

Increase the value of maxAllowedContentLength in the requestLimits node. To work around this problem, edit the section in the Web.config file for the web application. Typically, you receive an error message that resembles one of the following: However, you cannot upload files that are larger than 28 MB, even though you have configured the large file upload setting when you are running Windows SharePoint Services on a Windows Server 2008 based computer that has IIS 7.0 installed.

On a Windows Server 2008 computer that has only IIS 7.0 installations, you can add the maxAllowedContentLength value to resolve the issue that is described in the "Symptoms" section. Note By default, this file is in the Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\VirtualDirectoryFolder folder. Open the web application Web.config file in Notepad. For example, replace the value as follows. NOTE By default, this file is in the following location:Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTSĪdd the executionTimeout value that you want. Under Connections, type the number of seconds that you want in the Connection time-out box, and then click OK. Right-click the virtual server that you want to configure, and then click Properties. To increase the connection time-out setting, follow these steps:īy default, the IIS connection time-out setting is 120 seconds.Ĭlick Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. Method 2: Increase the connection time-out setting You can specify a maximum file size up to 2,047 megabytes. Under Maximum upload size, type the maximum file size in megabytes that you want, and then click OK. On the Web Application General Settings page, click the web application that you want to change. Under SharePoint Web Application Management, click Web application general settings. To increase the maximum upload size, follow these steps:Ĭlick Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration. Method 1: Increase the maximum upload size To resolve this issue, use one or more of the following methods. This issue can occur if the file that you try to upload is over 50 megabytes (MB). In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following: You try to upload a large file to a document library. You connect to the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 website. You configure a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 website to support large files. You install Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
