SharePoint OnPremises – Get-SPWeb – resolving error – Access to this Web site has been blocked

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Background / Details : We are trying to access one of our SharePoint 2013 SiteCollection. We are using PowerShell CMDLET – Get-SPWeb and we are getting an error.

We tried to access the SiteCollection from browser and same error.

So in this article will discuss root cause of error and solution 🙂

Error :

Get-SPWeb : Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.
At line:1 char:10

Get-SPWeb <<<< -Limit All -Site <SiteCollectionURL>

CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share….SPCmdletGetWeb:SPCmdletGetWeb) [Get-
SPWeb], SPException

FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletGetWeb

Solution :

• This error occurs because respective web site is locked
• We can check or update the web lock status either through PowerShell or Central Administration
• We have an article for PowerShell script to change the lock state of Site or all sites in given web application, please have a look – SharePoint On-premises – PowerShell script to unlock all site collections in Web Application
• Also when we try access the locked site from browser we get an error as shown in below fig

Verifying and Updating lock status for Site from Central Administration :

• Open the central administration
• Navigate to – Application Management

• We will be redirected to applications.aspx page as shown in below Fig
• Click on “Configure quotas and locks” link as shown in below Fig

• From application management page we will navigate to “Site Collection Quotas and Locks” – sitequota.aspx page as shown in below fig

• On “Site Collection Quotas and Locks” page we will have option to select the site collection and check the “Site Lock Information“
• From the same page we could also update the Lock status for the selected site
• If Site Lock Status is “No access” and if we try to access the Site either through browser or PowerShell we get an error – Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.
• To access the site please change the appropriate site status (lock state) as per our organization requirement
• Following are details for possible lock state values :
  • Not locked / Unlock => unlock the site collection and make it available to users
  • Adding content prevented / NoAdditions => prevent users from adding new content to site collection. Updates and deletions are still allowed
  • ReadOnly => prevent users from adding, updating, or deleting content
  • NoAccess => prevent users from accessing site collection and its content. Users who attempt to access the site receive an above error message

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