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Unable to browse SharePoint locally or Search Service Fails to Index Content

Date: 11 Feb 2010 | 1 Comment | Tags: ,,,,,,, | 2008,2008 R2,Installation,MOSS,SharePoint 2010,Windows Server,WSS 3.0 | 
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This is an alternative to the "disable loopback check" which is no longer recommended by Msft due to security concerns related to local activation. Problem You are able to browse SharePoint normally from external sources, but when you attempt to access SharePoint on the local server for anything other than the machine name you are presented with multiple login prompts that ultimately result in a login error Explanation The http request fails because a loopback check runs and fails preventing Kerberos from succeeding (because there's no SPN for the url you are using to access SharePoint)...



61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1 Launch Permissions - Event 10016 on Windows Server 2008 R2 (SharePoint 2007 & SharePoint 2010)

Date: 04 Feb 2010 | 7 Comments | Tags: ,,,,,, | 2008,2010,MOSS,SharePoint,SharePoint 2010,Windows Server,WSS 3.0 | 
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If you are running Windows Server 2003 or a pre Windows Server 2008 R2 build then please refer to this article: http://www.sharepointassist.com/2009/01/27/61738644-f196-11d0-9953-00c04fd919c1-launch-permissions/ . However, if you are running Windows Server 2008 R2 or higher follow the steps below to correct the Event 10016 DCOM error 61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1 related to the IIS-WAMREG Admin Service. Always test these changes in your development and staging environment!!! The DCOM Errors will appear in the System event log as Event 10016 Normally, to correct this problem you would...



Configure a SQL Server Alias for Sharepoint (SQL Server 2008)

Date: 02 Feb 2010 | 8 Comments | Tags: ,,,,,, | 2008,MOSS,SharePoint 2010,SQL,Windows Server | 
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A SQL Server alias is a tidy way to protect yourself from configuration changes in a SharePoint farm. Anybody who works with SharePoint on a regular basis knows that it is very difficult to move SharePoint to a different SQL Server. When disaster strikes wouldn't it be nice if you could simply change SQL Server that SharePoint references? To do so, install the SQL client access tools on each server and create a SQL Alias in SQL Server Configuration Manager, from there your SharePoint Server can be re-homed with little effort. Note, there are two methods to create a SQL Server alias, one for machines...



Excel Services Dashboard Screenshots

Date: 02 Dec 2009 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,, | Dashboards,Excel Services,MOSS,SharePoint | 
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I often have clients ask for examples of Excel Services dashboards.  Below are two screenshots of demo dashboards I developed back in 2008.  The  data is pulled from the Microsoft Dynamics Two Inc. sample database using SQL queries that I authored specifically for these demos. Vendor Dashboard with KPI’s (Click to view full size) Customer Dashboard (Click to view full size)



OWSTimer Pegging CPU and Filling Logs

Date: 02 Dec 2009 | 1 Comment | Tags: ,, | MOSS,SharePoint,Stsadm | 
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This is the second posting I’ve put together regarding OWSTimer.  In a previous post I had a client who simply pegged the timer by running a batch update against thousands of list items subsequently kicking off thousands of workflows.  In a more recent encounter, one of my clients called me with the OWSTimer again going mad, but for a completely different reason.  Problem OWSTimer.exe taking 100% CPU and/or creating Gigabyte sized log files. Solution Below  are the steps I used to troubleshoot the client’s environment with the actual screenshots.  In the end I believe...