Create State service application.

A state service application is the container for state service databases.

Using Windows PowerShell

1. Click SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.

2. From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command :

New-SPStateServiceDatabase -Name "State Service Database" | New-SPStateServiceApplication -Name "StateServiceApp1" | New-SPStateServiceApplicationProxy -DefaultProxyGroup

Create a Visio Graphics Service service application

Using Central Administration

To create a service application, you must be a member of the farm administrators group.

1. Browse SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.

2. On the SharePoint Central Administration website Home page, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.

3. On the ribbon, click New, and then click Visio Graphics Service. Type a name for the new service application.

4. Choose an existing application pool or create a new one.

5. Choose whether to create a Visio Graphics Service Application Proxy (recommended).Click OK.

Using Windows PowerShell

1. Click SharePoint 2013 Management Shell.

2. From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command :

New-SPVisioServiceApplication -Name <ServiceAppName> -ApplicationPool <AppPoolName> -AddToDefaultGroup

Example

New-SPVisioServiceApplication -Name "Visio Graphics Service Application" -ApplicationPool "SharePoint Hosted Services" -AddToDefaultGroup

SharePoint: Missing “Manage services on server” in Central Administration

Issue

I was browsing to Central Administration site and on SharePoint 2013 but the “Manage services on server” menu option was completely missing even though I’m a Farm Administrator.

Fix

This menu option will only show up if IE is running in Administrator mode.   Right click on the IE icon  and choose “Run as Administrator”.

You need to be a site collection administrator to set this property.

Issue Description

Recently I was trying to add a site collection administrator to a site and I got the belowmessage

You need to be a site collection administrator to set this property.   at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.ManageSiteAdminPage.BtnSubmit_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

   at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)

   at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)

   at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument)

   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

I was already the site collection administrator to the site and it did not make any sense.

Fix

On further trouble shooting, I found the solution for this.Browse to Central Administration - > Site Collection Quotas and Locks.

The options available here are:

       Not locked

Adding content prevented

Read-only (blocks additions, updates, and deletions)

No access

This site collection was in Read-only status. Unlock it (Change the status to  "Not Locked")

How to change the URL for SharePoint Central Administration site

If you extend the Central Administration web application (using GUI or psconfig command) to run on multiple servers, and when you click on SharePoint Central Administration icon you're still redirected to the first SharePoint server where Central Administration is hosted.

The URL has to be changed via registry on all SharePoint servers to fix this.

To change the URL for SharePoint Central Administration URL:

1) Open Registry editor

2) Backup the registry before making changes

3) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\WSS and change the value of CentralAdministrationURL to the new URL