Hi I have created a new server farm with MOSS SP2 latest release, but while creating Site collection people picker is not working to assign the site collection administrator "User not found" , i searched it a lot and found many posts on this and seems if it is a SP2 issue, but nowhere i found any proper solution. i am faching this problem first time. and i have build server farm one time before too. Thanks Moderator Note: NEVER say something is urgent. If it is you should not be posting here but should be paying for support by for instance contacting MS customer support services.

Yes, This server is installed in domain, This is a single server farm used for POC purposes. The account used for installion is the local admin account. My server is in the domain and i have signed in to the domain. i have only this single server in this farm. actually apart then the site collection creation page i am able to resolve the names through people picker. but while creating the site colelction i am facing this issue. i searched on net and found many people have faced this issue "broken people picker in MOSS SP2". but no proper solution.. Please find the logs below 02/22/2011 15:47:14.94 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x14A8) 0x0B18 Windows SharePoint Services General 0 Medium Exiting MRU trim routine. 02/22/2011 15:47:16.32 w3wp.exe (0x12BC) 0x1360 Windows SharePoint Services General 72e9 Medium Error in resolving user 'yk30083' : System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Unable to contact the global catalog server at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPActiveDirectoryDomain.GetDirectorySearcher() at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.PeopleEditor.SearchFromGC(SPActiveDirectoryDomain domain, String strFilter, String[] rgstrProp, Int32 nTimeout, Int32 nSizeLimit, SPUserCollection spUsers, ArrayList& rgResults) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUserUtility.ResolveAgainstAD(String input, Boolean inputIsEmailOnly, SPActiveDirectoryDomain globalCatalog, SPPrincipalType scopes, SPUserCollection usersContainer, TimeSpan searchTimeout, String customFilter) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPActiveDirectoryPrincipalResolver.ResolvePrincipal(String input, Boolean inputIsEmailOnly,... 02/22/2011 15:47:16.32* w3wp.exe (0x12BC) 0x1360 Windows SharePoint Services General 72e9 Medium ... SPPrincipalType scopes, SPPrincipalSource sources, SPUserCollection usersContainer) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.ResolvePrincipalInternal(SPWeb web, SPWebApplication webApp, Nullable`1 urlZone, String input, SPPrincipalType scopes, SPPrincipalSource sources, SPUserCollection usersContainer, Boolean inputIsEmailOnly, Boolean alwaysAddWindowsResolver). 02/22/2011 15:47:16.41 w3wp.exe (0x12BC) 0x1360 Windows SharePoint Services General 72e7 Medium Error in searching user 'yk30083' : System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Unable to contact the global catalog server at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPActiveDirectoryDomain.GetDirectorySearcher() at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.PeopleEditor.SearchFromGC(SPActiveDirectoryDomain domain, String strFilter, String[] rgstrProp, Int32 nTimeout, Int32 nSizeLimit, SPUserCollection spUsers, ArrayList& rgResults) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUserUtility.SearchAgainstAD(String input, SPActiveDirectoryDomain domainController, SPPrincipalType scopes, SPUserCollection usersContainer, Int32 maxCount, String customQuery, String customFilter, TimeSpan searchTimeout, Boolean& reachMaxCount) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPActiveDirectoryPrincipalResolver.SearchPrincipals(Str... 02/22/2011 15:47:16.41* w3wp.exe (0x12BC) 0x1360 Windows SharePoint Services General 72e7 Medium ...ing input, SPPrincipalType scopes, SPPrincipalSource sources, SPUserCollection usersContainer, Int32 maxCount, Boolean& reachMaxCount) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility.SearchPrincipalFromResolvers(List`1 resolvers, String input, SPPrincipalType scopes, SPPrincipalSource sources, SPUserCollection usersContainer, Int32 maxCount, Boolean& reachMaxCount, Dictionary`2 usersDict).

site collections are created in Central Administration. You said that "actually apart then the site collection creation page i am able to resolve the names through people picker". In what web application you are able to resolve users via people picker? Is it also Central Administration web app or another web app? If it is another web app then compare its web.config and web.config of CA. Check "PeoplePickerWildcards" section - are they the same in both web.configs?Blog - http://sadomovalex.blogspot.com CAML via C# - http://camlex.codeplex.com

Please check this link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263460(office.12).aspx You may need to run this command to include your domains in the people picker. Thanks, Chanakya

Please check this link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263460(office.12).aspx You may need to run this command to include your domains in the people picker. Thanks, Chanakya

Please check this link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263460(office.12).aspx You may need to run this command to include your domains in the people picker. Thanks, Chanakya