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Issue Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority Environment: SharePoint 2013 Farm with multiple nodes connected to connected to load balancer have a Service Oriented architecture to connect other services from SharePoint app servers SharePoint Nodes are connected to  other services using services oriented services using endpoint defined   Symptoms :   SharePoint servers are communicate with Remote service using https protocol using   SSL. When I check the validity of the remote certificate from the browser It depicts it is valid. Resolution I took while me to figure this out. It is true it is about the certificate but it is not the  end certificate. certificate chain is broken in the Intermediate level. You can find this easily by checking details from Certificate. Then navigate to Certification Path You should see these Root and Intermediate as verified. If they are not valid or expired, you will see a wa...

This article is a to ensure how to create a simple SharePoint 2016 Page layout without using Share Point designer Design Manager Before doing anything you need to create the base of the layout. Following placeholders are minimal and commonly used in any template. PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead PlaceHolderPageTitle PlaceHolderMain Place Holders PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead This place holder is used to defined additional CSS and other scripts and inline CSS if you have any. We will be using this to register a CSS and register a different CSS for the SharePoint Edit Mode < asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId = "PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" runat = "server" > <!—Your code goes here--> </ asp:Content > PlaceHolderPageTitle This place holder will be mainly for the page title. < asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderId = "PlaceHolderPageTitle" runat = "server" > <!—Your code goes here--> </ asp:Content > PlaceHolderMain Th...

Issue This error appeared when I'm configuring the SharePoint 2013  farm Pre Requisites using the installer. Use AutoSPInstaller and it will end with below error 2019-01-22 09:48:02 - Return code (2) 2019-01-22 09:48:02 - It is recommended that you keep your Windows operating system up to date on http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com When you try SharePoint prerequisites installer (prerequisiteinstaller.exe) it ends with below error. Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role: configuration error How to solve this issue There are numerous reasons where you will encounter this issue. Resolution 1 Try to execute the installer using Admin Account and you should be a local admin on your sever. Resolution 2 Install the .Net components manually using server manager. Add Roles and Features and then Skip until you  reach Features , And install .NET 3.5 and 4.5 as described. You might need to insert Source Path for installing 3.5 Framework.  Resolution 3 Sometimes installer cou...

This the final article of Auto SP Installer for SharePoint 2016. Please refer my previous articles if you are interested in SharePoint 2016 Installation using AutoSPInstaller Online Part 1– Setting up the Environment and Service Accounts http://melick-rajee.blogspot.com/2018/09/sharepoint-2016-installation-using.html SharePoint 2016 Installation using AutoSPInstaller Online Part 2– Getting Ready with AutoSPInstaller Online http://melick-rajee.blogspot.com/2018/10/sharepoint-2016-installation-using.html Purpose of this article to user Online Editor to SharePoint Installation configuration. after you have set up everything, as per my previous articles, You need to go to Online Configuration Editor https://autospinstaller.com/FarmConfiguration Then you need to choose Load from my XML and and choose the AutoSPInstallerInput file. Then the below page will be visible. we don't need to edit all the configurations for this scenario. First add the HOST name for the SharePoint Server. Since...

Issue AppFabric installation failed because installer MSI returned with error code : 1603 Symptoms Installing SharePoint using  Off Line method using Auto SP Installer. Installing SQL server before in the same server , this is happening when you set up a Test server where you install everything in the same server. Install or manual installing App Fabric with out going thorough prerequisites installer. Manually updating existing App fabric installation with all features.   Resolution There could be many reason behind this problem. But most common problems due to manual installation and having incorrect system variable for the PowerShell path. How to Resolve Method One Just uninstall the existing installation from the control panel and re-run the SharePoint prerequisites installer or Auto SP Installer Method Two Change the System Variable to correct value if it is wrong. for this go to the  PC Properties then Advanced System Properties and Environment Variables Then check ...

This a second article of my previous article referring to SharePoint 2016 Installation using AutoSPInstaller Online SharePoint 2016 Installation using AutoSPInstaller Online Part 1– Setting up the Environment and Service Accounts In this, I would like to explain the setting up of the servers for the installation. First, download the latest build from below link https://autospinstaller.com/Download and  copy, SP folder to C:\ drive (this can be any convenient location) Now you need to mount your SharePoint Image and copy all the content to inside the folder 2016 –> SharePoint then download the prerequisites files from as required SQL Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client: http//www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29065 Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server: http//www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36434 Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64): http//www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17616 Windows Server AppFabric 1....

My first article I have explained about a creation of Basic Share Point  Page Layout. http://melick-rajee.blogspot.com/2018/07/sharepoint-2016-create-custom-layout.html By referring above article you can create a simple Page Layout as below. <%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingLayoutPage, Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing,Version=15.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="SharePointWebControls" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="WebPartPages" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="PublishingWebControls" Namespace="Microsof...