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Legacy SharePoint troubleshooting - Web application provisioning failure

While configuring a SharePoint farm, I encountered an issue where a web application created through SharePoint Central Administration was not being provisioned in Internet Information Services (IIS) on the web front-end servers. This was particularly confusing because the web application creation process had been initiated through Central Administration, but the expected IIS configuration was missing. The investigation involved the SharePoint Worker Process Group Update timer job and the web application provisioning process. Symptoms A new SharePoint web application was created through Central Administration. The corresponding web application was not appearing in IIS on the web front-end servers. The SharePoint Worker Process Group Update job was associated with the provisioning problem. Troubleshooting and resolution The original troubleshooting notes below document the investigation and corrective action taken in that environment. Applicability: This is historical guidanc...

SharePoint 2010 Services

Here is a brief on the services available in SharePoint 2010: 1. Access Database Service Enables the publishing of Access databases to SharePoint 2010 to share them with others and to use Access site templates. Requires Microsoft Office Access 2010 to create and publish databases. This SharePoint service has the related SharePoint Feature, Access Services Farm Feature. To start or stop this service: a. Navigate to Central Administration for the farm. b. On the Quick Launch, click System Settings. c. On the System Settings page, under Servers, click Manage services on server. To configure this service: a. Navigate to Central Administration for the farm. b. On the Quick Launch, click Application Management. c. On the Application Management page, under Service Applications, click Manage service applications. d. In the list of services, click Access Services. References: Access Services planning Access Services administration Build an Access database to share on the Web Video on publishing...