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SharePoint 2019 Error appears every hour - SPAdminV4 service started/stopped unexpectedly.

This error appears every hour on the hour. The thing is, the SPAdminV4 service is RUNNING. I don't need to restart it. What can be going on? Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation Date: …

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asked 2026-02-25T15:42:41.1733333+00:00
Keith Vollero 101 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-29T12:41:37.3633333+00:00
Keith Vollero 101 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

SharePoint 'About Me' link is pointing to wrong address.

We changed the name of the WFE Server of a small SharePoint SE farm. Everything is working fine, EXCEPT, the 'About Me' button is still going to a link with the original server name. Any idea how to correct this? Thank you,

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asked 2026-05-27T22:12:09.4233333+00:00
Keith Vollero 101 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-29T00:59:49.1433333+00:00
Teddie-D 16,370 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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SharePoint 2019 Crawling Issue

I have a 2019 on prem SharePoint server running. I've not had an issue with crawling until recently. For some reason all crawling quit working after a reboot of the server so I just deleted the Search Service app and created a new one. No issues doing…

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asked 2026-05-27T00:02:58.6566667+00:00
Shane Rogers 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-28T02:18:19.9733333+00:00
Hani-Ng 11,315 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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SharePoint User Profile on new SE server not synchronizing

I know there are already posts where user profile synchronization is not working and I've read them, and I have built several SharePoint farms over the last decade, so I have experience with UPS and am still not able to get this working. So posting here!…

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asked 2026-01-29T00:40:03.1466667+00:00
Dominique Graves 256 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-22T17:26:16.9666667+00:00
Dominique Graves 256 Reputation points
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WSS_Logging is growing with 7 days retention on

Hi, __WSS_Logging file is growing resulting in low free space on disk. Our retention is already set at 7 days. Please advise on how to manage it so that it doesnt grow so quickly. Thanks,__

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asked 2026-05-11T20:07:23.7366667+00:00
Andriy Granovsky 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-17T23:28:06.19+00:00
Teddie-D 16,370 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to open Auto CAD files which are in SharePoint document library with a desktop app?

How to open Auto CAD files which are in SharePoint document library with a desktop app? There is a web version available on SharePoint but I am looking to see if there is any way we can open the Auto CAD files in a desktop app.

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asked 2021-09-07T20:05:44.117+00:00
Srikanth 41 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-16T11:19:55.6466667+00:00
Noam R 0 Reputation points
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Power Query Refresh Fails with SharePoint 500 Internal Server Error

Hi everyone, I am facing the below error while trying to refresh a Power Query in Microsoft Excel: [DataSource.Error] SharePoint: Request failed: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error. (An error occurred while processing this…

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asked 2026-05-14T17:45:25.99+00:00
harish1199 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-15T22:38:25.18+00:00
Hin-V 15,085 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Connect-SPOService : No valid OAuth 2.0 authentication session exists ?

How to fix the issue to connect to SharePoint Online using PowerShell like below? Because when I am using the PowerShell ISE, and then the command: Connect-SPOService -Url 'https://CompanyName-admin.sharepoint.com' I got the error:…

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asked 2023-02-20T02:47:20.1466667+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 6,366 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-14T21:49:25.1366667+00:00
Nate Y 5 Reputation points
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SharePoint Subscription Edition has no Microsoft Support?

Hope someone knows. We are trying to open a support case with Microsoft regarding SharePoint Subscription edition on premises has NO SUPPORT. We need to buy a $499.00 case. Contract was bought in open, OVS. Is this correct? Why does Microsoft requires…

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asked 2026-05-11T13:40:59.3966667+00:00
Carlos A Mendoza D 21 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-14T14:42:21.16+00:00
Michelle-N 16,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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SharePoint Migration tool CMDLets (SPMT) is not working as a job (or a non-console) anymore...

Starting v 4.2.192.2 I'm facing a Console error problem with previously perfectly working workflow with SPMT (register-spmtMigration, Add-SPMTTask, start-spmtMigration ...) , Namely that the tool now refuses to work in a "non-console", which is…

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asked 2025-11-25T09:20:28.7266667+00:00
Uwe Abdulhag 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-21T14:36:25.2066667+00:00
Nils Mudersbach 0 Reputation points
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Office Files Opening as Read-Only on SMB Share – Seen This Before?

🔎 Office Files Opening as Read-Only on SMB Share – Seen This Before? For the last 5 months we’ve been working with Microsoft Support on an issue where Excel/Word files left open for long periods (e.g., overnight) reopen as read-only from a network…

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asked 2026-02-26T15:21:31.6133333+00:00
Jeeshan Khan 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-21T13:46:00.9566667+00:00
Stefan Blom 341.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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How to fix the "502 Bad gateway error"

Hi Team, I am facing an issue while login to the particular InfoPath form page getting "502 Bad gateway error". Please find the below Screenshots I could be able to open the page in WFE's (Web front end servers), but not working the same page…

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asked 2024-11-20T08:05:56.81+00:00
Ravikiran 1 Reputation point
commented 2026-04-20T13:55:24.7066667+00:00
crepin creper 0 Reputation points
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Service Fabric (SF) Log filesare increasing insize

Unexpected behavior SharePoint 2019 server related to trace log on C:\ProgramData\SF\Log\Traces the amount of log is increasing continuously without stop. Or Issue with Fabric trace log taking excessive Drive Space. The directory…

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asked 2023-04-04T17:24:15.71+00:00
Satyendra Paul 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-20T09:37:32.2866667+00:00
Grizzly 0 Reputation points
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SharePoint Designer shows the error: The server could not complete your request.

We've got server-side error in SharePoint Server when attempting to access Page Layouts WelcomeLinks.aspx from SharePoint Designer. When clicking or opening a page layout, SharePoint Designer shows the error: The server could not complete your…

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asked 2026-04-18T06:27:59.3266667+00:00
Cemil Chamma 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-20T03:59:55.05+00:00
Steven-N 25,305 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Many critical events in SharePoint SE after July 2025 updates

I am seeing many 6399 critical events after applying the July 2025 (and later) patches to SPSE. Most look like this: The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.QueryLogJobDefinition (ID <PII removed>) threw…

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asked 2025-10-13T15:05:29.7666667+00:00
simdoc 30 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-04-20T03:17:44.3466667+00:00
Teddie-D 16,370 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Wanna cry destroyed our server

Our SharePoint server was hit by a WannaCry ransomware attack, and we’ve reached a point where we’re running out of options. We engaged our partner for support, but they’ve come back indicating that even Microsoft has no viable recovery path at this…

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asked 2026-04-17T03:36:24.4366667+00:00
Wang Jun Kai 20 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-04-17T06:38:12.4466667+00:00
Don Varnau 19,810 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

SharePoint Designer 2013 on-premises – Will it remain functional after end of support (July 14, 2026)?

We are currently planning our migration strategy ahead of the SharePoint Designer 2013 end of support date (July 14, 2026). Our environment runs SharePoint Server SE on-premises. While we understand that end of support means no further updates or…

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asked 2026-04-08T14:55:51.58+00:00
Pablo Nuin Jaén 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-04-10T17:05:57.98+00:00
Hin-V 15,085 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Search index fragmentation after manual site reindexing

I encounter the error "Search query returned no results" for newly uploaded documents even after triggering a manual "Reindex Site" in our SharePoint Server Subscription Edition environment.  Despite the Crawler service account…

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asked 2026-04-10T00:00:12.2466667+00:00
Benladi Rosangela 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-10T01:58:01.1466667+00:00
Benladi Rosangela 20 Reputation points
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SPWFM - Workflow in not connected

Hello, after installing January 2026 CU on SharePoint 2019 onPrem farm (8 AP servers, 1 DB), we want to upgrade classic work manager farm (1 AP server and 1 DB – same as for SP farm), but did not know Certificate Generation Key. We tryed reset it, but…

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asked 2026-03-30T11:53:15.2666667+00:00
commented 2026-04-09T15:07:15.76+00:00
Jayden-P 22,475 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Share Point and One Drive access

Dear friends, I have the following issue. We deleted a Microsoft account from Active Directory (we moved the user out of the sync folder and then moved it back), and we permanently deleted the account from the Deleted users section in the Microsoft 365…

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asked 2026-04-08T10:01:27.4133333+00:00
Dragan Krsmanović 20 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-04-09T10:48:20.91+00:00
Jayden-P 22,475 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator