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”An unexpected error has occured” SharePoint is not at all friendly with FIPS. Recently I faced this issue at my customer's place. I have tried all possible ways to get my site running and I ended up with the below issue.  “An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms. Checked the current status of FIPS. I have never faced this issue in my development environment so far. I had to dig up and found what it really is.  Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors. FIPS standards are issued to establish requirements for various purposes such as ensuring computer security and interoperability, and are intended for cases in which suitable industry standards do no...

Prepare yourself for the next big thing. (Developers & Administrators) Let's prepare to face it.  1. How do you configure Outgoing Email? 2. How to take IIS backup? 3. What is a Search Server? 4. What are the backup and recovery tools for SharePoint? 5. If you want to backup a single list, What will you do? 6. Consider you have a Web application with 2 site collections. The Content DB size is 600GB. How will you split the content DB into two for their respective site collections? 7. Consider a user is having Full permission in the SharePoint farm. While he was accessing a subsite, Authentication error was displayed. What are the possible reasons ? 8. What are the different types of user permissions? 9. What are content types? 10. Differentiate features of SharePoint 2016 and Office 365. 11. What is Hybrid Environment? 12. Differentiate between List and Library. 13. What are the Authentication methods in SharePoint? 14. What is a Performance Point Serv...

Prepare yourself for the next big thing. (Developers & Administrators) The below are the questions which we are expected to answer in our search for a better career path. I have came across lot of questions and scenarios which most of us least expect. So, let's prepare to face it.  1. What is Request Management Service? 2. How to configure a Request Manager? 3. What are your daily activities as a SharePoint Administrator? 4. Which one is the most critical issue you have faced in your career? 5. How did you solve your biggest issue? 6. If you come across a situation where you have never worked before and you have no knowledge on how to solve it, What will be your approach to handle the situation? 7. What is the process you are following when a ticket is raised? 8. How to determine what all service applications need to be configured for your farm? 9. Explain the biggest SharePoint Farm which you have worked in your career. 10. How to plan the capaci...