Unable to Delete SharePoint 2010 Site after SP1
Feb 03
Scenario: The farm is a fresh SharePoint 2010 SP1 server farm. I got a database for a Site Collection that we use for Demo’s. I presume the content database has its origins from SharePoint 2010 as well. Anyways, the search page had issues for some reason and I needed to delete it and recreate a search centre within the Site. Unfortunately I was not able to delete the search site from...
Excel Workbook Cannot be Opened Error – SharePoint 2010
Oct 22
Symptoms: A document library or Report library was created within a site on SharePoint 2010 and an excel document was uploaded. Once the file was uploaded , upon clicking on the excel document , an error is displayed saying the workbook cannot be opened as shown below The reason behind this is usually due to the following:- For excel services and to open the excel document within the browser...
Quick Uninstallation of .net 4
Jul 12
I have been coming across a lot of clients, who provide fresh Vanilla Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 servers with .net 4 installed. Unfortunately this could lead to issues with MOSS and SharePoint 2010 installations. You can use the following commands to get rid of them .NET Framework 4 product family Download location Deployment guide with silent install command lines Below are various...
SharePoint 2010 – Troubleshooting Cmdlets not recognized Issue
Mar 12
While automating a lot of my SharePoint builds I came across this issue across while provisioning a few service applications within SharePoint 2010. Usually the culprits were:- Access Service Application Word Automation Service Application Excel Service Application Visio Service Application. This morning, the usual suspects were back except Word Automation Service. After a few VM resets...
EricHarlan.com – SharePoint 2010 RTM Cannot connect to database master at SQL server
Aug 17
Getting this error while specifying the Configuration Database settings while Installing SharePoint 2010 Follow the steps from Eric’s post to fix it. EricHarlan.com – SharePoint 2010 RTM Cannot connect to database master at SQL server. UPDATE: Also found this Technet Blog...