Modern Page Experience availability in SharePoint 2016 On-Prem Server
What exactly is required to enable the modern page experience in SP 2016 on-prem server? I think wbaer's Feature Pack 2 Post alludes to this functionality. But I was hoping someone could clarify for me from a non-dev perspective. :D Cheers!
Search Broken - after windows updates
Hi all, Just a quick one. As ever - the windows updates seemed to have now stopped enterprise search from working. I get this:- Sorry, something went wrong The base type 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchResultsLayoutPage' is not allowed for this page. The type Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchResultsLayoutPage, Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=16.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c could not be found or it is not registered as safe. Nothing online has resolved the issue including adding safecontrol entries to the web config files. Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this issue? Kind Regards Barry
Configure Network Load Balancer in SharePoint 2016
I have a SharePoint farm with Three Servers. First server role is "Application with Search", Second is "Front-end with Distributed Cache", Third is database server. I want to know is it possible to configure Network Load Balancer with the current servers in the Farm?（Please help!!) SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard Installation Error
Hi, I have 2 virtual machine servers(windows 2016) created by Hyper-V, we are trying to use those two server to set up sharepoint 2016 and Sql 2016 separately. Everything is fine when I install sharepoint 2016 on application server, but there is an error message pop-up during I set up SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard(attached below).I looked up a lot of relevant information on Google, but It hasn't been solved yet. For now, I've checked these things out： 1) User Permissions 2) Firewall doesn't block access and communication with your Microsoft SQL Server. 3) SQL database is running and services. 4) The ports on both server are open Please HELP!!!! Thanks!SharePoint 2016 Named Pipes
Setting up an on-premises multi-server SharePoint 2016 farm and having problems with servers disconnecting from the SQL Server 2016 database. Lots of messages in the ULS logs about Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server. We are using TCP/IP on default port 1433, and I've tried with and without SQL Aliases. Does the Named Pipes protocol need to be enabled on the MSSQLSERVER network configuration? This wasn't the case for SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2.Is this a bug? Look up column to External List error - SP2016
Hello folks - I am trying to find out if this is a bug with the product, or an issue with my farm. So, I wanted to reach out to the community to get help on something tested. (SharePoint 2016) Please consider this scenario. I've this tested on both on-premise farms and results are same. Prerequisites: Make sure to have a BCS External Content Type to a SQL database of your choice Make sure to create an External List using this ECT to the said SQL database Steps: Browse to Site Columns on a site collection (Same site collection that external list is on) Create a new site column, select type Lookup - Give a good name that you can remember Select "Get information from: " drop down to the External List you've already created, and select a column Hit "OK" Questions: Do you get an error? If you browse back to Site Columns do you see the column actually created but type is listed as "External Data" ? Please let me know your findings here. Thanks! Ali
Redirect modern search page to classic search center page in SharePoint 2019
Scenario: Consider you have a modern communication site in SP2019 where users perform search. Search query redirects to the modern search page whose look and feel is not the same as classic search page. Few users may not like the new look and feel. You are looking for ways to customize this new look and feel for modern search page. Cause: This is a by design behavior as you cannot customize the modern search page for modern sites in SharePoint 2019. Refer: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/search/differences-search-2016-2019 Workaround: Consider you have a classic search center site collection and are exploring options to redirect the search request from this modern search page to the classic search page. You can use below redirection using URL rewrite tool in IIS to achieve the goal. Modern Search page: http://Sharepoint/_layouts/15/search.aspx/sitefiles?q=document Classic search page: http://sharepoint/sites/search/Pages/results.aspx?k=document <rewrite> <rules> <clear /> <rule name="Modern to Classic" enabled="true" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="*_layouts/15/search.aspx*" /> <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" trackAllCaptures="true"> <add input="{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="*q=*" /> </conditions> <serverVariables> <set name="QUERY_STRING_A" value="{C:2}" /> </serverVariables> <action type="Redirect" url="http://SharePoint/sites/search/Pages/results.aspx?k={QUERY_STRING_A}" appendQueryString="false" redirectType="Found" /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite> Note: Please consider configuring URL rewrites using below article whether its supported or not by Microsoft. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/supportability-of-rewrites-and-redirects-in-sharepoint-2016-2013-2010-and-2007-a74a19f2-a59a-4b39-8be4-ce63e50139fa
Sharepoint 2016 On-Premise SPFx Alternatives
The decision has been made to not setup our farm for Feature pack 2 and the sharepoint framework. Are there any good resources for development in Sharepoint 2016 without using the sharepoint framework? Can I still use projects built for sharepoint framework on a farm that does not have it setup? If so how? It is very difficult to find blogs and documentation on development outside of sharepoint framework for Sharepoint 2016 so if you could be so kind to point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.
