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Getting Around Thread was being aborted error when creating EP site.

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When you are trying to create EP Site on a machine low in memory or processing power, some times you may get “Thread was being aborted.” Error. To avoid this error, you should increase the executiontimeout.

Change connection time-out properties in the web.config file

1. In a basic text editor such as Notepad, open the web.config file for example %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Inetpub\wwwroot
-or-
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80 folder

1. Press CTRL + F to open the Find dialog box.

2. Find the following tag:

<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="51200" />

3. Replace it with this tag:

<httpRuntime executionTimeout="6000" maxRequestLength="51200" />

4. Find the following tag (you might have to search from the beginning of the file):

</sectionGroup>

5. Add the following tags on new lines after the </sectionGroup> tag:

<sectionGroup name="DynamicsAX">

<section name="Deployment" type="System.Configuration.SingleTagSectionHandler, System, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />

</sectionGroup>

6. Find the following tag:

</SharePoint>

7. Add the following tags on new lines after the </SharePoint> tag:

<DynamicsAX>

<Deployment SiteCreationTimeOut="1200" />

</DynamicsAX>

8. Save your changes, and close the web.config file.

9. At the command prompt, type iisreset, and then press ENTER.

10. Try to create the top-level Web site in SharePoint Portal Administration.

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