When performing the SharePoint 2013 SP1 upgrade, I received the following error in the Upgrade log file (modified for readability): INFO Updating the ‘IntranetPool’ application pool to run in integrated mode. SPIisWebSiteWssSequence ajywk ERROR Action 4.0.14.0 of Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPIisWebSiteWssSequence failed. Upgrade SPIisWebSiteWssSequence ajywk ERROR Exception: The system cannot find the path specified. Upgrade SPIisWebSiteWssSequence ajywk ERROR    at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)     at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()     at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_AdsObject()     at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection.PopulateList()     at

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SharePoint 2013 SP1 update error in Config Wizard step 9

One of the developers ran into an error with Management Reporter while he was trying to publish publish a report link to SharePoint. It threw the error: “Unable to create the related report link in: https://(Server_name)/mysite” We all know that Management Reporter is an integrated support output destination for SharePoint. The report allows you to

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SharePoint SSL (https://) Not Supported – Management Reporter 2012

This script is what we used to rebuild the topology.  Notice the first section define variables this must be set to what you are using in your environment. or you can view the contents right down here! Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell#### Define Variables ### #where Database Server Name equals your database server $DBServer = ‘Database Server Name’

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Create Search Service Topology (With Single Partition in PowerShell)

This is the script we used for the removal process… Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell #Removing Existing Search Service Applications $SSAS = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication ForEach ($SSA in $SSAS) { $SSA | FT Name, ID, ApplicationPool $Response = Read-Host -Prompt “Would you like to remove the above Search Service Application and all associated search data? Press Y or N” IF ($Response -eq

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How to remove the Search Topology (Removing Existing SSA with PowerShell)