Tuesday, February 14, 2017

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”.