Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Getting Blank page instead of Central Admin after installing SharePoint 2010 in Windows 7

Issue:
You will get a blank page instead of Central admin page when you are trying to access the central admin page after installed and configured the SharePoint 2010 software in windows 7 machine.

Reason:
By default, some of the authentication providers may not be installed in Windows 7 machine (inside IIS). You can check the list of authentication providers by double click on the central administration site in IIS. See the sample screenshot below.




If you double click in the "Authentication" link as I specified in the above image, you cannot see the below authentication mechanisms:
1. Windows Authentication
2. Basic Authentication
3. Digest Authentication

If they are existing, they may not be enabled.

Solution:
To add these authentication mechanisms in IIS, open the Command Prompt and type the below command. Then, wait for 2 minutes.

Command

start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;WCF-HTTP-Activation;WCF-NonHTTP-Activation



The command will be executed and you can see in IIS that these authentication mechanisms will be added. See the sample screenshot below:




Please make sure that the Windows Authentication should be enabled to access the SharePoint 2010 central administration page.

So, now you can browse the central admin page instead of blank page.



Thats it...
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21 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 13, 2010 at 11:37 AM

    I ran command you mentioned. It did not create these additional authentications. I am using Windows 7 Home 64 bit. Is OS edition causing problem?

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    1. Harsh KapoorJune 9, 2012 at 10:54 AM

      In IIS Enable Basic Authentication of SharePoint Central Administration V4 web site

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  2. RavindherJanuary 16, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    Thanks alot its working for me. But i am not able to create web application

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    1. Sensoft2000June 17, 2013 at 1:48 AM

      Try to open the central admin url in browser using "Administrator" privileges.

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  3. Jason MacDonaldJanuary 21, 2013 at 6:16 AM

    Thank you sir, it worked as advertised!

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  4. SharePoint ExpertMarch 13, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    Thanks alot its worked for me as well...

    Parveen Goyal

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  5. UnknownMarch 19, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    Thanks a lot , u saved me
    @Ravindher be sure u created [SharePoint - 80 ]
    application management > manage web application > select new

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  6. neethisaranMay 21, 2013 at 12:56 AM

    I do have the same error after installing and modifying few changes in the web.config as suggested. I have installed in Windows 8 & it runs on IIS 8. So May I have your suggestions & help to make it active and run ?

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    1. Sensoft2000June 17, 2013 at 1:48 AM

      Sorry, bit delayed.. Do u have any screenshot for this error.?

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  7. gkJune 25, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    I set window authentication enabled but it doesn't work. I still get blank page. when I click start, sharepoint 2010 central administration, the pop up box is sharepoint 2010 products configuration wizard. no idea. I installed VMware on windows 7. and on virtual machine I installed window server 2008r2, sql server 2008 and sharepoint 2010. any suggestion? thanks, Young

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  8. gkJune 25, 2013 at 1:46 PM

    I installed sharepoint 2010 as standalone mode. sql server 2008 is not express version.

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  9. priyatoshSeptember 2, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    i have installed sharepoint 2010 and when i run ca it is asking me username and password

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  10. Aditya ChandraOctober 19, 2013 at 4:25 AM

    In our environment we have all these authentications but only anonymous authentication is enabled,,,see the below snapshot..why it is..?

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    1. Sensoft2000October 30, 2013 at 7:29 AM

      Have you tried the above steps? Also if possible send me the screenshots.

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  11. Aditya ChandraOctober 19, 2013 at 4:26 AM

    In our environment all the authentications are there but all are disabled , only Anonymous authentication is enabled..why it is

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  12. goldfishrockOctober 21, 2013 at 7:16 AM

    Worked perfectly. Thank you

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  13. UnknownNovember 6, 2013 at 10:30 PM

    please help..

    i have enabled all the authenticaition and also followed the above steps. all the authentication is enabled and it still shows a blank page when i click on central administration

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  14. Satish GadekarMarch 30, 2014 at 8:18 AM

    You are awesome... i was searching for solution since 2 days...

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  15. UnknownSeptember 11, 2016 at 1:50 PM

    I can not see "Windows authentication" check box on "Turn Windows feature on or off" panel, so how can i select this option so that it can show on IIS manager? I am getting blank page on central administration after installing SharePoint 2010

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  16. UnknownMarch 5, 2017 at 4:07 AM

    Thanks this just worked for me

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  17. AndersonHwSwJuly 30, 2019 at 5:46 PM

    Thanks this just worked for me, SharePoint 2013 and Windows Server 2016

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