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If you are trying to configure a new synchronization connection in your SharePoint 2010 environment and you get the error: “MOSS MA not found.” Check that the Forefront Identity Manager Service is started in your services.msc (not sure why mine wasn’t started automatically). But once I started it, I was able to create the connection with no problems although there seems to be an encoding problem on the Name when it lists the connections: Technorati Tags: SharePoint 2010,Forefront,Synchronization,Error

By default in SharePoint Foundation 2010, site owners and designers don’t have access to edit the master pages for sites.  You get the following error when you try to open the site in SharePoint Designer 2010 and try to edit the master page: “Master page editing has been disabled for this site.  Contact the site collection administrator to request permission.” In order to allow this, a site collection administrator should go to the top level site settings by going to…

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If, after provisioning and starting the User Profile Synchronization Service: You click on User Profile Service Application: And you get an unidentified error, and when you look in the logs they look something like this: 04/26/2010 22:03:09.36     w3wp.exe (0x0EA8)                           0x0EB0    SharePoint Portal Server          User Profiles                     et8j    High        UserProfileServiceUserStatisticsWebPart:LoadControl failed, Exception: System.IO.FileLoadException: The located assembly’s manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileConfigManager.InitializeIlmClient(String ILMMachineName, Int32 FIMWebClientTimeOut)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileConfigManager..ctor(UserProfileApplicationProxy userProfileApplicationProxy, Guid partitionID)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.UserProfileServiceStatisticsWebPartBase.LoadControl(Object sender, EventArgs…

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If you are using IIS 7, debugging a SharePoint application and you find that it keeps on terminating after a set time in the middle of your debugging session (so annoying).  Turn off pinging in the advanced settings of your SharePoint application pool.  This will allow you to debug without getting everything figured out in 90 seconds: Technorati Tags: SharePoint 2010,SharePoint,Debugging,Visual Studio,Terminate,IIS,Application Pool,Ping

Hey everyone, I will be facilitating a session on SharePoint 2010 Records Management features at the Mississauga SharePoint User Group on May 4th.  Be sure to come, it will be fun! Brief below: Records Management is a focus for almost every established organization in the world.  Many of these organizations (especially those that have strict information governance requirements) need innovative solutions and features to help with their internal Records Management strategy.  More importantly, they need solutions to address how people…

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