SharePoint 2010 – WSS 2010

If you get your first SharePoint 2010 workflow project from someone else, chances are you don’t have a Workflow History list on your SharePoint machine. This will result in this error message when you try to deploy the workflow from wIThin Visual Studio 2010.

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Error occurred in deployment step ‘Activate Features’: Failed to create workflow association ‘WorkflowProject1 – Workflow1’. Cannot find SharePoint list wITh name “Workflow History” or GUID “4eac61bf-6b3b-4f7d-b73c-f073ccc4364d”.

The easiest way to resolve this error is to start a new instance of Visual Studio 2010. Create a new SharePoint 2010 Workflow project and step through the wizard. During the create project wizard IT will create the Workflow History list and you can then deploy the project you got from someone else.

Tags: Installation, Troubleshooting, Workflow

Last night I was installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a Windows 7 x64 machine and I had an error which took me some time to troubleshoot, so I thought I’d share IT.

I already had the pre-requisITes installed as per the Windows 7 SharePoint 2010 install guide on MSDN and I had a failure on the step 2 of the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard and was able to resolve some using Bill Baers Troubleshooting Guide. I also installed the SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express so I could drop databases easily as required by Bills troubleshooting guide. You have to install the Web Platform Installer to get IT and then locate IT in the Web Platform tab by selecting Customize under the database section and selecting the checkbox for SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express.

Issue

Here is the error I got in the log file.

04/07/2010 00:23:34  8  ERR              Task configdb has failed wITh an unknown exception

04/07/2010 00:23:34  8  ERR              Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: User cannot be found.

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSITeCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSITeSubscription sITeSubscription, String sITeUrl, String tITle, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSITeName)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSITeCollection.Add(SPSITeSubscription sITeSubscription, String sITeUrl, String tITle, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSITeName)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, SPWebService adminService, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateAdministrationWebService(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateBasicServices(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword, SecureString masterPassphrase)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

Solution

I figured the solution by reviewing the ULS logs files at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS

The config wizard was creating a default sITe collection and as part of that IT needed to connect to a domain controller and do something wITh my account. I was using a corporate domain joined machine, but working late at night at home so there was no connection to the domain controller.

I established a VPN connection so that the domain controller was available and then the config was successful.

Hope this helps someone else.

Tags: Installation, Troubleshooting

SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 7 x64 http://bit.ly/90ikNE

Tags: Installation

3 years ago, I had published “How big can my SharePoint 2007 installation be?”

Well, SharePoint 2010 has significant under the covers improvements. So, how big can your SharePoint 2010 installation be?

There are three kinds of limITs you should know about

• Hard limITs that cannot be exceeded by design.
• Configurable that are, well configurable – but the default values are set for a pretty good reason, so if you need to tweak, plan and understand before you tweak.
• Soft limITs, you can exceed them, but IT is not recommended that you do.

Before you read any of the limITs, read these two important disclaimers –

1. The limIT depends on what you’re doing. So, don’t take the below as gospel, the realITy depends on your sITuation.
2. There are many addITional considerations in planning your SharePoint solution scalabilITy and performance, besides just the below.

So wITh those in mind, here goes.

Hard LimITs –

Configurable LimITs –

Soft LimITs –

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Tags: Installation

When I tried to install the new RC of SharePoint 2010 on my machine, I got an “Error
creating configuration database” message. When I went to the installation log I found
a “User cannot be found” error. The cause was that the configuration wizard could
not find the AD controller, which was easily solved by opening a VPN connection as
I was working from home.

Tags: Installation

#SharePoint page: Installing SharePoint 2010 RTM – Page added by Jeremy Thake … http://ow.ly/17a7cx

Tags: Installation, RTM

SharePoint Server 2010 RTM installed, and FBA AuthN via Claims done ! Works like a charm, so far so good

Tags: Installation, RTM

Last night I was installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a Windows 7 x64 machine and I had an error which took me some time to troubleshoot, so I thought I’d share IT.

I already had the pre-requisITes installed as per the Windows 7 SharePoint 2010 install guide on MSDN and I had a failure on the step 2 of the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard and was able to resolve some using Bill Baers Troubleshooting Guide. I also installed the SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express so I could drop databases easily as required by Bills troubleshooting guide. You have to install the Web Platform Installer to get IT and then locate IT in the Web Platform tab by selecting Customize under the database section and selecting the checkbox for SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express.

Issue

Here is the error I got in the log file.

04/07/2010 00:23:34  8  ERR              Task configdb has failed wITh an unknown exception

04/07/2010 00:23:34  8  ERR              Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: User cannot be found.

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSITeCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase database, SPSITeSubscription sITeSubscription, String sITeUrl, String tITle, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSITeName)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSITeCollection.Add(SPSITeSubscription sITeSubscription, String sITeUrl, String tITle, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSITeName)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.CreateDefaultInstance(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, SPWebService adminService, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateAdministrationWebService(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateBasicServices(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBuilder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentITyType identITyType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword, SecureString masterPassphrase)

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()

   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

Solution

I figured the solution by reviewing the ULS logs files at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS

The config wizard was creating a default sITe collection and as part of that IT needed to connect to a domain controller and do something wITh my account. I was using a corporate domain joined machine, but working late at night at home so there was no connection to the domain controller.

I established a VPN connection so that the domain controller was available and then the config was successful.

Hope this helps someone else.

Tags: Installation

When I tried to install the new RC of SharePoint 2010 on my machine, I got an “Error
creating configuration database” message. When I went to the installation log I found
a “User cannot be found” error. The cause was that the configuration wizard could
not find the AD controller, which was easily solved by opening a VPN connection as
I was working from home.

Tags: Configuration, Installation

The wait is officially over!  As announced on the SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 public betas now available for download”>Microsoft Business Connectivity Services Team Blog, anyone with an interest in downloading the public betas of SharePoint 2010 and/or Office 2010 may now do so via the following links: 

• SharePoint 2010 beta”>Download SharePoint 2010 Beta
• Download Office 2010 Beta

Here are a couple of additional links which could prove useful in preparing for and completing your installation:

• Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint Server
• Single Server Complete Install of SharePoint Server 2010 Using Local Accounts
• SharePoint 2010“>Using Local Accounts in a Development Environment with SharePoint 2010
• SharePoint 2010 Sandbox Solution”>An Overview of the SharePoint 2010 Sandbox Solution

Enjoy the 2010 goodness!

Tags: Installation