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SharePoint Foundation Event ID 8306

March 20, 2017 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I was testing my SharePoint 2013 disaster recovery farm today and was getting a HTTP 500 Internal Server Error for each of the site collections.  I could see that Event ID 8306 was being recorded in the Application event log: An…

SharePoint 2013 – “Sorry, something went wrong” when configuring Incoming E-Mail Settings

January 7, 2017 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

While trying to enable incoming email settings for a document library in SharePoint 2013 I clicked OK on the form and received the following error: Sorry, something went wrong An unexpected error has occurred. I found the following in the ULS logs…

SharePoint 2013 – enable the Blob Cache

May 4, 2016 · by dave.webb · in Configuration, SharePoint 2013

The blob cache (one of four cache types in SharePoint 2013) is a disk based cache to improve the speed at which pages load (it also reduces load on the database server).  Enabling this requires editing the web.config file on each…

SharePoint 2013 - configuring the Workflow Service

SharePoint 2013 – configuring the Workflow Service

March 11, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Installation, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013

Today I have installed the SharePoint 2013 Workflow Management Service, as out of the box I can only create SharePoint 2010 Workflows in SharePoint Designer. Before starting I have: Created a service account in Active Directory and added it to…

AutoSPInstaller error - the tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role

AutoSPInstaller error – the tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role

February 2, 2014 · by dave.webb · in Installation, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I have just downloaded AutoSPInstaller 3.96 to install SharePoint 2013 onto a clean Windows 2012 R2 server but it fails to install the IIS role, generating the following error: WARNING: 2014-04-20 18:01:10 – Error: Unable to install (2) WARNING: 2014-04-20…

Server Error in '/' Application when logging in using FBA

Server Error in ‘/’ Application when logging in using FBA

October 6, 2013 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2010, Troubleshooting

I have just extended a web application to allow users to login using FBA (Forms Based Authentication), however, when logging in the following error is generated: Server Error in ‘/’ Application. So, what could have caused this?  Firstly I checked…

Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role: configuration error

Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role: configuration error

April 3, 2013 · by dave.webb · in Installation, PowerShell

I’m installing SharePoint 2013 on Windows 2012 ‘offline’ – the server has no Internet access.  Within minutes of starting the Preparation Tool to install the prerequisites it has failed to install the Web Server (IIS) Role. The process failed because…

Code blocks are not allowed by default

March 26, 2011 · by dave.webb · in Configuration, Customisation, Tips and Tricks

While trying to add some code directly into a page using SharePoint Designer I realised that SharePoint disables the ability to create server-side script by default, and the code gets stripped out when I save the file.  The error reads:…

Enabling SSL on a SharePoint site

Enabling SSL on a SharePoint site

November 18, 2010 · by dave.webb · in Configuration, Customisation, Security

With any public-facing web server these days it is best practice to use SSL to make sure traffic is encrypted.  SharePoint is no exception so today I’m going to generate an SSL certificate and attach it to my site.  I…

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