 both installed on the same server) This morning, we started patching the SP 2010 by installing the SP ...
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Running config wizard after patching

How many and what are the steps that config wizard go through after installing patch....?any one can please generalise this?
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New SharePoint WFE Build - When should I patch?

I am building a new SharePoint 2013 farm, and have built and configure the server that will host central admin. This has been patched with Service Pack 1, and the July CU. I have also run the basic ...
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Moving the Sharepoint 2010 configuration Database to a new DB server..?

We were using the database server "OldDBServer" and have copied all the databases on the new database server "NewDBServer". Now, all the reference (like CA admin content DB, content DBs & Service ...
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Access denied when trying to add front end to server farm. Why?

I'm trying to add another front end server to my wss server farm. For some reason, the 'SP product and technologies configuration wizard' is failing at step 2 - throwing an access denied error. In my ...
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Is it required to run the sharepoint product configuration wizard if we install windows security updates

We have sharepoint enterprise farm 2013, and yesterday our system admin patch the sharepoint application server, where they installed some windows security updates + updates for windows, as follow:- ...
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SP 2010 Office Web Apps question

I had a quick question. We are in the process of remediation vulnerabilities in our existing SP 2010 environment (Both Windows and SP) There are two updates below that we need to install for SP 2010 ...
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Error while running SharePoint Configuration Wizard before upgrade

I am trying to to run SharePoint Configuration Wizard before starting the new patch. Even though, I have not made any upgrades yet, I am facing the below error: An exception of type System.IO....
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SharePoint 2013 Configuration Wizard "Access Denied" on Step 5 "Failed to Register SharePoint Services"

Right now, I cannot access my Central Admin. (Access Denied) When I run the configuration wizard to rebuild Central Administration, it errors out on Step 5 "Registering SharePoint Services" with an "...
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Sharepoint 2013 Sept CU failed

I applied the Sept CU on all my machines, I have about 12 machines. It worked on all of them but failed on two. All the machines have the same setting and are all identical. So after I apply the CU, ...
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failed to create the configuration database system.data.sqlclient.sqlexception

I am attempting a single server installation of SharePoint 2007 SP2 on Windows Server R2 with SQL Server 2005 SP3. The SharePoint binaries installed correctly but when I try to create the config ...
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Can not change Database name in Products Configuration Wizard

I was given a small 2 server farm to see if I could get it going. I have a front end/app server and an SQL server. I ran windows updates on both and restarted. When I try to run the SharePoint ...
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Unable to create SharePoint Farm via SQL Alias

I am trying to create SharePoint 2013 farm using SQL Alias. I did create SQL alias ahead of time and I was able to verify connectivity using a udl file and that is working without any issue. However, ...
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SharePoint 2010 - Force to use non-1433 SQL Port

In my farm, I was using the standard 1433 port for SharePoint to communicate with SQL. Our project lead came down with the order to change the SQL port to a non-standard port from 1433. I went ...
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SharePoint 2010 configuration wizard fails at step 8

I am getting following error: Failed to create sample data. An exception of type System.TypeLoadException was thrown. Additional exception information: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint....
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SharePoint WSS3 Configuration Wizard Error

Just upgraded WSS2 to WSS3 and the config tool errors: An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException was thrown. Additional exception ...
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