Workflow Failed on Start (retrying)

Hi Readers, Writing an interesting troubleshooting post in Sharepoint area, We have encountered the below error while executing workflows on the SharePoint Workflow Failed on Start (retrying) On checking further in ULS logs : Load Workflow Class: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. —> System.InvalidOperationException: The requested Performance Counter is not a…

SharePoint 2013 New Features and Improvements

Hi Readers, Was refreshing my Share point Knowledge & wanted to share New improvements in 2013 versions, Below is the list of new features/Improvements: Request Management –> Route /Recognize/Prioritize/ Refuse/Redirect Distributed Cache –> Cache is Synchronized between servers Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) –> Download only portions that have changed. Shredded Storage –> Reduces BLOB I/O during…

SharePoint 2013 Installation IIS Configuration Error

Hi Readers, I got time to study SharePoint 2013 & first problem I encountered was IIS configuration error while running prerequisites. When I launched SharePoint 2013 Installation Prerequisites wizard, below error was received: On researching found below article & resolution: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fabdulwahab/archive/2013/08/29/sharepoint-2013-installation-and-configuration-issues.aspx Insert the Windows Server 2012 installation image or DVD Open a command prompt window (run…

Setup E-Discovery Center Sharepoint Online

Hi Readers, Office 365 has introduced an alternative to Products like EnterpriseVault , Clearwell discovery solutions. For setting it up You need to setup e-discovery Center first.If you are not new to SharePoint than its just likes creating a New site collection with a particular Template and assigning necessary permissions. Create E-Discovery Site Collection Log on to…

SharePoint 2010 List Archiving/ Retention

Hi Readers, Recently during automation of one of the scenario, we required that items in SharePoint list are deleted after 90 days but the list should be archived as CSV to file share before removal. First part we can do via IRM but to accomplish both scenarios we have to do custom scripting, so again…