Updates for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (March 2023 CU)

19 March 2023    |    Comments   Comments: 0

A new cumulative update (March 2023 CU) has been released for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition.

SP Build:
16.0.16130.20206

Starting with the March 2023 CU, updates for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition are released as a single package (known as an Uber package) containing both language-independent and language-dependent fixes. Only one package needs to be installed to fully update the server.

SharePoint Subscription Edition CU – KB articles describing the CU:

  • KB 5002355 – March 2023 Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

SharePoint Server Subscription Edition CU – CU download links:

After installation, remember to run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard or the following command:

PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures -cmd secureresources -cmd services -install

Important notes

The language you select when downloading the update does not matter because the same package is downloaded for every language.

Note for this CU:

Installing KB5002355 requires the release version of Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition on the computer.

On Modern pages, copying and pasting into the Text web part from the Microsoft Word or Microsoft OneNote desktop application does not work. This issue is resolved by KB5002375.

Starting with this update, new Search service applications cannot be created successfully. In Central Administration, their Search Service Application: Search Administration page reports: "The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component." Search service applications created before this update continue to work normally. The issue is resolved by KB5002390.

Included fixes and improvements

The following overview summarizes the fixes and improvements in this CU based on the official Microsoft KB articles.

SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

KB5002355 addresses a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server: CVE-2023-23395.

The SharePoint Server Subscription Edition package KB5002355 includes the following features, improvements and fixes:

  • Adds the Version 23H1 feature update. All subsequent public updates for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition will include it. See new and improved features in Version 23H1.

  • Installs Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) – 14.32.31332 when neither that version nor a newer version is already installed.

  • Updates the flight configuration so that the "certificate private key access management" feature is enabled for early release.

  • Fixes an issue where filtering a view based on a managed metadata column makes the breadcrumb display an ID in place of its label.

  • Fixes an issue where permissions are handled incorrectly in connection with the New-SPSite cmdlet.

  • Fixes an issue where the form for creating a list item in Modern view omits the default value of a Managed Metadata column.

  • Fixes an issue where creating a Site Page from the Modern document library web part leads to an incorrect redirect.

  • Fixes an issue where "Try Link" applies unexpected HTML encoding to a link.

  • Fixes an issue where "Copy to" rejects a subsite URL or a managed path URL as input, although a main site URL is still accepted.

  • Fixes an issue where duplicate users in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) cause incoming email to fail.

Fixes for other components (requirements are stated with each fix):

  • KB5002355 for Microsoft Project Server: Fixes an issue where resource updates through the client-side object model (CSOM) may fail when a remote event handler is attached to a resource event, such as Resource Changing.

  • KB5002355 for Microsoft Project Server: Fixes an issue where publishing projects may block sign-in and connection to the server hosting the Project client.

  • KB5002355 for Microsoft Project Server: Fixes an issue where publishing projects may prevent other projects that are unrelated to them from opening.

  • KB5002355 for Microsoft Project Server: Fixes an issue where publishing projects may slow down project loading in the Schedule web part.

  • KB5002355 for Microsoft Project Server: Fixes an issue where publishing projects may prevent team members from accessing the Tasks page.

  • KB5002355 for Microsoft Project Server: Fixes an issue where publishing projects may block access to the Force Check-in Enterprise Objects administration page.

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