I have a two server SharePoint 2016 Enterprise Farm not able to connect with SharePoint Designer

Question

I have a simple SharePoint server 2016 farm. I am unbale to connect to it with SharePoint Designer and consequently the ShareGate tool. Running some fiddler traces yield these errors. Any ideas?

{
"SchemaVersion":"15.0.0.0","LibraryVersion":"16.0.5179.1000","ErrorInfo":null,"TraceCorrelationId":"fff360a1-9d50-f03c-352b-2c165994cb5e"
},4811,{
"HasException":true,"ErrorInfo":{
"ErrorMessage":"Cannot find stub for type with id \"{3747adcd-a3c3-41b9-bfab-4a64dd2f1e0a}\". The specified server may not support APIs used in this operation.","ErrorValue":null,"TraceCorrelationId":"fff360a1-9d50-f03c-352b-2c165994cb5e","ErrorCode":-1,"ErrorTypeName":"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerProxyNotFoundException"
}
},4815,{
"HasException":true,"ErrorInfo":{
"ErrorMessage":"Cannot find stub for type with id \"{3747adcd-a3c3-41b9-bfab-4a64dd2f1e0a}\". The specified server may not support APIs used in this operation.","ErrorValue":null,"TraceCorrelationId":"fff360a1-9d50-f03c-352b-2c165994cb5e","ErrorCode":-1,"ErrorTypeName":"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerProxyNotFoundException"
}

 

[
{
"SchemaVersion":"15.0.0.0","LibraryVersion":"16.0.5179.1000","ErrorInfo":null,"TraceCorrelationId":"fff360a1-3d73-f03c-352b-2eae4e350756"
},4899,{
"HasException":true,"ErrorInfo":{
"ErrorMessage":"Cannot find stub for type with id \"{3747adcd-a3c3-41b9-bfab-4a64dd2f1e0a}\". The specified server may not support APIs used in this operation.","ErrorValue":null,"TraceCorrelationId":"fff360a1-3d73-f03c-352b-2eae4e350756","ErrorCode":-1,"ErrorTypeName":"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerProxyNotFoundException"
}
},4903,{
"HasException":true,"ErrorInfo":{
"ErrorMessage":"Cannot find stub for type with id \"{3747adcd-a3c3-41b9-bfab-4a64dd2f1e0a}\". The specified server may not support APIs used in this operation.","ErrorValue":null,"TraceCorrelationId":"fff360a1-3d73-f03c-352b-2eae4e350756","ErrorCode":-1,"ErrorTypeName":"Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerProxyNotFoundException"
}
}
]

Answer 1

Hi @Todd Kelley,

Since we can't reproduce your situation, we need to narrow down the problem and try some steps:

1.Try to install SharePoint Designer latest version

https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=35491

2.Try to install SharePoint Designer 2013 on another client machine and test on it.

3.Please refer to following article to clear SharePoint Designer 2013 cache:

How to Clear Your SharePoint Designer 2010/2013 Cache

4.Restart the server.

Here is a similar issue with yours:

“could not save the list changes to the server” in designer

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