SharePoint Soup

Author: Jane

  • SharePoint 2013 – Error deleting web application

    Yesterday, I was performing a database attach and upgrade from 2010 to 2013 SharePoint instances. I have done it previously without an issue but this time, I had to delete the prior application and recreate it (as a classic authentication application) before attaching and upgrading the database. The reason for that was being the current application was already converted to claims based authentication and when I first tried to attach the database from the 2010 “classic authentication” app, it was giving me an error. The classic authentication SharePoint site is currently a production site and we did not want to convert to claims BEFORE migration so I needed to create a classic authenticated app in SharePoint 2013.

    After attempting to create the classic authentication application in SharePoint 2013, I received an error (this error will be discussing in another blog post). I tried deleting the web application and receive an error. It stated:

    Sorry, something went wrong

    An object of the type Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebsiteUnprovisioningJobDefinition named “Unprovisioning (AppName)” already exists under the parent Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService named “”. Rename your object or delete the existing object.

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  • Today’s Funny

    I received a ticket from a user stating:

    “What’s the upper limit on document size that can be uploaded? As SharePoint is mostly just a shell around an FTP site,
    I don’t understand why there should be a size limit on uploads.”

    My jaw almost hit the keyboard. haha

  • End Users Cannot See Managed Metadata Column Values – SharePoint 2010

    The other day I encountered a weird error where no end users could see metadata field values in columns that were filled in throughout the site.

    I thought I was going crazy because I could see them yet nobody else could. I knew it was a permissions issue and checked permissions on the Managed Metadata service app but that wasn’t it. I had no idea where else to look.

    After doing some research, I came across this link:

    http://www.deliveron.com/blog/post/Users-Cannot-See-Managed-Metadata-Column-Values-in-SharePoint-2010.aspx

    Phew, thanks Jess Collicot.

    According to Jess, the TaxonomyHiddenList (/Lists/TaxonomyHiddenList/) is used to cache terms and keywords for fast retrieval. The NT Authority/Authenticated Users group should have “read” permissions on this list.

    Making the change worked instantaneously. Now I just need to find out how the NT Authority/Authenicated Users group got removed in the first place!