SharePoint on premise: Anonymous users open in client application not working
Hello, I have an external SharePoint site where Anonymous access is enabled for the entire site. I've activated the “Open Documents in Client Applications by Default” feature. Also, on the site document library, advanced settings, under “Opening Documents in the Browser”, I've selected “Open in the client application”. As an anonymous user, when I open an office document, it opens the file in the browser. When I open a PDF, it prompts me to login. Unexpected behavior for an anonymous user. As an authenticated user, when I open an office document, I get a prompt to open the file in the client application. When I open a PDF, the file displays in the PDF reader. Expected behavior for an authenticated user. How can I force all files to open in the native application when accessing the site as an anonymous user?
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
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
SharePoint quick link to Network share
*Update* I tested again and if I right click on the link in Quick Links and select open or open in new window, the link will work and does open the network share. However, if I simply click on the link in the Quick Links section it will fail with an "Http 403 forbidden" page. How can I get the link in Quick Links to work simply by clicking it rather than right clicking and selecting open or open in new window as this would not be expected by users? Hello, I am trying to add a link (to a network share) to the Quick Links navigation in SharePoint 2016 on premise but it is not working. I can select add a link edit the name and add the link to the network share, select the test link option and it works fine. However, when I save and then try to access the link in normal mode the link does not work. It adds " http://SharepointServerName/sites" before the network file share link and fails to open. I know I can add the link to the main page or in a web part but the team is looking to have this link in the Quick Links section. Is this not possible? If it is, what am I missing? Thanks.
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?
SharePoint 2019 recomendations
I work for a state government agency and we are planning on building a new SharePoint environment (on-premise). Our license allows us to install either 2016 or 2019. Sometimes it's good to not install a new product right away until some of the bugs are worked out. Since 2019 was just released in October, I was wondering everyone thoughts regarding installing 2019. Has anyone gone to 2019 yet? Do you recommend waiting a few months before going to 2019? Should we stick with 2016 or go with the latest? Any feedback is appreciated.（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 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.
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!
