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PSConfig error at step 3 of 4. Cannot upgrade SharePoint database

PSConfig is failing at step 3 of 4, Cannot upgrade SharePoint database. It is failing to upgrade SharePointSearchAdmin database, throwing an Exception: User does not have permission to perform this action Here is the complete error description found in logs at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose) […]

SharePoint Configuration Wizard – Error: Some farm products and patches were not detected on this or other servers

Faced this issue after updating SharePoint 2013 farm with December CU 2014. Tried running psconfig and several other things. SharePoint keeps on thinking that some of the binaries are not installed on some of the servers in the farm. Gives you a list of updates missing on servers. “Error: Some farm products and patches were […]

System.ServiceModel.EndpointNotFoundException – PSConfig – SharePoint 2010/2013

‘An exception of type System.ServiceModel.EndpointNotFoundException was thrown. Additional exception information: There was no endpoint listening at http://localhost:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details. After installing a cumulative update for fixing a bug in our SharePoint 2013 farm, I […]