April 2023 CU includes the new AMSI security feature for SharePoint Server 2016 (see here for details). This functionality caused problems on SharePoint Server 2016 machines installed on top of Windows Server 2012 R2 as AMSI relies on functionality in the Windows operating system which is only available in Windows Server 2016 and later. With […]
Thanks to several customer reports we identified an additional aspect of the distributed cache problem introduced with January 2023 CU which is not addressed with May 2023 CU. More details including the workaround to resolve the issue can be found in the update section of this blog post: Resolved – Trending Issue: Distributed Cache problems […]
After installing May 2023 CU for SharePoint Server 2019 and Subscription Edition we received a couple of calls around problems with custom solution deployment. A fix for this issue was released with July 2023 CU Symptoms updating or retracting farm solutions takes a very long time IIS Application Pools for SharePoint web applications remain in […]
With January 2023 CU for SharePoint Server 2016, 2019 and Subscription Edition we released a security fix which increased the transport security for communications between the SharePoint applications and the distributed cache cluster. This fix introduced a problem for some customers which so far could only be resolved using the workaround described in my blog […]
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 […]
With January 2023 CU for SharePoint Server 2016, 2019 and Subscription Edition we released a security fix which increased the transport security for communications between the SharePoint applications and the distributed cache cluster. A fix for this issue has been released with May 2023 CU for SharePoint Server 2016, 2019 and Subscription Edition. The change […]
A problem in SharePoint Server 2019 December 2022 CU has been identified which can cause incorrect user information to be displayed in people fields. Webapplications which host only one site collection should not be affected. Other SharePoint versions are not affected. Resolved! A hotfix has been released which resolves the issue. See below for details. […]
After installation of recent updates for SharePoint 2013 users may receive an HTTP 500 error with the following additional details: “Cannot read configuration file because it exceeds the maximum file size” Cause IIS has a default limit of 250 KB for web.config files. SharePoint web.config files are quite large even if no customizations are installed. […]
[Update: this issue is fixed with August 2022 CU September 2022 CU or later] In the last couple of weeks we received several support cases (and comments on my blog) that after applying May 2022 CU the left navigation menu on modern pages in SharePoint Server 2019 is not showing up. The problem is caused […]
December CU shipped with a security fix which – by default – blocks deployments if the temporary storage location is not on the C-Drive. To enable a different drive it is required enable it using powershell code like the following: $farm = Get-SPFarm # specify the drive which holds the tempory folder $farm.AllowedContentDeploymentTempFolderDirectories = “X:\” […]
We received a couple of cases from customers who reported that navigating to the “Site Contents” page shows up as a blank page. In this situation you will find an entry similar to the following: w3wp.exe (0x1xxx) SharePoint Foundation Web Controls cfpx8 Unexpected Error encountered when creating uri from baseUrl /_layouts/15/next/odspnext/. This error will occur […]
After installing June 2021 CU for SharePoint 2013, 2016 or 2019 you might notice that (e.g.) custom navigation stops working and 8gaol entries are logged in ULS log: June or July 2021 CU: w3wp.exe (0xXXXX) SharePoint Foundation General 8gaol Unexpected Unable to access this sensitive property : <sensitive property name> from outer assembly. August 2021 […]
