This operation can be performed only on a computer that is joined to a server farm by users who have permissions in SQL Server to read from the configuration database. To connect this server to the server farm, use the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard, located on the Start menu in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

Hi All,

There will be some cases when you are trying to access your SharePoint Web Applications you may encounter the below issue. In this post we will see the steps how to resolve the Issue.

Issue:

This operation can be performed only on a computer that is joined to a server farm by users who have permissions in SQL Server to read from the configuration database. To connect this server to the server farm, use the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard, located on the Start menu in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

Resolution steps:

Go to start -> run -> services.msc -> start "SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)" service.

Now, refresh your application and It will work as expected.

Hope it useful.

Thanks.

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