Spreadsheet Controls
Support Blog for Spreadsheet Control products, which includes Audit and Control Management Server and Discovery and Risk Assessment Server.
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The CREATE DATABASE statement failed" error
During creation of the Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) database, you may run into the...
Date: 04/06/2017
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Change Tracking Types
The following is a list of the different Change Tracking Types that are shown on the Change History...
Date: 12/28/2016
Discovery and Risk Assessment Sever 2013 - Risk Criteria Overview for Access databases
The Risk criteria for Access databases in Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 are listed in...
Date: 08/16/2016
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Low disk space due to large Temp directory
When using Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013, you may run into a situation...
Date: 07/21/2016
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Reprocessing files that have thrown an error
In Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013, some files may not get processed due to an error....
Date: 06/23/2016
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 and Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Updates List
The following is a list of updates for Audit and Control Management Server 2013 (ACM) and Discovery...
Date: 04/26/2016
Database Compare - "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.Version =9.0.0.0' " error
When using Microsoft Database Compare, you may receive the following error: Could not load file or...
Date: 02/05/2016
Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - "An error has occurred initializing record manager: SQL exception generated..."
When launching Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013, you may see the following error: An...
Date: 04/24/2015
Audit and Control Management Server 2013: "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation" error while processing files or with Spreadsheet Compare
Overview: Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013 or Spreadsheet Compare may show this error:...
Date: 03/09/2015
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection." error
You may see the following error in the SharePoint processor log file in Audit and Control Management...
Date: 02/25/2015
Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - "Empty path name is not legal" error
You may receive the following error when attempting to save a Discovery file in Discovery and Risk...
Date: 01/20/2015
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The content type text/html of the response message does not match the content type of the binding" error
When attempting to use the Difference Tool to compare changes on the Change History Details page...
Date: 12/30/2014
Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013 now supports password encrypted workbooks
Overview: Some customers would like to track spreadsheet compliance for Excel spreadsheets that have...
Date: 11/03/2014
Office 365 Search is now smarter about spreadsheets
Businesses use spreadsheets for many critical functions, such as financial reporting and investment...
Date: 10/24/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect" error
You may receive the following error when trying to launch the ACM Service Manager on an application...
Date: 09/30/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - 'User' or 'Last Saved By' column does not show the username
Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 (ACM) determines the username of the user that...
Date: 08/29/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Central Administrator cannot access Central Administrators page
In Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013, if you have a user who is only a Central...
Date: 07/31/2014
Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - "Could not load file or assembly System.Data.SQLServerCE"
You may receive the following error when launching Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment Server...
Date: 06/24/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Analyzing Change History Results
Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 monitors spreadsheets and reports the changes...
Date: 05/07/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Handling a large number of static files
Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 has a scanning feature that by default scans...
Date: 04/23/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform" error
You may receive the following error when trying to compare values between two versions using the...
Date: 03/19/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Website Errors
You may receive one of the following errors when viewing the Microsoft Audit and Control Management...
Date: 02/26/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Sorry, this site hasn't been shared with you" message
While accessing a Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 website, you may receive this...
Date: 01/31/2014
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Cannot Open Security Policy" error
You may receive the following error when creating or updating a service for a processor in the ACM...
Date: 12/27/2013
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Unable to determine database file storage path" error
While running the Microsoft Audit and Control Management (ACM) Server 2013 Configuration Utility,...
Date: 10/03/2013
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Change Tracking Types
Below is a list of Change Tracking Types and their definitions in Microsoft Audit and Control...
Date: 08/29/2013
Office 2013 Spreadsheet Compare - System Generated Changes
The following is a screenshot that shows the different types of changes listed in the results of a...
Date: 08/01/2013
Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Risk Configuration
The following is an overview of Risk Configuration in Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment Server...
Date: 07/19/2013
Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Discovery File Configuration
The following instructions will help you configure options in the Discovery file of Microsoft...
Date: 06/19/2013
Show all errors sample web page
ACM only shows errors for a single site. If you are managing a large ACM deployment this can be a...
Date: 06/17/2013
Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Configuration
Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 must be configured before first use. You will be...
Date: 06/12/2013
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Application Services Parameters
Microsoft Audit and Control Management (ACM) Server 2013 application services perform critical tasks...
Date: 06/11/2013
Audit and Control Management Server 2013 – Application Configuration
The following is a brief tour of the Microsoft Audit and Control Management (ACM) Server 2013...
Date: 06/07/2013
Spreadsheet Controls in Office 2013
We recently released 2 important new spreadsheet management server-based applications to complement...
Date: 05/29/2013