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Schnittlauch
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May 05, 2023
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Can't open links in Teams on Windows Server 2016

Hi, since our company (Company A) moved into our head company (company B) AAD, we (A) can't open any links in the MS Teams Application from "Chats" and "Teams". Links from Viva Engage f.e. still wor...
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    Schnittlauch
    Nov 06, 2023

    Hi Anonymous, thanks for your answer, I forgot to write you back.

     

    We found the unsatisfying "solution" to this problem:
    It's a known Windows Server 2016 problem.

    Check out the following article for more information:

     

    Link in Teams chats not opening Browser - Microsoft Q&A

    ->

    "Got final response from Microsoft Support: this is well-known issue with Server 2016 for about a year now. As Server 2016 is out of maintenance support, there will be no fix. 
    The issue is related to maximum character URL-limitation by OS.
    Two possible workarounds:

    • update to Server 2019
    • disable SafeLinks Policy in Security AdminCenter (including exeption for BuiltIn-default-policy) and wait 24h

    The issue propagates through all tenants starting about a year ago... so some organisations are affected for quite some time and some only recently."

     

    thanks for everyone who spent time,

    Schnittlauch

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