Random SharePoint Problems Explained; Intermittently
10-plus years in SharePoint support. I’ve seen things… By: Sr SEE Josh Roark
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Date: 12/31/2018
SharePoint: All about non-imported user profiles
I find there is much confusion around this topic, so I'll try to clear it up here. First off,...
Date: 11/21/2018
SharePoint – SAML auth: Users are authenticated as the wrong account
This is a pretty unique scenario, but it came up recently and exposed a little-known configuration...
Date: 11/19/2018
SharePoint: 403 Forbidden accessing libraries and certain links in Site Settings
This was a special situation where most of the site appeared to work, but certain links under Site...
Date: 11/05/2018
SharePoint: Check Permissions and External Tokens – ADFS (SAML auth)
This post is the third part of a series on the "Check Permissions" function. It's focused on Trusted...
Date: 10/03/2018
SharePoint: Unique list permissions: The server was unable to save the form at this time
Consider the following scenario: You break permission inheritance on a list and give some users...
Date: 10/01/2018
SharePoint – Intermittent "Sorry, this site hasn't been shared with you"
Consider the following scenario: Randomly, when a user browses to a resource (site, list, etc) that...
Date: 09/04/2018
SharePoint: Quick Edit – The user does not exist or is not unique
Consider the following scenario: You have a SharePoint 2013 or 2016 web application that has both...
Date: 08/22/2018
SharePoint: SAML Authentication - Nested Groups and Role Claims
I came across this topic troubleshooting a support case where users were getting Access Denied to a...
Date: 08/07/2018
SharePoint: Windows user not equal to ADFS user
I've been over this concept with customers and support engineers so many times, that I'm not sure...
Date: 07/24/2018
SharePoint 2016: FBA authentication changes
Disclaimer: The below is a summary of observations made as the result of some reverse-engineering...
Date: 07/11/2018
SharePoint: Troubleshooting the Security Token Service (STS)
STS Background: In SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016, etc, the Security Token Service (STS) is a web...
Date: 06/18/2018
SharePoint: User Profile web service failures and the dreaded 8313 error
This post is about how a simple web service failure, caused by a networking or Active Directory...
Date: 06/17/2018
SharePoint: Profile Sync and the Domain Users group - the Primary Group problem
This problem manifests itself in a few different ways: You create an Audience based on "Member Of"...
Date: 05/27/2018
SharePoint: People Picker error: “user does not exist or is not unique” – similar account names
Consider the following scenario: SharePoint 2013 or 2016 servers are in the contoso.com domain...
Date: 05/13/2018
SharePoint 2016: AD Import Profile Property Mappings aka: my profiles are missing email address
The issue that prompted this post: I was troubleshooting an issue where when using Active Directory...
Date: 04/18/2018
SharePoint: The complete guide to user profile cleanup – Part 4 – 2016
This is part 4 in a series. You can find other parts here: SharePoint: The complete guide to user...
Date: 04/08/2018
SharePoint: The complete guide to user profile cleanup – Part 3 – 2013
This is part 3 in a series. You can find other parts here: SharePoint: The complete guide to user...
Date: 04/08/2018
SharePoint: The complete guide to user profile cleanup – Part 2 – 2010
This is part 2 in a series. You can find other parts here: SharePoint: The complete guide to user...
Date: 04/08/2018
SharePoint: The complete guide to user profile cleanup – Part 1
Part 1: High-level Concepts If you have certain users that still show in the organization chart web...
Date: 04/08/2018
SharePoint: Check Permissions and External Tokens - FBA
This post is a similar to my previous post on Check Permissions, except here, we'll be talking about...
Date: 03/20/2018
SharePoint 2016 – MIM 2016: Full Sync does not export profile pictures to Active Directory
Consider the following scenario: You have SharePoint 2016 configured to import user profiles using...
Date: 03/12/2018
SharePoint: Managed Metadata: The term is not a valid term
The main point of this post is to create awareness around the fact that you can use the CreateTerm...
Date: 03/11/2018
SharePoint 2010 - 2013: FIM Sync does not remove profiles for users that were deleted from AD
Consider the Following Scenario: You're using SharePoint Profile Synchronization (FIM Sync) to...
Date: 03/07/2018
SharePoint: MIM 2016 Export for SharePoint MA fails
Consider the following scenario: You have SharePoint 2016 set up to import user profiles from an...
Date: 02/14/2018
SharePoint: The Complete Guide to portalsuperuseraccount and portalsuperreaderaccount
What are the Super User and Super Reader accounts for? This is explained pretty well on Technet...
Date: 02/07/2018
SharePoint: Common NTLM Authentication Issues, aka: Consider Ditching NTLM
NTLM authentication is not great. It’s not the fastest. In most cases, that honor would go to...
Date: 01/14/2018
SharePoint: Quick Troubleshooting Tip: HTTP Response Headers
Often in troubleshooting SharePoint, we’re interested to know on which Web-Front-End (WFE) a certain...
Date: 01/03/2018
SharePoint: People Picker shows disabled user accounts in domain migration scenario
This is one that has plagued SharePoint admins since SharePoint 2007 and earlier. There are a few...
Date: 12/20/2017
SharePoint: Troubleshooting “User cannot be found” and other mysterious user behavior
Some potential symptoms: You try to add a user to a SharePoint group. The account is added without...
Date: 12/17/2017
SharePoint: Person or Group column does not display expected results when limited to a SharePoint group
Consider the following scenario: You have a SharePoint list with a Person or Group column. This...
Date: 11/29/2017
SharePoint: The problem with changing UserQueryMaxTimeout
Consider the following scenario: You have a fairly large and / or complex Active Directory (AD)...
Date: 11/26/2017
SharePoint: Profile Synchronization - some users are missing their manager
Important: This little quirk only occurs with the “SharePoint Profile Synchronization” (aka: FIM...
Date: 10/23/2017
SharePoint: Importing Manager property with AD Import: A Troubleshooter
Overview: This is a fairly visible problem within SharePoint. It can cause the organization chart...
Date: 10/11/2017
SharePoint: User profiles are imported with wrong domain name
In certain domain configurations, User Profiles can be imported with the incorrect domain name. For...
Date: 10/08/2017
SharePoint: Troubleshooting Check Permissions - Windows auth
Note: This post is specific to Windows Authentication (NLTM or Kerberos) within SharePoint. For...
Date: 09/05/2017
SharePoint: Considerations when switching from FIM Sync to AD Import
Many times we end up battling “SharePoint Profile Synchronization” (aka: “FIM Sync”) for a while...
Date: 08/14/2017
SharePoint 2016: Import profile pictures with MIM 2016 - walkthrough
In this post, I'll walk through importing user profile pictures to SharePoint 2016 using Microsoft...
Date: 08/07/2017
SharePoint: Issues with profile pictures when MySite uses SAML auth
There are a couple known issues with user profile pictures when your Mysite web application uses...
Date: 07/25/2017
SharePoint: Certain users not resolved in People Picker
Here I cover how to use Fiddler and IE Developer Tools (F12) to troubleshoot People Picker problems...
Date: 07/18/2017
SharePoint 2013 & 2016 - Manager and Assistant values swapped in User Profiles
Here’s one that was a problem in SharePoint 2013, was fixed, but never ported to SharePoint 2016, so...
Date: 07/17/2017
SharePoint: Users randomly lose permission - are deleted from site
This is a good one, it appears to be random, and intermittent, and is extremely hard to track down....
Date: 07/12/2017
SharePoint: Facts and Troubleshooting the Claims To Windows Token Service (C2WTS)
Facts: 1. The Claims to Windows Token Service (from here on denoted as "C2WTS") is only used when...
Date: 06/27/2017
SharePoint 2013: User Profile Incremental Synchronization timer job fails with Access Denied
Problem: Consider the following scenario: The User Profile Service (the web service, NOT the Sync...
Date: 06/26/2017
SharePoint 2016: Some Profile Pictures are not imported from MIM 2016
Problem: Consider the following scenario: You have SharePoint 2016 set up to import user profiles...
Date: 06/20/2017
SharePoint 2016: Active Directory Import timer job does not run
This is an interesting "gotcha" that came up recently: Problem: The Active Directory Import...
Date: 06/20/2017
Users forced to re-authenticate unexpectedly
This post covers the scenario where users log in via a trusted provider / SAML-claims (like ADFS,...
Date: 06/13/2017