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SharePoint / Unable to create new SharePoint Groups with the “SharePoint Directory Management Service”

Summary After configuring SharePoint with Incoming email and the SharePoint Directory Management Service” to create Distribution Lists in Active Directory, you are unable to create new groups with the following error. Sorry, something went wrong The following error has occurred while attempting to contact the Directory Management Service: The request failed with HTTP status 401: […]

Access Denied when running PROCDUMP

Summary Just a quick blog post that details why you may receive an “Access Denied” when running PROCDUMP and a quick fix for this scenario. Problem Description Unable to dump a process with PROCDUMP due to an “Access Denied” error. Example: ProcDump v9.0 – Sysinternals process dump utility Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Mark Russinovich and Andrew […]

Summary I have seen this very obscure SharePoint issue a few times and almost impossible to identity and resolve without extensive debugging. So, I just wanted to get this blog out there to help the next SharePoint Admin that may experience this situation with a quick resolution. Symptom: While trying to access the site http://sharepoint […]