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Access is denied when starting Conversion job in SharePoint Word Automation Service
In this article we will be seeing how to resolve “Access is denied” error when Conversion job is started in SharePoint Word Automation Service.
Description:
When I was trying to convert word document to pdf in SharePoint using Powershell
script (http://www.c
sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/anavijai/4820/), I was getting the following
error
When I was trying to convert word document to pdf in SharePoint using SharePoint
object model (http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/anavijai/4815/),
I was getting the following error
Reason:
The user doesn't have permission to access the Word Automation Service
application.
How to resolve:
- Go to Central Administration => Application Management => Manage Service Applications => Word Automation Service.
- Select the Word Automation Service and then click on Permissions in ribbon interface.
- Add the user and select Full Control.
Conclusion:
Once the full control is given to the user to access the word automation service
the issue is resolved and I am able to convert the documents successfully.