After installing November 2023 CU (or later) for SharePoint Server 2016 Aggregated Newsfeeds are broken. Symptoms: Affected Users will see an empty Newsfeed web part. In the ULS log see the following error in ULS after installing November 2023 CU or later: Unexpected exception in FeedCacheService.GetConsolidatedFeed: Unable to cast object of type ‘System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair`2[System.String,System.Object]]’ to type […]

Trending Issue: HTTP Error 500.19 - “Cannot read configuration file because it exceeds the maximum file size”

After installation of recent updates for SharePoint (SP2016, SP2019, SPSE) users may receive an HTTP 500 error with the following additional details: “Cannot read configuration file because it exceeds the maximum file size” Cause The upgrade operation in SharePoint invoked through the configuration wizard (psconfig.exe or psconfigui.exe) after installing a SharePoint fix adds duplicate “<authorizedType […]

Below are the security fixes for the SharePoint OnPrem versions released this month. SharePoint Server 2016: KB 5002541 – SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent) Microsoft Support recommends to install the complete January 2024 CU for SharePoint 2016 rather than individual security fixes. SharePoint Server 2019: KB 5002539 – SharePoint Server 2019 (language independent) Microsoft Support […]

The product group released the January 2024 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Monthly SharePoint Server Subscription edition updates are released as a single unified “uber” package containing both the language independent and language dependent fixes. Language independent and language dependent fixes will no longer be released separately. This is similar to the full […]

The product group released the December 2023 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Monthly SharePoint Server Subscription edition updates are released as a single unified “uber” package containing both the language independent and language dependent fixes. Language independent and language dependent fixes will no longer be released separately. This is similar to the full […]

Below are the security fixes for the SharePoint OnPrem versions released this month. SharePoint Server 2016: KB 5002517 – SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent) Microsoft Support recommends to install the complete November 2023 CU for SharePoint 2016 rather than individual security fixes. SharePoint Server 2019: KB 5002526 – SharePoint Server 2019 (language independent) Microsoft Support […]

The product group released the November 2023 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Monthly SharePoint Server Subscription edition updates are released as a single unified “uber” package containing both the language independent and language dependent fixes. Language independent and language dependent fixes will no longer be released separately. This is similar to the full […]