Category: SharePoint 2010

want to see actual error message in SharePoint Site

If you are a developer you would need to see proper error message in SharePoint site. So open your web.config file. Now set <customErrors mode=”On” /> to mode=”Off”. [ Check < SafeMode … CallStack=”true”> , compile=”true” and debug=”true” to enable Visual Studio (2010 beta) debugging .]

Perfect. Now you should be able to see exact error message.

Hope this will help.

The Security Token Service is not available

I have installed SharePoint 2010 Beta on a Windows 2008 R2 server. central administrations -> Review problems and solutions: All Reports page was showing warning like :  “The Security Token Service is not available”.

Workaround:

1)       Verify the sequences of your installation as below:

  • Install hot fixes [Windows6.0-KB971831-x64]
  • Install SharePoint prerequisites from SharePoint setup splash screen [ This should ask for machine restart ]
  • Install SharePoint 2010 beta.

2)                  If your sequence matches with (1) then you might have not restarted your machine after above installation. So restart your machine and check again the error/warning message stated above should now disappeared.

SP2010 beta installation


 

This article is to describe detailed steps for SP 2010 beta installation.

  1. Install all hot fixes for Windows Server 2008 and SQL server 2008.
  2. Remove powershell feature from server. [  Start Server Manager and navigate to Features. Click Uninstall Features. Select Windows PowerShell and follow the directions to uninstall.] as this may create some problem at SP install.
  3. Install SharePoint 2010 Pre-Requisites. [at the end it will ask for restart ]
  4. Install SharePoint server 2010 and create new farm
  5. Now configure farm settings using SharePoint Central Administration.
  6. [Install Visual Studio 2010 if the development environment is required to be set on the same machine.]
  7. Install Office 2010 beta. [This should include SharePoint Designer]
  8. Install SDKs (Optional).

I hope these will be helpful for you. Feel free to share your suggestions/questions.