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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...

This list might come handy for SharePoint freaks in their day to day life.  Users and Permissions: People and Groups: _layouts/people.aspx> Site Collection Admins: _layouts/mngsiteadmin.aspx Advanced Permissions: _layouts/user.aspx Master Pages: _Layouts/ChangeSiteMasterPage.aspx Look and Feel: Title, Desc, and Icon: _layouts/prjsetng.aspx Navigation: _layouts/AreaNavigationSettings.aspx Page Layout and Ste Templates: _Layouts/AreaTemplateSettings.aspx Welcome Page: _Layouts/AreaWelcomePage.aspx Tree View: _layouts/navoptions.aspx Top Nav Bar: _layouts/topnav.aspx Site Theme: _layouts/themeweb.aspx Reset to Site Definition: _layouts/reghost.aspx Searchable Columns: _Layouts/NoCrawlSettings.aspx Site Content Types: _layouts/mngctype.aspx Galleries Site Columns: _layouts/mngfield.aspx Site Templates: _catalogs/wt/F...

T he configuration adds your machine to a new or existing server cluster, known as a farm. If you decide to create a new farm, you can either choose to use the default settings or enter custom values for settings that identify and configure the farm you are creating.  Creating a new farm 1. Open Workflow Manager Configuration 2. Click Configure Workflow Manager with Custom Settings 3. Leave the database names as defaults 4. Scroll down to Configure service account 5. Use WFService for UserID 6. Under Configure Certificates, Uncheck Auto-generate 7. For Services SSL Certificate, Click Browse 8.  Choose the Certificate we have setup previously 9. For Workflow Manager Outbound Signing Certificate, Click Browse 10. Choose the certificate 11. For Encryption Certificate, Click Browse 12. Choose the certificate 13. Use WFAdmins group for Configure Admin Group 14. Finally Click Test Connection Note : For SSL Connection to SQL Server, it should be enable...