The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Directory.SharePoint.Provider.UnifiedGroupContentDbOperationsJob threw an exception

January 7, 2017 · by · in Service Applications, SharePoint 2016, Troubleshooting

In a SharePoint 2016 development environment I am seeing the following error being logged constantly: OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0D20) 0x0D98 SharePoint Foundation Timer 6398 Critical The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Directory.SharePoint.Provider.UnifiedGroupContentDbOperationsJob (ID 038e2f91-ce67-45e8-8fb9-27d3ba751ed4) threw an exception. More information is included below.  UserProfileApplicationProxy Proxy is null. (Correlation=9deccd9d-73f6-e0e0-fc3f-1fd5c2c5f82d) 9deccd9d-73f6-e0e0-fc3f-1fd5c2c5f82d I…

SharePoint 2013 – User profile synchronization stuck in Synchronizing state

March 17, 2016 · by · in Service Applications, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

My User Profile Synchronization service has been running without issue for some time but today I noticed it had been stuck in a Synchronizing state for the past 5 days.  I attempted to stop the sync but it stayed in…

SharePoint 2013 - Sorry we are having trouble refreshing your tasks

SharePoint 2013 – Sorry we are having trouble refreshing your tasks

January 28, 2015 · by · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I have configured My Sites in SharePoint 2013.  However, when I attempt to refresh the tasks list it fails with the following message: Sorry, we’re having trouble refreshing your tasks.  Contact your administrator if you continue to have problems. The…

SharePoint 2013 – User Profile Synchronization Service not starting

January 22, 2015 · by · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

While trying to start the User Profile Synchronization Service the status showed as Starting for about a minute then went straight back to Stopped.  The ULS log, filtered by ‘User Profiles’ category, contained the following entries: SetupFIMBuildSpecificRegistryKeys: Exception trying to…

SharePoint 2013 - Error running Update-SPProfilePhotoStore

SharePoint 2013 – Error running Update-SPProfilePhotoStore

October 10, 2014 · by · in Installation, PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I am attempting to import user profile pictures from Active Directory but when running the Update-SPProfilePhotoStore cmdlet it generates an error.  Here is the command I am running: Update-SPProfilePhotoStore -CreateThumbnailsForImportedPhotos 1 -MySiteHostLocation http://mysite.mydomain.local and this is the error message: UserProfileApplicationProxy.ApplicationProperties…

AutoSPInstaller - stuck at Provisioning User Profile Service

AutoSPInstaller – stuck at Provisioning User Profile Service

October 8, 2014 · by · in AutoSPInstaller, Installation, SharePoint 2013

Today I am using AutoSPInstaller to install SharePoint 2013 on a Windows 2012 R2 server.  Unfortunately, it appears to have hung at the Provisioning User Profile Service process. After waiting for 2 hours and giving up, I have increased the…

User photos are not imported from Active Directory

User photos are not imported from Active Directory

July 10, 2014 · by · in PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I have configured the User Profile Service Application to import user photographs from Active Directory (we already have these displayed in Outlook and Lync).  However, even though I have configured the Picture property to map to the thumbnailPhoto attribute and…

User Profile Synchronization Service stuck on Starting

July 2, 2014 · by · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I am provision the User Profile Service Application in a SharePoint 2013 farm.  Unsurprisingly, it failed to start (it always does for me, for one reason or another).  This time I located the following error in the ULS logs: ILM…

User Profile Synchronization not working with Active Directory connection

User Profile Synchronization not working with Active Directory connection

May 15, 2014 · by · in SharePoint 2010

In SharePoint 2010 I have configured the User Profile Synchronization Service to import user properties from Active Directory.  However, when I run a full synchronisation none of the attributes are imported from AD. For me, one of the best  tools…

Error when creating a new User Profile Connection to Active Directory

Error when creating a new User Profile Connection to Active Directory

December 8, 2012 · by · in SharePoint 2010, Troubleshooting

I’ve been trying to create a new User Profile Connection to Active Directory for User Profile Synchronisation but it keeps failing with the following error message: Error: No dsml attribute matching mvAttribute value I’ve tried to troubleshoot this by restarting…