Spreadsheet Controls

Support Blog for Spreadsheet Control products, which includes Audit and Control Management Server and Discovery and Risk Assessment Server.

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The CREATE DATABASE statement failed" error

During creation of the Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) database, you may run into the...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 04/06/2017

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Change Tracking Types

The following is a list of the different Change Tracking Types that are shown on the Change History...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 12/28/2016

Discovery and Risk Assessment Sever 2013 - Risk Criteria Overview for Access databases

The Risk criteria for Access databases in Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 are listed in...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 08/16/2016

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Low disk space due to large Temp directory

When using Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013, you may run into a situation...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 07/21/2016

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Reprocessing files that have thrown an error

In Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013, some files may not get processed due to an error....

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 06/23/2016

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 and Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Updates List

The following is a list of updates for Audit and Control Management Server 2013 (ACM) and Discovery...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 04/26/2016

Database Compare - "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.Version =9.0.0.0' " error

When using Microsoft Database Compare, you may receive the following error: Could not load file or...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 02/05/2016

Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - "An error has occurred initializing record manager: SQL exception generated..."

When launching Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013, you may see the following error: An...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 04/24/2015

Audit and Control Management Server 2013: "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation" error while processing files or with Spreadsheet Compare

Overview: Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013 or Spreadsheet Compare may show this error:...

Author: Warren_R_Msft Date: 03/09/2015

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection." error

You may see the following error in the SharePoint processor log file in Audit and Control Management...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 02/25/2015

You may receive the following error when attempting to save a Discovery file in Discovery and Risk...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 01/20/2015

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The content type text/html of the response message does not match the content type of the binding" error

When attempting to use the Difference Tool to compare changes on the Change History Details page...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 12/30/2014

Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013 now supports password encrypted workbooks

Overview: Some customers would like to track spreadsheet compliance for Excel spreadsheets that have...

Author: Warren_R_Msft Date: 11/03/2014

Office 365 Search is now smarter about spreadsheets

Businesses use spreadsheets for many critical functions, such as financial reporting and investment...

Author: Warren_R_Msft Date: 10/24/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect" error

You may receive the following error when trying to launch the ACM Service Manager on an application...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 09/30/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - 'User' or 'Last Saved By' column does not show the username

Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 (ACM) determines the username of the user that...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 08/29/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Central Administrator cannot access Central Administrators page

In Audit and Control Management Server (ACM) 2013, if you have a user who is only a Central...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 07/31/2014

Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - "Could not load file or assembly System.Data.SQLServerCE"

You may receive the following error when launching Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment Server...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 06/24/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Analyzing Change History Results

Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 monitors spreadsheets and reports the changes...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 05/07/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Handling a large number of static files

Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 has a scanning feature that by default scans...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 04/23/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform" error

You may receive the following error when trying to compare values between two versions using the...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 03/19/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Website Errors

You may receive one of the following errors when viewing the Microsoft Audit and Control Management...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 02/26/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Sorry, this site hasn't been shared with you" message

While accessing a Microsoft Audit and Control Management Server 2013 website, you may receive this...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 01/31/2014

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Cannot Open Security Policy" error

You may receive the following error when creating or updating a service for a processor in the ACM...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 12/27/2013

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - "Unable to determine database file storage path" error

While running the Microsoft Audit and Control Management (ACM) Server 2013 Configuration Utility,...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 10/03/2013

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Change Tracking Types

Below is a list of Change Tracking Types and their definitions in Microsoft Audit and Control...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 08/29/2013

Office 2013 Spreadsheet Compare - System Generated Changes

The following is a screenshot that shows the different types of changes listed in the results of a...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 08/01/2013

Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Risk Configuration

The following is an overview of Risk Configuration in Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment Server...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 07/19/2013

Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Discovery File Configuration

The following instructions will help you configure options in the Discovery file of Microsoft...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 06/19/2013

Show all errors sample web page

ACM only shows errors for a single site. If you are managing a large ACM deployment this can be a...

Author: Warren_R_Msft Date: 06/17/2013

Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 - Configuration

Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment Server 2013 must be configured before first use. You will be...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 06/12/2013

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 - Application Services Parameters

Microsoft Audit and Control Management (ACM) Server 2013 application services perform critical tasks...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 06/11/2013

Audit and Control Management Server 2013 – Application Configuration

The following is a brief tour of the Microsoft Audit and Control Management (ACM) Server 2013...

Author: Zakir H - MSFT Date: 06/07/2013

Spreadsheet Controls in Office 2013

We recently released 2 important new spreadsheet management server-based applications to complement...

Author: Dawn B - MSFT Date: 05/29/2013