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Set-SPManagedAccount syntax for password resets

Set-SPManagedAccount syntax for password resets

Working with the PowerShell command for Set-SPManagedAccount this morning I found that the TechNet bulletin for this command has an inaccuracy with regard to password changes.  When trying to reset a password from PowerShell I followed the syntax and used: Set-SPManagedAccount –Identity domainaccount –AutoGeneratePassword true I got the following error: Set-SPManagedAccount : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ‘true’. At line:1 char:21 + Set-SPManagedAccount <<<<  -Identity domainaccount -AutoGeneratePassword true     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-SPManagedAccount], ParameterBindingException…

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SharePoint 2010’s Visio Graphics Services: EventIDs 8061 & 8046 unmasked

SharePoint 2010’s Visio Graphics Services: EventIDs 8061 & 8046 unmasked

Getting EventIDs 8061 & 8046 in your ULS Logs and Event Logs on your application server?  Having trouble figuring out exactly what they are trying to tell you?  Finding inconsistent results between site collections?  Let’s dive in… Here are the offending errors: TechNet tells us: quoting directly from the article linked here Symptoms:   One or more of the following symptoms might appear: A file or files might not load. This event appears in the event log: Event ID: 8061 Description:…

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How to: Get your Managed Account passwords when they are changed automatically by SharePoint 2010

How to: Get your Managed Account passwords when they are changed automatically by SharePoint 2010

Scenario: Using Managed Accounts the way that SharePoint 2010 is designed you allow SharePoint 2010 to manage your password changes automatically for you. Your farm gets into an inconsistent state, or you allow SharePoint 2010 to change your farm admin account and you realize that you cannot start the UPS without knowing the farm account password. What do you do? Resolution: Run the following PowerShell command from the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell as a Farm Administrator: function Bindings() { return…

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SharePoint 2010 Farm Service Account passwords expired?!?!?!?

SharePoint 2010 Farm Service Account passwords expired?!?!?!?

Scenario: Managed service accounts passwords expired.  Access to part of Central Administration are no longer accessible.  Sites are starting to go down because app pool passwords are managed accounts and have expired. Soapbox moment: Firstly, there is NO real excuse for this in SharePoint 2010 because the ability to have this done automagically for you is BUILT-IN, so either your farm admin is so over taxed (usually the case) or incompetent (the two aren’t mutually exclusive).  I take the liberty…

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