Word Automation Services Error (WAS)

 

In SharePoint 2010, the Word Automation Services by default work in sandbox mode. if you see errors WAS error ULs, the first thing we need to check is if it is running in Sandbox mode, if so disable it using the below script. Usually IISReset after the change may work, but the restart of the SharePoint Hosted Services (Usually app server) server will help.

clear Remove-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell $sp = Get-SPServiceApplication | where {$_.TypeName.Equals("Word Automation Services")}  $sp.DisableSandbox = $true $sp.Update()