SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard

Fix for “Cannot Connect to Database Master at SQL Server at Server Name. The Database might not exist, or the current user does not have permission to connect to it” SharePoint Error!

March 16, 2023 Salaudeen Rajack 1 Comment cannot connect to database master at sql server sharepoint 2016, sharepoint cannot connect to database master at sql server

Problem:When trying to create a new SharePoint farm using PowerShell, the SharePoint 2016 management Shell gave an error message:New-SPConfigurationDatabase : Cannot connect to database master at SQL server at <SQL-Server-Alias>. The database might not exist, or the current user does not have permission to connect to it. I also tried using SharePoint…

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An error occurred while getting information about the user “Farm Admin” at server “Domain Name”: The RPC server is unavailable

March 13, 2023 Salaudeen Rajack 1 Comment

Problem: After installing SharePoint 2016 to set up a new farm, I tried running the SharePoint 2016 products configuration wizard, and the wizard failed at step 3, saying: Failed to create the configuration database. An Exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown. An error occurred while getting information about the user <Farm-Admin> at…

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The Database name located at the specified database server contains user-defined data.- Error in SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard

February 16, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments

Error:SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard:The Database name located at the specified database server contains user-defined data. Databases must be empty before they can be used. Delete all of the tables, stored procedures, and other objects, or use a different database. Root cause:This is because the previous installation failed in between and left the…

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How to Create a SharePoint 2013 Farm using PowerShell to Avoid GUIDs?

February 16, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments sharepoint 2013 create farm powershell

Why should we use PowerShell to create a SharePoint farm rather than the nice SharePoint products configuration wizard? Because SharePoint Products configuration wizard creates Central Administration database names with GUIDs. Create SharePoint 2013 farm using PowerShell: How to start? Follow these steps to create a SharePoint farm using PowerShell. Step 1: Install…

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SharePoint Products Configuration Failed: Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.

February 18, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 5 Comments

Problem:After applying a service pack, I Ran SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard. It failed with this error message: “An exception of type microsoft.sharepoint.postsetupconfiguration.postsetupconfigurationtaskexception was thrown. additional exception information: Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.“ I tried Running the PSconfig upgrade using the command line, but that too failed: psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait…

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“There was an error during Installation, The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role.” In SharePoint 2013 Products Preparation Tool

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments

Problem: SharePoint 2013 Products Preparation Tool failed with an error “There was an error during Installation – The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role.” during prerequisites installation in Windows Server 2012 R2. Solution: Mount the Windows 2012 R2 ISO into the drive and install the roles…

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Configuration Failed: Failed to create the configuration database in SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard

February 19, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 1 Comment

Problem: Experiencing “Configuration Failed” error message while running SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard right after new installation/patching. It got stuck while performing configuration task 3 of 10. Creating the configuration database… Which ended with an error message: “Configuration Failed: Failed to create the configuration database.An exception of type System.Security.Principal.IdentityNotMappedException was thrown. Additional exception…

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SharePoint 2013 Patch (Service Pack-CU-Hotfix) Installation Guide – Step by Step

February 19, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 4 Comments

So you want to maintain your SharePoint environment healthy, secure, stable, and up to date by installing the latest patches? Well, this article walks through the various steps involved in installing patches for your SharePoint 2013 environment. SharePoint 2013 patching best practices Before proceeding, let’s consider some of the best practices for…

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Configuration Failed – Failed to connect to the configuration database: Error during decryption. Ensure the passphrase is correct.

February 21, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments

Problem: Trying to add a server to SharePoint 2013 farm, after a passphrase reset. Got this error message.Configuration Failed Failed to connect to the configuration database: An exception of type System.ArgumentException was thrown. Additional exception information: Error during decryption. Ensure the passphrase is correct. Troubleshooting: Double-checked my passphrase is correct. If my…

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Some Farm Products and patches were not detected on this or other servers – Fix

February 21, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 2 Comments some farm products and patches were not detected on this or other servers sharepoint 2013

After patching a SharePoint 2013 Farm, I attempted running the SharePoint Products configuration wizard and received this error message: “Error: Some farm products and patches were not detected on this or other servers. If products or patches are missing locally, you must quit this program and install the required products and patches…