This error (The website cannot display the page) can be thrown due to a number of reasons but I’ll will show the issue and solution we had after a few SharePoint 2013 installations. Issue We installed SharePoint 2013 correctly and verified if everything was up and...
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SharePoint 2013Updates for SharePoint 2013 in Windows Update
A couple of updates for SharePoint 2013 are published through Windows Update: These updates provide patches for SharePoint 2013 but they can also cause a few issues. We recently saw the below issue on our SharePoint 2013 farm. Method 'Upgrade' in type...
Unlock SharePoint Site Collections
You can lock or unlock SharePoint Site Collections manually but it’s also possible your Site Collection gets locked by SharePoint. A Site Collection backup for example locks the Site Collection during backup and this lock will remain in place if the backup could not...
The Managed Metadata Service or Connection is currently not available in SharePoint 2013
We saw the following error a few times popping up after we have configured SharePoint 2013. The Managed Metadata Service or connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or Managed Metadata Web Service may not have been started. This error is connected...
Error when opening details view for SharePoint 2013 Apps
We were unable to view the details for all SharePoint 2013 Apps. The following errors were visible: Event Viewer Insufficient SQL database permissions for user 'Name: NT AUTHORITY\IUSR SID: S-1-5-17 ImpersonationLevel: Impersonation' in database 'WSS_UsageApplication'...
Moving user properties up in SharePoint with PowerShell
We encountered an issue when we created a custom property in the User Profile Service Application and we wanted to move this property to ‘Contact Information’. We could click on the up arrow but the property remained on the same spot after the refresh. We have...