SharePoint: Quick Troubleshooting Tip: HTTP Response Headers
Often in troubleshooting SharePoint, we’re interested to know on which Web-Front-End (WFE) a certain request landed. When you have multiple WFEs that are load balanced, this is not easily discernable. One trick is to edit your HOSTS file and point the load balanced URL at the IP address of one WFE. That method certainly has
SharePoint: All about non-imported user profiles
I find there is much confusion around this topic, so I’ll try to clear it up here. First off, non-imported profiles are well… not imported. They were not created by Profile Sync / AD Import / Sync with External Identity Manager. We also refer to these as “unmanaged”, or “stub” profiles because they typically only
SharePoint: This Profile Import error is (usually) normal
Update: There was a fix for this behavior in the SharePoint 2016 August 2020 Public Update (build 16.0.5044.1001), so if you’re past that build and seeing the “batch abort exception”, it’s more likely that it indicates a real problem. Here’s an example of an error that often occurs during Active Directory Import (aka: ADI,