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SharePoint 2013 not sending emails for things like mentions

SharePoint 2013 not sending emails for things like mentions

December 19, 2017 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

Today I have been tasked with finding out why our SharePoint 2013 farm is not sending out emails to users when they are mentioned in news feeds, despite having the notifications enabled in the newsfeed settings: SharePoint is configured to…

Excel Services is not currently able to load workbooks

June 16, 2016 · by dave.webb · in PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

If you find that Excel Services is not able to load workbooks in your SharePoint site then this may be due to insufficient permissions.  You may also see the following error in your logs: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database “SP2013_Content_Portal” required…

SharePoint 2013 - Dependency feature 'PPSSiteCollectionMaster' for feature 'PPSSiteMaster' is not activated at this scope

SharePoint 2013 – Dependency feature ‘PPSSiteCollectionMaster’ for feature ‘PPSSiteMaster’ is not activated at this scope

January 24, 2016 · by dave.webb · in Features, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I have just tried to create a new Business Intelligence Center site within SharePoint 2013 and received the following error: Dependency feature ‘PPSSiteCollectionMaster’ (id: a1cb5b7f-e5e9-421b-915f-bf519b0760ef) for feature ‘PPSSiteMaster’ (id: 0b07a7f4-8bb8-4ec0-a31b-115732b9584d) is not activated at this scope. This was easily fixed…

We’re having a problem opening this location in File Explorer

January 18, 2016 · by dave.webb · in Uncategorized

When clicking the Open with Explorer button in the library ribbon, the following message is displayed: We’re having a problem opening this location in File Explorer.  Add this location to your Trusted Sites list and try again. Sometimes adding the URL…

SharePoint 2013 - "This page can’t be displayed" when clicking on an app

SharePoint 2013 – "This page can’t be displayed" when clicking on an app

January 15, 2016 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I have just created an App Catalog in SharePoint 2013 but after adding an app from the SharePoint store I tried to configure it and received the following message: This page can’t be displayed It turned out that I had…

SharePoint 2013 - URL is not a valid routing destination

SharePoint 2013 – URL is not a valid routing destination

January 2, 2016 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

When configuring a new Send To Connection in Central Administration for a library based retention schedule I received the following error: Verification Failed: URL is not a valid routing destination 1. Open Site Settings and under Site Actions click Manage…

External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator

External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator

November 9, 2015 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

When creating an external list in a SharePoint site I clicked the Select External Content Type button and received the following error: External Content Types are not available. Contact your system administrator. This happens because no external content types have…

SharePoint 2013 – Search Query Suggestions not working

June 5, 2015 · by dave.webb · in PowerShell, Search, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

If you find that query suggestions do not work in your SharePoint 2013 Search then here are a few things you can try.   Enable search suggestions 1. Log into Central Administration 2. Navigate to Manage Service Applications -> Search…

SharePoint 2013 - Distributed Cache stuck on Starting

SharePoint 2013 – Distributed Cache stuck on Starting

January 30, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Configuration, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

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

SharePoint 2013 backup fails – Object Crawl-0 (E: on WW-SP) failed in event OnBackupComplete

January 11, 2015 · by dave.webb · in Backups, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

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…

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