TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation
In the dazzling array of services among the Microsoft cloud offerings, the rollout of TLS 1.0/1.1 deprecations is not being done all at once. This has lead to some confusion and questions around which endpoints are dropping the older TLS support and when. Here...
OOB Approval workflows are missing on SharePoint online site
SharePoint OOB Approval workflows are missing on SharePoint online site even after activatingreactivating the "Workflows" site collection feature. Missing workflow templates: Publishing Approval Approval - SharePoint 2010 Collect feedback -...
“Sorry, this document can’t be opened for editing” error creating a document in Office Web Apps
Problem: You receive a "Sorry, this document can't be opened for editing" error when you try to create or edit an Office document in Office Web Apps. Issue 1: In some situations, users that are members of Active Directory (AD) Security Groups may be unable to...
WFM Certificate renewal process for SharePoint 20132016
Below is a Sample for 1 Node WFM farm using WFM/SB certificate generation key – resetting expired certificate process: In order to reset generation key for WFM and SB the following steps needs to be done: System date and clock of WFM node must be set back before...
How to Troubleshoot Issues Modernizing SharePoint Online
Administrators may have started to notice our diagnostics starting to render within the M365 Admin Center support portal for certain text queries as early as December 2018. Please refer to our previous diagnostic blog post How to troubleshoot issues in SharePoint...
Effect on SharePoint sites that use ADFS/SAML and Forms Based Authentication in Chrome version 80+
Issue : You are using Google Chrome 80, and when you have ADFS/SAML or FBA configured site, you notice that intermittently, users logging in fails and goes into a login loop. The following error is received on ADFS : "An error occured. Contact your administrator for...
Troubleshooting Explorer view and mapped drives to SharePoint
Overview Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV) is an extension of the HTTP protocol that allows the user to interact with and manipulate files stored on a web server. The Windows implementation of the DAV protocol as a mini-redirector is handled by the WebClient...
Introduction to SharePoint Online Search
Microsoft SharePoint Online Search is an integral part of SharePoint Online and it is the backbone of many features across Office 365. Below is a list of a few features that are driven by search and used daily: Enterprise Search center Site Search List and library...
SharePoint provider hosted add-ins stop working in Safari 13.1 browser
The Problem When using the new Safari 13.1 browser with Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP), 3rd party cookies are not allowed by default to remove the ability for websites to track you using cookies. When an iframe is hosted in a page, it's cookies, even if they...