• Intermittent "HTTP 403 – Forbidden" error while trying to browse to a SharePoint web app

    Consider a scenario where you receive the following error when you browse to a SharePoint web app The website declined to show this webpage HTTP 403  Most likely causes: This website requires you to log in. This issue is intermittent. Strangely, if we create a copy of the web.config file, rename the web.config file, refresh the home page...
  • “Sorry, something went wrong” error message when users try to navigate to Site Collection Features page

    Users receive the following error message when they try to navigate to Site Collection Features page: Sorry, something went wrong An error occurred during the compilation of the requested file, or one of its dependencies. Could not write to output file 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d9bc15df\5100559f...
  • Get a list of web templates and IDs in a SharePoint site

      # Find the template name of SharePoint site using PowerShe ll $web = Get-SPweb http://SiteUrl Write-host “ Web Template :” $web . WebTemplate ” | Web Template ID:” $web . WebTemplateId $web .Dispose() # To get a list of all web templates, use the following PowerShell code function Get-SPWebTemplateWithId {      ...