All,

When I originally set up my SharePoint 2010 User Profile Application, I did not know that our domain's FQDN was not the same as the NetBOIS name, and thus did not set the NetBiosDomainNamesEnabled property.

Of course, I now have many users with the FQDN in front of their user name, rather than the expected NetBIOS name of the domain.  This causes a bit of confusion with MySites.

We'd like to rectify the situation by enabling the NetBiosDomainNamesEnabled property on the UPA, then reconfiguring the sync connection to AD and doing a full import.  In theory that would re-import every profile with the correct NetBIOS name, and remove the profiles with the FQDN on them.

However, there is some concern among management that since the profile store would now have different account names for the users that are "updated", that they might somehow lose access to the various sites and libraries they use. 

I'm not too concerned about the MySites (very few people are using them yet), but will essentially dumping and reloading the UPA with "new" user account names harm user access to anything?

In SP2010, I've created two new managed metadata services, using the instructions here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee530392.aspx. One was created using the Central Administration technique - it worked perfectly, creating a connection as well.

The second was created using the PowerShell command given in the same page.(New-SPMetadataServiceApplication -ApplicationPool $ApplicationPoolName -Name $ServiceName -DatabaseName $DatabaseName -DatabaseServer $DatabaseServerName -HubUri $webApp -AdministratorAccount $managedAccount -SyndicationErrorReportEnabled)

It did not work perfectly. 

1.      In Central Admin, Manage Service Applications, I can see a new managed metadata service has been created, but I had to add a second line of code to create the proxy.(New-SPMetadataServiceApplicationProxy -Name $ServiceProxyName -ServiceApplication $ServiceName) This means the two methods given by Technet are not equal alternatives or am I doing something wrong?

2.      The proxy line shows in grey, not blue - what does this mean?

3.      When I click the link to the new managed metadata service (or select the line for the new metadata service and click Manage) to open the Term Store Management Tool page, the page for managing the existing Managed Metadata Service opens, not the one for managing the new one. When I click the drop down button beside 'Available Service Applications', only two show; the existing Managed Metadata service, and the new one I created via Central Admin. The one created by PowerShell seems not to exist.

4.      In Central Admin, Manage Service Applications, if I select the line for the new metadata service and click Properties, the Create new managed Metadata Service dialog appears, with all the correct settings. I have compared these settings to the one I created manually, and they are identical except for the names of the service and service databases.

5.      In Central Admin, Manage Service Applications, if I select the line for the new metadata service proxy and click Properties, I get a dialog box that says the website declined to show this webpage.

6.      In Central Admin, Manage Service Applications, if I select the line for the new metadata service and click Permissions, and add the administrator in, the Proxy line becomes blue, and I can then access the Properties.

7.      Finally, when I list the Service Applications available, usingGet-SPServiceApplication, the new managed metadata service shows.

How can I get the new managed metadata service to show up in the Term Store Management Tool? Is there some setting in the UI that will change this?

I have a SP Server 2010 farm currently using a SQL2008 server. I've been asked to move the databases to a new server, whch happens to be SQL2012.

Using a DEV farm, I've tested copying all the DBs over and doing a cliconfg redirect, which worked well.

However, I've now been asked to, instead, move to the SQL2012 server site-by-site.

Is this feasable? Lets say that there are 5 sites: CA, and Site1 - Site4.

Off the top of my head, in DEV, I can add the SQL2012 server as a second DB server to the farm, detach the WSS_Content_Site1 database from the SQL2008, and see how that goes. Eventually we’d have to detach each DB from the SQL2008 server (including CA, Search, Index, etc) and test. 

Does this sound doable?

Hi,

Normal redirecting is working fine, but the same is not working if I use the 'IsDlg' parameter in the url.

ex:

http://path/site/Lists/Survey/NewForm.aspx?IsDlg=2&source=https://server/thankyou.aspx

It is showing a blank page after submitting the survey.

Any idea on how to fix this

Also is there any generic way to redirect he user to show the survey filled by him instead of generic Thank you page.

Regards,

Venkat

Hi

I have two web applications in SharePoint 2010 configured with ADFS 2.0

Both the applications are working fine when run individually (in different browser). But when I open both applications in two tabs of same browser, for first application it redirects to ADFS server which asks for credentials and after successful authentication redirects to home page of application (on SharePoint server).

But if I open the second application in another tab. there seems to be a loop between ADFS server and SharePoint server , finally it gives the error (in event viewer of ADFS server) that : "the same client browser has made 6 requests in last 1 second". which seems to be an error related to session management, but since first application is working fine, I guess that means the token is still valid, please help me why it is behaving like this, the second application should also work fine.

Hi,

We have a sharepoint server named XYZ.domain.com , On that, there is a site collection with the url as /offices/site

So, now the portal is accessible as http://xyz/office/portal 

Now, we need to create friendly intranet URL for this portal as http://intranet.domain.com/

What I know is, we can create a CNAME record as intranetX.domain.com that points only to the server XYZ.domain.com on DNS and create AAM on the Sharepoint central admin.But, this will not help as the site collection is only accessible if we type in the deeper url.

Please advise how to acheive the below:

http://intranetX.domain.com/ -->http://xyz/office/portal 

Thank You,

Uman

Uman Ahmed

Hi,

Please advise the below error when I try to save a sub-site as a Site Template....

Thanks

Hello,

In setting up the MySites section my current SharePoint solution we have come across the issue that members of the SharePoint solution are able to edit the MySite profiles of other users.

What site permissions do I need to set so that this will be disabled while allowing users to still modify their own MySite.

Regards

~Donald Dunlop

~Donald Dunlop SharePoint Developer at EOH Microsoft Services

We have a document library in a SharePoint 2010 Enterprise SP1 (no CU's installed after SP1) environment, where users receive an error when editing the properties of the document in the browser after recently modifying the content in the client application.  Library has vesioning turned on, check out is not required.

Steps the user followed are:

1. Edit the contents of the document in Word, save and close document.

2. In browser, edit the properties of the document in the browser. 

3. Receive an error message with a correlation ID.  Another user attempts to edit the properties and receives same error.  The ULS logs show the following consistently with the errors:

• ttidLogCellStg      Master blob error ICsiError: csierrGenericFDA_FfmColdMismatch (0x73E)
• ttidLogWssCellStg   FFM Cold Mismatch, retrying.

By the time word reaches me, I am able to edit the properties of the document with no problem.  I found this article (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sharepointadminprevious/thread/b980f0b2-2b9f-4e18-a4dd-81f4019e81b8), but while the error is the same, it's not the same symptoms. 

The document is a Word template saved as the template in the library with some of the SharePoint fields inserted as quick parts in the content of the doc. 

I am able to reproduce a similar error which also triggers the same items in the ULS logs by editing the document as another user, closing it, then editing the properties in my browser without refreshing. In this case, the error displayed on screen is "The file http://xxx is locked for shared use by domain\user."  However, I am told that this is not the error that is displayed when the problem occurs.  I am also told that no one else has the document open at the same time edits are being made to the properties.

I am considering requiring checkout, but do not want to add another step to the process for these users.  Any help is appreciated.

Mike

Task configdb has failed with an unknown exception Exception: System.ArgumentException: Specified value is not supported for the {0} parameter.

Our environment consists of the following using the Split Back to Back Extranet model. Using the Farm option while using PS to create new SP Farm.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263513.aspx

Perimeter Network (DMZ) in a One-way Forest Selective Trust w/ Corporate Network. The Corporate service accounts have been granted rights specified in the following articles on both front and backend servers.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678863.aspx

http://www.sharepointproconnections.com/article/sharepoint/Least-Privilege-Service-Accounts-for-SharePoint-2010.aspx

They have Allowed to Authenticate rights against the SP2010 server as per the requirements of the one-way trust.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738653(WS.10).aspx

Front end SP210 Sever: (virtualized on HyperV) Sever 2008 R2, SP1, all software prerequisites for SP2010 are installed, need to run SPconfig wizard is where the issue is.

Back end SQL 2005 x64 server: w/ SP3 & required cumulative update 14 for SP2010 running Server 2003 Standard R2 x64 SP2.

While logged in using the Corporate\SPAdmin account I’ve run the SPconfig using PowerShell & the wizard and get the same error. The configuration appears to fail when it comes to the contentDB section, as it’s able to setup the config DB w/ the appropriate account as the DB_Owner on the SQL Server, if it’s fully configured or not is questionable as the error also specifies the configdb as failing w/ an unknown exception.

Error log from SP config below.

03/10/2011 16:27:30 10 ERR Task configdb has failed with an unknown exception

03/10/2011 16:27:30 10 ERR Exception: System.ArgumentException: Specified value is not supported for the {0} parameter.

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUserUtility.GetDomainControllerToSearch(SPWebApplication webApp, String domainName)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.GetDomainAndPropColl(SPWebApplication webApplicaiton, String loginName, String[]& resolveUserAdProperties, SPActiveDirectoryDomain& gcPath, ResultPropertyCollection& propcol)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.GetUserPropertiesFromAD(SPWebApplication webApplicaiton, String loginName, String[]& origUserAdProperties)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.GetUserPropertyFromAD(SPWebApplication webApplicaiton, String loginName, String propertyName)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPManagedAccount.GetUserAccountControl(String username)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPManagedAccount.Update()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPProcessIdentity.Update()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPApplicationPool.Update()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SPWebService service, Guid id, String applicationPoolId, SPProcessAccount processAccount, String iisServerComment, Boolean secureSocketsLayer, String iisHostHeader, Int32 iisPort, Boolean iisAllowAnonymous, DirectoryInfo iisRootDirectory, Uri defaultZoneUri, Boolean iisEnsureNTLM, Boolean createDatabase, String databaseServer, String databaseName, String databaseUsername, String databasePassword, SPSearchServiceInstance searchServiceInstance, Boolean autoActivateFeatures)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SPWebService service, Guid id, String applicationPoolId, IdentityType identityType, String applicationPoolUsername, SecureString applicationPoolPassword, String iisServerComment, Boolean secureSocketsLayer, String iisHostHeader, Int32 iisPort, Boolean iisAllowAnonymous, DirectoryInfo iisRootDirectory, Uri defaultZoneUri, Boolean iisEnsureNTLM, Boolean createDatabase, String databaseServer, String databaseName, String databaseUsername, String databasePassword, SPSearchServiceInstance searchServiceInstance, Boolean autoActivateFeatures)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, SPWebService adminService, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateAdministrationWebService(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateBasicServices(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword, SecureString masterPassphrase)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword, SecureString masterPassphrase)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

Here is the Application error log.

Failed to create the configuration database.

An exception of type System.ArgumentException was thrown. Additional exception information: Specified value is not supported for the {0} parameter.

System.ArgumentException: Specified value is not supported for the {0} parameter.

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUserUtility.GetDomainControllerToSearch(SPWebApplication webApp, String domainName)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.GetDomainAndPropColl(SPWebApplication webApplicaiton, String loginName, String[]& resolveUserAdProperties, SPActiveDirectoryDomain& gcPath, ResultPropertyCollection& propcol)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.GetUserPropertiesFromAD(SPWebApplication webApplicaiton, String loginName, String[]& origUserAdProperties)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.GetUserPropertyFromAD(SPWebApplication webApplicaiton, String loginName, String propertyName)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPManagedAccount.GetUserAccountControl(String username)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPManagedAccount.Update()

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPProcessIdentity.Update()

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPApplicationPool.Update()

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SPWebService service, Guid id, String applicationPoolId, SPProcessAccount processAccount, String iisServerComment, Boolean secureSocketsLayer, String iisHostHeader, Int32 iisPort, Boolean iisAllowAnonymous, DirectoryInfo iisRootDirectory, Uri defaultZoneUri, Boolean iisEnsureNTLM, Boolean createDatabase, String databaseServer, String databaseName, String databaseUsername, String databasePassword, SPSearchServiceInstance searchServiceInstance, Boolean autoActivateFeatures)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SPWebService service, Guid id, String applicationPoolId, IdentityType identityType, String applicationPoolUsername, SecureString applicationPoolPassword, String iisServerComment, Boolean secureSocketsLayer, String iisHostHeader, Int32 iisPort, Boolean iisAllowAnonymous, DirectoryInfo iisRootDirectory, Uri defaultZoneUri, Boolean iisEnsureNTLM, Boolean createDatabase, String databaseServer, String databaseName, String databaseUsername, String databasePassword, SPSearchServiceInstance searchServiceInstance, Boolean autoActivateFeatures)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, SPWebService adminService, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateAdministrationWebService(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateBasicServices(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword, SecureString masterPassphrase)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword, SecureString masterPassphrase)

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()

  at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

Thanks for any advice/help.

Created a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition SP1 and created C:\ 128GB and I didn't put an E:\ drive for the Index and now C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Data\Office Server\Applications\c32279a4-b6d5-47b4-88fd-58815fe364be-query-1\projects\portal_content\Indexer is 118GB!  I need THAT to be on E:\

I was trying to change the location of the Indexer from C:\ to E:\ and I searched and found (for SharePoint 2007)http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850697(office.12).aspx as it did just what it says and what I wanted: Change the index file to a new location

I am in Topology for Search Service Application: Search Service Application. I am at Edit Query Component for Index Partition - 0 SERVERNAME Query Component 1 and I have Server (check!) and Application Property Database (Check) and Location of Index (error!) The path must point to a fixed, NTFS drive whose root directory exists.

I had in it C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Data\Office Server\Applications and now I want to put in E:\ (whatever) that I just created.  I tried to copy the folder structure on an NTFS volume and I get an error The path must point to a fixed, NTFS drive whose root directory exists.

The E:\ drive is formatted as an NTFS volume and it is fixed.

I am logged on as the System Account and I am a local administrator on the system.

Thank you!

Hi,

I'm using SharePoint 2010 Enterprise, Window 7 Enterprise, Office Professional Plus 2010. I have connected my document library on team site to Office 2010 using Library -> Connect to Office -> Add to SharePoint Sites.

In windows explorer i can see a shortcut to my document library under 'SharePoint Sites' in Favourites. I can connect to the library in the windows explorer and can see the files and any folder created in my document library on a team site.

Issue: When a user creates a document in MS Word 2010 and uses File -> Save & Send -> Save to SharePoint Site -> Browse for a location -> Favourites -> SharePoint Sites -> 'My Document Library', the user is unable to see any folder created in a document library, this means user can only save the file to the root of a document library. If i copy the URL for the folder from my library into windows explorer and use that in the location to save it lets me save the document in the folder but this is not ideal as user expects a folder to appear and save a file in there when using 'Save' or 'Save As' option in MS Word 2010.

I hope i was able to explain the issue here. Any questions please let me know. Thanks

Regards,

Kashif

What services need to be running for a farm to operate?

A few that I could think of:

www.SharePointed.com

Hi,

I read many topics about my problem but i couldn't find an answer. 

Basically, i want to be able to create alterts to Sharepoint Group. Unfortunattely, this is not possible ?(Another Strange point of view from SP developper's).

So, at least i tought i could create alert to an AD-Group but is that possible only if you're using exchange ? 

I did this but the alert is sent  only to the email adress define with the group name :

1. Create the distribution list/group in Active Directory and assign an email address. Do not use any dashes "-" in the group name.
2. Edit the properties of the group to change its Group Type to Security (from Distribution). Make sure the group is a Universal group. Only security groups show up in SharePoint's address book. They show up as "domain groups" in SharePoint.
3. Give the domain group at least visitor permissions on the list that are you are creating the alerts for in SharePoint. Alerts won't be sent if the domain group doesn't have appropriate permissions.
4. Then setup the alert and use the address book to locate the domain group.
5. Test out your alerts. If you have "require approval" turned on for the list, make sure you approve the items so alerts will be sent.

I heard about Email - Enable but obviously i have to use exchange ?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

After uploading an Administrator Approved form for the first time, will it always have to be activated under Site Collection Administration>Features? Or is there another way to activate it in SharePoint Server 2010?

jnkb

Hi,All

I want to repair SharePoint server via control panel --> programs and features ,but as i mentioned in title an error occur:

one or more required office components failed to complete...

Any help really appreciate,

Best Regards,

Elmira Frhn

Hi

I want to know more information about SharePoint 2010 User profiles and how it working in SharePoint 2010

Thanks

Nisha

mc nisha