After installing May 2023 CU for SharePoint Server 2019 and Subscription Edition we received a couple of calls around problems with custom solution deployment. Symptoms updating or retracting farm solutions takes a very long time IIS Application Pools for SharePoint web applications remain in stopped state after the update/retract operation When the problem occurs you […]

Below are the security fixes for the SharePoint OnPrem versions released this month. SharePoint 2013: SharePoint 2013 has reached end of support. No further security fixes will be released for this product. Please update to a supported SharePoint version to ensure that your environment stays secure. SharePoint Server 2016: KB 5002397 – SharePoint Server 2016 […]

The product group released the May 2023 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Starting with March 2023 CU, Microsoft releases cumulative updates for SharePoint Server Subscription edition as a unified “uber” package containing both the language independent and language dependent fixes. Language independent and language dependent fixes will no longer be released separately. Going […]

In the last couple of days we got several reports from customers which experienced an issue after installing April 2023 CU for SharePoint Server 2016 on servers which are running Windows Server 2012 R2. Background information April 2023 CU includes the new AMSI security feature for SharePoint (see here for details). AMSI relies on functionality […]

Below are the security fixes for the SharePoint OnPrem versions released this month. Important: SharePoint Foundation security fixes also have to be applied on SharePoint Server installations. SharePoint Server security fixes also have to be applied on Project Server installations. SharePoint 2013 Suite: KB 5002383 – SharePoint Foundation 2013 (core component) Microsoft Support recommends to […]

The product group released the April 2023 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Starting with March 2023 CU, Microsoft releases cumulative updates for SharePoint Server Subscription edition as a unified “uber” package containing both the language independent and language dependent fixes. Language independent and language dependent fixes will no longer be released separately. Going […]