The server could not complete your request SharePoint designer 2010

Here is a common problem often faced while opening a SharePoint Site in SharePoint Designer 2010:”the server could not complete your request SharePoint designer 2010”. If you click the Details button it will open a dialog box; however, it is almost always empty..

If you are face this problem, check the Event viewer for the following error: “The extended protection settings on IIS do not match the settings configured on the transport”. If this error appears, follow the steps below:

• Open IIS Manager (Click Run in start menu and then type INETMGR)
• Find the desired site in IIS Manager
• Open “Authentication” from body panel
• Select Windows Authentication
• Click “Advance Settings…” in the right panel
• Select “Off” from the extended protection dropdown box
• Select the check box for Enable Kernel-Mode authentication
• Click Ok.
• Reset your IIS

You are done. eNjoy...

Maintain Session in SharePoint Web Part Development

Ok friends, sometimes when you are developing a web part for SharePoint and are trying to maintain Session state, you might run into the following error message ……………………………..”Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” If you are new to SharePoint or have never seen this error before you are probably wondering, now what do I do? The solution is very simple

To resolve this issue you have to follow the steps mentioned below.

Step 1:

• Open web.config for the current SharePoint Site, default location is

C:\Inetput\wwwroor\wss\VirtualDirectories\ < your sharepoint site port number >

• Find < httpModules > tag in web.config file
• Add the text between opening and closing tag shown below.

< add name = "Session" type = "System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule">

Step 2:

• Open IIS Manager (Click Run in start menu and then type INETMGR)
• Find the desired site in IIS Manager
• In the body panel find “Modules” and double click this.
• On the right hand panel, click “Add Managed Module...”
• In the name text box, enter the appropriate name for your session i.e. “SessionState”
• Select “System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a” from type dropdown.
• Click Ok.

Now, you should be good to go. eNjoy