SharePoint Site Opens in Contributor mode for Site collection Admin, Farm Admin; Farm admin unable to Delete site

Today, I am running on a weird issue. for a particular site collection in my SharePoint environment, It opens in the contributor mode, and when I tried, I’m unable to delete that site collection, Even though I’m a Farm Admin! Huh.. After spending considerable amount of time, I figured out the issue….

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SharePoint Deployment Error: A deployment or retraction is already under way for the solution “abc.wsp”, and only one deployment or retraction at a time is supported

Sometimes this error pops out from the SharePoint Services Administration command when the user does retract a solution or deploy a solution like the following: stsadm -o retractsolution -name “%PackageName%” -local -url %TargetWebUrl% Or stsadm -o deploysolution -name “%PackageName%” -local -allowGacDeployment -url %TargetWebUrl% Error: “A deployment or retraction is already under way for…

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Quick Launch (left navigation) Missing in Web Part Pages – Solutions

In SharePoint 2007, When we create a web part page, it doesn’t come up with left navigation! SharePoint quick launch missing in web part pages!! Well, there are 3 approaches to resolve this issue. Editing the Site definition Template files – Farm level (NOT RECOMMENDED!) Editing the Master page – Site level Editing…

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SharePoint Error: “Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.”

While trying to get a site collection in browser, It gave me this error: “Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.” Root cause: I understand, the site collection is being locked out! Wanted to unlock it by going to the Central Admin website. Central…

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“This report failed to load because session state is not turned on” – Access Services issue in SharePoint 2010

When I configured my first SharePoint 2010 sandbox, I tried creating access services and received below error: So, it’s telling us to enable Session state. Isn’t it? How to Enable Session State for SharePoint 2010? Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell Type in the following cmdlet: Enable-SPSessionStateService Provide values for the following parameters:…

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Using Log Parser with SharePoint to Generate Interesting Reports

What is Log parser? Well, as per Microsoft’s definition: Log parser is a powerful, versatile tool that provides universal query access to text-based data such as log files, XML files, and CSV files, as well as key data sources on the Windows operating system such as the Event Log, the Registry, the…

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Move Site Collection to Another Content Databases in SharePoint 2007

In SharePoint 2007 content databases can grow till 100 GB. What if you want to move your existing sites to a new content db? Well, Here is the manual way to move site collection to a different database in SharePoint 2007: Backup and Delete the Site Collection Set all your Content Databases’…

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