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PowerShell to Add Entry in Web.config AppSettings

February 17, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments add key in web config using powershell, powershell update web.config appsettings, powershell web.config add key

SharePoint Web applications (or any web site built on ASP.NET) uses Web.config file to store and retrieve web site configurations such as database connection strings, security, etc. web.config file is actually an XML file with .config extension, typically located at the root of your web application. You may have to add/update web.config…

Errors and Solutions IIS SharePoint SharePoint Server web.config

Another component has already added an HTTPSessionState to the Context. Please make sure only one session state module should be registered

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments

Problem: After changing web application properties from SharePoint central administration site to support “anonymous access”, sites started giving this error message: Another component has already added an HTTPSessionState to the Context. Please make sure only one session state module should be registered Solution: Open Web.config file of the SharePoint web application, search…

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“The server could not complete your request” Error in SharePoint Designer

February 23, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments sharepoint designer error the server could not complete your request

All of a sudden, SharePoint designer 2013 started giving an error message, “The server could not complete your request. For more specific information, click the Details button” when tried opening SharePoint 2013 sites. I’ve experienced this error with SharePoint 2010 sites as well. First and foremost, check your server’s event log for…

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Enable/Disable Custom Error by editing Web.Config using PowerShell

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments sharepoint enable custom errors web.config, sharepoint enable error messages

To reveal actual errors in SharePoint, we used to turn off custom error page by editing web.config file, located in the root of SharePoint virtual directory. Open the web.config in Notepad Search for “CallStack”, Change it from “false” to “true” Search for “CustomErrors mode”, Change its value from “On” to “Off” Save…

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Configuring BLOB Cache in SharePoint

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 1 Comment blob cache in sharepoint, disable blob cache sharepoint 2013, enable blob cache sharepoint 2013 powershell, sharepoint 2013 flush blob cache powershell, sharepoint 2016 activate blob cache, sharepoint blob cache configure, sharepoint reset blob cache powershell

What is BLOB? BLOB means Binary Large Object and refers to any binary format file that is stored as a single entity and not converted to text. Usually, BLOB files are of type images, audio/video files. What is BLOB Cache? When BLOB types of files are uploaded to a SharePoint site (E.g….

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Server error in ‘/’ Application – The Resource cannot be found – Solution

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 2 Comments

In a SharePoint 2007 environment, called for fixing a issue: All SharePoint sites appeared with an error”SharePoint server error in ‘/’ Application The Resource cannot be found. “ Server Error in ‘/’ Application.The resource cannot be found.Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have…

Migration/Upgrade SharePoint SharePoint Server web.config

25 Things to Document before You Start SharePoint Migration

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 4 Comments

So you are ready for SharePoint Migration? Before starting with Migration process, You must document things on the current environment, which includes, but not limited to: Document Existing SharePoint Server’s Topology (preferably in Visio format), Roles, Hardware/Software Specifications, Installed Updates, Software installed, Language Packs, etc Prepare a List of SharePoint Web Applications,…

Anonymous Access Security SharePoint SharePoint 2007 SharePoint Server Web Services web.config

SharePoint Web Services Exposed to Anonymous Access Users

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 3 Comments

Accidentally found my SharePoint Test environment’s web services URLs are exposed in Google as anonymous access! and I was able to access the web services anonymously! Even though SharePoint web services exposed by anonymous access, SharePoint will not allow anyone to do beyond their access rights. Say for e.g. In order to…

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Create Custom 404 Page Not Found Error Page in SharePoint

February 18, 2022 Salaudeen Rajack 6 Comments create custom error page in sharepoint 2013, custom error page sharepoint 2016, sharepoint custom 404 page

Do you have a custom 404 error page that you would like to use for your SharePoint site? If not, then don’t worry! This blog post will show you how to create one in no time to improve your site’s usability. A custom 404 page can be beneficial when a user mistypes…

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Error: This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application and cannot be deployed to a particular Web application.

June 20, 2021 Salaudeen Rajack 0 Comments

When I tried deploying/retracting a solution file (.wsp), got this error: This solution contains no resources scoped for a Web application and cannot be deployed to a particular Web application.This is because, This solution has a feature assembly that should be deployed to GAC globally, and not with a particular web application….