Note: This article was originally published in 2013. Some steps, commands, or software versions may have changed. Check the current Sharepoint 2013 documentation for the latest information.

In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn enable sharepoint 2013 central administration when it displays . SharePoint 2013 introduced social features, improved search, cross-site publishing, and enhanced mobile browsing experiences.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

  • SharePoint Server 2013 or later
  • Farm administrator or site collection admin access
  • PowerShell with SharePoint snap-in

How to: Enable (http://sharepoint.microsoft.com “Microsoft SharePoint”) 2013 Central Administration when it displays “(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol “Hypertext Transfer Protocol”) (http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes “List of HTTP status codes”). The service is unavailable.”

So this issue threw me off at the beginning as I had just freshly installed a SharePoint 2013 server and who would possibly expect that right out of the box the thing won’t work. Regardless, after doing some digging in the event logs and on (http://www.iis.net/ “Internet Information Services”) it turns out the SharePoint application pools were stopped as the domain user I had provided for some reason didn’t have enough permissions to run as a service / batch job. As you can imagine, all you need to do at this point is give that user the right permissions and you are good to go. Be sure to check you have the right username/password and that the account is not locked too!

  1. Open the “Local Security Policy” however you can ((http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/default.aspx “Windows Server 2012”) you can just hit the Windows key and type that or for older versions go to: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Panel_%28Windows%29 “Control Panel (Windows)”) >> Administrative Tools >> Local Security Policy)
  2. Go to Security Settings
  3. Then Local Policies
  4. Finally User Rights Assignment
  5. There you will find “Log on as a batch job”. Go in there and add the user you set up on your SharePoint 2013 installation!

Rumor has it this issue appears on (http://sharepoint.microsoft.com “Microsoft SharePoint”) as well and the steps to resolve it are the same.

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Summary

You’ve successfully learned enable sharepoint 2013 central administration when it displays . If you run into any issues, double-check the prerequisites and ensure your Sharepoint 2013 environment is properly configured.