{"id":535,"date":"2009-07-13T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlitter.itgroove.net\/2009\/07\/13\/sharepointcannot-upload-documents-larger-than-30mb-on-windows-server-2008-or-sbs-2008-application-servers\/"},"modified":"2009-07-13T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T22:35:00","slug":"sharepointcannot-upload-documents-larger-than-30mb-on-windows-server-2008-or-sbs-2008-application-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2009\/07\/13\/sharepointcannot-upload-documents-larger-than-30mb-on-windows-server-2008-or-sbs-2008-application-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint \u2013 Cannot upload documents larger than 30MB, on Windows Server 2008 or SBS 2008 Application Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass3A0F1877720B457F882429A78459AFE6\">\n<p>Ok, here&#8217;s the situation (my parents went away on a week&#8217;s vacation\u2026 no wait, that&#8217;s the Fresh Prince)\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have a MOSS 2007 Server. The maximum upload size was long set to larger than the default 50MB (100MB) in Central Administration. The base OS is Windows Server 2008. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I was working away happily on a Word Document that has been growing in size all week (full of screen shots). It had reached a point today though where I could no longer upload it. It had reached a size of 30MB. It resulted in errors like these\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Single File Upload via Document Library <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nothing happens, you get a 404 page. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Multiple File Upload via Document Library <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It seems to upload the file but then after the page refreshes, the file is nowhere to be found. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Open with Windows Explorer <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the Open with Windows Explorer&#8221; option, the following error was received (<span style=\"color:#c0504d\"><em>Could not find this item<\/em><\/span>): <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/071409_0527_SharePointC1.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were several folks referencing WSS and that the following article was the fix: <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx\/kb\/944981\/en-us\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx\/kb\/944981\/en-us<\/a>. However, following that article, to the tee, I got the following result, repeatedly, after performing an IISRESET and visiting my SharePoint Site. The key problem is, IIS 7, on Windows Server 2008, sets an upload limit of <span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"color:#1f497d\"><strong>30MB<\/strong><\/span> <\/span>(<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx\/kb\/944981\/en-us\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx\/kb\/944981\/en-us<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/071409_0527_SharePointC2.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So that didn&#8217;t work\u2026 but then I remembered the <span style=\"color:#1f497d;font-size:12pt\"><strong>IIS 7 Administration Pack<\/strong><\/span>, which proved to provide the solution to my problem (and far easier\/care free to work with than modifying the web.config file, particularly when it doesn&#8217;t work). You can find more about <a href=\"http:\/\/learn.iis.net\/page.aspx\/401\/using-the-administration-pack-for-iis-70\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the IIS 7 Administration Pack here<\/a>. Be sure to download the right version for your platform (x86 or 64bit). <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the pack installed, I was able to change the Byte value of 30000000 (30MB) to what I required, 100MB (104857600 bytes). Here&#8217;s the visual process: <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install the Administration Pack (first, get it: <a href=\"http:\/\/learn.iis.net\/page.aspx\/415\/install-the-administration-pack\">http:\/\/learn.iis.net\/page.aspx\/415\/install-the-administration-pack<\/a>) <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/071409_0527_SharePointC3.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Once installed, open your SharePoint Web Application and find the (new) &#8220;Request Filtering&#8221; option that appears <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/071409_0527_SharePointC4.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Then choose &#8216;Edit Feature Settings&#8217; in the task pane on the right <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/071409_0527_SharePointC5.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Finally, set the value you require (set this to be slightly larger than the value you want to set, in SharePoint Central Administration, so that your settings work correctly <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/071409_0527_SharePointC6.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>And then the new value. Wrap this up nicely with an <span style=\"color:#1f497d;font-size:14pt\"><strong>IISRESET<\/strong><\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/071409_0527_SharePointC7.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Related Articles <\/h2>\n<p>\u2026that didn&#8217;t help me. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx\/kb\/944981\/en-us\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx\/kb\/944981\/en-us<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/925083\/\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/925083\/<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, here&#8217;s the situation (my parents went away on a week&#8217;s vacation\u2026 no wait, that&#8217;s the Fresh Prince)\u2026 \u00a0 I have a MOSS 2007 Server. The maximum upload size was long set to larger than the default 50MB (100MB) in Central Administration. 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