We were experiencing the error below when trying to Connect to Outlook from SharePoint, via the drop down actions menu.
In the case of contacts we were trying to sync, sometimes the 1st connection was successful, but subsequent attempts failed. Outlook seemed to recognise that the a sync was trying to be established as the pop up list box was appearring in Outlook. Syncs from Outlook to SharePoint always failed with the same error: SharePoint reported error (0x8000FFFF): An error occurred either in Outlook or SharePoint. Not much help!
After drawing blanks on searching the web for people with the same problem, we performed a packet capture using netmon (Microsoft utility) and performed a Connect to Outlook. From the packet capture we found that SharePoint was trying to sync to the wrong url. We checked in the Alternate Access Mappings in Central Admin and found that we had an old url (one found in packet capture) in there (amongst the correct urls). Once this was removed the sync worked fine. Hope this helps anyone else who has experienced this issue.
SharePoint Reported Error (0x8000FFFF)
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The solution worked for me for the Task 'SharePoint' reported error (0x8000FFFF):
There is a .Net passport that stores usernames and passwords. It's located in the "Control Panel\User Accounts\User Accounts\Manage your network passwords" for Vista and "Control Panel\User Accounts\Your username\ Change My .Net Password"
If you change your password in Workspace and you have chosen to sign in automaticaly this error occurs, because the stored password is different.
Hope this helps.
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Alexander Alexandrov
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Thanks,
I spent a few hours trying to figure this out, turns out I had an old URL in my alternate access mappings.
I've also had this error occur when our network connectivity is spotty. I removed the calndar from Outlook and tried to sync again, no dice. Tried again an hour later and it synched properly with no errors.