Correlation IDs can be captured in Fiddlers, Browser Dev tools(F12), or an error page. The problem comes when we want to get the ULS logs. We can run a Merge-SPLogFile but I’d rather not wait and just get the ULS log file from the server. The EncodedServerID is in the correlation ID when we […]
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Remove-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer : The trusted login provider is in use and cannot be deleted
I have a post about the Migration from Windows to ADFS which utilizes the creation of the -UseDefaultConfiguration switch. A few days ago, I created a Trusted Identity Provider with -UseDefaultConfiguration. I did not need it in my test farm anymore, so it was time to delete it. This failed with this exception: PS […]
Unable to start User Profile Service Application – Starting
The User Profile Synchronization service for SharePoint 2010 or 2013 can fail to start for numerous reasons. This post is for when the User Profile Service Application(UPA) is stuck on Starting. This prevents anybody from creating connections or syncing users. This will prevent the User Profile Service Application from functioning properly. ULS shows the topology.svc […]
SharePoint – FBA – 8306 – The security token username and password could not be validated.
Forms based authentication(FBA) can have general bucket errors. In this blog post, I will be going over the 8306. This one seems to stump many people and can be difficult to trouble shoot if we don’t know where to start. What flavor of FBA? FBA can come in various deployments with the backend being […]
The Pitfalls of Resetting the Config Cache
I see many SharePoint admins resetting the config cache but not knowing what it is or what it does. This seems to be a go to action for anything wrong with SharePoint along with IISReset, PSConfig, and rebooting the servers. What is the Config Cache? The config cache is a copy of your objects table […]