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January 31, 2011 - 0 Comments  

Install SharePoint - Configure Web Analytics service application using PowerShell

After I installed SharePoint I tried to create a SharePoint 2010 Web Analytics service application using PowerShell which ended with the following error message: Start-SPServiceInstance : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Identity'. The argument is null. Supply a non-null argument and try the command again. [More]
November 30, 2010 - 4 Comments  

Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException was thrown.

Installing Search Server 2010 should be as challenging as as to install SharePoint. Although well prepared I wasn’t able to create the configuration database using the SharePoint Products Configuration wizard. Trying several times ended in: Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException was thrown [More]
November 30, 2010 - 4 Comments  

Error in user account - The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.

Before you can install SharePoint you need a SQL Server installation and while I tried to install SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 I got this error message: Error in user account - The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed. Proceeding the installation wasn’t possible. [More]
October 31, 2010 - 0 Comments  

0x000004CF ERROR_NETWORK_UNREACHABLE - The network location cannot be reached

I’m using Windows Server 2008 R2 as the operating system on my laptop and Hyper-V in order to virtualize my SharePoint 2010 development environment. After a few weeks I got the following error while accessing a file server over the network: 0x000004CF ERROR_NETWORK_UNREACHABLE - The network location cannot be reached. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help. [More]
April 29, 2010 - 3 Comments  

SharePoint 2010 Business Data Connectivity Service Application - There are no addresses available for this application

After creating a Business Data Connectivity Service Application in SharePoint 2010 I wasn’t able to access the service application with the BDC models, external systems and external content types. The error message I received was: "There are no addresses available for this application.” [More]
March 30, 2010 - 0 Comments  

SharePoint exception 80004000 - Failed to initialize some site properties for Web at Url…

Recently I got an error where a web couldn’t be created in SharePoint Server 2007 with Service Pack 2. Reviewing Event Viewer and ULS Log pointed me in the right direction with a SQL Server deadlock… [More]