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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!…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2026-01-29T00:40:03.1466667+00:00
Dominique Graves 256 Reputation points
recommended 2026-04-30T05:02:40.88+00:00
Steven-N 25,305 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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Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint | For business | Windows
asked 2023-02-20T02:47:20.1466667+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 6,366 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-22T00:02:55.69+00:00
Vladilen 6 Reputation points
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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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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 339.3K 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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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 15,210 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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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 19,780 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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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 14,180 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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2026-03-30T11:53:15.2666667+00:00
Vojáček Zbyněk DiS. (GFŘ) 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-09T15:07:15.76+00:00
Jayden-P 20,495 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…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
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 20,495 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to fix this SSIS connection issue with SharePoint

Today I jobs started failing. I could figure out that Odata connector is not have some issue. Can someone help me with this issue

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2026-04-02T13:32:16.51+00:00
Sushrut Vyawahare 15 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-08T14:06:55.74+00:00
Michelle-N 15,545 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Download Sharepoint Site Pages

Hi. Is there any way of downloading all the site pages from the Site Pages Page library? I can download items from document libraries fine but the Page Library doesnt have this option. I'm using a modern site Online Sharepoint. Thanks!

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Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2023-02-20T17:41:08.2433333+00:00
John Sparks 111 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-07T09:01:53.5+00:00
Devin_Peng 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

SharePoint SE: "Copy to" functionality failing after the April 2026 Cumulative Update

The "Copy to" and "Move to" features have completely stopped working across different site collections.  Even for users with Full Control permission, the operation hangs at 0% before throwing a generic "The file could not be…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2026-04-06T01:06:50.1533333+00:00
Wang Jun Kai 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-04-06T02:39:51.7133333+00:00
Wang Jun Kai 20 Reputation points
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Urgent: Locked out of Microsoft 365 Business Account due to MFA – Losing Business

We are completely locked out of our Microsoft 365 Business tenant ([Moderator note: personal info removed]) because of MFA issues. Our partner ([Moderator note: personal info removed]) has escalated the case but informed us that Microsoft may take 4–5…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2026-04-02T08:26:42.9333333+00:00
Naveed Shaikh 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-04-02T09:06:38.9666667+00:00
Steven-N 25,305 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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SharePoint 2016 – SecurityTokenServiceApplication (securitytoken.svc) Service Activation Failure

Hi, I am experiencing an issue after the certificate expired and a new certificate was installed. SharePoint web applications are inaccessible due to failure of the Security Token Service (STS). Error shown on browser: "Server Error in '/'…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2026-03-30T03:34:56.5433333+00:00
Md. Pepul Ahammade 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-31T01:18:21.7933333+00:00
Teddie-D 15,210 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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SharePoint Subscription Edition Search Crawl Fails for Legacy Office Files (.doc, .xls, .ppt) – (Error code is 0x80030109). "The function encountered an unknown error."

Hello, I am currently encountering an issue across multiple SharePoint Subscription Edition (SSE) farms (fully up to date with the latest patches) where legacy Microsoft Office file formats—specifically .doc, .xls, and .ppt—are no longer being…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2026-03-25T12:21:47.37+00:00
Hoover Gillian 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-26T08:24:00.6933333+00:00
Jayden-P 20,495 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Modern SharePoint page not showing link icon for page anchor

Hi all, When I try to add a page anchor in a Text web part, I do not see the 'link' icon (which also gives us the URL to the section) after I publish the page. I have added text, selected a heading of the text and then selected heading 1 from the drop…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint Server | For business
asked 2021-02-11T11:43:40.21+00:00
Vivek S 81 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-25T06:45:48.2133333+00:00
Hitesh Kumar 0 Reputation points