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SharePoint 2013 – Distributed Cache stuck on Starting
I have added a new cache host to a SharePoint 2013 farm using the Add-SPDistributedCacheServiceInstance cmdlet. However, in Central Administration the service shows that it is stuck on Starting. If I use the Get-SPServiceInstance cmdlet then I can see that…
![SharePoint 2013 backup fails - Object Crawl-0 (E: on WW-SP) failed in event OnBackupComplete](http://www.adventuresinsharepoint.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Backup_Status-150x150.jpg)
SharePoint 2013 backup fails – Object Crawl-0 (E: on WW-SP) failed in event OnBackupComplete
Today I encountered the following failure message when running a manual backup of my SharePoint 2013 environment using Central Administration: Object Crawl-0 (E: on WW-SP) failed in event OnBackupComplete. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in…
![SharePoint 2013 - Sign in as a different user](http://www.adventuresinsharepoint.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PowerShell-150x150.jpg)
SharePoint 2013 – Sign in as a different user
In SharePoint 2013 Microsoft removed the ‘Sign in as a different user’ option. Whilst there are a number of ways to get it back, some of them are unsupported. My preferred method is to use the Alt Login feature by…