[SharePoint 2010] FIMSynchronizationService Errors After SP1 Install – Microsoft SharePoint is not supported with version 4.0.30319.235 of the Microsoft .Net Runtime

Update 2011-07-13: This issue was fixed in the re-released version of the June 2011 Cumulative Update. If you have installed the initial release of the June 2011 Cumulative Update, it is recommended to install the re-released version to ensure the issues in the first release are resolved.

After installing Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010, my User Profile Synchronization began throwing errors in the Windows Event Log. The most concerning one was the following:

The extensible extension returned an unsupported error.
 The stack trace is:

 "System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Microsoft SharePoint is not supported with version 4.0.30319.235 of the Microsoft .Net Runtime.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.get_Farm()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.FindLocal(SPFarm& farm, Boolean& isJoined)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPControl.SPWebEnsureSPControl(HttpContext context)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPContext.get_Current()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileManagerInstance.GetApplicationProxy()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileImportExportService.GetPartitionIds()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.WebServiceDirectProxy.WebMethodInfo.Invoke(Object webServiceInstance, Object[] args)
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.WebServiceDirectProxy.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] args)
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ManagementAgent.ProfileImportExportDirect.GetPartitionIds()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ManagementAgent.ProfileImportExportExtension.Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.IMAExtensibleFileImport.GenerateImportFile(String fileName, String connectTo, String user, String password, ConfigParameterCollection configParameters, Boolean fFullImport, TypeDescriptionCollection types, String& customData)
Forefront Identity Manager 4.0.2450.34"

It seemed like the Forefront Identity Manager began targeting .NET 4 all of a sudden instead of .NET 2/3.5. In the following config file, I found that a reference to .NET 4 had been added to the supported runtimes:

C:Program FilesMicrosoft Office Servers14.0Synchronization ServiceBinmiiserver.exe.config

<startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
    <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"></supportedRuntime>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319"></supportedRuntime>
</startup>

I simply removed the v4.0 reference and it started working again.

<startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
    <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"></supportedRuntime>
</startup>

That’s it. Not sure why this was added in Service Pack 1, but this resolves the issues.

Update: Be sure to restart both Forefront Identity Manager services in the Windows Services and perform a full synchronization after making this change.

John Chapman

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